Category: World News
Live Briefing: Gaza official says hundreds of health workers detained by Israel
Washington Post Gaza’s Health Ministry said the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital is among those detained at Israeli’s Sde Teiman military detention camp. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/31/israel-syria-war-news-hamas-gaza-palestine/
Read MoreRussian metal shredded their faces. Doctors try to give them a new life.
Washington Post The scale of facial wounds is on the level of last century’s world wars, but treatment has dramatically improved. Ukrainian and foreign doctors are bringing back soldiers’ faces. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2024/ukraine-soldiers-facial-reconstruction-russia/
Read MoreMagnus Carlsen wore jeans to a chess tournament. Controversy followed.
Washington Post The player’s shock withdrawal prompted the International Chess Federation to relax a dress code that penalized him for wearing jeans to a New York tournament. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/31/magnus-carlsen-chess-jeans-tournament/
Read MoreUkraine: How the war shifted in 2024
Fox News As the third year of war in Ukraine nears a close as the new year approaches and ahead of the Feb. 24, 2025, anniversary date, new battle lines have once again been established after Russia made advances in the east and Kyiv opened a new battlefront, this time in Russia. The war that…
Read MoreOn E-Scooters and ATVs, Russian Forces Swarm Ukrainian Positions in the East
New York Times Stepped up attacks by Russia are heightening longstanding concerns over how Ukraine manages its military and countering assumptions that Moscow’s offensive would slow, soldiers and military analysts say. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/world/europe/ukraine-russia-attacks-eastern-frong.html
Read MorePutin says he saved Russia, but a year of challenges suggests Moscow’s position is precarious
Washington Post Marking 25 years in office, Vladimir Putin says he has remade Russia as a sovereign power and will prevail in Ukraine, but economic and strategic setbacks complicate the picture. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/31/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-war/
Read MorePrince William called 2024 his worst year ever. Here’s why.
Washington Post For Britain’s royal family, another annus horribilis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/31/royal-family-2024-annus-horribilis/
Read MoreIn India’s shadow war with Pakistan, a campaign of covert killings
Washington Post Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cast himself as more willing to take on India’s enemies beyond its borders than any other leader since independence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/31/india-pakistan-targeted-killings-assassinations/
Read MoreCourt issues arrest warrant for South Korea’s President Yoon
Fox News A South Korean court on Tuesday approved an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been impeached and suspended from power over his decision to impose martial law on Dec. 3, investigating authorities said. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials confirmed the Seoul Western District Court approved the warrant. SOUTH…
Read MoreRussian foreign minister blasts Ukraine peace deal reportedly floated by Trump’s team: ‘Not happy’
Fox News Russia’s foreign minister has rejected a reported peace deal involving Ukraine and NATO, claiming that the proposals have been made by President-elect Trump’s advisors. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the comments during an interview with TASS, a state-run Russian news agency, on Monday. During the interview, Lavrov claimed that the U.S. plans…
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