The Israel Hamas war's devastating toll, by the numbers

Tens of thousands of people in Istanbul protest Gaza war

Tens of thousands of people have gathered on Istanbul’s Galata Bridge on New Year’s Day to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza

ABC News - Jan. 1

Number of US venture capital firms falls as cash flows to tech’s top investors

Risk-averse financial institutions concentrate money on biggest Silicon Valley VCs in trend that threatens smaller groups

Financial Times - Jan. 1

Number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats rises to 36,816

2024 was the deadliest year in the Channel, with 77 people known to have drowned trying to cross.

BBC News - Jan. 1

‘Just by existing, he’s extended this war’: Timothy Snyder on Trump, Russia and Ukraine

Historian and bestselling author of On Tyranny worries over Trump’s return to power – and the influence of Elon Musk. Timothy Snyder was not surprised to be asked to help rebuild a Ukrainian ...

The Guardian - Jan. 1

The struggle to reunite children with families in war-torn Gaza

An estimated 17,000 children are unaccompanied or separated from family who would ordinarily care for them.

BBC News - Jan. 1

The Heroic Race to Rescue 370 Orphans from a War Zone---Twice

A doctor’s plea for help evacuating Sudan’s al-Mygoma Home for Orphaned Children, caught in the middle of intense fighting, set off an extraordinary mobilization of supporters.

The Wall Street Journal - Dec. 31

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy vows his country will do everything in 2025 to stop Russia

‘May 2025 be our year,’ Zelenskyy said in an address to the nation just before the clock struck midnight in Kyiv. What we know on day 1,043. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed that ...

The Guardian - Jan. 1