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Lawyers for detained South Korean president say he will reject questioning by investigators  The Associated Press Detained South Korean President Yoon refuses second day of questioning  NBC News Cold cereal and a blanket on the floor: How South Korea is holding a

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve them out.

Terms of the cease-fire deal that Israel and Hamas reached after a year of fruitless talks aren’t very different from what was available to each side last spring. What changed was everything else.

Joe Biden warns ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ in farewell address  The Guardian US Biden bids farewell with dark warning for America – the oligarchs are coming | David Smith  The Guardian US Biden warns in farewell address that an ‘oligarchy’

US TikTok users scramble, despair as Bytedance waves the ‘white flag’  Reuters TikTok prepares to shut down app in US on Sunday, sources say  Reuters TikTok’s U.S. operations could be worth as much as $50 billion if ByteDance decides to sell  CNBC Supreme

AG Pick Pam Bondi Asserts Independence in Heated Testimony  Barron’s Pam Bondi: Attorney general nominee grilled on loyalty to Trump  BBC.com Senate Dems spent Pam Bondi’s hearing talking about one guy. (No, not Trump.)  POLITICO Bondi claps back at Hirono amid questions about

California’s Newsom will join GOP governors in raising flag for Trump inauguration  The Associated Press Flags to be raised for Trump’s inauguration, despite half-staff order for Carter’s death  NPR California’s Newsom will join GOP governors in raising flag for Trump inauguration  ABC News

Netanyahu says Cabinet won’t meet over ceasefire until Hamas backs down from ‘last minute crisis’  The Associated Press Israel’s Netanyahu accuses Hamas of trying to back out of cease-fire deal  Fox News How two feuding presidents combined to get a Gaza deal  Axios

The United Nations took steps over the holidays to formally define and respond to cybercrime around the world. But some countries involved, including the U.S., have lingering concerns about the terms.

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 20 ahead of ceasefire coming into force  BBC.com PM’s office claims Hamas creating last-minute ‘crisis’ and backing out of some agreements  The Times of Israel Live updates: Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza ceasefire and