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Friday, December 27, 2024

• Ship linked to Russia is suspected of cutting major cables between Finland and Estonia
  NATO chief Mark Rutte has assured Finland and Estonia of added military support after a ship linked to Russia is suspected of severing major cables between the two countries.
  
• Authorities have recovered two black boxes from Wednesday's plane crash in Kazakhstan
  NPR's Ari Shapiro talks about the Azerbaijan Airlines crash with The Ohio State University's Shawn Pruchnicki. He was trained in accident investigation at the National Transportation Safety Board.
  
• Syria's U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition faces an uncertain future after Assad's ouster
  After Bashar al-Assad's ouster, there are questions about the fate of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition that currently controls a third of Syrian territory.
  
• At least 9 people died when a bridge collapsed in Brazil
  Another eight people remain unaccounted for. Several cars and trucks plunged into the Tocantins River after a section of the 1,748-foot-long bridge crumbled on Sunday.
  
• Photos from Azerbaijan jet crash suggest a missile strike, according to experts
  The Embraer 190 with 67 passengers and crew was flying from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Grozny in Chechnya, Russia, when it crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people.
  
• New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel
  "Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.
  
• Rescue team ends search for a man overboard from Norwegian Cruise Line ship
  The tragedy marks the 19th overboard incident on a cruise ship this year, with only two passengers successfully rescued.
  
• South Korea's acting president impeached. And, how the 'Beyoncé Bowl' did on Netflix
  South Korea's acting president has been impeached less than a month after the impeachment of his predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol, for imposing martial law. And, how'd the "Beyoncé Bowl" do on Netflix?
  
• More than 10,000 migrants died in 2024 trying to reach Spain by sea, aid group says
  The migration route that connects West African nations with the Spanish Canary Islands remains the deadliest in the world, according to a Spanish aid organization.
  
• The World's Largest River is Running Low (Encore)
  The region drained by the Amazon River, including the Amazon Rainforest, is in the second year of a punishing drought. That has lead to the lowest water levels in more than 100 years for the Amazon and its major tributaries. Millions of people and an array of wildlife depend on those quickly disappearing waters. In a story we first brought you in October, we travel to the region to see the effects.
  
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