Chinese city Zhengzhou tells state-owned company to buy second-hand homes to reduce new housing inventories (news.yahoo.com)
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s central city of Zhengzhou has asked residents to sell their second-hand homes to a local state-owned company and buy new ones instead, in a bid to reduce new-home inventories and boost the local property sector....
Houthis sentence 9 men to death on dubious 'sodomy' charges in Yemen (news.yahoo.com)
Climate protesters can't rely on beliefs in criminal damage cases, UK court rules (news.yahoo.com)
LONDON (Reuters) - Environmental activists accused of criminal damage cannot rely on their political or philosophical beliefs as a defence, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Monday, raising the prospect of more protesters being convicted for direct action....
Hezbollah commander trains Russian drone operators in Syria for deployment against Ukraine (news.yahoo.com)
Mexicans turn out in droves to 'protect democracy' ahead of elections | Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Huge crowds filled Mexico City’s main square on Sunday in support of the nation’s electoral authority, accusing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of trying to weaken the body ahead of a presidential election in June....
Eastern Congo residents scramble for food and safety as conflict intensifies | Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - An intensifying conflict between Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) army and the Tutsi-led M23 rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda, has disrupted food supplies to the eastern city of Goma, affecting over two million residents and displaced individuals....
Milei Heading to Pro-Trump Event on Heels of Blinken Meeting (news.yahoo.com)
Russia has lost over 400,000 soldiers in Ukraine (news.yahoo.com)
Putin urges Russians to have more kids, says ethnic survival at stake - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) - Russian families must produce at least two children for the sake of the nation’s ethnic survival, and three or more if it is to develop and thrive, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday....
Singapore passes law to hold 'dangerous offenders' beyond prison terms (news.yahoo.com)
By Xinghui Kok...
China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
BEIJING (Reuters) - When a Beijing-based military institute in September published a patent for a new high-performance chip, it offered a glimpse of China’s bid to remake the half-trillion dollar global chip market and withstand U.S. sanctions....
Canada extends ban on foreign ownership of housing by two years - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) - Canada on Sunday announced a two-year extension to a ban on foreign ownership of Canadian housing, saying the step was aimed at addressing worries about Canadians being priced out of housing markets in cities and towns across the country....
Germany to supply Ukraine with 80 tanks in 2024 (news.yahoo.com)
Berlin plans to provide Ukraine with additional IRIS-T air defense systems and more than 80 Leopard-1A5 main battle tanks in 2024, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Jan. 24....
Support for far-right AfD eases after Germany-wide protests - polls (news.yahoo.com)
BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) dropped slightly in two polls published on Tuesday after 10 days of nationwide protests against the far-right party, although it remained firmly in second place....
Texas Democrat leaves Republicans speechless when he uses the Bible against them (news.yahoo.com)
Texas State Rep. James Talarico using biblical scripture to tear down conservative Christian arguments
Anger in Sweden as Nobel Prize organizers invite Russia and Belarus to the award ceremonies. (news.yahoo.com)
Several Swedish lawmakers said Friday they will boycott this year’s Nobel Prize ceremonies after the private foundation that administers the prestigious awards changed its policy and invited Russia, Belarus and Iran who had previously been barred from attending.
U.S. urges China military dialogue despite rebuff to Blinken (news.yahoo.com)
The Biden administration wants to set up a deconfliction line with China in much the same way they set one up with Russia during the Cold War. They’re also signaling that future cooperation may come in the financial sector or by refining sanctions by tapping the Treasury Secretary as one of the next US officials to meet with...
Prediction: Starfield is going to a massive blunder and people are going to be unhappy (news.yahoo.com)
I will come back to this post in September to see if I was right lol...