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Published on: 05/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Syria’s Damascus airport will resume international flights on Tuesday for the first time since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by armed opposition fighters. No flights had taken off or landed since pro-Assad forces abandoned the airport in the Syrian capital on December 8. Syrian Airlines will resume flights from Damascus to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, starting on Tuesday. Qatar Airways announced it would resume flights to the Syrian capital after nearly 13 years.

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Published on: 05/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Australia beat India by six wickets in the fifth Test of their five-match series. Australia won back the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade. Travis Head, 34 not out, and Beau Webster unbeaten on 39, got their team over the line to end the series on a high. Only Smith, Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc were part of the squad that played in the last series win over their rivals a decade ago. It was Cummins’ 20th win as captain. Australia handed out three debuts during the series.

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Published on: 05/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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UNESCO recognised attieke’s icon status by listing the dish as an intangible cultural heritage. That move elevates the tangy meal to the status of other globally renowned culinary favourites like South Korean kimchi and Mexican tacos. Attieke is an accessible and affordable dish that has become a staple in family meals, UNESCO noted. It is often served at weddings, birthdays or other events, with a side of spicy pepper sauce, grilled or fried tilapia fish, and chopped onions. Ivorian women use their hands to fluff up the paste so granules form better. The dried paste is then spread out in thin layers on tarps and laid out in the sun to dry. Steaming takes 30 to 40 minutes. Florence Bassono, founder of Faso Attieke, won an award at an agricultural and animal resources fair in Abidjan. Many Ivorians were angered that a non-Ivorian national won the competition over local entrepreneurs. In 2019, the African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI) certified Ivorian attieke and its production methods by granting it PGI or “Protected Geographical Indication” status.

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The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) ban on Al Jazeera is part of a broader attempt to silence criticism of its security operation in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The ban comes almost a month after the PA launched a crackdown on a coalition of armed groups that call themselves the Jenine Brigades. Since early December, the PA has cut off water and electricity to most of the inhabitants. Israel has used the last 30 years to expand illegal settlements on large swaths of stolen Palestinian land, nearly tripling the number of settlers in the occupied West Bank. As an occupying power, it still controls most aspects of Palestinian life and frequently carries out raids, killings and arrests. In 2021, the PA arrested critic and activist Nizar Banat, who died in custody. Hamas and PIJ are not puppets and remain rooted in their quest to resist Israel’s occupation, according to a report by the European Council on Foreign Relations. The PA’s main donors are the United States and Europe, whose stances often conflict with wider Palestinian aspirations and views. Some of these PA-affiliated pages claim the men belong to an “extremist” battalion called 313, which is also the name of a unit that fights with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Sanad said the video was never uploaded on any social media pages affiliated with the Jenin Brigades and “appears to have been created to mislead the public”. “[Civil servants] risk being punished if they are considered absent [at these pro-PA protests],” the source said

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Published on: 05/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Naomi Osaka retired from the final of the Auckland Classic with an abdominal injury. Japan star played in her first WTA final for three years against Clara Tauson. The 27-year-old was chasing her first title in four years since winning the 2021 Australian Open.

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Published on: 05/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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This year, like the last, will be remembered for having to watch – bereft and helpless – as Palestinians continue to be casualties of a genocide engineered by an apartheid regime seized with an insatiable killing lust. The manner of their deaths defies belief, too. Day after awful day, imprisoned Palestinians on their own fractured land confront two fates: They will die sudden and violent deaths – victims of Israeli drones, bombs, Reverend Munther Isaac delivered a Christmas sermon to his congregation in Bethlehem. As I listened, my mind and heart oscillated between belief and disbelief. I was sceptical. I had an epiphany. If a bereaved Palestinian can fashion a sliver of light, so can I. Reverend Isaac praised teachers and musicians who teach and play music to “bring a smile” to traumatised Palestinian children in the shattered remnants of Gaza. “Yes, the loss is enormous,” Reverende Isaac said. The complicit “war criminals” and their co-conspirators responsible for the horrors being perpetrated against Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank “must” be held accountable. Reverend Isaac ends sermon with admonition born of scripture. "Every Herod will pass, every Caesar will fade, for empires have an expiry date... And let us remember that according to Jesus, it is the meek, not the powerful who inherit the land"

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Published on: 05/01/2025 | 05:04:42

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Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa. Carter once called helping with Zimbabwe’s transition from white rule to independence “our greatest single success” And when he died at 100, his foundation’s work in rural Africa had nearly fulfilled his quest to eliminate a disease that afflicted millions. The African continent is where Carter's legacy remains most evident. Carter is the single person in the world that has done the most for advancing this idea. As president, Carter focused on civil and political rights. He later broadened his efforts to include social and economic rights as the key to public health. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter founded The Carter Center in 1982. Carter often said he was determined to outlive the last guinea worm infecting the human race. After affecting millions of people, the parasitic disease has nearly been eliminated. Ethiopia, the continent’s second most populous country, had zero guinea worm cases in 2023. President Carter worked for all humankind irrespective of race, religion, or status.

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Published on: 05/01/2025 | 04:00:21

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Hundreds of South Koreans rallied overnight into Sunday near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. Dozens of anti-corruption agency investigators and police attempted to execute a detainment warrant against Yoon on Friday. The one-week warrant for Yoon's detention is valid through Monday. There were no immediate indications that authorities were ready to send investigators back to the residence. South Korean anti-corruption authorities and public prosecutors opened separate investigations into the events. If the agency manages to detain Yoon, it will likely ask a court for permission to make a formal arrest. Otherwise, Yoon will be released after 48 hours. The Corruption Investigation for High-Ranking Officials is leading a joint investigation. Presidential security act mandates protection for Yoon, but does not authorize the presidential security service to block court-ordered detention. The president mostly has immunity from prosecution while in office, but the protection does not extend to allegations of rebellion or treason.

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Published on: 05/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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The US State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel. Some of the arms in the package could be sent through current US stocks but the majority would take a year or several years to deliver. The weapons package would add to a record of at least $17.9 billion (€17.3 billion) in military aid that Washington has provided Israel with since the start of the war in Gaza. Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 people, including at least two children, in Gaza on Saturday. Hamas released a video showing one of the hostages still being held in Gaza. Israeli soldier and hostage Liri Albag expressed anguish over her situation. Israeli officials believe at least a third of them are dead. The war in the Strip started after a Hamas-led incursion into southern Israel on 7 October 2023. Around 1,200 people killed and 250 others taken as hostages back to Gaza.

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Published on: 05/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Jimmy Carter died on 29 December at the age of 100. The first events reflected Carter’s climb up the political ladder. Carter's family arrived at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus. Governor Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens led a moment of silence. The motorcade then proceeded to the Carter Presidential Center. Carter's son, James Earl 'Chip' Carter III, and his grandson, Jason Carter, spoke to an assembly that included many Carter Center employees.

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Published on: 04/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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The announcement comes a day after the liberal Neos party withdrew from the negotiations with Nehammer’s conservative People’s Party (OVP) and the Social Democrats. In a video posted to his social media accounts, the outgoing chancellor said “long and honest” negotiations with the centre-left failed despite a shared interest in fending off the gaining far right.

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Published on: 04/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Arsenal blew a chance to make up significant ground on Premier League leaders Liverpool. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal travelled to the south coast on Saturday hunting a fourth straight win. Ethan Nwaneri, seventeen-year-old Bukayo Saka, put them on course for all three points in the first half. Man City have won successive matches for the first time since October. The defending champions beat West Ham 4-1 earlier on Saturday. Newcastle United came from behind to clinch a fifth straight Premier League win. Alexander Isak scores what turned out to be the winner towards the end of the first period. Newcastle have slumped to 12th in the table after five defeats in seven matches. Aston Villa beat Leicester 2-1 at home with goals from Ross Barkley and Leon Bailey.

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