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- Russian armored column storms village near strategic city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast Euromaidan Press
- Battles most intense in Pokrovsk, Toretsk axes - National Guard spokesman Ukrinform
Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person at 116 has died – ABC News
India shrug off Bumrah injury to claim first-innings lead in Australia
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Brazil ex-official returns toilet she had removed from office
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Syria’s FM to head to UAE, Qatar and Jordan to ‘build partnerships’
War-torn country reaches out for much-needed investment, as Saudi Arabia also set to play a big role in reconstruction.
‘Santa Claus’ sarcophagus and more ancient religious relics among big discoveries in 2024 – AOL
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Russian Gas Shutoff Pumps Up Pressure On Moldova’s Pro-Western Government – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
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- China may have stopped Putin from using nuclear weapons, Blinken says. Kyiv Independent
- Pro-Russian Moldovan separatists refuse EU gas despite humanitarian crisis warnings POLITICO Europe
- Ukraine's halt of Russian gas to Europe throws breakaway Moldovan region into crisis mode CNBC
Indonesian Hospital in north Gaza is out of service: Gaza health ministry
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The US soldiers returning to Vietnam in search of mass graves
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Myanmar junta to free about 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty, including 180 foreigners
It was not clear whether Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been held virtually incommunicado since 2021 coup, would be among those released
Myanmar’s military government will release about 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty on Saturday marking the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain.
There was no sign that the prisoner release would include Aung San Suu Kyi, 79, who has been held virtually incommunicado by the military since it seized power from her elected government in 2021. She is serving a 27-year sentence after being convicted of a series of politically tinged prosecutions brought by the military.
Continue reading...A Ukrainian FPV Drone Meets Its Battlefield Destiny – Kyiv Post
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Man charged over alleged rape of Virgin Australia crew member in Fiji
Airline staff were celebrating New Year’s Eve in Nadi when the alleged incident occurred
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A man has been charged with the alleged rape and sexual assault of a Virgin Australia crew member in Fiji in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
The man “will be produced in court on Monday”, after having been taken into custody on Wednesday, acting police commissioner Juki Fong Chew said in an email that confirmed a report by ABC.
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Continue reading...State Dept. Tells Congress It Plans to Send $8 Billion in Arms to Israel – The New York Times
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Myanmar’s military regime to free nearly 6,000 prisoners in amnesty
Myanmar's military rulers announced an amnesty for 5,864 prisoners to mark Independence Day, state media reports.
Syria’s New Islamic Government Creates Controversy With Education Overhaul – The Wall Street Journal
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- Changes to Syria’s school curriculum spark online outrage CNN
‘It is impossible to outrun them’: how drones transformed war in Ukraine
Small FPV drones, which travel at 37mph, have become ubiquitous, evolving from ‘a novelty to a weapon of choice’
Denys, a soldier with Ukraine’s Khyzhak brigade, describes a new kind of war. Standing in a barracks workshop with piles of basic Ukrainian First Person View (FPV) drones behind him, he says simply: “There are fewer gunfights because there are more drone fights.”
Frontlines that were once a gunshot apart are now a killing zone several miles deep, as Russian and Ukrainian drone squads, hidden about one- to three miles behind the frontline, target each other’s forces with simple aerial attacks. “Back in 2022, we were still running around with machine guns from the tree lines,” Denys says, almost with nostalgia.
Continue reading...Hull invite for Donald Trump after North Sea wind farm criticism – BBC.com
- Hull invite for Donald Trump after North Sea wind farm criticism BBC.com
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- Trump accused of attacking UK energy policies on behalf of fossil fuel industry The Guardian
Trump to be sentenced over hush money case but judge signals no jail time
The US president-elect dismisses the case as "nothing but a rigged charade".
Trump to be sentenced over hush money case but judge signals no jail time
The US president-elect dismisses the case as "nothing but a rigged charade".