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Bangladesh Supreme Court acquits ex-Prime Minister Zia, clearing the way for her to run in elections
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last corruption case against her, paving the way for her to run in elections that an interim government says will be held either in December or in the first half of 2026. Zia is ailing and traveled to London earlier this month for medical treatment after being cleared in another corruption case brought under former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted last August in a mass uprising that ended her 15-year rule. Zia and Hasina are archrivals who have dominated Bangladesh’s politics for decades, and Hasina's ouster has created an opportunity for Zia to make a comeback.
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2 privately built moon landers carried into space by SpaceX rocket
Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring the moon.
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‘If you want to take it outside ...’: Rep. Nancy Mace challenges Rep. Jasmine Crockett at House hearing
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, got into a heated exchange at a House hearing Tuesday that culminated with Mace challenging Crockett by asking if she wanted to “take it outside.”
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Two lunar landers launch to the moon aboard a SpaceX rocket
A new year of lunar exploration kicked off early Wednesday, when two robotic landers and a small rover began their journeys to the moon.
AFP
The journalists behind Sarkozy's Libya corruption woes
Every day at the Paris court trying ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy over alleged corruption with Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the journalists who helped uncover the extraordinary allegations are following proceedings."When you see a former president and three former ministers sat together on four folding chairs, with the justice system asserting 'you were corrupted by a dictator', you know you are a witness to a historic event," Arfi told AFP in an interview.
AFP
SpaceX set for seventh test of Starship megarocket
Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for the seventh orbital flight test of Starship, the colossal prototype rocket the company hopes will help humans colonize Mars.- Betting on Starship - SpaceX already dominates the orbital launch market with its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, which serve commercial clients, NASA and the Pentagon.
Reuters
Ukraine reports emergency power cuts amid 'massive' Russian air strike
Kyiv's air force had warned of numerous groups of missiles launched by Russia amid a nationwide air-raid alert, but there were no immediate reports of damage. In a statement, Ukrenergo said it had introduced the power cuts in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions. Separately, Ukrainian energy minister German Galushchenko said on social media that "preventative measures" involving the distribution system were also in force.
AFP
Private US, Japanese lunar landers launch on single rocket
One rocket, two missions: lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies launched their "rideshare" to the Moon on Wednesday, showcasing the private sector's growing role in space exploration."Each milestone we complete will provide valuable data for future missions and ultimately keep the United States and our international partners at the forefront of space exploration," Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim said Tuesday.
AFP
Spanish youth ditch dating apps for 'real life' love
Jilted on dating apps but undeterred in the quest for romance, 20 young singles gathered in Madrid to share activities and flirtatious smiles in a rediscovery of real-life love.Online dates are "consumed, but without an intention to really connect with the other person, more as entertainment", the specialist in couples told AFP. "For that reason lots of despair is showing up among the young who would like to meet someone to share their life with.
TODAY
Pomegranate seeds have major benefits for heart and gut health — plus powerful antioxidants
Pomegranates and their seeds boast a ton of health benefits. Here, registered dietitians explain what they are and from which form you'll benefit most.
Reuters
Japan foreign minister 'gravely concerned' about maritime tensions escalating
Japan is gravely concerned about actions being repeated in the South China Sea that are raising tensions, and strongly opposes any unilateral attempt to change the status quo, its foreign minister said on Wednesday. Speaking during a visit to the Philippines, Takeshi Iwaya also said Japan would continue to provide to Manila development assistance and support for its maritime security, adding a trilateral mechanism that also includes the United States would be strengthened when a new administration takes over in Washington. Iwaya's visit follows a virtual call between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden where the three leaders affirmed their "trilateral arrangement" in deepening economic, security and technology cooperation in the face of growing tensions in the region.
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Albanese vows ‘strongest action possible’ if Australian POW killed fighting for Ukraine against Russia
Australia has vowed it will take the “strongest action possible” if Russia has harmed one of its nationals captured fighting for Ukraine, after reports emerged the prisoner of war may have been killed.
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A look at the events that led up to the detention of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained on Wednesday after a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound that ended a weeks-long stand-off between his bodyguards and the country's anti-corruption agency. The National Assembly voided his short-lived declaration just hours after it was announced. At the time, Yoon claimed he took the action because the liberal opposition, which has a legislative majority, was obstructing his agendas and even the approval of his budget.
Reuters
Suspected outbreak of Marburg virus kills eight in Tanzania, WHO says
A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after an outbreak of the disease was declared over in neighbouring Rwanda. The viral hemorrhagic fever has a fatality rate as high as 88%, and is from the same virus family as the one responsible for Ebola, which is transmitted to people from fruit bats which are endemic to that part of East Africa. The WHO said it received reliable reports of suspected cases in the Kagera region of Tanzania on Jan. 10, with symptoms of headache, high fever, back pain, diarrhoea, vomiting blood, muscle weakness and finally external bleeding.
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Two private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey
In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth’s dusty sidekick. The two landers rocketed away in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the latest in a stream of private spacecraft aiming for the moon. It’s take 2 for the Tokyo-based ispace, whose first lander crashed into the moon two years ago.
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Fourth former youth center detention worker goes on trial in New Hampshire
The first of multiple sexual assault trials starts Wednesday for a man whose arrest more than five years ago thrust allegations of widespread abuse at New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center into the public eye. Former youth counselor Stephen Murphy, 55, of Danvers, Massachusetts, faces 16 charges involving four boys held at the Youth Development Center in Manchester in the late 1990s. In the current case, he faces one charge of aggravated felonious sexual assault alleging that he raped a boy in a stairwell while several coworkers restrained the teen.
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South Korean officials detain impeached President Yoon on second attempt
Authorities successfully detained President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over his botched declaration of martial law, weeks after a first attempt ended in a dramatic standoff.
Reuters
Body count from South African mine siege rises to 60
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the Stilfontein gold mine over two days, police said late on Tuesday. Police began laying siege to the mine in August and cut off food and water supplies for months in an attempt to force the miners to the surface so they could be arrested as part of a crackdown on illegal mining. On Monday, authorities began recovering men and bodies from a mine shaft more than 2 km underground using a metal cage, in an operation that will continue for days.
TODAY
What is '12-3-30'? An expert on the viral walking treadmill routine
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Reuters
Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits Poland after progress in World War Two dispute
WARSAW (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit Warsaw on Wednesday, the Polish prime minister's office said, following what Poland has called a breakthrough in a historical dispute on wartime exhumations that has stood between the allies. Although Poland has been one of Ukraine's staunchest backers since Russia invaded in 2022, ties between the neighbours have been strained for generations by the Volhynia killings that took place from 1943 to 1945. Poland says more than 100,000 Poles were killed in the massacres by Ukrainian nationalists.

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