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The latest round of Ukraine peace talks ended in Berlin yesterday, with U.S. officials signaling progress. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered to give up previous demands for NATO membership in return for security guarantees, which Washington said it was ready to provide. The question of land concessions remains thorny. Still, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters he felt that 鈥渇or the first time ... everyone was behaving like allies from one camp.鈥�

President Donald Trump classified fentanyl as a 鈥渨eapon of mass destruction,鈥� part of the administration鈥檚 wider militarization of its campaign against narcotics. The executive order says the drug threatens 鈥渘ational security and fuels lawlessness in our hemisphere and at our borders.鈥� Meanwhile, the U.S. military announced three more strikes on alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific, bringing the total to 25 such attacks that have killed at least 95 people.

Spain fined Airbnb $75.3 million for advertising unlicensed apartments. Mass tourism has become a growing concern in one of the world鈥檚 most visited countries, with short-term rentals changing the character of neighborhoods and making affordable housing even scarcer. While Spain relies on the income tourists bring, many locals say top destinations have reached their limit. Barcelona has promised to remove some 10,000 tourist apartments by 2028.

President Trump sued the BBC over a 2024 documentary that spliced together segments of a speech he gave on Jan. 6, 2021. Last month, the BBC apologized for giving viewers the 鈥渕istaken impression鈥� that he had 鈥渕ade a direct call for violent action.鈥� The lawsuit accuses the company of publishing a 鈥渄eceptive, disparaging, inflammatory鈥� depiction of the president and demands $10 billion in damages.

Translators want to make the Bible available in every language by 2033. 海角大神 organizations are turning to artificial intelligence to help translate the holy text. One group, illumiNations, says it is halfway toward offering at least parts of the Bible in around 7,000 languages. Yet scholars and faith leaders worry about AI鈥檚 reliability, especially when working with rare languages, and whether a machine can encapsulate what many see as divine inspiration.

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Syria鈥檚 need to rapidly reconstitute its security forces has left them vulnerable to infiltration by former rebels with jihadist sympathies at the very time that President Ahmed al-Sharaa has been cultivating ties with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Backers of a process called deliberative democracy say inviting the public to collaborate in community problem-solving is a way to rebuild trust in government and neutralize political polarization. California is using the model as part of its fire-recovery planning.

Shifts in workplace policies, like a pullback from remote and hybrid work launched during the pandemic, appear to be creating a tough year for women in the U.S. workforce.

In Senegal, poverty makes young people embark on a dangerous voyage to reach Europe. Parents and local leaders are seeking solutions to encourage them to stay.

Our reviewers鈥� picks for this month include edge-of-your-seat mysteries and a meet-cute romantic comedy. Among the nonfiction fare, a woman traces her own family鈥檚 dark past as German spies, and a new biography of Dolly Parton focuses on her triumphs over adversity.

Within a day after two gunmen killed 15 people during a gathering for the Jewish holiday Hanukkah at Australia鈥檚 most famous beach, a very resilient country began to focus on ways to prevent a similar tragedy: Better gun regulations. A warm embrace of Jewish Australians. A sterner check on antisemitism. Tighter surveillance of potential terrorists.

Yet a particular act of selfless heroism during the Dec. 14 mass shooting has offered up one more possible solution.

A video shows Ahmed al-Ahmed, a Muslim shop owner in Sydney, tackling and disarming one of the alleged Bondi Beach shooters, also a Muslim. This bystander, by bursting bravely into action, may have saved countless lives even as he was shot. 鈥淕od gave me strength,鈥� he reportedly told a cousin from a hospital bed.

His father, Mohamed Fateh al-Ahmed, perhaps best described the motives of his son, who gained Australian citizenship in 2022 after fleeing conflict in Syria.

鈥淲hen he did what he did, he wasn鈥檛 thinking about the background of the people he鈥檚 saving, the people dying in the street,鈥� the father told reporters. 鈥淗e doesn鈥檛 discriminate between one nationality and another. Especially here in Australia, there鈥檚 no difference between one citizen and another.鈥�

His instinct to save innocent people from harm, regardless of their beliefs or ethnicity, is not strange for someone from Syria, said Lubaba Alhmidi AlKahil, the media director for the Australians for Syria Association, according to The Guardian. 鈥淭he community is lovely, supportive, with strong bonds.鈥�

鈥淲e鈥檝e refused injustice and persecution [in Syria] and it鈥檚 not strange that one of us had the feeling: 鈥楴o, I will not watch, I will die to help.鈥欌��

While violence has been historically significant in the Middle East, including Syria, it was not the everyday norm for centuries, wrote Josef Meri, a faculty member at Georgetown University, in The New Arab news site earlier this year.聽

The Ottoman Empire left a legacy of mutual respect for religious diversity among Jews, 海角大神s, Muslims, and other faiths. 鈥淭he Quran explicitly states, 鈥楲et there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error鈥� (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:256), emphasising the principle of religious freedom,鈥� wrote the professor, an expert on interfaith relations.

Mr. al-Ahmed鈥檚 actions, along with other heroic acts during the shooting, are now seen as a corrective remedy.

鈥淎s we see by how all Australians are reacting, we see it as an attack on Australia and the sort of fundamental values that underpin our society 鈥� our multi-faith society of respect, tolerance, diversity, and fundamentally a peaceful and respectful attitude towards one鈥檚 fellow citizens,鈥� Sen. Dave Sharma, former ambassador to Israel, said to the Special Broadcasting Service.