Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine during the early hours of the new year Monday.
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Israel’s Supreme Court overturns a key component of Netanyahu’s polarizing judicial overhaul
Israel’s Supreme Court has struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul
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Israel pulling thousands of troops from Gaza, a possible precursor to a scaled-back offensive
Israel has come under growing international pressure to scale back an offensive that has led to the deaths of nearly 22,000 Palestinians, more than two-thirds of them women and children.
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Japan lowers tsunami warning after earthquakes but tells people to stay away from coast
The quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 7.6, started a fire and collapsed buildings on the west coast of Japan’s main island.
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New Year’s Eve sweeps across the globe, but wars cast a shadow on 2024
New Year’s Day arrived to cheers from thousands in New York’s Times Square, where a sparkling crystal ball descended to start 2024 with hope for some, even as the world’s ongoing conflicts subdued celebrations and raised security concerns across the globe.
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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II to step down from throne on Jan. 14
Denmark has Europe’s oldest ruling monarchy, which traces its line back to the Viking king Gorm the Old, who died in 958.
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Shecky Greene, legendary standup comic, improv master and lord of Las Vegas, dies at 97
Those who saw Greene in his decades of comedy dominance on the Vegas Strip in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s said that with a mic in his hand, he could roam a room and work a crowd like no other.
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North Korea leader vows to launch more spy satellites and produce more nuclear materials in 2024
Kim called for ‘the overwhelming war response capability’ to deter potential enemy provocations, Korean Central News Agency said.
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John Pilger, Australia-born journalist and filmmaker known for covering Cambodia, dies at 84
He also won acclaim for a 1974 documentary looking into the campaign for compensation for children after concerns were raised about birth defects when expectant mothers took the drug Thalidomide.
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U.S. Navy helicopters fire on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, killing several, after latest Red Sea shipping attack
The military said Sunday that four small boats attacked a cargo ship and fired at responding U.S. helicopters, which returned fire and sank three of the boats.