Category: World News
Brazil joins growing list of countries banning cellphones in schools
Washington Post Despite questions about the effectiveness of such bans, Brazil is the latest to prohibit the devices amid concerns over impacts on learning and well-being. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/brazil-cellphone-school-ban/
Read MoreInternational underwater cable attacks by Russia, China are no ‘mere coincidence’ warns EU’s top diplomat
Fox News Attacks on underwater cables running through strategically significant bodies of water in both the Baltic Sea and the South China Sea by Russia and China, respectively, in recent months has top officials concerned they are not “mere coincidence.” Maritime sabotage efforts in both regions of the world appear to have been on the…
Read More‘TikTok refugees’ flock to another (heavily censored) Chinese app
Washington Post The social media app Xiaohongshu, literally “Little Red Book” but often called “RedNote,” has seen a sudden influx in American users as a TikTok ban looms. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/tiktok-refugees-rednote-censorship/
Read MoreSyria’s children, having known only war, adjust to a sudden peace
Washington Post As Syria’s new Islamist rulers reshape the way schools teach the nation’s history, students struggle to navigate the traumas of their own pasts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/syria-children-war-trauma/
Read MoreLive updates: Officials optimistic about talks on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Washington Post President Joe Biden said a deal was “on the brink” of being finalized. A ceasefire could halt, for now, a war that has raged for 15 months and killed tens of thousands. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/israel-war-gaza-ceasefire-news-lebanon-syria-hamas/
Read MoreChina reportedly building ‘D-Day’-style barges as fears of Taiwan invasion rise
Fox News China is reportedly building a series of “D-Day style” barges that could be used to aid an invasion of Taiwan, according to media reports. At least three of the new craft have been observed at Guangzhou Shipyard in southern China, according to Naval News. The barges are inspired by the World War II…
Read MoreBaby gorilla found in plane cargo recovering at Turkish zoo
Fox News A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said Sunday, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat. The 5-month-old gorilla was discovered in a box on a Turkish Airlines flight from Nigeria to Thailand last month. After a public competition, he has…
Read MoreCease-fire between Israel and Hamas getting closer amid concerns terror group rearming in Gaza
Fox News As negotiations for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas approach a decisive moment, the toll of the conflict continues to grow. Today, the Israeli military reported five soldiers were killed in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, and eight injured from an ammunition explosion, one of the deadliest incidents in recent operations. On Sunday, another…
Read MoreBiden says he’s leaving Trump ‘strong hand to play,’ defends his record on Afghanistan
Fox News President Biden on Monday spoke for the last time from the State Department on the state of American foreign policy and national security following his four-year term set to conclude in one week when President-elect Donald Trump will once again take up the top job. Biden did not specifically address or name the…
Read MoreWorld’s largest religious gathering begins in India, hundreds of millions of Hindus expected to attend
Fox News Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival, which is being touted as the world’s largest religious gathering. Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of…
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