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SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told the country’s military commanders the most powerful means must be mobilized to destroy the United States and South Korea if they choose military confrontation, state media reported last night.

KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has been re-elected for a second term after getting more than 73% of the vote in a Dec.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Artificial intelligence represents a mixed blessing for the legal field, U.S.

(Reuters) – New Zealanders were among the first in the world to celebrate the arrival of 2024 with a fireworks display in Auckland on Monday.

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s shelling of the city of Donetsk in early New Year’s Day hours killed four people, a Russian-installed official in the eastern region of Ukraine said, while Ukrainian officials said at least one person was killed in Russia’s air attack on Odesa.

(Reuters) – Higher consumer spending over the holiday season, real wage gains over the last nine months and a jump in consumer confidence point to a good start for 2024, said Jared Bernstein, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers yesterday.

SEOUL, Reuters) – North Korea vowed to launch three new spy satellites, build military drones, and boost its nuclear arsenal in 2024 as leader Kim Jong Un said U.S.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – A sweeping purge of Chinese generals has weakened the People’s Liberation Army, exposing deep-rooted corruption that could take more time to fix and slow Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s military modernization drive amid geopolitical tensions, analysts say.

(Reuters) – Coastal communities in California faced another day of towering waves and possible flooding yesterday as officials issued evacuation orders in some areas and warned residents to stay off beaches and coastal roadways.

PRISTINA,  (Reuters) – A court in Albania on Saturday ordered that former president and prime minister Sali Berisha be placed under house arrest following investigation on a corruption case relating to his time in office.

(Reuters) – U.S. singer, dancer and “American Idol” star Paula Abdul filed a lawsuit accusing British television executive Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her when they worked together on two popular talent shows, according to court documents.

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retake control of the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt, expanding Israel’s mission to neutralize Hamas in a conflict it says it expects to last for months.

(Reuters) – The United States shot down two missiles headed toward a container ship in the southern Red Sea and launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen yesterday, U.S.

(Reuters) – Russia said 20 people including two children had been killed and 111 injured in “indiscriminate” Ukrainian strikes allegedly including cluster bombs on the Russian provincial capital of Belgorod yesterday, and vowed to retaliate.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s government has restarted repatriation flights of Venezuelans, it said yesterday, two days after officials agreed to work more closely with their U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors today urged a federal appeals court to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he cannot face criminal charges for seeking to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday urged Chinese ambassadors to forge a “diplomatic iron army” loyal to the Communist Party, reviving the abrasive “Wolf Warrior” rhetoric propagated by some diplomats as a sign of China’s increasingly assertive foreign policy.

CAIRO/GAZA, (Reuters) – Fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing struck Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip last night, residents said, after nearly 200 people were reported killed in 24 hours in Israel’s campaign against Hamas militants.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia unleashed its biggest air attack of the war on Ukraine yesterday, killing 31 civilians, wounding more than 160 others and hitting cities and infrastructure across the country, officials said.

AMSTERDAM/CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in its crackdown against the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza.