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
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
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
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
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
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
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