(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE AIR RAID ALERT TONIGHT IN KIEV AND OTHER PARTS OF UKRAINE....TASS RUSSIA
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT GIVING THE NOD FOR A POSSIBLE SALE OF ANTI-TANK WEAPONS TO TAIWAN...REUTERS
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordering a four-day gun ban in the capital city of Brasilia.
That's ahead of this Sunday's inauguration of Leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as President replacing the current Rightist President Jair Bolsonaro...CNN
The US government will require COVID testing for arrivals from China.
That follows China's decision to loosen its COVID restrictions.
The US is claiming a lack of transparency about COVID in China...BBC NEWS
IN MOSCOW TODAY JOINT TALKS BETWEEN DEFENSE MINISTERS FROM RUSSIA, TURKEY (TURKIYE) AND SYRIA.
MATTERS RELATED TO SYRIA DISCUSSED INCLUDING REFUGEES AND EXTREMIST GROUPS OPERATING IN THE COUNTRY.
TURKIYE (TURKEY) HAS BEEN CALLING FOR A TRILATERAL SUMMIT OF THE THREE NATIONS.
TURKISH MILITARY FORCES ARE CURRENTLY LAUNCHING ARTILLERY AND AIR STRIKES IN NORTHERN SYRIA AIMED AT KURDISH GROUPS CONSIDERED TERRORISTS.
TURKEY IS WARNING OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A GROUND OPERATION ON THE REGION TO CREATE A 30-KILOMETER-WIDE SECURITY ZONE ACROSS NORTHERN SYRIA...TASS RUSSIA
THE MARKETS DOWN TODAY
(UPDATED)
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE DOWN 365.85 POINTS OR 1.10 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE NASDAQ FELL 139.94 POINTS OR 1.35 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE PRICE OF OIL IN NEW YORK AT 505 PM 78 DOLLARS AND 77 CENTS A BARREL...MARKETWATCH
THE KOSOVO SITUATION
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In Kosovo authorities released a Serbian policeman whose arrest led to protests and barricades.
His family says he will be under house arrest...(RTS Serbia)
Meanwhile the US and EU urging Kosovo and Serbia to show "maximum restraint"...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...
At a long meeting in a Serb military barracks last night Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic urged Serb protest leaders in Kosovo to remove barricades.
Vucic saying he had received assurances from the US and the EU...(RTS Serbia)...
And Vucic says tonight that the process of removing the barricades starts on Friday and will take 24 to 48 hours...(RTS Serbia)
North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un laying out "self-defense goals" for 2023 at major ruling party meeting.
Kim talking about the "new challengeable situation" on the Korean peninsula and international political situation in his remarks...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA...
Meanwhile the South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol expressing his displeasure with his Defense Minister.
This follows the penetration of South Korean airspace by five North Korean drones on Monday with the South unable to shoot any of them down...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
FEAR OF A CAMPAIGN BY 'RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS' FOLLOWING THE CHRISTMAS DAY ATTACK ON SOME ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON.
AT LEAST THAT'S THE PICTURE PAINTED IN SOME MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING...AFP FRANCE-AL ARABIYA
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
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