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Syria's military hospital where detainees were tortured, not treated
Former Syrian detainee Mohammed Najib has suffered for years from torture-induced back pain.After a first check-up by a military doctor at Saydnaya, Najib was prescribed painkillers for his back pain.
Reuters
UN seeks $910 million for humanitarian crisis in Nigeria's northeast
The United Nations will this week appeal for $910 million to help tackle a humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria, which has been in the grip of an Islamist insurgency since 2009 and was hit by flooding last year, documents showed on Wednesday. The UN documents seen by Reuters showed that 7.8 million people need help in the three northeastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, and the UN aims to help 3.6 million of them. At $910 million, it is the most expensive humanitarian crisis in West and Central Africa, ahead of Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, the documents showed.
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'Extreme fire behavior' possible near LA, San Diego as Santa Ana winds persist
Red flag warnings are in effect until Thursday for parts of Los Angeles, Ventura, San Diego, due to low humidity and an uptick in Santa Ana winds.
CBS News
Stay off the Charles River ice, even in the bitter cold. Here's why.
People have been trying to walk across the icy Charles River in Boston. Massachusetts State Police say it's just not safe.
AFP
Stock markets diverge tracking Trump plans
European stock markets rallied and Chinese indices slid Wednesday in reaction to US President Donald Trump's policy plans that are starting to impact the global economy.Hong Kong and Shanghai indices retreated Wednesday after the president warned China could be included in a list of countries to be hit with tariffs on February 1.
AFP
Sudan 'political' banknote switch causes cash crunch
Sudan's army-aligned government has issued new banknotes in areas it controls, reportedly aimed at undermining its paramilitary rivals but causing long queues at banks, disrupting trade and entrenching division.In RSF-held areas, civilians could become further isolated economically, struggling to trade with regions under army control.
USA TODAY
'This is a first': As rare winter storm exits the South, major issues remain
Lingering frigid conditions could continue to disrupt the South in cities not accustomed to the deep freeze that has gripped much of the nation.
Associated Press
Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson launches bid for governor
Michigan's Democratic secretary of state announced Wednesday that she is running to succeed Gretchen Whitmer as governor in 2026, as the party tries to find its footing after November's significant losses in the battleground state. Jocelyn Benson served as the state's chief elections administrator in the 2020 and 2024 elections and is the first well-known candidate to enter the fray as a Democrat. Whitmer, whose own statewide wins mirror Benson's in 2018 and 2022, is term limited and has said she does not plan to endorse anyone in the race to be her successor.
AFP
Malaysia's Anwar says don't single out China in sea tensions
There will always be border disputes in Asia, and China should not be singled out because of tensions in the South China Sea, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday."Of course, people highlight the issue of the South China Sea...
Reuters
Bereaved Gazans dig out bodies from city ruins, give them graves
Guns may have fallen silent in Gaza, but for Mahmoud Abu Dalfa, the agony is not over. Abu Dalfa's wife and children were among 35 of his extended family who were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit the building in Gaza City's Shejaia suburb in December 2023, he said.
Associated Press
Middle East latest: Israel says it will maintain control of Gaza-Egypt crossing
Israel said it will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas. A statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Wednesday denied reports that the Palestinian Authority would control the crossing. The truce, now its fourth day, is supposed to bring calm to the war-battered Gaza for at least six weeks and see 33 Hamas-held hostages released in return for hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
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'My heart is with LA': Pope prays for people of Los Angeles as they endure wildfires
Pope Francis offered prayers Wednesday for the people of Los Angeles as they endure deadly fires. Francis referred to the disaster during his weekly general audience Wednesday and invoked Our Lady of Guadalupe, which is revered by many Latino Catholics. “My heart is with the people of Los Angeles who are suffering so much as a result of the fires that have devastated entire neighborhoods and communities,” Francis said.
Yahoo Finance
Trump effect, crypto vibes, and more from Davos 2025
The bullishness on business is real at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Yahoo Finance
Expect a Trump-driven 'policy fog' to overshadow a strong corporate earnings season
With markets focused on President Donald Trump's initial policy decisions, an expected strong quarter of earnings reports could take a back seat in the market narrative.
CNN
More than 1.4 billion people traveled internationally in 2024 as tourism returns to pre-pandemic highs
The UN’s World Tourism Organization has just released its 2024 year-in-review data. Overall, Europe was the most-visited continent, welcoming a whopping 747 million tourists last year.
CNN
Israel’s West Bank military operation draws lessons from Gaza war, defense minister says
Israel’s military is using lessons from the Gaza war in its new West Bank operation to ensure “terrorism does not return,” according to Defense Minister Israel Katz.
CNN
Unprecedented winter storm paralyzes Gulf Coast with heavy snow and ice
A major winter storm slammed the southern US Tuesday, blanketing parts of the Gulf Coast with record-breaking snowfall in a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather.
Associated Press
Afghans fleeing Taliban appeal to Trump to exempt them from an order suspending refugee relocation
Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power appealed Wednesday to President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United States, some saying they risked their lives to support U.S. troops. An estimated 15,000 Afghans are waiting to be relocated to the United States since the Taliban takeover in 2021, when U.S. troops pulled out of the country after two decades.
Reuters
'Be serious', says Panama president on Trump 'invasion' question
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino responded "be serious, be serious" on Wednesday when asked in Davos whether he was concerned the U.S. would invade after President Donald Trump said he would take back the Panama Canal. Mulino declined to answer other questions after speaking on a panel session addressing Latin America's "faultlines" at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in the Swiss resort. In his inauguration speech on Monday that invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of "Manifest Destiny", Trump repeated his aspiration that the United States would take back the canal, which is a key route for world shipping.
USA TODAY
Cop kills driver in routine stop. Supreme Court weighs whether it's justified.
How the Supreme Court decides the civil rights issue could affect how readily judges dismiss suits against police for improper use of deadly force.

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