December 28, 2024 (Saturday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

The Gaza Strip Government Media Office reports that 110,000 out of 135,000 tents used as shelters by displaced Palestinians have "completely deteriorated" and are now unusable due to strong winter winds and heavy rainfall.

(Al Jazeera)

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Syria's new government announces "a large-scale sweep operation" in Latakia to arrest or eliminate all remaining pro-Assad insurgents and any threats to national security.

(Al Jazeera)

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Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense announces that they targeted several locations in Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani aircraft conducting aerial bombardments within Afghanistan.

(Al Jazeera)

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Business and economy

U.S. homelessness hits a record high in 2024, increasing by more than 18% in the past year, primarily due to high housing costs, natural disasters, and an increase in migration to major cities.

(BBC News)

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Russian company Gazprom announces the supply of gas to Moldova will cease on January 1, 2025, alleging fails to fulfill its payment obligations. The Moldovan Prime Minister, Dorin Recean, accuses the Russian Government of deliberately weaponising energy flows to destabilise the country. .

(Euronews)

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Disasters and accidents

At least two people are killed in a tornado outbreak across the southern United States, with damage reported near Houston, Texas.

(USA Today)

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The death toll from the highway collapse between Maranhão and Tocantins, Brazil, six days ago, increases to eleven, with six others still missing.

(Correio Braziliense)

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International relations

Slovakia threatens reciprocal measures against Ukraine's plans to suspend the transit of Russian oil to Slovakia on January 1, including suspending electricity supplies. In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Slovakia of opening a "second energy front" against Kyiv under Moscow's orders.

(Al Jazeera)

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Law and crime

The Afghanistan's Taliban government bans windows overlooking to places "used by women", and says that existing ones should be blocked.

(RFI)

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Politics and elections

At least 13,000 Mozambicans flee the country into Malawi amid widespread civil unrest due to the results of the recent general election.

(DW)

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Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol is accused of ordering the authorization of the use of live firearms to stop MPs from overriding the martial law vote and to force the MPs out of the National Assembly legislature building.

(BBC News)

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December 28, 2024 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Law and crime

Politics and elections