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Protests broke out in China’s northern province of Shaanxi on Thursday, a week after a teenage boy fell to his death from a school dormitory.

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed a strong interest in acquiring control of the Panama Canal, potentially by force if necessary.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday reminded President-elect Donald Trump, who hopes to acquire Greenland, that Russia will protect its “strategic interests” in the Arctic region.

The government of Chad said on Thursday that a bizarre attack on the presidential palace had been repelled, with 18 of the attackers and one Chadian soldier killed in the process. 

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD is under investigation for using “irregular visas” to ship workers to Brazil, where they were kept in what Brazilian inspectors described as “slavery-like conditions.”

A court in Shanghai on Monday sentenced filmmaker Chen Pinlin to three and a half years in prison for making a documentary about the massive nationwide protests against China’s coronavirus lockdowns in 2022.

President-elect Donald Trump said during a preview of policies for his second administration on Tuesday that he would not rule out the use of economic pressure, or even military force, to obtain control of Greenland and the Panama Canal. 

The Biden administration on Monday transferred 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Oman, reducing the total number of detainees remaining at Guantanamo to 15. The facility held around 800 detainees at peak population.

The city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the holiest city in the Muslim religion, experienced heavy flooding on Monday after torrential downpours. 

President-elect Donald Trump responded to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation announcement on Monday by once again offering to make Canada America’s 51st state.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, launching both the process of his Liberal Party choosing a new leader and his country electing a new prime minister. 

An FBI official told reporters on Sunday that the bureau will investigate New Orleans terrorism suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s past visits to Egypt and Canada in 2023 for clues to his radicalization and possible contacts with the Islamic State.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, ending a tumultuous second term.

Chinese state media is celebrating automaker BYD surpassing Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s top producer of electric vehicles (EVs), while downplaying reports that BYD has been keeping its Brazilian workforce in conditions “analogous to slavery.”

Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday as both prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Trudeau said he will remain as caretaker PM until the Liberal Party selects its new leader.

The Italian government on Thursday summoned the Iranian ambassador to demand the release of journalist Cecilia Sala, who was arrested without due process or clear charges in Tehran on December 19.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Rep. French Hill (R-AR), vice chair of the House Financial Services Committee, on Thursday wrote to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen demanding more details of a cyberattack on Treasury’s computer systems allegedly perpetrated by hackers linked to the Chinese government.

Chinese state media on Wednesday coyly confirmed that a mysterious aircraft spotted over the southwestern Sichuan province last week was a new sixth-generation stealth fighter, ostensibly the most advanced combat aircraft in the world.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol avoided arrest on Friday when his security detail refused to allow investigators into his residence, where he has been sequestered since December 12.

The FBI accused Gainesville, FL, resident Forrest Kendall Pemberton of plotting to attack the South Florida offices of a Pro-Israel Organization.

The Palestinian Authority froze operations of Al Jazeera for “broadcasting inciting materials and reports characterized by misinformation.”

The Iranian theocracy on Thursday commemorated the fifth anniversary of the death of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the chief terrorist mastermind of the world’s worst state sponsors of terrorism.

The Islamic State on Wednesday claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack on a Somali military base in the Puntland region — but remained silent on the New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans, whose perpetrator carried an ISIS flag in his pickup truck.

In cybersecurity news, 2024 was framed by three “typhoons,” including Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, two massive Chinese attacks.

Internet watchdogs generally agreed that Internet freedom declined once again in 2024 – the fourteenth loss in a row, according to Freedom House.

Saudi Arabia’s Neom project was meant to be the city of the future, the crowning achievement of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s “Saudi Vision 2030” plan to diversify the national economy away from oil. Unfortunately, the construction site for the city of the future has been plagued by complaints of gang rape, drinking, drugs, and attempted suicide by the 100,000 workers assembled there.

A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law.

The Canadian government pledged to crack down on student visa abuse after Indian officials complained about a “well-planned conspiracy” that used Canadian student visas to smuggle Indian nationals into the United States.

One day after a Boeing 737-800 flying for South Korea’s Jeju Air burst into flames during an emergency landing necessitated by landing gear problems, a second Jeju Air plane of the same type reported a landing gear problem and returned safely to its departure airport.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev blasted Russia for attempting to “hush up” its role in the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243.

South Korean acting president Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency inspection of safety procedures for the entire national air travel system after the horrible crash of a Jeju Air plane on Sunday killed all 179 passengers, plus four of the aircraft’s six crew members.

A passenger plane operated by South Korea’s Jeju Air skidded off the runway at Muan International Airport at shortly after 9:00 a.m. local time on Sunday morning, causing a fiery crash that killed at least 28 of its 181 passengers and crew.

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said on Friday that an injured North Korean soldier, captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting for Russia in Kursk, has succumbed to his wounds.

Russia’s FSB security service announced U.S. citizen Eugene Spector was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stealing biotechnology secrets.

The Russian government on Friday struggled to manage international outrage over the increasing likelihood that a Russian surface-to-air missile brought down Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 on Wednesday, killing 38 of its passengers.

South Korean lawmakers impeached Acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday on the grounds that he was not moving quickly enough to complete the impeachment and trial of former President Yoon Suk-yeol after the latter’s disastrous attempt to impose martial law on December 3. Han’s tenure as acting president ended up lasting only 13 days.