News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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US and British warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen overnight in retaliation against Iran-backed Houthi forces for attacks on Red Sea shipping, widening regional conflict stemming from Israel's war in Gaza https://t.co/sXg5ic0yhF 1/6 pic.twitter.com/AqBcby8a3Y
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 12, 2024
JUST IN: A deal has been reached to get medicine to the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza over the next few days, according to the Israeli Prime Minister's office.
— ABC News (@ABC) January 12, 2024
Read more on the Israel-Hamas conflict: https://t.co/AeG5bjIVn4 pic.twitter.com/hBvt0l7v71
Israel has asked the U.N.'s International Court of Justice on Friday to dismiss a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of committing the crime of genocide with its ongoing military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. https://t.co/ZyDodxkvMg
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 12, 2024
BREAKING: The UK prime minister is in Kyiv to announce a new support package for Ukraine https://t.co/RBeFVUuvhH
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 12, 2024
A senior Ukrainian presidential aide said he was confident that an amended bill seeking to tighten Ukraine's mobilization laws would be passed in the coming days or weeks, despite hitting setbacks this week https://t.co/F7XvofsJEF
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 12, 2024
BREAKING: The FAA has announced it will increase its oversight over Boeing — and begin an immediate audit of the company's production and manufacturing — in the wake of the door plug blowing out of an Alaska Airlines flight last week. https://t.co/XCl4b9pl32 pic.twitter.com/mZxKLuHhR6
— ABC News (@ABC) January 12, 2024
Iowa blizzard cancels GOP events, threatens caucus turnout https://t.co/yZMgrggxDJ
— POLITICO (@politico) January 12, 2024
Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, they said in a court filing Friday. https://t.co/VMi56HexeX pic.twitter.com/nlvxGEj7q7
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 12, 2024
White House readies more student debt relief as Biden loan plan enrollment nears 7M https://t.co/PZuWf0yewZ
— POLITICO (@politico) January 12, 2024
Pope Francis is facing some of the most vociferous objection to papal authority in decades after he approved blessings for same-sex couples. https://t.co/Av2ZukVmXS
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 12, 2024
Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other ancestries: It’s a genetic legacy of horseback-riding cattle herders who swept into the region about 5,000 years ago. https://t.co/6E1gv6Yise
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 12, 2024
Over 1,900 flights have been canceled nationwide as major winter storms prepare to unleash blizzard conditions, flooding rain and tornadoes.
— ABC News (@ABC) January 12, 2024
See the latest forecast: https://t.co/SBG6fn0kD0
