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One of the four fires burning in Los Angeles County has been contained, according to California's fire department.

However, the fire in Pacific Palisades has now grown to more than 96 square kilometers,

while the Eton fire is now 57 square kilometers.

The winds that originally helped spread the blazes are expected to pick up again during the week, complicating firefighting efforts. At least 24 people have died.

Nippon Steel said that America's Committee on Foreign Investment extended the deadline for it to

abandon its attempt to buy U.S.

steel. The Japanese firm also dropped the deal worth $14 billion by February 2nd after President

Joe Biden issued an executive order blocking it on January 3rd. Nippon filed an objection.

It will now have until June 18th to save the takeover.

Tender thousands flocked to the streets of Bucharest, the capital of Romania, to protest against

the annulling of the country's presidential elections. On December 6th, Romania's constitutional

court declared the first round of the election void when Kalan Joogescu, a long-shot pro-Russian candidate,

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