Cease-fire in Aleppo unravels amid renewed shelling
Amid shifting deals mediated by Turkey and Russia, Aleppo’s evacuation plan collapsed as hours after the cease-fire began, shelling resumed in rebel-held districts. Rebels and civilians faced new violence while negotiations continued, with reports of wounded being evacuated and clashes near Foua and Kfraya in Idlib. Leaders from Turkey and Russia remained involved amid a brutal city battle.
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Trump meets tech leaders to pledge help amid fears
President elect Donald Trump hosts a roughly dozen CEOs at Trump Tower, including Tim Cook and Larry Page, aiming to reassure Silicon Valley that his administration will support innovation while skeptics worry about deportations, antitrust probes, and privacy. Sheryl Sandberg attends in place of Mark Zuckerberg.
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South Sudan on brink of ethnic civil war warns UN rights chief
Yasmin Sooka told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that South Sudan risks an all-out ethnic civil war, with evidence of ethnic cleansing in parts of the country and widespread rapes of women and sexual violence. Tens of thousands have died and over a million have fled as fighting continues, while President Salva Kiir urges national dialogue and a ceasefire.
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