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Pro-Palestinian protesters block bridge outside UK parliament (www.reuters.com)

Pandora Papers Reveal Offshore Holdings of Ukrainian President and his Inner Circle (www.occrp.org)

Houthis launch drone to attack ships in Red Sea, hours after warning from Canada and allies (globalnews.ca)

An armed unmanned surface vessel launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen got within a “couple of miles” of U.S. Navy and commercial vessels before detonating on Thursday, just hours after the White House and a host of partner nations issued a “final warning” to the Iran-backed militia group to cease the attacks or face...

Safe zones: Israel’s technologies of genocide (www.aljazeera.com)

Organising genocidal violence...

Britain ‘considering airstrikes’ on Houthi rebels after Red Sea attacks (www.theguardian.com)

Britain is reportedly considering airstrikes on Houthi rebels after the US said its navy sank three boats that had been targeting a container ship in the Red Sea....

A drug cartel has attacked a remote Mexican community with drones and gunmen, rights group says (apnews.com)

Taiwan slams Chinese balloons as safety threat, psychological warfare (www.reuters.com)

Berlin’s plan for driverless magnetic trains derided by climate groups (www.theguardian.com)

Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after mid-air window blowout (www.theguardian.com)

South Korea tells Russia to stop getting arms from North Korea (www.koreaherald.com)

Hamas Used Gaza Hospital as a Command Center, U.S. Intelligence Says (www.nytimes.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....

Defense Secretary Austin has been hospitalized since Jan. 1, but the Pentagon kept the news quiet (apnews.com)

Vatican says no heresy in allowing blessings for same-sex couples after pushback by some bishops (apnews.com)

After pushback by some bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere, the Vatican on Thursday defended the recent move by Pope Francis to allow blessings for same-sex couples, insisting there is nothing “heretical” involved....

Vietnam fined a TikToker $300 after he made a video suggesting Cambodia's Angkor Wat was in Thailand (www.businessinsider.com)

Chinese celebrity chef offends China with egg fried rice video (www.theguardian.com)

UAE Pledges Maintaining Israel Ties Amid War Against Hamas (www.bloomberg.com)

The United Arab Emirates will stick by its decision to establish warmer relations with Israel even as the Jewish state’s war against militant group Hamas leaves Arab governments under mounting pressure to sever ties....

Royal Navy advertises on LinkedIn to hire nuclear Rear-Admiral (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Belarusian president signs law granting him lifelong immunity from prosecution | Alexander Lukashenko | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Jordan and France drop humanitarian aid into Gaza by air (www.i24news.tv)

Russia announced it had deployed, to Ukraine, its best new artillery-detecting radar. Hours later, the Ukrainians blew it up—with artillery. (www.forbes.com)

Ukraine plinking a Russian GPS-jammer with a GPS-guided bomb. Ukrainian drones blowing up Russian drone-jammers. Ukraine’s cruise missiles striking Russian air-defense sites whose missions include, you guessed it, shooting down cruise missiles....

Not just Modena. Russian propaganda events pop up in Italy (decode39.com)

Several pro-Moscow receptions are scheduled across the country in the coming weeks, one even featuring the far-right Kremlin ideologue Alexander Dugin. All is happening just months away from the EU elections, a “functional junction for the destabilisation of our democracies,” according to EP Vice-President Picierno...

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