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• AP News Summary at 5:41 p.m. EST

  09-12-2025 23:45 via article.wn.com
  Trump says he's fixing affordability problems. He'll test out that message at a rally ......
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin deals hammer blow to hopes of peace deal with territory demand

  12-12-2025 12:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘If not by negotiation then by military means, this territory will come under the full control of the Russian federation’ top foreign policy aid Ushakov said about the Donbas region
  
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• Nobel winner Machado snuck through ten checkpoints in Venezuela in a wig to reach Norway in thrilling three-day journey

  12-12-2025 12:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  The exiled Venezuelan opposition leader crossed the Caribbean Sea in a fishing boat before being escorted to Norway in a US plane
  
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• Funding to fight the climate crisis is failing the countries that need it most

  12-12-2025 11:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  For Somalia — and countries like it — transparent, accessible and predictable climate finance is the difference between resilience and ruin, writes the country's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
  
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• Washington state faces historic floods that have washed away homes and stranded families

  12-12-2025 11:31 via article.wn.com
  Days of torrential rain in Washington...
  
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• Trump’s Gaza peace plan struggles to progress as Israel and Hamas face tough choices

  12-12-2025 11:31 via article.wn.com
  Getting both sides to move onto the second stage is a huge challenge for Washington, as Gazans continue to suffer the longer it takes.| �Read More��BBC News ......
  
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• PHOTO ESSAY: In Texas, a former Chinese official targeted by Beijing's surveillance finds refuge

  12-12-2025 11:31 via article.wn.com
  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — The Chinese government is using an increasingly powerful tool to control and monitor its own officials: Surveillance technology, much of it originating in the United States, an Associated Press investigation has found. ......
  
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• Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention on judge's order and returns home

  12-12-2025 11:31 via article.wn.com
  Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been...
  
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• Eurovision winner Nemo to return trophy in protest of Israel

  12-12-2025 11:31 via article.wn.com
  The Swiss singer says there is a “clear conflict” between Israel’s continued participation in the event and the values Eurovision stands for.| �Read More��BBC News ......
  
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• Court blocks release of hundreds of immigrants arrested in Chicago-area crackdown

  12-12-2025 11:31 via article.wn.com
  A federal appeals court has blocked the...
  
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• Church nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids

  12-12-2025 11:31 via article.wn.com
  Nativity scenes at some churches are...
  
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• Beyoncé, Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman and Anna Wintour will co-chair next Met Gala

  12-12-2025 11:31 via article.wn.com
  The next Met Gala co-chairs have been...
  
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• A Chinese whistleblower now living in the US is being hunted by Beijing with help ...

  12-12-2025 11:31 via article.wn.com
  Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang...
  
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• Skydiver dangles at 15,000 feet after parachute catches on plane's tail in Australia

  12-12-2025 11:30 via article.wn.com
  Australian accident investigators have...
  
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• EU set to lock up Russia's frozen assets so Hungary and Slovakia can't veto their ...

  12-12-2025 11:30 via article.wn.com
  The European Union is set to lock up Russia’s assets in Europe until Russia ends its war on Ukraine and compensates for the damage. The move expected on Friday would allow EU leaders to decide how to use Russian Central ......
  
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• APTOPIX Russia Daily Life Holiday Lights

  12-12-2025 11:30 via article.wn.com
  A woman walks across a bridge decorated prior to Christmas and New Year festivities in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. ......
  
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• UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage to hold 21st session in Xiamen, China

  12-12-2025 11:27 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The...
  
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• Express 14-day work permits in Canada for doctors

  12-12-2025 11:26 via article.wn.com
  Canada has introduced an expedited 14-day work permit processing time for certain doctors. The "express entry" measure, announced on December 8, forms part of a new set of immigration pathways designed to address critical healthcare shortages and help foreign-trained physicians gain permanent residence in Canada more quickly.Also In This Package AI boom boosts immigration to Canada, Germany Canada to foreign students: You can’t all stay Canada strike leaves thousands in immigration limbo C
  
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• Mum, 44, doused and set on fire after answering the door left 'unrecognisable' as she ...

  12-12-2025 11:25 via article.wn.com
  Alexis Lee Campion, 44, was doused in an accelerant and set on fire by a thug who knocked on her front door ......
  
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• Zelenskyy To Hold Urgent Talks With 30 Countries As Trump Pushes For Peace Deal

  12-12-2025 11:22 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone attacks of the war overnight, forcing flights in and out of all four Moscow airports to be halted for seven hours. ......
  
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• Strong tremor felt in Tokyo, Japan

  12-12-2025 11:22 via article.wn.com
  Strong tremor felt...
  
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• ‘We Can’t Even Afford to Have Sex’: China’s New Condom Tax Draws Ire

  12-12-2025 11:16 via article.wn.com
  China is removing its tax...
  
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• Trump signals on accepting West Bank annexation ignite backlash

  12-12-2025 11:15 via article.wn.com
  Uncertainty continues to surround President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, as new political and diplomatic signals in Washington raise concerns that the administration may be moving toward acceptance of Israeli annexation of large areas of the occupied West Bank. In recent days, developments across Congress, Christian Zionist circles and diplomatic channels have converged around what analysts suggest is an effort to entrench existing realities on the ground. Critics say this could become th
  
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• Ranked opponent uses inside scoop to top Dunn, Kamehameha

  12-12-2025 11:14 via article.wn.com
  Alle Moreno took zero chances on Nihoa Dunn....
  
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• Dad is reunited with his daughter abducted by her mother 42 years ago: ‘I didn’t even know if she was alive’

  12-12-2025 11:12 via independent.co.uk
  Michelle Newton has reunited with her father Joe Newton after 43 years apart when she was abducted by her mother
  
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• Thailand PM dissolves parliament, paves way for national elections next year

  12-12-2025 11:10 via article.wn.com
  Thailand's Prime Minister dissolved parliament on Friday after three months in office, a royal decree showed, paving the way for general elections early next year. Anutin was widely expected to wait until after Christmas to dissolve parliament.(File Photo/Reuters) The move comes earlier than expected and during renewed deadly clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along their disputed border. "The House of Representatives is dissolved to hold a new general election for members of the House," the
  
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• Elon Musk refuses to call Vivian Jenna Wilson daughter on X, refers to her as ...

  12-12-2025 11:10 via article.wn.com
  Elon Musk, in an X post, referred to his transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson as his son, adding that she “has a tragic mental illness.” He went on to add that he has only three daughters, Azure, Exa, and Arcadia. Elon Musk and his trans daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson. (Instagram/@vivllainous, AP)...
  
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• Russia says historical truth of Nanjing Massacre indisputable

  12-12-2025 11:09 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The historical truth of the Nanjing Massacre is beyond dispute, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. She made...
  
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• British backpacker jailed over fatal e-scooter crash in Perth

  12-12-2025 11:09 via article.wn.com
  Judge says incident involving a young tourist in Perth must serve as ‘cautionary tale’...
  
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• UPDATE ON THE ALLOCATION DATE OF BONUS SHARES IT0005655789, MATURING ON DECEMBER 16, 2025 (Solid World Group SpA)

  12-12-2025 11:08 via article.wn.com
  ) PRESS RELEASE SOLIDWORLD GROUP UPDATE ON THE ALLOCATION DATE OF BONUS SHARES IT0005655789, MATURING ON DECEMBER 16, 2025 Treviso, December 12, 2025 -SolidWorld Group S.p.A., listed on Euronext Growth Milan (ticker: S3D), is an Italian technology group, leader in the integration of advanced 3D digital solutions and artificial intelligence, for the industrial, biomedical and defense sectors, following the previous press release dated 12 and 16 June 2025, relating to the placement of 384,450 unop
  
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