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• Aid groups urge Israel to allow shelters as winter storms hit GazaDisaster · Gaza
• Indonesia's vice president resigns over diploma disputePolitics · Jakarta, Indonesia
• Zelensky says Starshield satellite restrictions hurting Ukrainian forcesConflict · Kyiv, Ukraine
• Iran says 'accident' set two tankers on fire in HormuzConflict · Strait of Hormuz
• Xi says Taiwan 'reunification' must happen; G7 voices concernPolitics · Beijing, China
• Fighting intensifies in Yemen; Saudi Arabia intercepts missiles and droneConflict · Sanaa, Yemen
• Ten police officers and 18 fighters killed in northwest PakistanConflict · Kohat, Pakistan
• Amnesty says UN and South Sudan failed to prevent Abiemnom massacreJustice · Abiemnom, South Sudan
• Rebels kill at least 22 in Ituri Province, DR CongoConflict · Mambasa, DR Congo
• Trinidad and Tobago's top court overturns gay sex banJustice · Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
• Bomb hoaxes hit more than 6,000 schools in Italy and UKSociety · Rome, Italy
• Large nationalist march in Warsaw days after Krakow shootingSociety · Warsaw, Poland

Economy and energyEconomyEnergy

Stocks Rise, Nvidia Scandal Weighs. US stocks rose even as Nvidia fell on its CEO scandal. The S&P 500 gained 1.31%, while Asian markets slipped, with Hang Seng down 2.23%. Oil eased on peace hopes, with Brent at $92.39. Gold fell 1.37%.

• Japan to cut sales tax on groceries from 8% to 1% for two yearsEconomy · Tokyo, Japan
• Paraguay partly refunds Ueno Bank depositors after collapseEconomy · Asunción, Paraguay
• UAE oil exports back to pre-war levels via FujairahEnergy · Fujairah, UAE
• Germany plans strategic gas reserve and backs gas plantsEnergy · Berlin, Germany
• France leans toward backing Spain's Hernández de Cos for ECB presidentEconomy · Frankfurt, Germany
• Singapore opens gold vault to foreign central banksEconomy · Singapore

Science, health and climateScienceSpaceTechnologyHealthClimate

• Blood signal may detect early ovarian cancer; BMI alternative proposedHealth · United Kingdom
• Uganda launches taskforce to reverse lion declineClimate · Kampala, Uganda
• Ukrainian drone maker UFORCE reaches $6 billion valuationTechnology · Kyiv, Ukraine
• Study suggests Earth's water formed in its fiery atmosphereScience · Earth
• Iraq's marshes begin reviving after five-year droughtClimate · Mesopotamian Marshes, Iraq
• UAE performs corneal transplant firstHealth · United Arab Emirates
• Parker Solar Probe finds hidden pattern in Sun's magnetic fieldsSpace · Sun
• Sheep virus DNA found in 1,000-year-old manuscriptsScience · York, England
• Stone tool may be Japan's oldest of its kindScience · Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Culture and sportCultureSports

• James Anderson joins Surrey for 2027Sports · London, England
• Wembanyama leads Spurs to 10th straight winSports · San Antonio, Texas
• Misiorowski and Schlittler win Cy Young AwardsSports · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Senegal wins record nine medals at Youth OlympicsSports · Dakar, Senegal
• Hong Kong concert organiser offers refundsCulture · Hong Kong
• Dua Lipa to headline Coachella 2027Culture · Indio, California
• Cologne opens 2026 carnival seasonCulture · Cologne, Germany
• Northern Ireland concede no goals in Nations LeagueSports · Belfast, Northern Ireland