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Tuna weighing as much as a grizzly bear sells for $1.3 million in Japan

Washington Post An Oma Pacific bluefin tuna, weighing 608 pounds, sold at Tokyo’s Toyosu Market. It’s one of the most expensive tuna fish to be sold in the history of sushi. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/05/japan-tuna-auction-oma-bluefin/

This town was built on migrants’ cash. Now it fears Trump’s deportations.

Washington Post President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan could upend life in Mexican villages that depend on remittances from relatives in the United States. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/05/trump-deportation-migrants-mexico-remittances/

A different and more dangerous world awaits President-elect Trump

Washington Post The war in Ukraine presents immediate challenges for the incoming president, with other problems looming in the Middle East and China. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/05/trump-foreign-policy-ukraine-middle-east/

Why South Korean protesters are using U.S. flags and a pro-Trump slogan

Washington Post Both supporters and critics of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are using American symbolism, from the “Stop the Steal” slogan to the Virginia state flag. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/05/south-korea-protests-virginia-flag-gwangju/

World’s oldest person dies in Japan at 116

Fox News Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person, according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died Dec. 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan. Itooka, who…

As another Trump presidency nears, Ukraine’s army is on the defensive

Washington Post Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines are increasingly willing to support President-elect Donald Trump’s call to begin negotiations to end the war. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/04/ukraine-losses-trump-negotiations/

The Year Ahead

New York Times There’s an empty calendar spread out before us. What meaning will we give to it? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/briefing/the-year-ahead.html

Inside Israel’s daring raid that destroyed Iran-funded underground missile factory in Syria

Fox News JERUSALEM — Elite Israeli forces conducted a dramatic raid in Syria, destroying a secret underground long-range missile factory that also contained information about Syria’s chemical weapons program in September, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The IDF first revealed the mission Thursday in a call with reporters. “This is one of our…

‘The Interview’: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls

New York Times At the end of a tenure marked by war and division, the outgoing secretary of state defends his legacy on Gaza and Ukraine and says he’s made America stronger. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/magazine/antony-blinken-interview.html

Treasury sanctions Chinese cyber firm behind mass attack on U.S. routers

Washington Post The Treasury Department sanctioned a Chinese company behind the Flax Typhoon hacks, which infiltrated around 260,000 routers and other devices. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/03/china-flax-typhoon-hacks-routers/