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Heavy U.S. and British air strikes pounded targets in rebel-held Yemen early on Friday after weeks of disruptive attacks on Red Sea shipping by Iran-backed Huthi forces.

The strikes targeted an airbase, airports and a military camp, the Huthi rebels' Al-Masirah TV station said.

The United States, alongside allied nations including Bulgaria, has issued a resounding condemnation of arms transfers between North Korea and Russia. This statement, undersigned by major European Union countries excluding Hungary and Slovakia, castigates the acquisition of North Korean ballistic missiles by Russia, allegedly utilized against Ukraine on December 30 and January 2.

Australian and Greek authorities are appealing to the public and offering a reward for information on the whereabouts of a man who is suspected of fleeing to Greece after stabbing a man to death in an Australian nightclub in 1999.

Brisbane, Australia - Grigor Dimitrov, the Bulgarian tennis maestro, surged into the new season triumphantly, securing the ATP 250 tennis tournament title in Brisbane, Australia. The $661,585 prize fund gleamed as Dimitrov showcased his prowess on the court.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the world's roughly 300 million Greek Orthodox Christians, is planning to visit Australia later this year. 

The visit, according to Australian Archbishop Makarios, is part of a series of celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.

Britain, the United States and 10 other countries have warned Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen to stop their "highly destabilizing attacks in the Red Sea or face the consequences" after tensions in the region spiked, "The Times" reported.

Pushing the boundaries of symphonic music since 1954, the ERT Contemporary Music Orchestra accompanies one of Greece's top rap artists, 12os Pithikos, at the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr). 12os Pithikos has been around since the early 2000s with his most famous album "100% Style" coming out in 2010.

PERTH - The Serbia national tennis team is out of the United Cup after Natalija Stevanovic lost 6-1, 6-1 to Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic in Perth on Wednesday.

Winning after only 65 minutes of play, Tomljanovic handed Australia a decisive 2-0 lead in the quarter-final tie against Serbia.

Stevanovic was a stand-in for Olga Danilovic.

With 6:4, 6:4, Djokovic suffered his first defeat in Australia after 43 victories in the previous six years.
However, since the defeat, the tennis public is more concerned about the condition of his wrist ten days before the start of the Australian Open.

If you are an Amazon Prime Video user, get ready to see ads on movies and TV shows starting next month.

Prime will include ads beginning on Jan. 29, the company said in an email to U.S. members this week, setting a date for an announcement it made back in September. Prime members who want to keep their movies and TV shows ad-free will have to pay an additional $2.99 per month.