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A defiant Netanyahu says no one can halt the Israel's war against Hamas.
Prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu said ' No one will stop us, not the axis of evil and not anyone else. Jan 13. 2024.

Volcano erupts in South-western Iceland sending lava flowing toward nearby settlement.
A volcano has erupted in South-western Iceland for the second time in less than a month starting from Dec.20 2023- Jan.14 2024

North Korea launches suspected missiles that can reach distant U.S bases
Japan and South Korea report that North Korea has launched suspected intermediate close-range ballistic missile into the sea on Sunday Jan 14. 2024. South Korea officials state that two months after the North claimed to have tested missiles for a new harder-to-detect missile capable of reaching distant U.S bases.

More Countries join on Ukraine peace formula, but Russia is absent and war grinds on.
Leaders of talks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s peace formula on Sunday Jan. 14, 2024 said a growing number of countries are working to help set the groundwork for Russia to join one day.

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has signed her abdication after 52 years as monarch.
Denmark's Prime minister has proclaimed
 Frederick X as King, after his mother Queen Margrethe II formally signed her abdication.
Australia celebrates Princess Mary’s historic rise to be queen in Denmark.

Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te has steered the island towards Democracy and away from China
The Taiwan election that was held on Saturday 13 January, 2024. Which had two major political parties contesting, Kuomintang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in which William Lai Ching-te emerged as the President and has vowed to safeguard the Asian Islands de-facto independence from China and further align it with other democracies.

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