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US imposes sanctions on Russian and Iranian groups over disinformation targeting American voters

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns targeting this year’s election.
 
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US and Boeing investigators examine the site of a deadly South Korean plane crash

 
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The world welcomes 2025 with light shows, embraces and ice plunges

 
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Middle East latest: Dozens of patients and wounded evacuated from Gaza for treatment

 
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A new year dawns on a Middle East torn by conflict and change

 

ELECTION WATCH 2024

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Lessons from the elections held in 70 countries in 2024

Some 70 countries that are home to half the world’s population held elections in 2024, and voters’ message was often: “You’re fired.”
 
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German government seeks to downplay Musk’s backing of far-right party ahead of general election

The German government has sought to downplay efforts by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to get involved in the country’s general election campaign by repeatedly endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party.
 

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Kavelashvili is inaugurated as Georgia’s president, complicating its path toward EU

 
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    Croatia’s incumbent president gains most votes for re-election, but not enough to avoid a runoff

     
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    Low turnout in Chad parliamentary election boycotted by opposition as military rule ends

     

Ukraine says it shot down Russian helicopter using a naval drone

Ukraine said on Tuesday that one of its naval drones shot down a Russian helicopter with a missile, marking the first time an aerial target has been destroyed by an uncrewed vessel.
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Fireworks light up night sky in central Damascus as Syrians celebrate arrival of new year post-Assad

WATCH: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Japan ring in the 2025 New Year

MIDEAST WARS

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People walk along the beach next to a tent refugee camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec .30, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Middle East latest: Israel intercepts Houthi missile fired from Yemen

Israel’s military says it intercepted a missile fired toward the country by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The attack set off sirens late Monday in central areas of Israel, including Tel Aviv.
 
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In Gaza’s crowded tent camps, women wrestle with a life stripped of privacy

 

A fourth infant dies of the winter cold in Gaza as families share blankets in seaside tents

 

Israel detains the director of one of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals during a raid

 

MORE COVERAGE

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Now Syria’s long-ruling Baath party is collapsing, too

 

  1. Syria’s de facto leader says it could take up to 4 years to hold elections

  2. Syria’s dwindling Jewish community can visit one of the world’s oldest synagogues again

Russia-Ukraine war

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Biden announces nearly $2.5 billion more in military aid for Ukraine

 
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Hundreds of soldiers freed in the latest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine

 
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Bloodied Ukrainian troops risk losing more hard-won land in Kursk to Russia

 

GLOBAL BUSINESS NEWS

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China’s manufacturing activity slows in December as trade risks grow

China has reported its factory activity expanded at a slower pace in December, despite recent stimulus measures and in the face of increasing trade risks. the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday that the official Purchasing Managers’ Index, based on a survey of factory managers, slipped to 50
 
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Stock market today: Wall Street indexes lose ground as market closes another record-breaking year

 
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California will soon require insurers to increase home coverage in wildfire-prone areas

 
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Value-seekers drove 2024’s retail trends and dead ends

 
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AI is becoming ingrained in businesses across industries. Where is it going in 2025?

 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100

 
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The world population will be 8.09 billion on New Year’s Day

 
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What we know about the deadly Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea

 
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China’s Xi vows to stop mass killings known as ‘revenge on society crimes’

 
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North Korea’s Kim vows the toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office

 
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Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband won’t appeal his 20-year prison sentence for orchestrating mass rapes

 
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This Somali migrant watched others around her die at sea. But she wants to try again for Europe

 
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As flooding becomes a yearly disaster in South Sudan, thousands survive on the edge of a canal

 
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It’s the holidays in Zimbabwe. Time to celebrate by unveiling a family tombstone

 
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Southern Africa elections brought big changes in 2024

 

Regions

Europe

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Ceremonies mark full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in Europe’s Schengen travel zone

 

  1. Instead of partying, thousands turn New Year celebration into anti-government protest in Serbia

  2. Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine hits multiple targets, including Kyiv

  3. Berlin police say they have detained a man who attacked 2 people with a knife

Asia

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Driver runs down two New Zealand police officers, killing one

 

  1. South Korean court issues warrants to detain impeached President Yoon and search his office

  2. Thousands march in Bangladesh calling for the ousted prime minister’s prosecution

  3. South Korean adoptees and families rocked by fraud allegations

Latin America

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Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year’s Eve

 

  1. Panama celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Panama Canal handover as Trump wants to take it back

  2. Ecuador orders the detention of 16 soldiers charged with the disappearance of 4 children

  3. Cuba frees man who participated in 1997 attacks on hotels in Havana, orchestrated by Cuban exiles

Middle East

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Israeli hospital says Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery

 

Africa

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Ivory Coast asks French troops to leave, the latest African country to do so

 

  1. Zimbabwe’s new currency woes hit traditional stores while illegal night bazaars flourish

  2. Politician among protesters arrested in Kenya while calling for an end to alleged abductions

  3. Jimmy Carter sought to expand democracy worldwide long after he left the White House

  4. A butterfly collector in Africa with more than 4.2 million seeks to share them for the future

U.S. News

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Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals

 

  1. The killing of an 18-year-old Ohio woman was solved with DNA technology after 43 years

  2. Harry Chandler, Navy medic who survived Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 103

  3. Visiting the Big Apple? Prepare to pay more if you drive to busiest part of Manhattan

  4. Jimmy Carter is being mourned in his tiny hometown and around the world

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France’s Macron acknowledges that dissolving parliament in 2024 backfired but celebrates Olympics

 
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West Ham forward Michail Antonio out of hospital and ‘grateful for being alive’ after car crash

 
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Thief swipes $13 million in jewels, handbags and cash from a London mansion

 
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Wimbledon finalist Gabriela Dabrowski reveals she played through 2024 after breast cancer diagnosis

 

Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty almost 20 years after its last hanging

 
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Germany, France and Poland condemn violence in Georgia, stress support for pro-democracy movement

 
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Montenegro extradites cryptocurrency mogul to the United States

 
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Initial results of imprecise census in Myanmar show a slight population drop

 
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Running a marathon a day in 2024, she has a world record within her grasp

 
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Wind, rain and the threat of floods play the spoiler for New Year’s festivities in the UK

 

Swiss flight attendant dies a week after plane’s emergency landing due to smoke on board

 
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Scholz calls on Germans to unite in solidarity in a new year despite many crises

 
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Pakistani security forces suffer deadliest year for a decade while fighting insurgency, report finds

 
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AP WAS THERE: Carter announces Middle East peace agreement

 
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Moldovans fear looming energy shortage as Russia halts gas supplies

 
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China’s manufacturing activity slows in December as trade risks grow

 
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Stock market today: Wall Street indexes lose ground as market closes another record-breaking year

 
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Venezuela’s top court issues a $10 million fine for TikTok over allegedly deadly video challenges

 
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Actor Carey Mulligan and author Kazuo Ishiguro on UK’s New Year Honors list

 
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Army National Guard soldier from Indiana dies in non-combat incident in Iraq

 
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South Korea plane crash is the deadliest in a year marked by several fatal aviation accidents

 

Losing your kids to doom scrolling? Greece is building a government app for that

 
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Border arrests are little changed in December, ending Biden’s term at lowest level

 
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French prime minister unveils recovery plan for devastated Mayotte after Cyclone Chido

 
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Trinidad and Tobago enact a state of emergency in the face of gang violence

 
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Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission

 
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Mexico to investigate a town that thanked a drug lord for holiday season gifts for children

 
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Argentine judge charges five people over the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne

 
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Catholic priest in Belarus sentenced to 11 years as crackdown on dissent continues

 

Hotel fire near monastic sanctuary in Greece leaves 1 dead, 11 hospitalized