## Jimmy Carter’s Life and Legacy Honored in State Funeral

Authored by clinvit.com

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, passed away at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024.

Known for his leadership and humanitarian work, Carter’s life will be celebrated with a series of ceremonies and tributes.

National Day of Mourning and State Funeral.

To honor Carter’s contributions to the nation, a state funeral will be held in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 2025.

His body will then be transported to Atlanta, where a moment of silence will be observed at Georgia's state capitol.

Following the state funeral, his casket will return to Georgia for a service at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, where he taught Sunday school for decades.

Jimmy Carter’s presidency, which lasted from 1977 to 1981, was marked by his focus on human rights and peace. »

### The Most Powerful Man in America is a Nazi Sympathizer

Authored by currentaffairs.org

With this in mind, we should probably talk about the fact that the most powerful man in the world is also an overt Nazi sympathizer.

The press, especially in America, tends to default to the less-loaded term “far-right” to refer to AfD.

But this does more work to hide their explicit Nazi ideology than AfD does themselves. »

### Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and he triumphed

Authored by npr.org

Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and he triumphed.

"He really put Guinea worm and other neglected diseases on the map," says Adam Weiss, director of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program at the Carter Center.

When Carter got involved in Guinea worm eradication in 1986 there were 3.6 million cases. »

### Pakistan faces unprecedented resurgence of Taliban violence

Authored by lemonde.fr

The main road that connects the Kurram region to the rest of Pakistan has been cut off by the authorities for over 70 days, in an attempt to curb a surge of violence.

A long-standing land dispute has pitted the two communities against each other, but the resurgence of violence is rooted in the district's geography.

One of the first decisions made by Afghanistan’s new rulers was to free members of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, the Pakistani branch of the Taliban, who had been imprisoned by the previous government. »

### Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown dies aged 57

Authored by gamesindustry.biz

Games industry veteran Martyn Brown has died aged 57.

In the years since Team17, Brown formed consultancy group Insight For Hire, and has supported studios including Double Eleven, Exient and New Star Games.

Riot Games' EMEA senior director of publishin Hannes Seifert said it was a huge honour to have known Martyn Brown over 28 years. »

## In pictures

## Also in the news

#### US Treasury says it was hacked by China in 'major incident'

#### Quebec sovereignty talk resurfaces as Parti Québécois gains in polls

#### China-backed hackers breached US Treasury workstations

#### South Korean court issues warrants to detain impeached President Yoon and search his office

#### Trump team orders ‘all intended nominees’ to stop posting on social media ahead of Senate confirmations