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North Korea has ratified a landmark mutual treaty to establish a strategic partnership with Russia stipulating mutual military aid, state media has announced, as international concern grows over increasing military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang.Kim Jong Un, the leader of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea – North Koreas official …

WELLINGTON — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has formally apologized to victims of abuse in care homes, following an inquiry into one of the country’s biggest abuse scandals. The historic apology, delivered in parliament, comes after a report found that 200,000 children and vulnerable adults had suffered abuse while …

The End of American Exceptionalism  Foreign Affairs Magazine Opinion | America’s Allies Are Hedging, and It Has Very Little to Do With Trump  The New York Times Can Trump Be the New Reagan?  POLITICO The sky isn’t falling: Trump’s foreign policy won’t be a catastrophe  The Hill On GPS: What Trump’s victory means for …

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) expressed concern about the fate of Palestinians remaining in North Gaza, as the siege there continues, and urgently called on the Israeli occupation authorities to open up the area to humanitarian operations at the scale needed, given the massive …

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Several airlines have suspended flights to Haiti after a passenger plane from the US was hit by gunfire as it tried to land in Port-au-Prince. Spirit Airlines Flight 951 from Fort Lauderdale in Florida was diverted to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where it landed safely at Santiago Airport. …

China military displays upgraded Z-20 helicopter at Zhuhai air show  Reuters China’s big air show opened with a glitzy aerial display of its fighters, but crowds couldn’t see much in the smog  Business Insider China’s new J-35 stealth fighter stars at Zhuhai air show  Nikkei Asia China’s Zhuhai air show to feature vision …

WASHINGTON — Out of all of Donald Trump’s supporters, Derrick Evans has a particular reason to be happy with November’s election results – he hopes the president-elect will give him a pardon for participating in the 6 January riot at the US Capitol. “A pardon will be life-changing,” said Evans, …

New Zealand offers national apology to people abused in care  Reuters New Zealand offers ‘unreserved’ apology to 200,000 survivors of ‘horrific’ abuse in care  The Guardian New Zealand’s leaders formally apologize to survivors of abuse in state and church care  CNN ‘Horrific, heartbreaking’: New Zealand PM offers national apology to people abused in …

BELGRADE — Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in the Serbian capital on Monday, demanding the resignation of top officials after the deadly collapse of a concrete roof at a railway station which killed 14 people earlier this month. Those rallying in Belgrade blamed the collapse of the roof on rampant …

Germany’s Scholz defies odds as party swings behind re-election bid  Financial Times Germany’s political upheaval, explained  Vox.com What the Collapse of Germany’s Ruling Coalition Means  The New York Times Germany: Scholz open to new talks with CDU leader Merz  DW (English) Scholz Opens Door to German Confidence Vote Before Christmas  Bloomberg Source link