Deadly violence against Colombia's leaders remained high in 2023 (colombiareports.com)
As Davos crowd gathers, governments urged to rein in 'billionaire class' (www.reuters.com)
The combined fortunes of the world’s five richest men have more than doubled to $869 billion since 2020 while five billion people have been made poorer, anti-poverty group Oxfam said....
Iceland volcano erupts, spewing lava toward town near country's main airport (www.cbsnews.com)
A volcano has erupted in southwestern Iceland for the second time in less than a month, sending semi-molten rock spewing toward a nearby settlement....
Algerian telco rivals agree to share infrastructure – HICGI News Agency (hicginewsagency.com)
Ruto, Museveni to meet over fuel import dispute – HICGI News Agency (hicginewsagency.com)
Stephen Tarus: From Kenya assistant minister to Ugandan prison, facing three years in j – HICGI News Agency (hicginewsagency.com)
Two Navy SEALs are missing after Thursday night mission off coast of Somalia (thehill.com)
Taiwan election: global leaders draw Beijing’s ire for congratulating new president (www.theguardian.com)
Global leaders have congratulated Lai Ching-te for winning Taiwan’s presidential election, praising the high turnout and democratic process – and drawing ire from Beijing, which had hoped to see Taiwan’s ruling party ousted.
Argentina inflation surges past 200%, hitting highest level in decades (www.nbcnews.com)
Russian Orthodox priest faces expulsion for refusing to pray for victory over Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Church court says Aleksiy Uminsky broke his oath by refusing to recite ‘Prayer for Holy Rus’, which church has made compulsory at services...
Ex-Shin Bet head says Israel should negotiate with jailed intifada leader (www.theguardian.com)
A former leader of the Shin Bet domestic security force has said Israel will not have security until Palestinians have their own state, and Israeli authorities should release Marwan Barghouti, jailed leader of the second intifada, to direct negotiations to create one....
Wikipedia Entries Manipulated In Line With Iran’s Propaganda (www.iranintl.com)
Female saboteurs who poisoned 46 Russian soldiers in Crimea are on the run after shoot-out with police, say reports (www.businessinsider.com)
Hamas airs video of Israeli hostages, says it will disclose their fate (www.reuters.com)
Analysis: $88 trillion in debt and a wave of elections. World leaders are hamstrung (edition.cnn.com)
Denmark’s King Frederik X takes throne after Margrethe abdicates | Denmark | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Nobody can stop Israel's war, including the world court, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says (www.itv.com)
Volcano erupts near Icelandic town, forcing evacuation of residents (www.theguardian.com)
Russian poet and Kremlin critic Lev Rubinstein dies aged 76 (www.theguardian.com)
The Russian poet Lev Rubinstein, a key figure of the Soviet underground literary scene who later protested against President Vladimir Putin, has died days after being hit by a car, his daughter said.
Taiwan's election was a vote for continuity, but adds uncertainty in ties with China (www.kpbs.org)
The election on Saturday of Taiwan’s vice president and candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Lai Ching-te, to be the island’s next leader highlights Taiwanese voters’ support for political continuity, but may add fresh uncertainty into already frosty relations with China....
‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about Gaza deaths (www.theguardian.com)
An unlikely charge of intent to commit treason landed Meir Baruchin, a grey-haired, softly spoken history and civics teacher, in the solitary confinement wing of Jerusalem’s notorious “Russian Compound” prison in early November....
In Gaza, a family suffer painful wait for children's bodies (www.reuters.com)
Ecuador : All 178 prison officials taken hostage by inmates in Ecuador have been freed, the prisons authority on Saturday, amid a deteriorating security situation in the South American country (www.dw.com)
India-Maldives row: Muizzu says Maldives won't be bullied (www.dw.com)
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu asserted his country’s independence amid fraying relations with India, as the island nation seeks closer ties with Beijing.
