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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics – The Associated Press

Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police's 'smoke them out' tactics  The Associated Press'Mammoth task' to identify South Africa mine victims, police say  BBC.comSouth Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground  CNN‘Massacre’: Did South Africa starve dozens of trapped miners to death?  Al Jazeera EnglishSouth Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege  Reuters

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EU steps up scrutiny of X as anger grows over Musk’s political meddling – POLITICO Europe

EU steps up scrutiny of X as anger grows over Musk’s political meddling  POLITICO EuropeBrussels orders X to hand over documents on algorithm  Financial TimesEU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation  The GuardianEU Steps Up Probe of Elon Musk’s X Ahead of Trump Inauguration  The Wall Street JournalE.U. Expands Investigation of X Over Spread of Illicit Content  The New York Times

Frontline report: North Koreans face catastrophic losses near Kruglenkoe as Ukrainians reclaim positions – Euromaidan Press

Frontline report: North Koreans face catastrophic losses near Kruglenkoe as Ukrainians reclaim positions  Euromaidan PressUkraine’s capture of North Koreans offers rare insight into Russian alliance, says Zelenskyy  The Guardian‘He wanted to live’ — How Ukraine captured a North Korean POW, told by the soldiers who took part  Kyiv IndependentNorth Korea Deployed 12,000 Troops To Kursk In October. Three Months Later, A Third Are Dead Or Wounded.  ForbesNorth Korea's suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in war with Russia  Reuters

Americans Get First Taste of Chinese Censorship After Fleeing TikTok for RedNote

Chinese app RedNote — known in China as "Xiaohongshu" and often described as the Chinese version of Instagram — is blocking posts about the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre and Uyghurs as U.S. TikTok users migrate to the platform ahead of a likely ban in the United States this Sunday. Startled westerners are also learning that China's platforms don't take kindly to woke LGBT content.
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UK leader Starmer signs ‘100-year partnership’ agreement with Ukraine during trip to Kyiv – The Associated Press

UK leader Starmer signs ‘100-year partnership’ agreement with Ukraine during trip to Kyiv  The Associated PressBritish PM caps a week of frenzied diplomacy, as Ukraine’s European allies try to strengthen its hand  CNNUK's Starmer pledges more work on security guarantees for Ukraine  Reuters UKU.K.’s Starmer visits Ukraine to pledge support amid Russian air raid  The Washington PostUkraine to receive 15 Gravehawk air defense systems from UK this year  Ukrinform