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Fire in Swiss Alps Leaves Dozens of New Year’s Revelers Dead

About 40 people celebrating at a ski resort bar were killed, and 115 were injured, many of them young, the authorities said. from World News https://ift.tt/PEVUgOX

Authorities working to identify victims of Switzerland resort fire tragedy

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Ten years after it ended its ‘one-child’ policy, China’s push for more babies isn’t winning its citizens over

Welkin Lei has been doing some paper-napkin calculations in his spare time and the numbers for having another child just don’t add up. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/fRzHIOk

Why China is making condoms and birth control pills more expensive

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Analysis: As Russia approaches a grim milestone, Putin projects confidence

Russia is approaching a grim milestone: by mid-January, President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will have dragged on longer than the war on the Eastern Front that ended with the fall of Berlin in May 1945. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/n7Qg5WA

Israel to suspend operations of several aid groups in Gaza as countries warn of renewed ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis

Several international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), face being barred from working in Gaza from Thursday for failing to comply with Israel’s new restrictions for aid groups working in the devastated enclave. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/qzci2fg

Protests erupt in Iran over currency plunges to record low

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Hear Trump acknowledge strike on port on Venezuelan coast

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Khaleda Zia, former Bangladeshi prime minister and archrival of Hasina, dies at 80

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, whose archrivalry with Sheikh Hasina defined the country’s politics for a generation, has died, her political party said in a statement Tuesday. She was 80. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/ecSxiCh

Protests erupt in Iran over currency’s plunge to record low

Iran’s largest protests in three years erupted Monday after the country’s currency plummeted to a record low against the U.S. dollar, and the head of the Central Bank resigned. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/rBJ0423

At least 13 dead after Mexico’s Interoceanic Train derails

The train’s main line only came into service in 2023, under a new program aiming to create an alternative to the Panama Canal. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/zkgsOM9

Families in Gaza facing food insecurity and harsh winter conditions

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Trump says he ‘made a lot of progress’ in meeting with Zelensky

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UK unveils paid armed forces ‘gap year’ for young people

Young people in Britain will soon be offered the chance of a “gap year” through a new paid program in the armed forces, the government announced Saturday. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/LD5Oq3h

Bus plunges into ravine in Guatemala, killing over a dozen

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Venezuelans held in Salvadoran prison look to challenge deportation in US court

A group of Venezuelans who were sent to a maximum-security El Salvador prison from the US and then returned to Venezuela called on Friday for the United States to comply with a ruling that would allow them to challenge their deportation in US courts. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/5zx6Spu

‘Christmas miracle’ baby born aboard US ship carrying Korean war refugees

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Soon you may be able to type a new Chinese character: the gender-neutral pronoun

Chinese pronouns are largely split between female and male – prompting LGBTQ activists to invent their own gender-neutral pronoun. That movement just took a big step forward. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/3zXUOkh

Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammed Bakri dies at 72

Renowned actor and director Mohammad Bakri died Wednesday at the age of 72, according to his family. Bakri had been suffering from heart problems. His funeral was held the same day in his town of birth, al-Bi’neh, in northern Israel. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/EuThVRG

Thirteen European countries and Japan condemn Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements

Thirteen European countries and Japan condemned Israel’s decision earlier in the month to approve 19 new Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank saying the move harmed the prospects for long term peace and security in the region. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/nMKLmez

These gangs were banned from wearing their patches. Did it make a difference?

Gang insignia has vanished from New Zealand’s streets following a recent law change. But the gangs have not, with members telling CNN the banishment of the patches is just optics – they’re recruiting new members just as fast as before. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/1DvkuNe