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Body of an Israeli hostage is found in Gaza, possibly alongside his son’s remains
On Wednesday, the Israeli army announced it had discovered the body of a 53 year old Bedouin Arab hostage in the Gaza Strip, who’d been seized in the October 7th attack. Soldiers are now investigating “findings which raise serious concerns” for the life of his 22 year old son, also… Read Details ⇢
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado has urgent message for President-elect Donald Trump
After meeting with President Biden at the White House on Monday, Edmundo Gonzalez, the man who won Venezuela’s presidential election in July, traveled to Argentina and then Panama with the ballots to prove that he, not Nicolás Maduro, is Venezuela’s democratically elected leader. “We elected by a landslide, a good… Read Details ⇢
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How big are the California wildfires – and why did they spread so fast? | Climate News
At least five people have been killed and thousands of homes have been gutted in wildfires that have ravaged multiple parts of Los Angeles in California – the most populous state of the United States. More than 130,000 residents in different neighbourhoods of Los Angeles city have been ordered to… Read Details ⇢
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Fresh Galaxy S25 price leak could spell bad news for European Samsung fans
Leaked European prices point to a higher cost than the Galaxy S24 series The leak also includes storage options and colors Elsewhere, Qualcomm has confirmed that Snapdragon chipsets will be used in these phones Most rumors so far suggest that the Samsung Galaxy S25 series will be at least slightly… Read Details ⇢
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Army chief Joseph Aoun elected as Lebanese president
Lebanon’s parliament speaker Nabih Berri smiles as he chairs a parliamentary session to elect a president, in Beirut, on January 9, 2025. ANWAR AMRO / AFP Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun was voted in as president in a second round of parliamentary voting on Thursday, January 9, ending a more… Read Details ⇢
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Los Angeles wildfires burn thousands of homes and other structures
A fast-moving fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday night, threatening one of Los Angeles’ most iconic spots as firefighters battled to get under control three other major blazes that killed five people, put 130,000 people under evacuation orders and ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to inland… Read Details ⇢
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California man helps father-in-law, 83, flee wildfire with walker — with aid from two good Samaritans
Fire officials are hoping calmer winds Thursday morning can help them combat the five Los Angeles area wildfires that have prompted tens of thousands of people to evacuate. Meanwhile, many stories of survival are surfacing. Aaron Samson, 48, was caring for his 83-year-old father-in-law in his Pacific Palisades home when… Read Details ⇢
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Three Gaza hospitals face imminent closure as latest Israeli raids kill 50 | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The United Nations warns that a lack of fuel supply in Gaza threatens to shut down more medical facilities across the besieged territory, putting the lives of patients and newborns at “grave risk”. The UN’s condemnation of the “deliberate and systematic” attacks on Gaza hospitals came as relentless Israeli strikes… Read Details ⇢
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Researchers hijack thousands of backdoors thanks to expired domains
Researchers found thousands of forgotten, but active, web backdoors They gained access by purchasing expired domains All of the backdoors are being sinkholed Experts recently uncovered more than 4,000 web backdoors which their operators seem to have forgotten, but which they managed to seize and sinkhole them, effectively preventing them… Read Details ⇢