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Protests interrupt Honduran special vote recount
Protests outside Honduras’ National Institute of Professional Training delayed a special recount of ballots from the disputed November 30 presidential election, officials said on Monday (December 15).
Hundreds of supporters of rival parties burned tires and waved flags, accusing authorities of fraud and foreign interference.
While voting on election day itself was calm, the subsequent process of tallying and reporting the ballots has been marred by chaos and confusion, including technical failures and political infighting.
Traffic chaos In Guadalajara after multi-car pile up
Three pick-up trucks and a car were involved in a serious crash in Guadalajara, in the western state of Jalisco, Mexico.
No casualties were reported, however emergency services were deployed to the scene of the crash in Avenida Vallarta.
The incident caused traffic to be closed for more than an hour.
Levee break compounds flooding danger amid heavy rains
A levee breach in Washington state following days of heavy rain led to a flash flood warning and evacuation orders.
Authorities said on Monday (December 15) that repairs were underway and could take several hours.
King County officials said they were closely monitoring the Desimone Levee in Tukwila along the Green River, about five miles south of downtown Seattle, where a car-sized chunk of the levee was washed away by floodwaters.
Images showed workers using heavy equipment to drop large sandbags into the hole, working to keep it from growing.
China launches new satellite into space
China launched another satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch centre in Shanxi province on Tuesday.
The Ziyuan III 04 was launched by a Long March-4B rocket at 11:17 am local time. It’s the 617th rocket mission launched in China’s Long March series.
Bethlehem rekindles the holiday spirit after two years
Bethlehem, a small and historic city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, put up a giant Christmas tree for the first time since 2022 after it had refrained from public Christmas celebrations over the past two years as war raged in Gaza.
Thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank and Israel packed Manger Square in Bethlehem, cheering as the 20-metre tree, trimmed in red and gold, lit up shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday (December 6) during a fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
Known as the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem is a focal point for millions of Christians around the world. One of its most iconic landmarks is the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square, believed by Christians to stand on the site where Jesus was born.
Tourists in Spain stunned by Nativity scenes carved in sand
Crowds gathered at Las Canteras beach in Spain on Monday (December 15) to admire the stunning display of the Sand Nativity Scene, sculpted by international artists on the shores of Gran Canaria Island.
Ten sculptors from six different countries, have been working for several weeks to shape the monumental sand scenes.
Organised by a local family since 2006, this year’s event has become Spain’s third most visited “museum” in December, drawing around 260,000 visitors over 40 days.
Germany’s foreign intelligence service secretly monitored the telephone communications of former U.S. President Barack Obama for several years, including calls made aboard Air Force One, according to an investigation by the German newspaper Die Zeit.
Israeli media report that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chaired a lengthy security meeting that reportedly focused on the country’s regional threats, including Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to abandon comments suggesting the United States should take over Greenland, calling the idea baseless and unacceptable.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday (4 January) that the United States could carry out further military action in Venezuela following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, he said Washington now effectively controls the country.
At the end of last year, U.S. President Donald Trump was reported to have raised the Azerbaijan–Armenia peace agenda during a conversation with Israel’s prime minister, warning that if peace were not achieved, Washington could raise tariffs on both countries by 100 percent.
Leaders from the U.S. and European countries moved closer to finalising legally binding security guarantees for Ukraine following a “Coalition of the Willing” meeting in Paris on Sunday.
At least four people were killed and several others injured on Tuesday during fighting in Aleppo, northern Syria, state media reported. The government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are trading blame for the violence.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a declaration of intent on Tuesday outlining the future deployment of multinational forces in Ukraine.
The United States has presented Israel and Syria with a proposal for a security agreement that would establish a joint economic zone along the border, Axios reported on Tuesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised a large-scale military operation carried out in Venezuela, describing it as highly complex and signalling plans to accelerate U.S. weapons production in its aftermath.
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