Blinken carries Arab message to Israel: keep Palestinian state hope alive (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his latest mission to rein in the Gaza war, told Israeli leaders on Tuesday there was still a chance of winning acceptance from their Arab neighbours, if they create a path to a viable Palestinian state....
Google faces multibillion-dollar US patent trial over AI technology (www.reuters.com)
Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) is set to go before a federal jury in Boston on Tuesday in a trial over accusations that processors it uses to power artificial intelligence technology in key products infringe a computer scientist’s patents.
Israeli forces say they locate large underground weapons factory in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Weak economy, COVID rampage likely shrank China's population again in 2023 (www.reuters.com)
Weak economy, COVID rampage likely shrank China's population again in 2023 (www.reuters.com)
Israeli strike on Lebanon kills senior commander in elite Hezbollah unit (www.reuters.com)
An Israeli strike on south Lebanon on Monday killed a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force, three security sources told Reuters....
LaPierre turned NRA into 'Wayne's World,' NY lawyer says at graft trial (www.reuters.com)
Wayne LaPierre ran the National Rifle Association (NRA) as “Wayne’s World” for decades, a lawyer for New York state said at the start of the gun rights group’s corruption trial, three days after LaPierre suddenly resigned as chief executive....
Spain considers nationwide hospital mask rule, as flu, COVID hit Europe (www.reuters.com)
French PM Borne resigns, Macron to name new government (www.reuters.com)
Spain considers nationwide hospital mask rule, as flu, COVID hit Europe (www.reuters.com)
Spain’s government proposed a nationwide mandate for people to wear masks in hospitals and health clinics on Monday, and Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record, as flu and COVID spread across Europe....
China's COSCO halts shipping to Israel - Israeli media (www.reuters.com)
Britain to invest 300 million pounds in next-generation nuclear fuel programme (www.reuters.com)
LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Britain said it plans to spend 300 million pounds ($380 million) on a new programme to produce advanced nuclear fuel suitable for the next generation of power-generating reactors, seeking to dislodge Russia as the main international supplier.
Pro-Palestinian protesters block bridge outside UK parliament (www.reuters.com)
Exclusive: US intelligence confirms Islamic State's Afghanistan branch behind Iran blasts (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Communications intercepts collected by the United States confirmed that Islamic State’s (ISIS) Afghanistan-based branch carried out twin bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people, two sources familiar with the intelligence told Reuters on Friday....
Ukraine shows evidence Russia fired North Korea missile at Kharkiv (www.reuters.com)
KHARKIV, Ukraine, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Kharkiv region prosecutor’s office provided further evidence on Saturday that Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles supplied by North Korea, showcasing the fragments....
Taiwan slams Chinese balloons as safety threat, psychological warfare (www.reuters.com)
Boy survives Gaza strike that kills family after futile search for tents (www.reuters.com)
Boy survives Gaza strike that kills family after futile search for tents (www.reuters.com)
India orders new drug-making standards after overseas deaths (www.reuters.com)
Auto dealers challenge new US FTC car-buyer consumer protection rules (www.reuters.com)
The FTC said the new rules will ban bait-and-switch advertising tactics, prohibit charging for add-on costs that do not benefit consumers and require dealers to make key disclosures to consumers, including accurate pricing disclosures in advertising and sales communications....
Sudanese women describe being gang-raped in attacks by Arab forces (www.reuters.com)
Rape is widespread amid the war in Sudan. Young women from the ethnic-African Masalit tribe say they were sexually assaulted at gunpoint by RSF paramilitary and Arab militia forces during attacks on the city of El Geneina in West Darfur.
LaPierre to step down as National Rifle Association leader (www.reuters.com)
Wayne LaPierre, the longtime leader of the National Rifle Association, announced his resignation as chief executive on Friday, days before a corruption trial involving the gun rights group begins in a Manhattan courtroom....
For civilians or Hamas? 'Dual use' issue complicates Gaza aid efforts (www.reuters.com)
Water purifiers, medical supplies and tent poles are among items Israel has blocked from entering Gaza on aid trucks, according to an Egyptian Red Crescent document seen by Reuters and sources in Gaza, but Israel denied blocking any such items....
Florida abortion rights measure gets enough signatures to go before voters (www.reuters.com)
A state constitutional amendment that would protect abortion access in Florida has received enough signatures of support to appear on ballots in the November election, but a challenge by the state’s attorney general could still block it....