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Pope Benedict XVI through the years

WRAPUP 2-New Year Eve spurs hope in China even as censors target online COVID content

‘Where Are We Heading?’: Wartime New Year Prompts Russian Soul-Searching - The Moscow Times

Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95

Eritrean soldiers leaving parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray – witnesses - Al Jazeera English

Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $785M after no big winner

Breaking Down Andrew Tate’s Batshit Greta Thunberg Response Video - Rolling Stone

Dogecoin dog makes miraculous recovery

Southwest Passenger Pays $100 To Skip Long Line - View from the Wing

Andrew Tate: Police release raid video after influencer arrested

ISW: Kremlin continues to manipulate Russian law to eliminate dissent, threaten Ukrainian sympathizers

Iran holds military drill near strategic Strait of Hormuz

Sir Tony Blair courted Vladimir Putin despite officials’ doubts

Fisherman survives by clinging to ocean buoy for two days - BBC

Ukraine fighting is deadlocked, spy chief Kyrylo Budanov tells BBC - BBC

Tunisha Sharma suicide case: Sheezan deleted chats with alleged secret GF, police claim - India Today

Nigeria's Calabar carnival: 14 killed at annual bikers' event - BBC

Lack of info on China's COVID-19 surge stirs global concerns

Nigeria's Calabar carnival: 14 killed at annual bikers' event - BBC

Cambodia casino fire kills at least ten people

Marion Biotech: Uzbekistan links child deaths to India cough syrup

Putin's war plan for 2023. What to expect in Ukraine - Yahoo News

One expert recommends parents avoid latest booster vaccine for healthy children - WRAL News

Another Putin critic dies after falling out a window

Queen's former chaplain warns 'multicultural, multifaith' King Charles III threatens British monarchy - Yahoo News

Another Putin critic dies after falling out a window

North Korea drones: South's military apologises for pursuit failure

Police say bus crashed into parked truck in Sudan, 16 killed

Elon Musk says nearly 100 Starlinks active in Iran amid protests, censorship - Fox Business

Taiwan extends mandatory military service to one year

Russia’s gas production, exports shrink from sanctions pressure: report - Fox Business

Gujarat: Indian man killed over daughter's viral video

North Korean drone reaches north of Seoul

Ukraine to officially address Russia’s exclusion from UN Security Council

India’s Finance Minister Sitharaman Hospitalized, PTI Says

Old video of Xi Jinping discussing pandemic strategy misleads online after zero-Covid reversal

Photos show royal family members arriving at church on their first Christmas without the Queen - msnNOW

Heavy snow in Japan leaves 17 dead, dozens injured

Prince William delivers extract of his late grandmother's 2012 Christmas message - Daily Mail

North Korea fires missile amid tension over Russia arms aid - Reuters

Top UN, NGO officials to meet over Taliban ban on women staff

Tunisia's political experiment threatens economic collapse - The Associated Press - en Español

Canada coach crash leaves more than 50 injured

Top UN, NGO officials to meet over Taliban ban on women staff

Why Russia is relying on Wagner Group mercenaries in Ukraine

Suspected militants heading for Pakistani govt target blow themselves up - Yahoo News

Tunisia's political experiment threatens economic collapse

German citizen, suspected of being a Russian spy, is arrested for alleged treason - CNN

Japan adopts plan to maximize nuclear energy, in major shift - The Associated Press

Iran protests: Activist Narges Mohammadi details 'abuse' of detained women

Iran threatens Zelenskyy over speech to Congress, claims it has provided no arms to Russia - Fox News

N. Korea fires ballistic missiles after US-S. Korea drills

Canadian polar bears near 'bear capital' dying at fast rate - The Associated Press

Serial killer The Serpent, Charles Sobhraj, freed from Nepal jail

Two years after EU exit, UK business feels Brexit blues

'You think you've seen it all': 8 teen girls charged with murder in man's stabbing death in Canada - USA TODAY

New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern offensive MP comment transcript sells for NZ$100,000

AP PHOTOS: Glass barriers keep Venice's iconic basilica dry

Watch: Toronto Police Say Eight Teen Girls Charged With Stabbing Death Of 59-Year-Old Man - NBC News

Fiji calls in military after close election is disputed

Toronto: Eight teenage girls charged with killing man

Long-cut phones ring again in Ethiopia's Tigray, bring grief

What effect will further Western arms in Ukraine have? - Al Jazeera English

India steps up Covid surveillance after China surge

Ukraine war: US Patriot missiles will comfort Kyiv and alarm Moscow

Putin Insists No Plan to Absorb Belarus on Visit in Ukraine Shadow - The Moscow Times

British PM wants to degrade Russian 'capacity to regroup' - The Associated Press - en Español

FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to be extradited

US flies bombers, stealth jets as Kim's sister threatens

Dutch leader apologizes for Netherlands' role in slave trade - The Associated Press

World Cup 2022: Argentina return home and bank holiday declared

Qatar threatens EU corruption accusations could impact gas deals - EURACTIV

COP15: Summit agrees on 'pact with nature'

France slams Israel for deporting Palestinian over alleged terror: ‘Against the law’ - The Times of Israel

Rohingya boat adrift without supplies near Andaman islands

2 COVID-19 deaths reported in Beijing as virus surges

AP PHOTOS: 'Preventive conservation' at Venetian palace

'Tired of this war': Congolese cope with M23 rebel violence

Canadian billionaire offers $35 million for information to catch parents murderer five years later - Fox News

Ukraine Officials Warn Russia May Renew Its Offensive Early Next Year - The New York Times

Salah Hammouri: Israel deports Palestinian lawyer to France

Economic pain, Turkish strikes drive Syrian Kurds to Europe

Residential fire near French city Lyon kills 10, including children - Reuters

Ukraine missile struck as mum sat with child to do homework

'Apocalyptic' fire rips through French apartment block, killing 10 - CNN

Twitter reinstates banned journalists' accounts

Daughters of Americans imprisoned in Iran appeal to Biden for action

Ukraine stalemate sets stage for possible winter escalation

Cop15: Lula calls on rich nations to give more to protect Earth’s ecosystems - The Guardian

Maiden Pharmaceuticals: India defends cough syrups linked to Gambia child deaths

South Korean President’s Support Rate Hits Highest Since July

US-Africa: President Joe Biden courts the continent as rivals make advances - BBC

PhD student solves 2,500-year-old Sanskrit problem

China Cranks Up Propaganda Defending Xi as Covid Surges

Brazil protests: Bolsonaro supporters attack police HQ - BBC

US charges China student with stalking peer who put up pro-democracy fliers

Relaxed COVID rules, deadly crowd crushes mark year in Asia

Row over ancestral festivity divides Afro-Colombian town

At least 400 Iranian protestors in Tehran have been jailed, with many sentenced to 10 years and others publicly hanged

Labor board adds penalties for employers who violate labor law - The Washington Post

Prince William, Kate Middleton and kids pose in 2022 Christmas card - AOL

War in Ukraine: Buildings damaged in Kyiv after Russian strikes

At least 400 Iranian protestors in Tehran have been jailed, with many sentenced to 10 years and others publicly hanged

Latest on Ukraine: A weekly recap and look ahead at Russia's war (Dec. 12) - NPR

Asia-Pacific shares, U.S. CPI, inflation - CNBC

World-record nonuplets return home to Mali from Morocco

New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern apologises for MP insult caught on mic

Russia to get Iranian missiles with limited range

Russia Is Running Out of Fresh Ammo and May Need to Use 40-Year-Old Shells - Yahoo News

BTS member Jin begins military duty at frontline boot camp

China government health adviser warns of surging COVID cases - Al Jazeera English

LONGi displays latest Hi-MO 6 series modules at COP27, releases 2nd White Paper on Climate Action

Iran publicly executes second man over protests, defying outcry

Ukraine strikes hotel housing dozens of Russian soldiers - The Hill

China to drop travel tracing as it relaxes 'zero-COVID'

Putin says more US-Russia prisoner exchanges ‘possible’ after Griner release

Three dead, dozen missing after explosion at apartment block on Channel island of Jersey - CNN

Russia shells maternity hospital in Kherson, police reveal 47K war crimes reported - Fox News

Three killed, several missing after explosion on island of Jersey - Reuters UK

Taiwan mulls WTO case after latest Chinese import bans - Reuters

Schengen zone: Croatia gleeful, Bulgaria, Romania dismayed - DW (English)

Manatee relative, 700 new species now facing extinction - KSL.com