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As Violent Venezuelan Gang Plagues US, Biden DHS Issues Deportation Protections For Migrants From … Venezuela– dailycaller.com

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As Violent Venezuelan Gang Plagues US, Biden DHS Issues Deportation Protections For Migrants From … Venezuela– dailycaller.com
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The Biden administration rolled out deportation protections to nearly a million foreign nationals living in the United States, including hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.

More than 900,000 beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will be allowed to register for an 18-month extension, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Friday. The massive roll out — just days before President Joe Biden leaves office and President-elect Donald Trump returns to power — includes TPS extensions for roughly 600,000 Venezuelans living in the country.

South Korean presidential security chief resigns after obstructing Yoon’s arrest– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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South Korean presidential security chief resigns after obstructing Yoon’s arrest– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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The chief of the presidential security service in South Korea, Park Jong-joon, resigned from his position amid a political stalemate as federal authorities seek to arrest the country’s impeached president.

Park filed his resignation to Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok on Friday before turning himself over for questioning. He previously ignored multiple demands to speak with police.

Park oversaw the presidential security personnel that rejected an arrest warrant for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and prevented police from entering the leader’s Seoul residence last week.

Presidential security officers and law enforcement were locked in an hourslong standoff as multiple demonstrations both supporting and condemning Yoon raged in the areas surrounding his home. The federal police eventually retreated without arresting the impeached president.

It is not clear why Park turned himself over to federal authorities, but he reportedly urged the public to practice sobriety and non-belligerence in the proceedings against Yoon.

Israeli Hostage Hamza Ziyadne Is Declared Killed in Gaza– www.nytimes.com

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Israeli Hostage Hamza Ziyadne Is Declared Killed in Gaza– www.nytimes.com
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The Israeli military said on Friday that Hamza Ziyadne, an Arab citizen of Israel held hostage in Gaza, had been killed in the Palestinian enclave, as efforts by mediators to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas to free hostages have seen little success.

More than 15 months after the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, prompted the war in Gaza, around 98 hostages remain in Gaza. About 36 of those are presumed dead by the Israeli authorities.

The confirmation of Mr. Ziyadne’s death comes a day after family and friends buried his father, Youssef Ziyadne, 53, who was also taken hostage. The Israeli military said their bodies been found together in a tunnel under the southern Gaza city of Rafah alongside their dead captors. It was not clear when they were found or how the Ziyadnes died.

As wildfires rage in Los Angeles, Trump doesn’t offer much sympathy. He’s casting blame.– japantoday.com

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As wildfires rage in Los Angeles, Trump doesn’t offer much sympathy. He’s casting blame.– japantoday.com
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As cataclysmic wildfires rage across Los Angeles, President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t been offering much sympathy. Instead, he’s claiming he could do a better job managing the crisis, spewing falsehoods and casting blame on the state’s Democratic governor.

Trump has lashed out at his longtime political foe Gov. Gavin Newsom’s forest management policies and falsely claimed the state’s fish conservation efforts are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in urban areas. Referring to the governor by a derisive nickname, Trump said he should resign.

Meanwhile, more than 180,000 people were under evacuation orders and the fires have consumed more than 45 square miles (116 square kilometers). One that destroyed the neighborhood of Pacific Palisades became the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history.

Poland’s Conservative President Faces Re-Election

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Poland to hold presidential election on May 18, says parliament speaker who will run in it – Jacksonville Journal-Courier
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The head of Poland’s parliament said Wednesday that the country’s presidential election will be held on May 18, with a runoff on June 1 if needed.

The election will decide whether the pro-European Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk will gain an ally in the presidential palace at a challenging time for Poland and for Europe, with a full-scale war in neighbouring Ukraine.

The incumbent right-wing President Andrzej Duda is at odds with the government, blocking legislation and making strongly critical comments. In the latest spat, Duda chose skiing over attending a concert gala marking the launch of Poland’s rotating presidency in the EU.

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Ukraine Wants Hungary’s Slot in EU and NATO

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Ukraine says ready to replace Hungary in EU and NATO – Al Jazeera English
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Ukraine has declared that it is ready to replace Hungary in the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should Budapest prefer to join Russian-led blocs.

The statement was released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on Wednesday. While clearly tongue-in-cheek, it also reflects the serious tension that has built up between Ukraine and Hungary, with Budapest offering support for Moscow’s narratives over the war in Ukraine and obstructing the Western bodies’ efforts to bolster Kyiv.

Kyiv’s statement, which was also posted on X, was made in response to “[t]he latest manipulative statements from the leadership of Hungary regarding Ukraine’s decision not to extend the transit agreement with the aggressor state, Russia, from 2025 onwards”, it said.

 

Georgians Protest Pro-Russia Government

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Georgians hold anti-government protest on Orthodox Christmas – Napoleon Northwest Signal
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Thousands of Georgians marched through the streets of Tbilisi late on Monday on Orthodox Christmas Eve, gathering in front of parliament for a 40th day of anti-government demonstrations.

Mass protests have shaken the Caucasus country since November 28, when Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced that the government would not pursue the launch of European Union membership talks until 2028.

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Ecaudor President Names Stand-In to Run for Re-Election

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Ecuador’s Noboa names acting president so he can campaign – Reuters Canada
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Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa said in a decree on Tuesday that interim vice-president Cynthia Natalie Gellibert will serve as acting president from Thursday to Sunday so he can participate in campaigning for his re-election.
A debate about who would act as president if Noboa were to take time out for the campaign has made waves in the country amid a long-running spat between him and elected vice-president Veronica Abad.

Mexico president trolls Trump with “Mexican America” map after his “Gulf of America” name change proposal– www.cbsnews.com

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Mexico president trolls Trump with “Mexican America” map after his “Gulf of America” name change proposal– www.cbsnews.com
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum responded sarcastically on Wednesday to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”

Standing before a 17th-century world map in her daily press briefing, Sheinbaum proposed dryly that North America should be renamed “América Mexicana,” or “Mexican America,” because a founding document dating from 1814 that preceded Mexico’s constitution referred to it that way.

“That sounds nice, no?” she added with a sarcastic tone. She also noted that the Gulf of Mexico had been named that way since 1607.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on January 8, 2025.. She suggested that the United States should be called “Mexican America,” in response to Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”

Taiwan demonstrates sea defenses against potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing– abcnews.go.com

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Taiwan demonstrates sea defenses against potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing– abcnews.go.com
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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — Taiwan on Thursday demonstrated its sea defenses against a potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a multitiered strategy to deter an invasion from the mainland.

The island’s navy highlighted its Kuang Hua VI fast attack missile boats and Tuo Chiang-class corvettes in waters near Taiwan’s largest port of Kaohsiung, a major hub for international trade considered key to resupplying Chinese forces should they establish a beachhead on the island.

The Kuang Hua VI boats, with a crew of 19, carry indigenously developed Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles and displayed their ability to take to the sea in an emergency to intercept enemy ships about to cross the 44-kilometer (24-nautical mile) limit of Taiwan’s contiguous zone, within which governments are permitted to take defensive action.

Burma War Escalates With Significant Implications for US Interests– www.dailysignal.com

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Burma War Escalates With Significant Implications for US Interests– www.dailysignal.com
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As war rages in Europe and as Israel confronts adversaries from all sides in the Middle East, Americans would be forgiven not knowing about the yearslong conflict raging in Burma—the world’s longest-running civil war.

The violence has ravaged the Southeast Asian nation for decades, and battlefield developments indicate the conflict may be reaching a new stage—with consequences for both the region and the United States.

Burma’s long-running civil war cooled during the 2010s, under the democratic government led by the National League for Democracy (NLD), but fighting erupted again following a military coup in 2021.

The military, which has always been the most powerful player in Burmese politics, feared a loss of power on the heels of the NLD’s landslide victory in the 2020 elections, and it violently seized control of the government.

Since the coup, Burma’s military junta has imprisoned thousands of anti-junta activists and waged war against Burma’s array of powerful ethnic militias, often killing civilians in the process.

Former Israeli Military Officials Float Audacious Plan To Strike Iran in Final Days of Biden Presidency– freebeacon.com

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Former Israeli Military Officials Float Audacious Plan To Strike Iran in Final Days of Biden Presidency– freebeacon.com
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JERUSALEM—Two former Israeli military officials have proposed that Israel launch a major attack on Iran in the final days of Joe Biden’s presidency.

Kobi Michael and Gabi Siboni, now prominent national security analysts who often appear on Israeli TV and radio, argued in a policy paper published last month that a series of airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear, military, economic, and government infrastructure are the only way to prevent Iran from rebuilding its regional terrorist network, which Israel has degraded over 15 months of war. Israel should start the attack just ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, according to the analysts—thereby minimizing the risk of diplomatic retaliation by Biden and forcing the hand of the president-elect.

“With this attack, Israel will demonstrate to the United States … its absolute refusal to accept the continuation of the Iranian nuclear program and its unwillingness to risk Iran’s breakout to a bomb,” Michael and Siboni wrote. “As several rounds of attacks on Iran will be required, [the subsequent rounds] will take place after Trump takes office and under a U.S. administration that is more sympathetic than Biden’s.”

The proposal—published by the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, a think tank in Jerusalem, and picked up by Hebrew media—is an audacious answer to Israel’s most pressing national security question: Will Trump support an attack on Iran’s nuclear program?