23 Congolese military officers handed death sentences for cowardice to boost discipline in army
Overall 24 soldiers stood trial. In addition to those handed death penalties, four received 2-10 year sentences, six were acquitted and one’s case was deferred for further investigation.
Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipeline to Europe ends as Ukraine declines to renew transit agreement
The last remaining EU buyers of Russian gas via Ukraine, such as Slovakia and Austria, have arranged alternative supply. Hungary will keep receiving Russian gas via TurkStream, which runs two pipelines under the Black Sea.
Kenya’s biosafety authority kicks off campaign for GMO maize against backdrop of steep ignorance
NBA Acting Director of Biosafety Research and Compliance Josphat Muchiri confirmed the authority’s readiness for the exercise in the listed counties, adding that the campaign would be expanded to cover all maize-producing regions in Kenya.
US Supreme Court Chief Justice warns of threats to the judiciary’s independence as calls to disregard rulings rise
Chief Justice John Roberts in an annual year-end report on the judiciary released just weeks before Republican President-elect Donald Trump takes office did not directly address what polling suggests has been a decline in public confidence in the judicial system broadly.
