Highest price for war: Russia lost 430,000 soldiers in 2024
Al Jazeera : Russia’s gradual, grinding advance in parts of Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk succeeded in wresting away 4,168 sq km (1,609 square miles)...
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Thai PM declares $400m assets
AFP : Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared more than $400 million in assets today (3 January), her party said. These included more than 200...
S Korean investigators abandon arrest of Yoon
AFP : South Korean investigators abandoned their attempt to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence on Friday over a failed martial law...
Dense smog shrouds Indian capital
Reuters : Thick smog engulfed the Indian capital on Friday, prompting warnings of possible flight disruptions from airport and airline officials, as worsening air quality...
Arab Americans eye Trump’s pro-Israel government picks
Deutsche Welle : It has been several weeks now, but Wasel Yousaf has photos on his phone to help him relive the memory of meeting...
Syria FM in Saudi on maiden trip
Al Jazeera : Asaad Al-Shaibani arrived in Riyadh in his first overseas visit since the removal of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria.Syria’s top diplomat says...
Lanka sees highest record of overseas employment
UNB : The year 2024 has been recorded as the year with the highest number of Sri Lankans migrating abroad for employment in the nation’s...
Israeli threat to banish aid agency looms over Gaza
Agency : The U.N. agency known as UNRWA has been the backbone of aid to Gaza. Now, Israel is moving to ban it over accusations...
Taiwan political cartoonist dies
AFP : Taiwanese political cartoonist Lin Kuei-yu, whose satire was hailed for helping the island transition from one-party dictatorship to democracy, has died, his wife...
New Orleans attack: Multiple people involved inspired by IS
Agency : The suspect in the New Orleans attack that killed 15 people on New Year’s Day did not act alone, US investigators believe.Shamsud-Din Jabbar,...
Seven proven ways to help the planet in 2025
BBC : In 2024, the critical 1.5C threshold was breached for a full year for the first time, highlighting the urgent need to rapidly cut...