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)
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)
Archaeologists reveal secrets of merchant ship that sank in 15th century (www.newsweek.com)
Archaeologists find 9-mile-long ancient fortification at desert oasis (www.newsweek.com)
Cholera cases soar globally amid shortage of vaccines (www.theguardian.com)
U.K. archaeologists uncover ancient grave holding teen girl, child and treasures: "Striking discovery" (www.cbsnews.com)
Zika cases surge by almost 300pc in Thailand (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Black people experience strokes more frequently and at younger ages than White counterparts, study finds (edition.cnn.com)
A new study found the rate of stroke among Black people was roughly 50% to 80% higher than the rate among White people, over the studied period.