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Tamil Nado authorities said at least 31 people were killed this week in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu due to floods and heavy rain. The report also stated that rescuers were having difficulty reaching hundreds of people who were still stranded in high water.  Torrential downpours crippled many cities in the state, overrunning entire neighborhoods, roadways, and railway tracks just days after a cyclone devastated India's south-eastern coast.  "The death figure may evolve," federal officials told the media, adding that more than 40,000 people had been evacuated so far, with operations continuing to reach those who remain stuck.  The meteorological headquarters reports that the state of Tamil Nadu received nearly 64 mm of rain this week—more than twice the normal amount of 20 mm for this time of year.  Over the course of the next five days, further rain is predicted in several districts around the state, according to the meteorological agency.

As per the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, Israel killed 83 Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip since October 7. The Israeli army has also executed the families of numerous journalists.  The Syndicate claimed to have proof of the Israeli army's killing of 83 journalists and the injuries of over ninety-nine more with its shells and missiles.  It further pointed out that the targeting of Palestinian reporters, which usually happens with the targeting of their families, has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of the reporters' family members.  Wa'el Dahdouh, the Al-Jazeera office in Gaza, lost fourteen family members in the rocket attack that targeted their home, including his wife, son, daughter, and grandson is the worst example of Israeli atrocities against the Journalists.  Furthermore, when the Israeli army fired missiles at Wa'el Sharafi's home, the journalist from Al-Jazeera lost his parents and twenty family members, including his siblings and their fam

Czech emergency services said on December 21 that at least 15 people were killed and 24 more were injured in a shooting at Charles University in Prague.  The Czech police report that the attacker, who acted alone recognized as a university understudy, is among the dead. At about 5 pm in the afternoon at the time of publication, the Prague Emergency Medical Service reported eleven people with critical injuries, eight with serious injuries, and five with minor wounds were received.  Prague is the Czech Republic's capital and largest city, as well as the historical capital of Bohemia. On the banks of the Vltava.  At about 3 p.m., the shooting started at the Faculty of Arts on Jan Palach Square in Prague's Old Town. During a news conference at 6 p.m. police claimed the suspect was a 24-year-old from a hamlet outside Prague, and his father had been discovered dead earlier in the day.  Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, extended her sympathies to the