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🇹🇷 Turkey issued arrest warrants for 113 people connected to the construction of buildings that fell during last week’s earthquakes. Turkish officials said nearly 25,000 buildings collapsed or were heavily damaged from the earthquake. For years prior, experts had warned that many new buildings in Turkey were unsafe due to endemic corruption and government policies, per BBC News. The confirmed death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 33,000, though the UN’s aid agency said the final total will likely be above 56,000.

🇷🇺 Russia accused the US of orchestrating the Nord Stream pipeline explosions last September. Moscow cited a recent article written by Pulitzer Prize-winning US journalist Seymour Hersh, which in turn cited an unnamed source that said US Navy divers damaged the pipelines – which deliver gas from Russia to Europe – on the orders of President Biden. A White House spokesperson said Russia’s claims are "utterly false and complete fiction." In November, investigators from Sweden and Denmark concluded the ruptures were a result of sabotage, but didn’t say who they thought was responsible.

🇮🇳✈️ Air India has agreed to the largest purchase of jetliners in commercial aviation history. The record-breaking deal calls for 250 planes from Airbus and 220 from Boeing to be delivered over the next eight years, with a collective list price of around $150 billion. Air India, which was recently privatized after nearly 70 years of state control, said it aims to establish a 30% market share in both the domestic and international air travel industries.

+Update: Nearly one million people gathered across France yesterday for a fourth round of mass protests against the government’s plan to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64.