World News
PDC World Darts Championship: Luke Littler almost hits nine-darter in opening win - BBC.com
‘World’s steepest’ cable car opens in Switzerland - CNN
The 2024 Bourbons Of The Year, According To The SF World Spirits Competition - Forbes
Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury again to defend heavyweight world titles - The Athletic - The Athletic
Lindsey Vonn takes a low-risk approach and places 14th in her return to World Cup skiing at age 40 - The Associated Press
Lindsey Vonn impresses on World Cup return after coming out of retirement - BBC.com
Lindsey Vonn finishes 14th in Super-G race in return to World Cup circuit - The Athletic
Rickey Henderson dies: MLB stars, sports world react to death of Hall of Fame leadoff hitter, base stealer - CBS Sports
United States News
What happens if the US government shuts down? - BBC.com
Immigration drives US population growth to highest rate in 23 years as residents pass 340 million - ABC News
US drops $10m reward for arrest of Syria’s new leader after Damascus talks - Al Jazeera English
Senior U.S. Diplomats Meet With Governing Militias in Syria - The New York Times
Why China Isn’t Scared of Trump: U.S.-Chinese Tensions May Rise, but His Isolationism Will Help Beijing - Foreign Affairs Magazine
Pakistan's missile program is 'emerging threat', top US official says - Reuters
US averts shutdown as Trump sets the stage for his presidency - CNN
Trump appoints The Apprentice producer as US special envoy to UK - The Guardian US
US sees fastest rate of population growth in 23 years, Census Bureau reveals - The Independent
U.S. life expectancy rose last year, hitting highest level since pandemic - NBC News
Europe News
Liberal Europe must learn some history lessons to survive - Financial Times
Von der Leyen’s mission: Stop Europe’s ‘slow agony’ of decline - POLITICO Europe
We need to talk about Europe’s Kevins - The Economist
Trump Tariffs? Europe Braces but Has No Clear Strategy - The New York Times
Trump to Europe: Buy more of our oil and gas or face tariffs - CNN
Europe’s economic apocalypse is now - POLITICO Europe
Want to Visit Europe in 2025? You'll Need to Apply for New Travel Authorization - KQED
Is Europe Already at War With Putin’s Russia? - Bloomberg
Asia News
The tiny island that sits between Europe and Asia - CNN
Northeast Asia's dual trilaterals are a buffer against instability - Nikkei Asia
Africa's incredible new £100bn suspension bridge connecting continent to Asia - Express
Asia-Pacific Tourism Set for Rapid Growth: China, India, and Japan Propel to grow from $615.2 Billion Global Travel Market - Travel And Tour World
China’s multi-platform hypersonic strike force takes shape - Asia Times
Sara Duterte, Martin Romualdez trust ratings down double digits in Nov - Pulse Asia - GMA News Online
Asia Gold Price fluctuation dampens demand in India - Reuters
"You Haven't Crossed 40 Outside Asia": Shubman Gill Blasted By Ex-India Star - NDTV Sports
Africa News
New cities and giant ports: The infrastructure megaprojects set to transform Africa - CNN
Africa's week in pictures: 13-19 December 2024 - BBC.com
France's military is being ousted from more African countries. Here's why - ABC News
Southern Africa’s liberation movements have lost their political mojo - Al Jazeera English
Esports are booming in Africa – but can its infrastructure keep pace? - The Guardian
Why Russia Is Not a Great Power in Africa - Foreign Policy
Africa File, December 19, 2024 - Institute for the Study of War
Security and economic woes plague West Africa, as key elections loom - UN News
Fake Fertilizer, Dirty Money, and a Kidnapping Epidemic: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories from Sub-Saharan Africa - Global Investigative Journalism Network
Middle East News
Israel vs. Turkey: The Intensifying Middle-East Power Struggle - The Wall Street Journal
Column | After Assad’s fall, a new Middle East ‘order’ is taking shape - The Washington Post
The balance of power is shifting in the Middle East – and it is Turkey’s ‘full moon’ on the rise - The Guardian
Middle East crisis: mediators push on with Gaza ceasefire talks amid fresh strikes – as it happened - The Guardian
Middle East latest: Israeli strike on a Gaza school kills 17 people sheltering there - Yahoo! Voices
Is Israel Really Building an Empire Across the Middle East? - Haaretz
The fall of Assad is just the beginning: The struggle for Syria has resumed - opinion - The Jerusalem Post
‘How do we live in this terrible world?’ a reader asked me. Here’s the only answer I have - The Guardian
The Middle East’s shifting balance of power favors Turkey and Israel - Atlantic Council
