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In the race for AI supremacy, China and the US are travelling on entirely different tracks (www.theguardian.com)

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Police probe UK Post Office for accusing over 700 employees of theft. The culprit was an IT glitch (apnews.com)

Gabriel Attal is France's youngest-ever and first openly gay prime minister (apnews.com)

Gabriel Attal was named Tuesday as France’s youngest-ever prime minister, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from the far right....

Houthi Attacks on Red Sea Shipping Routes Put China in a Pickle (www.newsweek.com)

Chinese state-owned shipping firm COSCO has become the latest company to suspend its routes to Israel through the Red Sea due to the threat of Houthi attacks, it has been reported....

Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest and first openly gay prime minister (www.cnn.com)

Armed men break into a live TV studio in Ecuador as the country is rocked by a series of attacks (apnews.com)

Families of Israelis killed in Be'eri home hit by tank fire on October 7 demand probe (www.haaretz.com)

Family members of Israelis who were killed on October 7 after a standoff between Hamas terrorists and the Israeli army led to the army firing a tank at a house where the civilians were held hostage are demanding that the military probe its actions that day....

Global economy set for its worst half decade of growth in 30 years, World Bank says (www.cnbc.com)

The global economy is on course to record its worst half decade of growth in 30 years, according to the World Bank....

China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’ (www.wsj.com)

Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family

Extreme heat is pushing India to the brink of ‘survivability.’ One obvious solution is also a big part of the problem | CNN (www.cnn.com)

One in 100 people in Gaza has been killed since October 7 (edition.cnn.com)

Saudi Arabia interested in Israel normalisation deal after war (www.bbc.com)

1.4 million of people visited orthodox church in Russia during Christmas (www.kommersant.ru)

Counted by russian police, they are present during such events....

Children Born During the War in Gaza Will Never Truly Escape It (www.nytimes.com)

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2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin (www.theguardian.com)

German FM: Suffering of Palestinians ‘cannot go on’ (www.politico.eu)

The suffering of Palestinian civilians “cannot go on,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned Tuesday during a visit to Cairo, urging more concrete measures to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip....

Global heating will pass 1.5C threshold this year, top ex-Nasa scientist says (www.theguardian.com)

The internationally agreed threshold to prevent the Earth from spiraling into a new superheated era will be “passed for all practical purposes” during 2024, the man known as the godfather of climate science has warned....

Gunmen storm Ecuador television studio live on air (www.bbc.co.uk)

A group of armed men have broken into a live television studio in Ecuador and threatened staff, footage shows....

"Ask Zelensky:" UAE rebuffs Bibi request to pay Palestinian workers barred from Israel (www.axios.com)

Norway to approve controversial deep-sea mining (www.bbc.com)

Norway is likely to become the first country in the world to move forward with the controversial practice of commercial-scale deep-sea mining....

Israel is using a notorious military tool to arrest its own Palestinian citizens (www.972mag.com)

In the shadow of the Hamas-led October 7 attack and Israel’s ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian citizens of Israel have been facing a wave of persecution. Hundreds have been arrested or interrogated, usually on the basis of social media activity; dozens more have been suspended or dismissed from Israeli...

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