Vietnam fined a TikToker $300 after he made a video suggesting Cambodia's Angkor Wat was in Thailand (www.businessinsider.com)
Death toll reaches 100 as survivors are found in homes smashed by western Japan earthquakes (apnews.com)
The death toll from a major earthquake in western Japan reached 100 Saturday, as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubble....
Russia Got 7,500-Pound Rockets From North Korea—And Promptly Blew Up A Pair Of Ukrainian Supply Bases (www.forbes.com)
Russia is lobbing North Korean-made ballistic missiles at Ukraine from positions just north of the Russia-Ukraine border....
Red Sea crisis from Houthi attacks hits world trade as cost of shipping soars by 170% (english.elpais.com)
Thermo Fisher halts forensic tech sales in Tibet - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Anger as oil and gas industry veteran chosen to lead next COP climate talks (www.independent.co.uk)
US offers $10 million for Hamas financial information (www.news24.com)
The United States is offering up to $10 million for information on five Hamas financiers or anything leading to the disruption of the Palestinian militant group’s financial mechanisms, the State Department said on Friday....
Russia is using North Korean missiles in Ukraine, US says. That’s bad news for Asia (www.cnn.com)
Russia has fired North Korean-supplied short-range ballistic missiles into Ukraine twice in the past week, an “escalation” of Pyongyang’s support for Moscow that has serious implications for both the war in Europe and security on the Korean Peninsula, the White House said Thursday....
UN warns Gaza is now ‘uninhabitable’ as war continues (www.theguardian.com)
Army or prison: Forced recruitment in Myanmar’s towns and cities (www.frontiermyanmar.net)
South Africa's genocide case against Israel sets up a high-stakes legal battle at the UN's top court (apnews.com)
Link to the summary of findings submitted by South Africa: apnews.com/…/un-court-south-africa-israel-gaza-ge…...
Armed ethnic alliance in northern Myanmar is said to have seized a city that was a key goal (apnews.com)
Live updates | 6 killed overnight in an apparent Israeli airstrike on a home in southern Gaza (apnews.com)
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says several thousand Hamas fighters remain in northern Gaza, where entire neighborhoods have been blasted into rubble. Heavy fighting is also underway in central Gaza and the southern city of Khan Younis, where Israeli officials say Hamas’ military structure is still largely intact....
Nepal bans citizens from working in Russia or Ukraine after deaths in military (www.theguardian.com)
More than 200 Nepali soldiers are believed to have enlisted in the Russian army since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Nepal’s foreign ministry had said, and more than 100 of them have gone missing. A smaller number are believed to be fighting in the Ukrainian army....
Former Scottish police chief returns MBE over UK's stance on Gaza (www.thenational.scot)
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....
Tesla recalls more than 1.6 million cars in China over steering software issues (www.bbc.com)
Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million vehicles in China over issues with steering software and door-locking systems, the country’s regulator says....
China's nationalists revel in Japan earthquake tragedy (www.newsweek.com)
Inside Israel’s torture camp for Gaza detainees (www.972mag.com)
In early December, images circulated worldwide showing dozens of Palestinian men in the city of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, who were stripped to their underwear, kneeling or sitting hunched over, then blindfolded and put into the back of Israeli military trucks like cattle. The vast majority of these detainees were...
Head of Britain’s police chiefs says force ‘institutionally racist’ (www.theguardian.com)
Iraq Takes Step to Close Down US-Led Coalition's Mission (www.voanews.com)
FTSE 100 chiefs paid more in three days than average UK yearly wage, study says (www.theguardian.com)
South Korea’s military says North Korea fired artillery into maritime buffer zone in ‘provocative act’ (www.cnn.com)
South Korea’s military condemned its northern neighbor on Friday after Pyongyang fired artillery rounds that fell within a maritime buffer zone that has long been a flashpoint between the two....
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...
Carrefour pulls PepsiCo products in four EU countries over price hikes (www.theguardian.com)
For context, Carrefour is one of Europe’s largest retailers. And French; they take no shit
