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Gustavo Petro Rebukes Maduro's Appeal to Colombian Forces Amid U.S. Pressure, Says He 'Has No Right to Give Orders to the Military'

Colombian President Gustavo Petro rejected an appeal by Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro for Colombia's military to join forces with the neighboring country, saying Maduro "has no right to give orders to the military."

Latin Times

Stefanik ends campaign for New York governor, will retire in 2026

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is ending her campaign for New York governor and will retire from the House at the end of her current term.

Roll Call

The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication − 70 years after Jonas Salk developed the vaccine in a Pittsburgh lab

It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded “iron lung” ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that public pools and movie theaters closed. Parents canceled birthday parties, afraid their child might be the…

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Egypt vows to prevent escalation between Lebanon and Israel amid tensions over Hezbollah

Egypt is working hard to prevent further escalation between Lebanon and Israel amid tensions over Hezbollah's disarmament

The Independent UK

US strikes on narcoboats kill five more in Pacific amid mounting Venezuela tensions

US forces killed five in narcoboat strikes Thursday, bringing the total deaths to 104 since September, following the US president's order to blockade sanctioned Venezuelan tankers in further escalation of tensions with Venezuela.

Euronews

Love Actually’s Hugh Grant and Richard Curtis back Red Cross’s family reunion campaign

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has axed the refugee family reunion visa route - with loved ones only able to come to the UK if the sponsor is on a work or study visas

The Independent UK

‘Better off with Taiwan’: Honduras joins other Latin American countries rethinking ties with China

US pressure, broken promises by China and corruption scandals have halted Taiwan’s slide to diplomatic irrelevance in the region

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Lifting of US sanctions on Syria could spur refugee returns, UNHCR official says

The UN refugee agency reports that altogether more than 1 million refugees and nearly 2 million internally displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since Bashar al-Assad's fall.

Euronews

Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children's lives crushed by foreign aid cuts

Though the US spent just 1% of its budget on foreign aid, Trump dubbed USAID wasteful and shut it down, a move that has proven catastrophic for the world's most vulnerable.

Euronews

UN official says lifting US sanctions on Syria could encourage refugee returns

The U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon says the U.S. lifting sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return

The Independent UK

'They took all of our oil not that long ago. And we want it back': Trump demands Venezuela return seized assets

U.S. oil companies dominated Venezuela's petroleum industry until the the 1970s and then under Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez.

Fortune

Sudanese paramilitary group RSF killed more than 1,000 civilians in Zamzam camp in April, UN says

The U.N. Human Rights Office says in a new report that more than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on Sudan's largest displacement camp

The Independent UK

Thailand conference launches international initiative to fight online scams

Thailand has helped launch a global effort to fight the spread of online scams that include criminal enterprises based largely in Southeast Asia

The Independent UK

UN distances itself from International Women’s Day website winning corporate partnerships

Sainsbury’s, Barclays and University College London have all drawn on themes created by IWD site run by London business with no link to UN

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Israel launches intense airstrikes in Lebanon as deadline looms to disarm Hezbollah

Israel has carried out airstrikes on southern and northeastern Lebanon

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: US military announces strike on Pacific boat that kills four, taking death toll to 99

UN condemns strikes as extrajudicial executions. Plus, Trump’s end-of-year ‘Bah! Humbug!’ address

Euronews

Does the EU rollback of 2035 car emissions ban risk undermining Europe’s climate goals?

The EU has softened its 2035 car emissions ban, raising questions about climate targets and the pace of EV adoption.

TechRadar

The UN just made a significant decision on who governs the Internet

The UN's Internet Governance Forum has gone from being an annual meeting to being a permanent UN body.

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Saudi-backed forces gather on Yemen border as separatists face pressure to pull back

Southern Transitional Council, backed by UAE, told it could face airstrikes after its recent huge territorial gains

The Conversation

Earth’s frozen regions are sending a clear warning about climate change – but politicians are ignoring it

“We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice.” That’s the message from more than 50 leading scientists who study the Earth’s frozen regions, published in the latest annual State of the Cryosphere report.

The Guardian - UK

Shackled, alone and scared: the grim reality for women forced to give birth in prison

Across the world, pregnant women held in prison are often kept in deplorable conditions, leading some to miscarry or give birth alone inside a cell, say campaigners

International Business Times UK

Sudan Crisis: Image Shows Dozens of Bodies Dumped in Irrigation Canals Amid Ethnic Purge

Satellite images reveal dozens of bodies dumped in irrigation canals in Sudan, as investigators warn of ethnically targeted killings amid the country's worsening civil war.

The Independent UK

Refugee firefighters in Mauritania battle bushfires to give back to the community that took them in

Bushfires are deadly, they can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days in the vast desert of Mauritania

The Independent UK

‘This is an intellectual war crime’: Trump team moves to dismantle one of the world’s leading climate research labs

‘This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country,’ Trump’s OMB director Russell Vought says

The Independent UK

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim withdrawal from Uvira as peace talks struggle

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim they have begun withdrawing from the eastern Congolese city of Uvira

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