- U.S. Releases Tunisian Imprisoned at Guantánamo for 22 Years Without Charge Democracy Now!
- One of first prisoners held at Guantanamo by US sent back to Tunisia BBC.com
- Pentagon Releases Detainee Held at Guantánamo Since Day 1 The New York Times
- US releases one of longest-held Guantánamo Bay detainees to Tunisia The Guardian US
- Video: Longest-held Guantanamo Bay detainee repatriated to Tunisia Al Jazeera English
Maduro and Trump: Two inaugurations for two rivals on a collision course
During his first term as US president, Donald Trump was a fierce critic of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro. Will that change?
Russia winds down gas supply to Europe via Ukraine as transit deal expires
Exports to cease on New Year’s Day as Europe faces cold snap and higher than usual fall in reserves since September
Europe will receive the last Russian gas sent via Ukraine’s pipelines in the early hours of the new year as the continent braces for a plunge in temperatures that could hasten the drain on gas reserves.
The Russian state energy company, Gazprom, is expected to cut off its exports to Europe through Ukraine’s pipelines on New Year’s Day after a gas transit deal struck between the countries five years ago comes to an end overnight.
Continue reading...US releases one of longest-held Guantánamo Bay detainees to Tunisia – The Guardian US
- US releases one of longest-held Guantánamo Bay detainees to Tunisia The Guardian US
- One of first prisoners held at Guantanamo by US sent back to Tunisia BBC.com
- Pentagon Releases Detainee Held at Guantánamo Since Day 1 The New York Times
- US repatriates Tunisian detainee held without charge at Guantanamo Bay since the day it opened CNN
- U.S. Releases Tunisian Imprisoned at Guantánamo for 22 Years Without Charge Democracy Now!
Surviving 2024 in Gaza
This year, I survived genocide. It burned my soul, but it also planted a seed of hope.
Biden’s ‘Netanyahu first, US second’ strategy was a total disaster
The Biden administration's unconditional support to Israel has upended the whole US national security strategy.
South Korea’s Muan turns into mass funeral site after deadly plane crash
A sea of people wearing black, waiting for the remains of their loved ones, throng Muan's airport, two days after crash.
More than 1m people flock to Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks spectacular
Nine tonnes of fireworks are set off around the harbour, while Brisbane and Melbourne also enjoyed shows
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Australians have bid farewell to 2024, ringing in the new year with one “world-famous” fireworks display and many others not so famous.
More than a million people rushed to the shores of the Sydney Harbour and hundreds of thousands more to the banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne to watch the midnight displays.
Continue reading...Norovirus is spiking in the US: What do we need to know?
The CDC has already reported a significant rise in clusters of infections, just two months into norovirus season.
As Covid lab leak suspicion lingers, WHO urges China to share virus origin data – POLITICO Europe
- As Covid lab leak suspicion lingers, WHO urges China to share virus origin data POLITICO Europe
- Milestone: COVID-19 five years ago World Health Organization
- 5 years after first reports of COVID-19: Reflection, resilience and lessons learned ABC7 Los Angeles
- WHO implores China to finally share Covid origins data, five years on The Guardian
- WHO marks 5 years since COVID-19 came on its radar — it became the worst pandemic in a century CBC News
Fears Australia may face GP shortage as figures reveal almost 10% now aged over 70
GPs’ peak body is concerned a proposed new medical test for older doctors could force them from the system
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Almost 10% of Australia’s GPs are aged over 70, new figures have revealed, with concerns that a proposal to introduce health checks for older doctors may worsen workforce shortages.
According to data from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), 8.8% of all GPs in Australia – 3,142 of 35,514 practitioners – are over 70, as of 30 June.
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Continue reading...Know their names: The Palestinian journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, at least 217 journalists and media workers have been killed.
Sde Teiman: Israel’s notorious detention facility
Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safia from Kamal Adwan Hospital is believed to be detained at Israel’s infamous Sde Teiman.
A Year of Censorship: Social Media Crackdown
On the Stream, we look at how censorship on the internet has increased and ask what freedom of expression means online.
Putin says he saved Russia, but a year of challenges suggests Moscow’s position is precarious – The Washington Post
- Putin says he saved Russia, but a year of challenges suggests Moscow’s position is precarious The Washington Post
- 'He is an introvert – a man of deeds, not words': How Vladimir Putin rose to power in Russia BBC.com
- 25 years of Putin: how an ex-KGB agent turned Russia ‘upside down’ The Times
- Putin has led Russia to relentless darkness The Telegraph
- What 25 years of Putin has done to the world, in a presidency bookended by war The Independent
Gaza hospitals on ‘brink of total collapse’ from Israel attacks: UN
UN report says 136 strikes on Gaza hospitals have caused critical damage and casualties among medical personnel.
How Pakistan changed in 2024
Violent attacks soared. Political instability grew. Censorship deepened. Economic green shoots, gold medal gave hope.
Australia kept quiet about early deployment of forces ahead of Iraq war, cabinet papers show
The Howard government sent military personnel to the Middle East well before officially authorising Australia’s involvement
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The Howard government avoided disclosing that it had sent military forces to the Middle East months before authorising Australia’s official involvement in the Iraq war in 2003, cabinet records show.
Cabinet documents from 2003 and 2004 released by the National Archives contain the first confirmation of what has been widely discussed in the decades since: the government deployed forces well before officially authorising Australia’s involvement in the war on 18 March 2003.
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Continue reading...Curbs on transgender rights were proposed for Australia’s 2004 Marriage Act, cabinet papers show
John Howard’s government legislated that marriage must be ‘the union of a man and a woman’, but excluded any reference to birth gender
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John Howard was given the option of adding extra words to his 2004 Marriage Act amendment that would have limited transgender people’s ability to marry by making eligibility based on gender at birth, but chose not to pursue it.
Cabinet papers from 2004, released by the National Archives, show the Howard government was advised it could go beyond the formal definition of marriage it ultimately enshrined in law, and stipulate that a couple must have been born male and female respectively to be allowed to marry.
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Continue reading...Boeing’s terrible year is ending with the worst aviation tragedy of 2024 – CNN
- Boeing’s terrible year is ending with the worst aviation tragedy of 2024 CNN
- He Didn’t Know His Father Was on Doomed South Korean Flight Until It Crashed The New York Times
- ‘Mayday, Mayday’: The Final Six Minutes Before the Deadly South Korean Plane Crash The Wall Street Journal
- Should you be worried about bird strikes during your next flight? NPR
- South Korea plane crash investigators turn to black boxes in search for vital clues The Guardian