Negotiators try to hammer out Gaza deal

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By Kate Turton

Negotiators are trying to hammer out the final details of a complex ceasefire in Gaza, Trump advisers concede a peace deal for the war in Ukraine is months away, and over half a million 'TikTok refugees' flock to China's RedNote.

Plus, a white dwarf has a close encounter with a massive black hole.

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Destroyed buildings are seen in North Gaza, January 14, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Negotiators were trying to hammer out the final details of a complex, phased ceasefire in Gaza after marathon talks in Qatar, and US and Egyptian leaders promised to stay in close contact about a deal over the coming hours.
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested and questioned by authorities in relation to a criminal insurrection investigation, saying he was only cooperating with what he called an illegal probe to avoid violence.
President Joe Biden will cap his half-century political career with a final Oval Office speech, hoping to cement a legacy that has been overshadowed by Democrats' failure to stop Donald Trump from returning to the White House.
Trump's pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, will face a Senate panel where Democrats are expected to grill her over the Republican president-elect's threats to use the Justice Department to seek revenge against his political enemies.
Trump advisers now concede that the Ukraine war will take months or even longer to resolve, a sharp reality check on his biggest foreign policy promise - to strike a peace deal on his first day in the White House. This as Russia launched a new barrage of missiles and drones at Ukraine, targeting gas infrastructure and other energy facilities.
Firefighters held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as desert winds and a parched landscape presented extremely hazardous conditions.
South African authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the shaft of a closed gold mine more than 2 km underground where an unknown number of men are still feared trapped, following a siege in a crackdown on illegal mining.
Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition causes ill-health, according to a new framework drawn up by experts and endorsed by 76 medical organizations internationally.

Business & Markets

Donald Trump's inauguration could herald a more volatile period for markets, with the Republican seen moving quickly on a wide swath of issues including trade and immigration that are expected to swing asset prices.
Germany's economy contracted for the second consecutive year in 2024, highlighting the depth of the downturn gripping Europe's biggest economy.
British inflation slowed unexpectedly last month and core measures of price growth - tracked by the Bank of England - fell more sharply, according to official data that will be welcomed by finance minister Rachel Reeves after a market selloff.
Over half a million users are piling in to another Chinese social media app just days before a proposed ban on TikTok. Listen to Krystal Hu on this episode of the Reuters World News podcast as she weighs in on RedNote's rush to capitalize on the influx of the so-called 'TikTok refugees.'
In 2021, the world's largest meatpacker, JBS, became the first of its peers to commit to cutting or offsetting all its emissions by 2040. Now its chief sustainability officer says its net-zero emissions goal was an aspiration, not a promise.
The latest round of US sanctions against Russian oil announced last Friday could significantly disrupt the country's oil supply chains, the International Energy Agency said in a monthly report.

Wars top global risk as Davos elite gathers in shadow of fragmented world

REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Armed conflict is the top risk in 2025, a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey showed, a reminder of the deepening global fragmentation as government and business leaders attend an annual gathering in Davos next week.

Nearly one in four of the more than 900 experts surveyed across academia, business and policymaking ranked conflict, including wars and terrorism, as the most severe risk to economic growth for the year ahead.

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And Finally...

A white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding a supermassive black hole. NASA/Aurore Simonnet, Sonoma State University/Handout via REUTERS

Scientists have detected emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy relatively close to our Milky Way flashes of X-rays gradually increasing in frequency that seem to be coming from a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - with a death wish.

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