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China: A brand-new Boeing Dreamliner 787 has landed in China for the first time in four years. Flight trackers indicate that the plane touched down in Shanghai at 4:25 pm local time (08:25 GMT) on Friday, the first direct Dreamliner delivery to China since 2019. The arrival may signal an unfreezing of Chinese orders for the United States company. At 11:24 am Pacific Time (19:24 GMT) on Thursday, the Boeing 787-9 took off from Everett Paine Field in Washington state, bound for Juneyao Airlines, a privately held Chinese airline. With the grounded 737 MAX, which was a profitable aircraft, China…

United Kingdom: The entire 2.3 million people living in Gaza are experiencing crisis levels of hunger, and the likelihood of famine is growing every day, according to a report supported by the UN. A report released on Thursday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) cited that the percentage of households in Gaza experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity is the highest on record worldwide. The report’s numbers show that the level of hunger in Gaza has surpassed even the recent near-famines in Afghanistan and Yemen. “It doesn’t get any worse. I have never seen something at the…

North Korea: North Korea’s State media has reported that North Korean leader Mr. Kim Jong Un has warned Pyongyang that it will not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if “provoked with nukes,” while Seoul and its allies called for “dialogue without preconditions.” Mr. Kim’s warning comes after a meeting last week in Washington, D.C., between South Korea and the US, where the two countries talked about nuclear deterrence in the event of conflict with the North. “Nuclear and strategic planning” was on the agenda for the meeting, and the allies reaffirmed that Pyongyang’s use of nuclear weapons against the…

Palestine: Palestinian officials have claimed that since Israel started bombing the enclave more than ten weeks ago, at least 20,000 people have died in the Gaza Strip. According to the Gaza Government Media Office, at least 8,000 children and 6,200 women were among the deceased on Wednesday. The somber milestone was reached as the UN Security Council had to postpone a crucial vote on a proposal to increase humanitarian aid for Gaza for a third time to withstand a veto from the US, which usually protects its ally Israel from UN action. Following the breakdown of a seven-day truce on…

United States: The Supreme Court of Colorado has ruled that former US President, Mr. Donald Trump, cannot run for president in the 2024 election. The court decided that Mr. Trump was ineligible to run for office due to his involvement in an uprising over the US Capitol riot almost three years ago. This is the first time that a presidential candidate has ever been disqualified under Section 3 of the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment. There have been unsuccessful attempts in New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Michigan to remove Mr. Trump from the ballot. The ruling is only applicable to Colorado; it…

France: The French parliament has passed legislation toughening France’s immigration policy. Both Ms. Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) and French President’s, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, centrist Renaissance party supported the amended bill. Mr. Macron was accused by leftists of caving into the far-right. But the majority in the lower house was so large that Ms. Le Pen’s support was unnecessary for the ruling party. The goal of the bill was to demonstrate to Macron that he could be a tough immigration policymaker while still welcoming foreign labour to boost the economy in job-starved sectors, according to the report. A…

United States: Apple has planned to ban the latest Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 smartwatches in the United States beginning on December 21. Due to a continuous disagreement about the blood oxygen feature with medical device manufacturer Masimo, the company decided to remove one of its best-selling products from the market. Apple has consistently promoted its smartwatch as a life-saving tool, which has helped propel the device into the stratosphere and make it the most widely-sold watch globally. However, its conflict with Masimo puts that in jeopardy. The US International Trade Commission declared in October…

Italy: Roman Catholic priests are now permitted to bestow blessings on same-sex couples under a historic decision approved by the Vatican. The blessings are not given during regular church liturgies, rituals, civil unions, or weddings. According to a document from the Vatican’s doctrinal office that Pope Francis approved, such blessings would indicate that God welcomes everyone rather than legitimise abnormal circumstances. It was stated in the document that although “this blessing should never be imparted in concurrence with the ceremonies of a civil union, and not even in connection with them,” it was supported for “couples in irregular situations and…

Australia: In northeastern Australia, severe flooding has cut off towns and pushed people to the rooftops in an attempt to escape the rising waters, forcing hundreds of people to be evacuated. Military helicopters were sent to help areas cut off by the floods, and more than 300 people were rescued in the state of Queensland overnight, officials said. There are worries that the 160,000 residents of Cairns, a well-known tourist destination that acts as a gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, won’t have access to clean drinking water soon because floodwaters have cut off nearly all of the town. According…

United States: Scientists from UC Davis, the Alaska Whale Foundation, and SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) have communicated with a whale in a landmark experiment. The group spoke with Twain, a humpback whale, for twenty minutes in her tongue language. The experiment was conducted for a recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ. To find out if any whales would react, the scientists sailed a boat off the coast of Alaska and played what’s known as a “contact call” into the water. As expected, Twain approached and circled the boat in the water. Twain answered the call each time,…