Mexican cartel forces locals to pay for makeshift Wi-Fi under threat of death (apnews.com)
Ukraine-Russia war: Putin citizenship decree violates children's rights, Ukraine says (www.bbc.com)
UK proposes selfie-based, AI age verification system for porn sites (www.techspot.com)
Giant naked hill figure revealed as Hercules—and he aided medieval armies (www.newsweek.com)
Ancient Egyptian teenager died while giving birth to twins, mummy reveals (www.livescience.com)
Opting into 'link history' on Facebook and Instagram means agreeing to (more) ad targeting (www.engadget.com)
Watch parasitic worms get pulled from man's abdomen after surprise discovery during routine surgery (www.livescience.com)
EU fingerprint checks for British travellers to start in 2024 (www.theguardian.com)
North Korea ramps up preparations for war with US (www.newsweek.com)
The Nigerian teens clueless on computers but aiming to reboot (www.bbc.com)
China's Xi says reunification with Taiwan is 'inevitable' in New Year's address (www.france24.com)
US seizes more illegal e-cigarettes, but thousands of new ones are launching (apnews.com)
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force (www.theguardian.com)
Poland says Russian missile entered airspace then went into Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
Australian privacy watchdog refuses to investigate employer that allegedly accessed worker’s personal emails (www.theguardian.com)
Dogs in the middle ages: what medieval writing tells us about our ancestors’ pets (theconversation.com)
Archaeologists Hunting For Cleopatra's Tomb Found a "Geometric Miracle" Tunnel (www.sciencealert.com)
Oldest DNA evidence of syphilis relative discovered in 2,000-year-old skeletons in Brazil (www.livescience.com)
Roman-era wine shop, possibly destroyed in an earthquake, discovered in Greece (www.livescience.com)
Alzheimer’s blood test revolution for over-50s (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Facial recognition used after Sunglass Hut robbery led to man’s wrongful jailing, says suit (www.theguardian.com)
Archaeologists discover funeral urn depicting Maya corn god (www.newsweek.com)
10,000-year-old burials from unknown hunter-gatherer group discovered in Brazil (www.livescience.com)
A cholera outbreak in Zambia has caused more than 400 deaths and infected 10,000 (apnews.com)
Archaeologists discover Roman villa on site of "unauthorized eco-monster" (www.newsweek.com)
