Drone strike kills three U.S. service members in Jordan
Three U.S. service members have been killed in Jordan yesterday and 25 others have been injured in what the U.S. mentioned was a drone strike from an Iran-backed militia. The deaths have been the primary U.S. navy fatalities from hostile hearth within the turmoil spilling over from Israel’s battle with Hamas in Gaza.
The assault occurred at a base close to the Syrian border. Few particulars have been instantly accessible, however the deaths of U.S. service members will nearly actually put extra strain on President Biden to reply extra forcefully as turmoil grows within the Center East after the Oct. 7 assaults.
“Whereas we’re nonetheless gathering the details of this assault, we all know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant teams working in Syria and Iraq,” Biden mentioned in an announcement.
In Iraq: This month, no less than 4 U.S. service members have been injured when their base got here underneath hearth from what the U.S. mentioned have been Iran-backed militias.
Close to Yemen: Final Sunday, the U.S. declared two Navy SEALs useless after they disappeared throughout an operation at sea to intercept weapons from Iran headed to Houthi fighters. They have been the primary identified U.S. fatalities in Washington’s marketing campaign towards the Iran-backed militia, which has fired on industrial ships off Yemen since November.
A short lived cease-fire? Negotiators are closing in on a deal by which Israel would pause preventing in Gaza for about two months if Hamas launched greater than 100 hostages.
UNRWA imperiled after terrorism accusations towards staff
The U.S. and a number of other different nations have mentioned they are going to droop some funding for UNRWA, the U.N. company that aids Palestinian refugees, after a dozen of its staff have been accused by Israel of taking part within the Oct. 7 assaults.
Yesterday, António Guterres, the secretary common of the U.N., implored the most important donor nations to proceed their assist. He mentioned that, with out it, UNRWA would run out of cash subsequent month. Fears of famine are rising within the enclave, and two million Gazans rely on UNRWA for meals, water and important providers.
Israel and the U.N. shared detailed, particular intelligence with the U.S. final week. Neither Israel nor the U.N. have gone public with the small print, however a prime U.N. official known as the accusations “extraordinarily severe and horrific.” U.S. officers mentioned that the help company’s determination to fireside the people was proof that Israel’s data was compelling.
Particulars: UNRWA fired 9 of the 12 employees who Israel mentioned have been concerned within the assault, Guterres mentioned. One had died and the identities of two have been being “clarified,” he mentioned.
An antiwar candidate rises in Russia
Boris Nadezhdin is operating to be Russia’s president on an antiwar platform. His supporters are preventing to get him on the poll to oppose President Vladimir Putin within the presidential election in March, a uncommon public communion that has injected power into the Russian opposition motion.
Election officers could bar Nadezhdin from the poll, and even when he’s allowed to run he won’t win. However his supporters are nonetheless lining up within the bitter chilly to attempt to get sufficient signatures by a Jan. 31 deadline. They see backing him as the one authorized method left to show their opposition to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
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My colleagues interviewed 5 younger folks attempting to get jobs in China, the place competitors is immense and alternatives are scarce. The job seekers had employed interview coaches, exhausted their financial savings, despatched off dozens of purposes and labored interim job after interim job.
“Perhaps I’m not adequate at toughing issues out,” one younger individual mentioned.
Luxe Korean postpartum care
South Korea has the world’s lowest birthrate. But it surely additionally has among the greatest postpartum care.
At a joriwon — a hotel-like lodging — new moms spend weeks recovering. Contemporary meals are delivered 3 times a day, and there are facials, massages and child-care lessons. Nurses watch the infants, and new moms breastfeed in a communal nursing room.
It’s a comparatively new business; one of many prime joriwons in Seoul opened in 2008. However now eight out of 10 South Korean moms go to a joriwon, and moms ship in reserving requests nearly as quickly as they know they’re pregnant.
The stays can value from just a few thousand to tens of 1000’s of {dollars}, however it’s only a blip within the total expense of elevating a baby in South Korea, which can assist clarify the declining birthrate.
