Britain’s got some of Europe’s toughest surveillance laws. Now it wants more (www.politico.eu)
Somali president rejects land deal granting Ethiopia coastal access (www.foxnews.com)
Japan's 18-year-olds at record-low 1.06 million on falling births (www.japantimes.co.jp)
China’s BYD closer to taking Tesla's electric car top spot (www.bbc.com)
Chinese company BYD has moved a step closer to toppling Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s biggest-selling manufacturer of electric vehicles....
The punch that ‘burst the bubble’: residents of Hitler’s alpine home rise up against neo-Nazi visitors (www.theguardian.com)
Video: Plane In Flames At Tokyo Airport After Collision, Over 350 Evacuated (www.ndtv.com)
Iran has sent a warship into tense waters where the US Navy has been shooting down Houthi threats and destroying their boats (www.businessinsider.com)
An Iranian warship sailed into the Red Sea Monday, according to Iranian state media and other reports, risking a potential escalation of tensions in waters where attacks on commercial shipping are becoming frequent and forcing navies to intervene....
Japan earthquake aftershock fears with over 100 trapped and 55 confirmed dead (www.themirror.com)
Biden under pressure to act amid new fears of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Rights advocates in the United States are urging President Joe Biden to end his administration’s “complicity” in Israeli rights abuses after key members of Israel’s government backed the idea of pushing Palestinians out of Gaza....
Hidden panels, counterfeit bottles, fentanyl: A year of buying drugs in Mexican pharmacies (www.latimes.com)
The tag on her white lab coat read “professional pharmacist,” and the framed health and safety certificates lining the walls behind her gave the drugstore an air of legitimacy....
Iran Deploys Destroyer to Red Sea (theblankpageofficial.blogspot.com)
Turkey detains 33 people suspected of spying on behalf of Israel (apnews.com)
‘Ramen noodles budget’: EU moves to end exploitation of unpaid internships (www.theguardian.com)
Iran rejects US and UK calls to end support for Houthi Red Sea attacks (www.theguardian.com)
Iran security chief praises ‘brave actions’ of Houthi rebels who have targeted Israeli-linked vessels in shipping lane...
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit teen cooked alive for protesting against molestation (www.telegraphindia.com)
Mass shootings in Mexico become an issue in the presidential race (www.latimes.com)
Many Mexicans find it difficult to square recent mass shootings with official statistics showing that homicides are on the decline.
US revives abandoned Pacific airfield (www.bangkokpost.com)
Hezbollah’s TV station says top Hamas official Saleh Arouri killed in an explosion south of Beirut (wtop.com)
Israel’s Supreme Court overturns a key component of Netanyahu’s polarizing judicial overhaul (www.politico.com)
Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, a decision that threatens to reopen the fissures in Israeli society that preceded the country’s ongoing war against Hamas....
A South Korean political leader was stabbed in the neck by someone asking for an autograph and rushed to the hospital: reports (www.businessinsider.com)
State Officials Fear International Court of Justice Could Charge Israel With Genocide in Gaza (www.haaretz.com)
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Somalia dismisses Ethiopia-Somaliland coastline deal, says it compromises sovereignty (abcnews.go.com)
Somalia’s president has rejected an agreement signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland to give landlocked Ethiopia access to its coast...
Israeli strike in Lebanon kills senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri (www.reuters.com)
He was the founding commander of Hamas’s military wing.
Police in Kenya suspect a man was attacked by a lion while riding a motorcycle (abcnews.go.com)
Russia launches 90 drone attacks on Ukraine in early hours of new year (www.theguardian.com)
Russia marked the new year with the launch of a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin vowed to further intensify attacks after a Ukrainian strike on the south Russian city of Belgorod....
