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#washingtonpost.com. × Brazil joins growing list of countries banning cellphones in schools. Despite questions about the effectiveness of such bans, Brazil is the latest to prohibit the devices amid concerns over impacts on learning and well-being.

#washingtonpost.com. × ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to another (heavily censored) Chinese app. The social media app Xiaohongshu, literally “Little Red Book” but often called “RedNote,” has seen a sudden influx in American users as a TikTok ban looms.

#washingtonpost.com. × Live updates: Officials optimistic about talks on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. President Joe Biden said a deal was “on the brink” of being finalized. A ceasefire could halt, for now, a war that has raged for 15 months and killed tens of thousands.

#washingtonpost.com. × Syria’s children, having known only war, adjust to a sudden peace. As Syria’s new Islamist rulers reshape the way schools teach the nation’s history, students struggle to navigate the traumas of their own pasts.

#washingtonpost.com. × Zelensky ready to hand North Korea back its captured troops. Zelensky’s announcement came after he posted photos on social media of two men he said were North Korean soldiers captured in Russia’s Kursk region.

#washingtonpost.com. × Live Briefing: Biden discusses ceasefire and hostage release deal with Netanyahu. The first stage of a three-phase deal would see the release 34 living hostages over a 42-day ceasefire in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

#washingtonpost.com. × China’s exports jump to record high in rush to beat Trump tariffs. American buyers rushed to stockpile Chinese goods before Donald Trump returns to the White House with a threat to impose tariffs of between 10 and 60 percent.

#washingtonpost.com. × From export controls to hacks, China signals it’s ready to take on Trump. A flurry of activity reveals how Beijing is prepared to act swiftly and forcefully in an intensified diplomatic and trade standoff with Trump, analysts said.

#washingtonpost.com. × Column | How much more ‘hell’ can Gaza ‘pay’?. “All hell will break out” in the Middle East, Donald Trump said, if the remaining hostages in Hamas captivity in Gaza are not released by his inauguration.

#washingtonpost.com. × Italy releases Iranian wanted in lethal drone strike on U.S. troops. The United States says Mohammad Abedini provided technology used by Iran in a drone strike that killed three service members in Jordan last year.

#washingtonpost.com. × Israel moves to make heavy bombs, but U.S. reliance hard to shake, experts say. Israel said last week it would move to produce heavy bombs and raw materials for defense domestically, after learning “a central lesson from the war” in Gaza.

#washingtonpost.com. × Iran, already on the defensive, braces for second Trump term. Military exercises intended to show Iran’s strength might instead have revealed its weakness.

#washingtonpost.com. × Mexico, Canada send firefighters to help battle Los Angeles blazes. The deployments come days before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has threatened the United States’ largest trade partners with tariffs.

#washingtonpost.com. × Elon Musk and Giorgia Meloni’s power friendship stirs controversy in Italy. The relationship between Musk and the Italian prime minister could be a harbinger for Americans, as Musk assumes a role in the Trump administration.

#washingtonpost.com. × Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia, Zelensky says. The wounded fighters were taken to Kyiv for questioning, authorities said, where they could reveal details of Pyongyang’s cooperation with Moscow.

#washingtonpost.com. × Ahead of Trump’s return to office, Ukraine and Russia battle for Kursk. Ukraine’s continued focus on Kursk shows how important Kyiv believes it is to hold on to Russian land, especially if Trump pushes both sides to the negotiating table.

#washingtonpost.com. × New agony for Israel’s hostage families as Gaza ceasefire talks drag on. The Israeli military this week found and recovered the remains of Youssef Ziyadne, just days after his name appeared on a Hamas list of hostages to be released.

#washingtonpost.com. × Biden administration sanctions Russia’s oil giants and tanker fleet. The White House, now unconcerned about the effect on gas prices and inflation, blacklisted two of Russia’s biggest oil producers and nearly 200 tanker ships.

#washingtonpost.com. × Venezuela’s Maduro is sworn into office with no proof of his victory. Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro began a third term as president on Friday, cementing his increasingly authoritarian rule.

#washingtonpost.com. × International sanctions have left Syria’s health system on life support. U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to maintain equipment and provide care.

#washingtonpost.com. × Putin ready to meet with Trump after inauguration, Kremlin says. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed what he said was Donald Trump’s “readiness to solve problems through dialogue.” The last U.S.-Russian summit was in 2021.

#washingtonpost.com. × Zelensky turns to alternative media to reach U.S. audiences. With Trump and the Republican Party set to control all levers of government, Ukraine is engaging with the podcasters and YouTube channels favored by their supporters.

#washingtonpost.com. × Column | Trump hates ‘globalism.’ But he seems to like imperialism.. Ahead of his second term, an emboldened Trump has articulated a vision of hemispheric expansionism. What’s he playing at?

#washingtonpost.com. × Elon Musk and far-right German leader Alice Weidel endorse each other in interview. Musk tested the boundaries of foreign election interference, hosting AfD co-leader Alice Weidel for a livestream interview on X.

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