December 16, 2022: Twitter, Ukraine, U.S. Senate, China COVID, Malaysia landslide

Five stories you need to know today:

1. Twitter suspended the accounts of several journalists who recently wrote about its new owner Elon Musk. The social media platform has also suspended an account tracking Musk's private jet with the billionaire threatening legal action against the account's operator.

2. Ukrainian officials say Russia fired dozens of missiles at infrastructure in Ukraine killing and wounding people in their homes in the south and knocking out power across the country.

3. The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap funding bill to avoid a partial government shutdown.

4. Two Chinese journalists have died from COVID in Beijing in recent days, media says. They’re among the first reported deaths since the government abandoned its ‘zero-COVID’ policy of curbs and lockdowns.

5. A landslide in Malaysia killed at least 18 people, including children as they slept in their tents at an unlicensed campsite, officials say.

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