News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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A ‘silent’ COVID surge may hit the US over the holidays, experts warn — here’s what that means https://t.co/ORxMwAJOyR
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 27, 2024
Finnish authorities seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia a day earlier, and that it also damaged or broke four internet lines https://t.co/gY99fTwVib
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 26, 2024
Estonia has begun naval patrols to protect a cable supplying electricity from Finland following suspected sabotage of another one on Christmas Day, Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur said on Friday ➡️ https://t.co/bRk5A5VNsa pic.twitter.com/pZh9X4zpBb
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 27, 2024
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 26, 2024
Russian air defenses downed an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people, four sources with knowledge of the preliminary findings of Azerbaijan’s investigation into the disaster said https://t.co/abznwSlO9b pic.twitter.com/WbKfwWlhxy
Japan Airlines said its systems had returned to normal and that no customer data was leaked, after a cyberattack in the morning delayed some domestic and international flights https://t.co/TPwQaJgdou pic.twitter.com/ZqojyleP1z
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 26, 2024
South Korea’s lawmakers on Friday voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo, in the second head-of-state ousting this month after a short-lived martial decree on Dec. 3, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.
— CNBC (@cnbc.com) December 27, 2024 at 6:30 AM
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BREAKING: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition. https://t.co/LqxLubPArc
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 27, 2024
Parker Solar Probe has phoned home!
— NASA Sun & Space (@NASASun) December 27, 2024
After passing just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface on Dec. 24 — the closest solar flyby in history — we have received Parker Solar Probe’s beacon tone confirming the spacecraft is safe. https://t.co/zbWT7iDVtP
A Virginia zoo welcomes newborn pygmy hippopotamus as year ends https://t.co/VcrytUNmBf
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 27, 2024
Missing dog returned to family home and rang the doorbell https://t.co/MBvqeXVFMQ
— Courthouse News (@CourthouseNews) December 27, 2024
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