Wildfire rages in Los Angeles

Plus, the search for survivors of a powerful Tibet earthquake.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Edson Caldas More than 30,000 people evacuated their homes as a wildfire tore through a coastal area of Los Angeles in just a few hours. Follow our live updates here. Elsewhere, we cover the search for survivors of a powerful earthquake in Tibet, a new attempt to arrest South Korea's impeached president, and Meta's overhaul of its approach to managing political content. Today's Top News   A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire. Strong, dry winds fuel fire forecast to worsen. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu Environment A rapidly growing wildfire has raged across an upscale section of Los Angeles, destroying numerous buildings and creating traffic jams as more than 30,000 people evacuated. At least 2,921 acres of the Pacific Palisades area between the coastal towns of Santa Monica and Malibu had burned, officials said. Over 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet were rescued, with an unknown number still unaccounted for after a tremor rocked the Himalayan foothills. We look at some notable quakes in Tibet in recent decades. US politics President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out using military or economic action to pursue the acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda he has promoted since winning the Nov. 5 election. Today, Trump and Republican colleagues in Congress will begin trying to chart a path to enacting more tax cuts, border controls and fossil fuel production through a divided Congress. For more, sign up for our newsletter on US politics. In other news South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the impeached leader. As he fights for his political survival, Yoon has found an ally among young conservative men. Israeli military strikes across Gaza killed at least 22 people today, Palestinian medics said, as the US stepped up efforts to overcome sticking points between Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire to end the war. Follow the latest. Business & Markets   From China to Europe, Canada to Mexico, world markets are already reeling from Trump's promise to jack up tariffs when he returns to the White House in less than two weeks. The scale and scope remain to be seen, but the road ahead is bumpy. This piece takes a look at some markets in focus right now. Fed officials have been signaling that further interest rate cuts are on hold for now given slowed progress on inflation and a still-strong US economy, but minutes from the central bank's December meeting may show just how deeply that sentiment is shared among policymakers facing a newly uncertain economic environment. 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