Following is a abstract of present world information briefs.

Moldova’s pro-European president Sandu says she is going to search second time period

Moldova’s pro-European President Maia Sandu stated on Sunday she meant to run for a second presidential time period in late 2024 and referred to as on parliament to start preparations for a referendum on the nation’s drive to hitch the European Union. The nation’s most outstanding opposition determine, Socialist pro-Russian former President Igor Dodon, denounced each her intention to hunt re-election and the decision for a referendum.

Ukraine’s new Christmas Day unites Catholic-Orthodox household

Ukrainian couple Lesia Shestakova, a Catholic, and Oleksandr Shestakov, an Orthodox believer, will for the primary time have a good time Christmas collectively on Dec. 25. Ukraine, like Russia, formally noticed Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7 in keeping with the Julian calendar till Kyiv handed a legislation earlier this yr shifting the date to Dec. 25 consistent with different Western European nations.

Migrant caravan spends Christmas on the street earlier than heading to U.S. border

Thousands of migrants arrived on Sunday within the southern Mexican city Alvaro Obregon to spend the Christmas Eve in a public sq. with out shelter earlier than making their method north to cross the nation and attain the border with the United States. On Sunday, the group of principally Central American and Caribbean migrants had walked 15 kilometers (greater than 9 miles) from the southern border metropolis Tapachula to get to Alvaro Obregon, with plans to set off once more round 4 a.m. the following day.

Israel says 5 Gaza hostages discovered lifeless in tunnel, circumstances being probed

Five Israeli hostages killed in Hamas captivity had been recovered from an underground tunnel community within the northern Gaza Strip, the army stated on Sunday, displaying footage of a white-tiled rest room and work room linked by darkish concrete-lined passages. The publication left open the query of how that they had died, with chief army spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari saying post-mortems had been pending. “We will brief the families and then, depending on what they approve, the public,” he stated.

Chad votes sure to new structure backed by junta

Chadians have voted in favour of a brand new structure that critics say might assist cement the facility of junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby. The referendum held earlier this month was authorized by 86% of voters, the federal government fee that organised it stated on Sunday. Voter turnout was about 64%, it stated.

Thousands march in Rabat demanding finish to Morocco-Israel ties

Thousands of protesters staged one of many largest pro-Palestinian marches in Rabat on Sunday for the reason that outbreak of the battle in Gaza, demanding an finish to Morocco’s ties with Israel.

Protests in opposition to Israel’s battle in Gaza have repeatedly drawn hundreds of individuals in Morocco for the reason that battle started greater than two months in the past, principally led by pan-Arab and Islamist teams.

16 folks killed in assault in Nigeria -AFP

Sixteen folks had been killed in an assault in Nigeria’s north-central state of Plateau, the place clashes between herders and farmers are widespread, the AFP News Agency stated on Sunday, citing the Nigerian military. The assault occurred within the village of Mushu, AFP stated in a put up on social media platform X, previously Twitter.

Israeli airstrikes kill dozens, Gaza officers say, in Christmas bloodshed

Pope Francis lamented the battle within the Holy Land the place Palestinian well being officers stated airstrikes killed at the least 78 folks on Christmas Eve in one of many Gaza Strip’s deadliest nights in Israel’s 11-week-old battle with Hamas. Israeli strikes that started hours earlier than midnight persevered into Christmas Day on Monday. Local residents and Palestinian media stated Israel stepped up air and floor shelling in opposition to al-Bureij in central Gaza.

Thousands protest in Belgrade to demand elections annulled

Thousands gathered within the centre of Belgrade in an anti-government protest on Sunday to demand the annulment of parliamentary and native elections every week in the past that worldwide observers stated had been unfair. The populist ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) received 46.72% of the votes in snap parliamentary elections final weekend, in keeping with state election fee preliminary outcomes.

Russia, Ukraine change claims over downed army plane

Russian and Ukrainian army officers each reported downing enemy plane on Sunday in numerous areas of the 1,000-km-long (621-mile) entrance of their 22-month-old battle. The commander of Ukraine’s air pressure, Mykola Oleshchuk, stated Ukrainian anti-aircraft items had struck a Russian Su-34 fighter bomber close to the Russian-occupied metropolis of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov in southern Ukraine.

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