(2024-12-31). China's Xi highlights 'world peace' in New Year's message to Russia's Putin. aljazeera.com Chinese leader underscores 'rapidly evolving changes not seen in a century and the turbulent international situation'.
(2024-12-31). 'Moral imperative': WHO presses China to share COVID origins data. aljazeera.com Beijing insists it has shared information on the coronavirus 'without holding anything back'.
(2024-12-31). Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty. wsws.org In this interview, Dr. Chakravarty discusses the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health globally five years after the initial outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Wuhan, China.
(2024-12-31). China demands withdrawal of U.S. missile system from the Philippines, calls it a threat to regional peace and security. mronline.org 
Both the U.S. and Philippines have refused to withdraw the U.S. Typhon missile system deployed in April near Chinese borders despite earlier claiming it to be a temporary move.
(2024-12-31). US-backed Pacific Policing Initiative directed against China. wsws.org While seeking to lock China out of the Pacific, the Australian-led operation establishes a rapid deployment force for police-military interventions against unrest in the region.
(2024-12-31). Xi, Putin exchange New Year greetings. independent.co.ug 
BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday exchanged New Year greetings with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. On behalf of the Chinese government and people, Xi extended sincere congratulations and best wishes to Putin and the Russian people. Xi said that 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of China-Russia …
(2024-12-30). China Demands Withdrawal Of US Missile System From The Philippines. popularresistance.org China reiterated its concerns about the Philippines' plan to acquire the US Typhon missile defense system. In the foreign ministry press briefing on Thursday, December 26, the spokesperson of the ministry, Mao Ning, claimed it is a "strategic and offensive" weapon which may fuel arms race in the region. China also restated its long-standing demand for the withdrawal of the system already deployed near its borders. | Ning reminded the leadership in the Philippines of their promise of never taking sides among the major powers.
(2024-12-30). 2025: My New Year's Resolutions. pressenza.com 
As the new year begins, I am taking this opportunity to make fresh personal commitments. I want to reflect on what is outdated or unhelpful in my life and envision the type of future I desire by implementing the necessary lifestyle changes. | One of my most profound realizations is this: I am done with war. For over 40 years, I have marched, protested, and spoken out against wars. From now on, the issue of war belongs to the past for me. I will no longer think, write, or talk about war. As an editor at Pressenza, I will not publish articles covering wars in Ukraine, Gaza, or the potential conflicts with China.
(2024-12-30). Jimmy Carter: the False Savoir. counterpunch.org 
A pious Sunday school teacher confessing to lust in his heart but swearing never to lie, he came to Washington to reestablish public faith in government just when popular disgust at monstrous U.S. crimes in Indochina had reached unprecedented heights. The big business agenda during his term in office (1977-1981) was to roll back the welfare state, break the power of unions, fan the flames of the Cold War to increase military spending, engineer tax breaks for wealthy corporate interests, and repeal government regulation of business. While portraying himself as a peanut-farming populist, Carter delivered the goods…
(2024-12-30). üü•YEAR2024: A glimpse of Xi's global insights through maxims quoted in 2024. independent.co.ug 
BEIJING | Xinhua | Throughout the year of 2024, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended three major diplomatic events hosted in China and made four significant overseas visits, consistently calling for stronger win-win cooperation to build a better world. Esteemed a masterly communicator, Xi incorporated into his talks, speeches and articles a string of well-known Chinese …
(2024-12-30). Washington's Unstoppable Superweapon. popularresistance.org In recent months, even across the collective West's media, growing admissions are being made about both Russia and China's superior military industrial capacity. With Russia's first use of the intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Oreshnik, it is admitted that Russia (and likely China) possess formidable military capabilities the collective West currently lacks. | Despite the collective efforts of NATO in arming, training, and backing Ukraine, Ukrainian forces continue to give ground at an accelerated rate across the entire line of contact amid the ongoing Russian Special Military Operation (SMO).
(2024-12-30). Joint Actions Define Strategic Depth of Iran-China Ties: Araqchi. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The next "golden 50 years of future relations between Iran and China" will show that this journey marks the beginning of a new chapter in strategic cooperation between the two countries, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said.
(2024-12-30). China court hands schoolboy a life sentence for murder. aljazeera.com Two teenagers in Hebei given prison sentences over the killing of their 13-year-old classmate in March.
(2024-12-30). New Sri Lankan president visits India on his first overseas trip. wsws.org President Dissanayake's selection of India to visit first is to signal his government's commitment to aligning Colombo with the US-led preparations for war against China.
(2024-12-30). El derrumbe europeo. cubadebate.cu Europa Occidental se resiste a admitir la derrota militar de la OTAN en Ucrania, al tiempo que vacila sobre su lugar en el nuevo orden global que tiene a la Federación rusa como un actor central junto a China y los Brics+. Los cambios se están sucediendo con una velocidad que la institucionalidad tradicional de los países colonizadores no logra procesar con sensatez y cordura.
(2024-12-30). Sistema de Trabajo del Gobierno con participación popular. radiohc.cu La Habana, 30 de dic (RHC) ´En todo lo que hagamos, lo primero que hay que pensar es cómo va a participar el pueblo: la unidad la da la participación ª, expresó el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, en la reunión del Consejo de Ministros, correspondiente al mes de diciembre.
(2024-12-30). Alertan en Brasil sobre ultraderecha y mercado contra Lula en 2025. radiohc.cu La Habana, 30 de dic (RHC) El Gobierno del presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, enfrascado hoy en la recuperación de la democracia en Brasil, enfrentará en 2025 dos grandes desafíos: la extrema derecha y el cerco liderado por el mercado.
(2024-12-30). La unidad la da la participación. radiohc.cu La Habana, 30 dic (RHC) Sesionó la reunión del Consejo de Ministros correspondiente al mes de diciembre. Entre otros temas, se aprobaron los Objetivos y Proyecciones de Gobierno para 2025, así como el Sistema de Trabajo del Gobierno para el próximo año.
(2024-12-30). Acuerdo Mercosur-UE, øun nuevo ALCA? strategic-culture.su Esperemos que las contradicciones internas de la Unión Europea se desarrollen y generen más malestar entre los agricultores de varios países, obligando a los gobiernos a dar marcha atrás. | àönete a nosotros en , y . | Escríbenos:…
(2024-12-30). Al menos 71 pasajeros mueren tras caída de un camión a un río en Etiopía. cubadebate.cu El portavoz del Gobierno regional de Sidama, en el sur de Etiopía, Wosenyeleh Simion, informó que al menos 71 personas murieron por la caída de un camión de pasajeros en un río, en el distrito de Bona. Simion dijo a Reuters este lunes que, como resultado del accidente, fallecieron 68 hombres y tres mujeres.
(2024-12-30). Climate change is depleting plant nutrition, threatening herbivores from grasshoppers to giant pandas. nationofchange.org Rising CO2 levels are driving faster plant growth but reducing nutrient density, with alarming impacts across ecosystems.gian…
(2024-12-30). Jimmy Carter's wide-ranging impact. america.cgtn.com 
Around the world, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is being remembered for his time in office and his dedication to public service after his presidency. CGTN's Jim Spellman reports.
(2024-12-30). Trump news in 2024, ahead of second presidency. america.cgtn.com 
During his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump's key political promises centered on his America First slogan. On the domestic front, he doubled down on illegal immigration and articulated a hardline toward American allies regarding foreign policy. Poppie Mphuthing reports.