Regions – Page 244 – Prologue Journal

Wednesday Briefing: A Major U.S. Senate Hearing

New York Times Plus, mapping “The Lord of the Rings” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/briefing/hagseth-hearing-los-angeles-fires-israel-hamas.html

Death Toll in Gaza Likely 40 Percent Higher Than Reported, Researchers Say

New York Times Analysis found that more than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/health/gaza-death-toll.html

South Korea investigators at Yoon Suk-yeol’s residence to execute arrest warrant

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Authorities failed in their previous bid to detain the president after a stand-off with presidential security agents and military guards. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3294770/south-korea-investigators-yoon-suk-yeols-residence-execute-arrest-warrant?utm_source=rss_feed

Ben-Gvir threatens to quit Netanyahu cabinet over Gaza truce deal

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatened on Tuesday to quit the Benjamin Netanyahu cabinet if the Gaza ceasefire deal goes through. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/14/740913/Far-right-Israeli-minister-threatens-to-quit-cabinet-over-Gaza-deal

ICC prosecutor pushes rejection of appeal on Netanyahu arrest warrant

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The chief ICC prosecutor has encouraged the rejection of Israel’s objections to the arrest warrant issued for Benjamin Netanyahu and his former war minister Yoav Gallant. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/14/740915/ICC-Israel-Karim-Khan-etanyahu-ICJ-

UK anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq resigns over ties to ousted Bangladesh PM

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Siddiq’s aunt Sheikh Hasina, who had ruled Bangladesh since 2009, is being investigated there for alleged corruption and money laundering. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3294769/uk-anti-corruption-minister-tulip-siddiq-resigns-over-ties-ousted-bangladesh-pm?utm_source=rss_feed

Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, Confirms She Is in Remission from Cancer

New York Times In an Instagram post on Tuesday, she wrote: “It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focused on recovery.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/world/europe/kate-middleton-cancer-remission.html

Tulip Siddiq, U.K. Anticorruption Minister, Resigns

New York Times Tulip Siddiq, the niece of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, had been named in an embezzlement investigation in the Asian country. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/world/europe/britain-tulip-siddiq-resigns.html

Saudi Arabia and Sports Network DAZN Close to Deal

New York Times A unit of the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund would pay more than $1 billion to buy into DAZN, in the latest sign of its sports ambitions. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/business/saudi-arabia-dazn-sports.html

Israel kills 204th journalist in Gaza since October 2023

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Israel has killed another Palestinian journalist in the besieged Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll to at least 204 since October 2023. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/14/740903/talmas-gaza-journalist