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Sweden allows nearly 10% wolf to be killed
Sweden began its annual wolf hunt this week, allowing nearly 10% of the endangered species population to be killed, as conservationists raise concerns about the controversial policy. Since 2010, Sweden has allowed wolves to be hunted on a licensed quota basis. Conservationists say this goes against European Union law and have filed complaints with the EU Commission, which has previously said it is assessing Sweden’s compliance. Hunted to the point of extinction by the 1970s, wolves have gradually returned to the northern European country, aided by EU conservation legislation.
New Year’s celebrations around the world
Fireworks are lighting up night skies around the world as New Year’s revelers ring in 2025.
WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic’s emergence
The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Three women die after eating Christmas cake in suspected poisoning in Brazil
Three women have died after eating a Christmas cake in a suspected poisoning case in Brazil.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, dies at age 100
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died at age 100. Carter
Why couples in Japan treat Christmas like a second Valentine’s Day
One of Sumire Sekino’s most memorable Christmases involved spending the day hopping around some of Tokyo’s best date spots with her boyfriend.
Baby mammoth found in Russian crater is the world’s ‘best’ preserved, says scientist
Russian scientists presented the carcass of a baby mammoth, whose incredibly well-preserved remains were found in the Siberian region of Yakutia in June after more than 50,000 years.
Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line opens after more than a decade of delays
A dozen years after it broke ground, Vietnam’s largest city has unveiled its first mass rapid transit line.
China says astronauts completed nine-hour spacewalk, breaking US record
China says two of its astronauts completed a nine-hour spacewalk Tuesday, a figure that beats the US-held record for the world’s longest spacewalk set in 2001, in the latest milestone in the country’s ambitious space program.
Assad flees to Moscow as Syrian rebels capture Damascus
Strikes were heard in Damascus early Monday, according to a CNN team in the Syrian capital, after President Bashar al-Assad and his family fled to Russia in the face of an astonishingly swift rebel offensive. It was not immediately clear who carried out the strikes.
World’s top 100 cities revealed
It’s been a big old year for Paris: the Olympics this summer, Notre Dame reopening this weekend, and now it’s been named the most attractive city in the world. It’s the fourth time in a row that the French capital has taken the No.1 spot in the Top 100 City Destinations Index by data analytics company Euromonitor International.
South Korean opposition leader thought martial law announcement was ‘a deepfake’
The leader of South Korea’s main opposition party thought the president’s late night martial law announcement was a deepfake when he first saw it, he told CNN on Thursday as his party now seeks to impeach the country’s leader.
Dozens killed in crowd crush at Guinea soccer match
A crowd crush at a soccer match in the West African country of Guinea has left at least 56 people dead and many others injured, authorities said Monday. Information minister Fana Soumah said in a statement that investigations were underway into the cause of the crush at a stadium in the southern city of Nzerekore.
Lockdown, internet shutdowns and protesters clashing with police in Pakistan's capital
Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan broke through barricades around the capital Tuesday and marched into Islamabad, clashing with security forces and demanding his release. Authorities have enforced a security lockdown in the country, imposed internet blackouts and barricaded major roads leading into the capital to prevent protesters from entering after Khan called for his supporters to march on parliament.
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Inferno destroys thousands of shanties in Manila’s biggest slum area
A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. Drone footage from the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office showed raging orange flames razing densely packed stilt homes in Isla Puting Bato, a squalid area of Tondo, Manila.
