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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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President-elect Donald Trump has been sentenced in New York on 34 felony counts. Judge Juan Mearchan alluded to the "unique and remarkable set of circumstances" he reiterated that US presidents are ordinary citizens in the eyes of the court. Trump is already the first to have been impeached twice, though neither impeachment resulted in a conviction. Lead prosecutor Joshua Steinglass said the sentence "cements" his status as a convicted felon. Steinglass also noted that Trump's public behaviour during the trial included screeds against the judge, his family, public prosecutors and the jury. The sentencing was postponed for the duration of the 2024 election campaign. Joe Biden has repeatedly threatened to instruct federal judiciary to prosecute his political enemies and journalists for alleged, usually unspecified crimes. The New York case marks Trump's first full criminal conviction and sentencing.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Syria's future hangs in the balance after the toppling of authoritarian ruler Bashar al-Assad last month. The European Union and its regional interlocutors are engaging with Syrian leaders to encourage a peaceful and inclusive transition. Massive investments in infrastructure by the international community could help stabilise Syria. Turkey is set to be a key player in such development. Turkey has two objectives: to eliminate the threat of the Syrian Kurdish factions on its southern border. Road infrastructure is therefore essential as a catalyst for regional integration and trade. Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uralolu recently announced a government action plan for rehabilitating ports, airports, railways. Saudi Arabia has presented a 30-year investment plan to build an extensive rail transport network. Qatar, Oman and other countries with petrodollar-rich sovereign wealth funds have also decided to focus on the development of trains. Turkish government announces that Syrian reconstruction will start from Damascus airport. Turkish official says the country will receive two electricity-generating ships from Turkey and Qatar. The international community wants to avoid the mistakes made in Iraq 20 years ago.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Jimmy Carter's body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda ahead of his funeral. The visit marked Trump's first return to the US Capitol since his departure from office four years ago. President Joe Biden also paid his respects to the 39th president.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Park Jong-joon, the head of the Presidential Security Service, stepped down on Friday amid an investigation into allegations of obstruction of public duty. The office of acting President Choi Sang-mok confirmed that it had accepted Park’s resignation. Park said many citizens were concerned about the possibility of violence if investigators sought to execute another arrest warrant against Yoon.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 04:08:15

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South Korean police question presidential security service chief. Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials and police are planning a second attempt to bring Yoon into custody. Yoon made a short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec. 3. Constitutional Court has begun deliberating on whether to formally remove Yoon from office or reject the charges and reinstate him. There’s also speculation that police may attempt to detain Park and other leaders of the presidential security service before trying again to execute the warrant against Yoon. Park again criticized the efforts to detention Yoon, saying that the investigation should proceed in a manner “appropriate for the status of an incumbent president” Yoon’s lawyers accuse the police of trying to undermine the leadership of the presidential security service. The presidential security act mandates protection for Yoon, but does not authorize the service to block court-ordered detention. Some legal experts say the president’s action may have been illegal. Yoon would only comply with an arrest warrant issued by the Seoul Central District Court. They accuse the agency of deliberately choosing another court with an allegedly favorable judge.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 04:33:18

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Royal Cam's popularity exploded during the coronavirus pandemic. The 24-hour livestream of the birds' breeding season was established to raise awareness. Millions have watched the stream since it began in 2016. During January, incubation season, an albatross sits on an egg. About once every 10 days, the second bird in the pair returns from feeding at sea to relieve the parent looking after the nest. The past two breeding seasons were the birds’ most successful ever, with 33 chicks each year. Pillière said the death of a chick from ingesting plastic in 2023 had prompted her to drastically reduce her household’s plastic use. The royal albatross has also crept into her work as a sculptor of animals.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 06:19:44

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Methane gas explosion caused mine to collapse in remote area in southwest Pakistan. Rescuers have been carefully removing debris from mine for hours as part of rescue effort. None of the miners had been rescued yet, officials say.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Meta’s use of fact-checking organisations will end abolished and the group will switch to a system of community notes instead. The move comes as tech executives brace for the arrival of incoming US President Donald Trump. Zuckerberg announced this week that Meta plans to roll this community note system out in the next coming months. Meta’s upcoming changes will take effect across its trio of major social media platforms. Facebook, Instagram and Threads are used by more than 3 billion people worldwide. Some experts see the move as politically motivated and could have negative implications. Twitter and Threads use third-party fact-checking organisations to verify authenticity and accuracy of content posted to each platform. These organisations evaluate content and flag misinformation for further scrutiny. Only Meta can remove content that violates its Community Standards and Ads policies. X’s Community Notes was piloted in 2021 and gained significant traction in 2023. The feature was designed to identify and highlight potentially misleading information on the platform. A Community Note typically provides a correction or clarification, frequently supported by a hyperlink to a reputable online source which can verify the information provided. Once approved by X as a Notes contributor, participants may rate other Notes as “Helpful” or “Not Helpful”. Meta has not outlined exactly how its community notes would work. Only those Notes which receive a final “Helpful” status are shown to all X users. There is debate about how well Community Notes work on X. Our mechanism tests reveal that this positive effect stems from consideration of users who had actively interacted with the misinformation (ie, observed influence),” Gao explained in the paper. Another research paper led by University of Luxembourg researchers published in April 2024 found the use of Community Notes reduced the spread of misleading posts by an average of 61.4 percent. The researchers examined 283 posts containing election claims that independent fact-checking organisations determined to be false or misleading. 209 out of 283 “misleading” posts in its sample were not being shown to all X users. The delay in moving a post to “helpful” status contributed to this. Fact-checking organisations have criticised the move, saying it is unnecessary and politically driven. Meta is deliberately aiming to placate the right wing as a second Trump presidency looms. Some experts in social media have cautioned that the change may open the door to an increase in misinformation appearing on Meta platforms. Others believe Meta may be pursuing favourable treatment from the Trump administration. Some big names in social media have actively welcomed the move. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and who will lead Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said, “This is cool” on a recent X post. Zuckerberg referred to other regions and countries in his video. “Europe has an ever-increasing number of laws, institutionalising censorship and making it difficult to build anything innovative there,” Zuckerberg said.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 04:43:28

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Trudeau remains prime minister until a new leader is chosen. The front runners for the Liberal leadership are former central banker Mark Carney and ex-Finance Minster Chrystia Freeland. Trump keeps calling Canada the 51st state. Freeland was Canada's point person when the U.S, Canada and Mexico redid its free trade deal during the first Trump administration. In 2012, Carney was named the first foreigner to serve as governor of the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694. The appointment of a Canadian won bipartisan praise in Britain after he served as the head of the central bank. Foreign-interference inquiry heard about foreigners voting in local nomination races. "Protecting the integrity of our democratic process, while still engaging as many people as possible," the party said in a statement.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 04:59:40

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Estonian minehunter EML Sakala has approached about 200 vessels in a week at sea. It is one of three Estonian navy ships that are part of stepped-up maritime patrols by NATO countries. The incidents are a test of resolve in the face of what are believed to be widespread sabotage attacks. The damage to the Estlink 2 did not disrupt service, although it drove up energy prices in the Baltic nations. The cable is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) long and is located at a depth of 90 meters (295 feet) at its deepest point. Ten Baltic Sea cables have been damaged since 2023, affecting Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Germany and Lithuania. In October 2023, a Chinese-registered ship was suspected of severing a gas pipeline and fiber-optic cable. That ship was not stopped and continued its journey. Of particular interest to the naval patrols is Russia’s shadow fleet of vessels. European authorities have acted more decisively in recent months to halt ships suspected of sabotage. Officials have stopped short of categorically pointing the finger at Moscow without ironclad proof. Finnish President Alexander Stubb and German Foreign Minister Annalenna Baerbock also suggested the similar incidents in the Baltic cannot be a coincidence. Merilo says the West must see the actions as building to the “next phase of escalation” by Russia. Joint Expeditionary Force agreed to cooperate more closely to counter Russia’s use of shadow ships. They said they had tasked maritime authorities with requesting proof of insurance from suspected ships sailing through northern Europe. Since then, the nations said they would use an AI-assisted computer program to help monitor and calculate the risk posed by each ship.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 05:04:41

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Nicolás Maduro will extend his increasingly repressive rule over Venezuela until 2031 when he is sworn in on Friday. On Thursday, aides to opposition leader Mara Corina Machado said she was briefly detained by security forces and coerced into recording videos. She had emerged from months of hiding to join the rally to demand that opposition candidate Edmundo González be reworn in as president. Leaders in the Americas and Europe condemned the government for the opposition collected tally sheets from more than 80% of electronic voting machines. The court reaffirmed Maduro’s victory without providing thorough evidence. But neither the council nor the ruling party produced any evidence that the opposition-published tallies had won. González says his son-in-law Rafael Tudares was kidnapped in Caracas. His daughter suggested the government was behind her husband's disappearance.

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Published on: 10/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it would scrap third-party fact-checking. In many ways, he cast the decision as reflecting the zeitgeist. The re-election of United States President-elect Donald Trump signalled a “cultural tipping point” towards free speech. Fact-checking efforts can have a positive effect on countering misinformation. The effect appears to be modest, not least due to the vast quantity of information online. A 2023 mega-study involving 33,000 participants in the US found that warning labels and digital literacy education enhanced the ability of participants to correctly rate headlines as true or false. Wihbey said the history of media is littered with new forms of journalism that came and went in response to changing societal, cultural and political circumstances. "Perhaps the fact-checking movement will be reinvented in new ways, but the precise media form and branding will change," he said.

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