Supporters and family members of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Shir Torem |
- Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said. If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting that has razed much of heavily urbanized Gaza, killed over 46,000 people, and displaced most of the tiny enclave's pre-war population.
- Investigators found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air jet that crashed in South Korea last month, killing 179 people, a person familiar with the probe told Reuters.
- As 3,000 riot police swarmed his hillside villa, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol huddled with party loyalists, telling them that people were increasingly realizing the country's legal system had been hijacked by leftist forces.
- A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the government aimed at cooling political instability in the south Asian nation.
- Immigrant farmworkers are preparing for incoming US president Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations, including by assigning guardians for their children if they are detained, according to groups providing them legal support.
- Social media app TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, will be banned in the US unless a deal comes together to sell it to a US investor or the US Supreme Court intervenes. Here's a closer look at how the ban will be implemented.
- A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket program.
- Los Angeles officials told most evacuees from the wildfires to stay away from their homes at least another week as emergency responders remove toxic waste from incinerated neighborhoods and cut off electricity and gas lines posing a hazard amid the ruins.
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- China's economy grew 5% last year, matching the government's target, but in a lopsided fashion, with many people complaining of worsening living standards as Beijing struggles to transfer its industrial and export gains to consumers.
- A sell-off in US Treasury markets in recent weeks was likely made worse by corporate plans to borrow nearly $190 billion in the bond market this month, bankers and analysts said, highlighting a risk for markets that is likely to persist this year.
- Global diesel prices and refining margins spiked following the latest round of US sanctions on Russia's oil trade on expectations the measures would tighten supplies, according to analysts and LSEG data.
- Seven privately-held Indian startups have been chosen for a first-of-its-kind India-US space and defense collaboration programme, potentially unlocking a lucrative and strategic market for Indian firms, an investor who co-launched the project told Reuters.
- The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday it was opening a preliminary probe into 877,710 vehicles manufactured by General Motors, after receiving reports alleging engine failure.
- Glencore approached Rio Tinto late last year about combining the two big copper producers but the discussions are no longer active, a person familiar with the matter said.
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- TikTok parent ByteDance has until Sunday to sell the app to an American buyer or be banned in the US.
- Donald Trump's inauguration will take place on Jan. 20. It will likely bring with it a Day One-barrage of executive orders on anything from taxes to tariffs.
- The World Economic Forum in Davos kicks off on Tuesday and will see world leaders including Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and China's Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang in attendance.
- Here's a look at what's going to matter for markets in the coming week.
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Mexico mental health center grapples with extreme violence against migrants |
A woman from Venezuela, who reports having been raped by a group of men after crossing the Darien Gap, covers her face with marigolds. REUTERS/Bernat Parera/File Photo |
The Doctors Without Borders' Comprehensive Care Center in Mexico City is one of the few facilities of its kind, providing treatment for migrants who have endured unthinkable acts of violence. Mexico-based reporter Cassandra Garrison is on the Reuters World News podcast to share the story of a Venezuelan woman, the horrific attacks she suffered on her migratory journey and how the center is helping her heal. Listen now. |
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Sea Point swimming pool in Cape Town, South Africa. REUTERS/Esa Alexander |
A selection of our top photography from around the world this week. |
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