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- Threat of Violence in the US 'Likely Heightened' With Holidays Approaching VOA 12 Dec 2023 -- Unabated anger and tensions over the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas could spill over into the holiday season in the United States, potentially putting large public gatherings at risk, according to law enforcement and homeland security officials.
- UN says Myanmar now world's top opium cultivator Radio Free Asia 12 Dec 2023 -- An uptick in cultivation brought on by junta mismanagement of the economy has made Myanmar the world's largest source of opium, according to the United Nations, which warned that the trend is expected to accelerate amid conflict in the country's remote border regions.
- Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world's top opium producer UN News 12 Dec 2023 -- Myanmar is now the world's largest opium producer, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported on Tuesday, as the economic and political crisis following the 2021 coup and widening conflict between the military and armed groups continues to drive farmers towards illicit opium poppy production.
- Myanmar Overtakes Afghanistan as World's Top Opium Producer VOA 12 Dec 2023 -- Myanmar has overtaken Afghanistan as the world's top opium producer in 2023 after a third consecutive year of expanding cultivation fueled by the country's civil war, the United Nations says in a new report.
- Massive Cyberattacks Target Ukraine's Largest Mobile Operator, Online Banking RFE/RL 12 Dec 2023 -- Ukraine's largest mobile phone operator, Kyivstar, is down after being targeted by a massive hacker attack on December 12 that brought down its cellular and Internet signal, causing serious disturbances in communications across the country and leaving millions without service in the war-torn country.
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