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. stated 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 struggle with Hamas in Gaza.
The assault occurred at a base close to the Syrian border. Few particulars have been instantly out there, however the deaths of U.S. service members will nearly definitely 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 info of this assault, we all know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant teams working in Syria and Iraq,” Biden stated in a press release.
In Iraq: This month, not less than 4 U.S. service members have been injured when their base got here below hearth from what the U.S. stated have been Iran-backed militias.
Close to Yemen: Final Sunday, the U.S. declared two Navy SEALs lifeless after they disappeared throughout an operation at sea to intercept weapons from Iran headed to Houthi fighters. They have been the primary recognized U.S. fatalities in Washington’s marketing campaign in opposition to the Iran-backed militia, which has fired on business ships off Yemen since November.
A short lived cease-fire? Negotiators are closing in on a deal during which Israel would pause fighting in Gaza for about two months if Hamas launched greater than 100 hostages.
UNRWA imperiled after terrorism accusations in opposition to staff
The U.S. and several other different international locations have stated they may suspend 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 basic of the U.N., implored the most important donor international locations to proceed their assist. He stated that, with out it, UNRWA would run out of money subsequent month. Fears of famine are rising within the enclave, and two million Gazans rely upon 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 main points, however a prime U.N. official known as the accusations “extraordinarily critical and horrific.” U.S. officers stated that the help company’s determination to fireside the people was proof that Israel’s info was compelling.
Particulars: UNRWA fired 9 of the 12 employees who Israel stated have been concerned within the assault, Guterres stated. One had died and the identities of two have been being “clarified,” he stated.
An antiwar candidate rises in Russia
Boris Nadezhdin is running to be Russia’s president on an antiwar platform. His supporters are combating 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 might 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 approach left to display their opposition to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
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My colleagues interviewed five young people trying 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 functions and labored interim job after interim job.
“Possibly I’m not ok at toughing issues out,” one younger individual stated.
Luxe Korean postpartum care
South Korea has the world’s lowest birthrate. But it surely additionally has some of the best postpartum care.
At a joriwon — a hotel-like lodging — new moms spend weeks recovering. Recent meals are delivered thrice 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 trade; 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 price from a couple of thousand to tens of hundreds of {dollars}, however it’s only a blip within the general expense of elevating a baby in South Korea, which can assist clarify the declining birthrate.
