Tight security as Lula set to be sworn in as Brazil’s president
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A U.N. official met with a Taliban leader over a ban on women working for NGOs
Major international aid agencies suspended operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban banned women from working for nongovernmental organizations in a series of measures rolling back women’s rights.
Man dies after being struck by bull at New Year’s Eve rodeo in Australia
Amateur bullrider fell from the bull at annual rodeo and suffered serious chest injuries
Illinois high court halts elimination of cash bail
The Illinois Supreme Court has halted provisions of a new law that would eliminate cash bail for criminal defendants, issuing a stay hours before the new policies were set to take effect Sunday.
Meth hazard prompts closure of US library
A public library in Boulder, Colorado has been closed due to substantial contamination with methamphetamines
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Sound Transit’s new garage in Puyallup will open later than expected
The garage construction is complete, but improvements to nearby intersections have yet to be finished. Commuters can use the Puyallup Fair Red Lot in the meantime, Sound Transit says.
Crowds in Pyongyang welcome the start of the New Year
Crowds climbed Mansu Hill in the centre of Pyongyang to lay flowers and bow to statues of past leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung.
Zelenskiy and Putin signal desire to break war’s deadlock in new year
There has been little movement in the frontlines for weeks, and there are signs Russia lacks offensive combat powerRussia’s war on Ukraine enters its second calendar year at a delicate point. It is six weeks after the liberation of Kherson and there ha…
Huge prison riot breaks out as more than 30 dangerous inmates escape cells killing 14 in deadly jailbreak
AT LEAST 14 are dead after a deadly prison riot broke out in a notorious Mexican prison in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
More than 30 dangerous inmates have reportedly escaped from the CERESO State Three prison in Ciudad Juarez.
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