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China Hacks the Treasury Dept., and a Hydropower Crisis

China Hacks the Treasury Dept., and a Hydropower Crisis

The Headlines
Dec 31, 2024 8 min
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<p>Plus, what you might be eating in 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Tune in, and tell us what you think at <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com" target="_blank">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>. For corrections, email <a href="mailto:nytnews@nytimes.com" target="_blank">nytnews@nytimes.com</a>.</p><p>For more audio journalism and storytelling, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936" target="_blank">download</a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio" target="_blank">sign up</a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/us/politics/china-hack-treasury.html" target="_blank"><strong>China Hacked Treasury Dept. in ‘Major’ Breach, U.S. Says,</strong></a> <i>by Ana Swanson and David E. Sanger</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/us/politics/guantanamo-detainee-released-tunisia.html" target="_blank"><strong>Pentagon Releases Detainee Held at Guantánamo Since Day 1,</strong></a> <i>by Carol Rosenberg</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/world/americas/ecuador-hydropower-drought.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Rivers Run Dry and the Lights Go Out: A Warming Nation’s Doom Loop,</strong></a> <i>by Julie Turkewitz and José María León Cabrera</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/dining/food-eating-predictions-2025.html" target="_blank"><strong>How Will We Eat in 2025? 9 Predictions to Chew On.,</strong></a> <i>by Kim Severson</i></p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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