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After cable damage, Taiwan to step up surveillance of flag of convenience ships
Taiwan will step up the surveillance and management of ships carrying flags of convenience, including boarding them, after a Chinese-linked cargo vessel was suspected of damaging an undersea communications cable, the government said. Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, said a ship owned by a Hong Kong company but registered both in Cameroon and Tanzania, damaged a cable to the north of the island earlier this month, although it says it has not been able to verify the ship's intentions and was unable to board it due to bad weather. The ship's owner has denied involvement, and China's government has said Taiwan was making up accusations before the facts were clear.
NBC News
Just one drink a day may put your health at risk, federal report finds
Just one alcoholic drink a day is linked to a wide range of negative health effects, according to a federal report released Tuesday.
AFP
S. Korea's Yoon: from rising star to historic arrest
South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol rose from star prosecutor to the presidency in just a few years, but after a series of scandals and a bungled martial law decree, he's become the country's first-ever sitting president to be arrested. As well as the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested, he is the third to be impeached by parliamentary vote, and, if upheld by the Constitutional Court, would be the second to be removed from office.
CBS News
Maps show where fires are burning right now in L.A. area
Updating maps of Southern California show where wildfires, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, are burning across Los Angeles.
AFP
Vigilante fire clean-up launched by local Los Angeles contractor
The deadly Palisades fire is still raging in Los Angeles, but Chuck Hart and his construction crew are already several days into their self-appointed mission to clean up and rebuild their shattered community.At least eight people died in the Palisades fire alone, of 25 across Los Angeles.
TODAY
Top entertaining trends for 2025: Chaos cakes, sustainable maximalism and more
Alejandra Ramos shares her top entertaining trends for 2025, including chaos cakes, sustainable maximalism, hyper-regional cuisines and ingredient obsessions.
CNN
Trump and Biden national and homeland security staff will meet Wednesday for threat exercises
Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and top national security staff are expected to meet Wednesday with President Joe Biden’s National Security Council in the White House to walk through how the US government responds to a range of homeland security threats and scenarios, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
CNN
LA fires were larger and more intense because of planet-warming pollution, study suggests
The result raises the question of whether the fires could have been controllable were it not for the fire-fueling effects of climate change.
AFP
Asian equities mixed as US inflation, China data loom
Asian markets swung Wednesday, continuing their yo-yo start to the year as traders assess the economic outlook with Donald Trump back in the White House, with focus now on the release of key US inflation data.Also in focus this week is the release of Chinese 2024 growth data, with expectations that it could come in below the previous year and be among the slowest in more than three decades.
AFP
How the world discovered the Nazi death camps
Images of what the Allies found when they liberated the Nazi death camps towards the end of World War II brought the horror of the Holocaust to global attention.The Allied leadership decided immediately that all censorship should be lifted so the world could see evidence of the Nazi atrocities.
AFP
Renewed US trade war threatens China's 'lifeline'
China might not be able to rely on trade to steer it out of trouble as blistering tariffs being considered by US President-elect Donald Trump threaten an already struggling economy.The specific trade imposts Trump intends to levy against China are not yet clear but the country's export surge last year "will ignite further fury among US trade hawks", Innes said.
AFP
China's economy seen slowing further in 2024: AFP survey
China's economic growth likely fell fractionally short of the government's five percent target last year, according to an AFP survey, as leaders head into 2025 steeling for the second presidency of Donald Trump amid fears of another painful trade standoff.The survey of economists by AFP estimated growth in the world's number two economy hit 4.9 percent last year, down from the 5.2 percent recorded in 2023.
Politico
South Korean law enforcement officers detain impeached President Yoon
President Yoon Suk Yeol briefly imposed martial law in December.
NBC News
Republican senator previously seen as a roadblock to Pete Hegseth's nomination says she'll back him to lead the Pentagon
Sen. Joni Ernst’s support is a huge boost to Hegseth’s prospects, all but assuring his confirmation as defense secretary barring unexpected twists in the GOP-led Senate.
CNN
Hotel policy change highlights struggles faced by unmarried couples looking for privacy in India
A budget hospitality booking platform in India is receiving criticism for its “new check-in directives” that state hotels in one small city can deny bookings from unmarried couples at their discretion.
AFP
South Korean President Yoon arrested over failed martial law bid
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday over his failed martial law bid, after hundreds of anti-graft investigators and police raided his residence to end a weeks-long standoff.A first attempt on January 3 failed after a tense hours-long standoff between the guards and anti-graft investigators working with police.
CNN
South Korean president arrested by anti-corruption investigators after weekslong showdown
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested for questioning, according to the country’s anti corruption agency, in the latest chapter of a weekslong political saga that began with the embattled president’s shock martial law decree last month.
AFP
South Korea's six weeks of political chaos
South Korea has endured six weeks of political turmoil since President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and sent soldiers and helicopters to parliament.Soldiers begin withdrawing and Yoon re-appears on television and lifts martial law.
AFP
Japan's tourism boom prices out business travellers
After travelling to Tokyo for meetings, Yoshiki Kojima's IT company employees crash out in a capsule hotel, as a tourism boom makes regular rooms too pricey for business trips.But that is also raising prices for Kojima's staff and other Japanese business travellers.
NBC News
Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth pitches himself as a 'change agent' as he faces grilling in Senate hearing
Pete Hegseth pitched himself as a "change agent" to lead the Defense Department while Democrats excoriated him as unfit during his confirmation hearing.

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