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• Bamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of Hong Kong tower block fire

  26-11-2025 21:11 via article.wn.com
  Hong Kong is one of the last places in the world where bamboo is widely by construction workers...
  
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• ‘I was a British POW tortured by Russia; this is how Ukraine and the West can win this war’

  20-12-2025 08:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Aiden Aslin, a British volunteer who joined the Ukraine’s marines, was captured and tortured by Putin’s forces in 2022 and is now back fighting the Kremlin. He tells his story to the World of Trouble podcast with world affairs editor Sam Kiley in eastern Ukraine
  
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• Trump administration restricts 2 Honduran election officials' visas over special vote count

  20-12-2025 07:57 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration has restricted...
  
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• Iranian FM slams E3's nuclear stance in phone call with British counterpart

  20-12-2025 07:57 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi slammed the "irresponsible" approach adopted by France, Britain and Germany, collectively known as the E3, towards Iran's...
  
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• US, Russian officials to meet in Florida for more Ukraine talks

  20-12-2025 07:56 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec 20 - ‌U.S. negotiators are...
  
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• Germany bans nitrous oxide sales to minors, tightens rules on other substances

  20-12-2025 07:54 via article.wn.com
  Germany’s upper house of parliament on Friday approved legislation banning the purchase and possession of nitrous...
  
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• Strict security cover in Dhaka ahead of Osman Hadi’s funeral

  20-12-2025 07:53 via article.wn.com
  Dhaka has gone under a strict security cover with multiple arterial roads being blocked to ensure the general public is kept away from mixing with the emotionally charged mourners ......
  
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• Rubio warns Ukraine war won’t end in surrender, says talks only way out — as ...

  20-12-2025 07:53 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said neither Ukraine nor Russia is anywhere close to surrendering, meaning a negotiated settlement is the only realistic way to stop the bloodshed. “Wars end generally in one of two ways: surrender by one side or a negotiated settlement,” Rubio told reporters at a lengthy year-end briefing– as US-led talks were set to stretch into the weekend in Miami. “We don’t see surrender anytime in the near future by e
  
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• Life in Ukraine where reporting becomes a crime

  20-12-2025 07:53 via article.wn.com
  After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the rules of journalism in the occupied areas changed overnight. ......
  
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• Former Pak PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi sentenced to 17 years in Toshakhana corruption case

  20-12-2025 07:53 via article.wn.com
  Toshakhana corruption case is about alleged fraud in State gifts, which the former first couple received from the Saudi Government in 2021 ......
  
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• ‘Enormous’ goose barrels through woman’s front door, sending her into a panic thinking it was ...

  20-12-2025 07:53 via article.wn.com
  Take a gander at this! An “enormous” Canada goose busted through an English woman’s front door, sending her into panic when she initially mistook the bewildered bird for a would-be thief. Lynne Sewell and a friend were watching TV Wednesday night when a thunderous bang startled her — and she soon discovered the fowl intruder wedged in the glass of the door to her Leicestershire home, the BBC reported. 3 The goose smashed through the front door of the Countesthorpe, Leices
  
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• Lemon-shaped world is the most stretched-out planet ever seen

  20-12-2025 07:50 via article.wn.com
  Using the Webb...
  
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• Hindu Mob Lynching in Bangladesh: Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus issues BIG statement, says, \u0026#039;7 arrested in...\u0026#039;

  20-12-2025 07:50 via article.wn.com
  In a horrific incident of mob-lynching,...
  
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• Radical Islamist Leader's Funeral in Dhaka Amid Violence, Anti-India Tensions Rise

  20-12-2025 07:48 via article.wn.com
  Radical Islamist Leader's Funeral in Dhaka Amid Violence, Anti-India Tensions Rise ......
  
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• Pak court sentences Imran Khan, his wife to 17 years in jail in corruption case

  20-12-2025 07:48 via article.wn.com
  Pak court sentences Imran Khan, his wife to 17 years in jail in corruption case ......
  
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• 7 arrested over Hindu man's lynching in Bangladesh, says Yunus government

  20-12-2025 07:48 via article.wn.com
  7 arrested over Hindu man's lynching in Bangladesh, says Yunus government ......
  
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• 2nd LD Writethru: U.S. hits over 70 IS-linked targets in Syria in massive retaliatory strikes

  20-12-2025 07:45 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military struck more than 70 suspected Islamic State-linked targets across central Syria on Friday in retaliation for a recent attack that killed two U.S. soldiers, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said. "This operation is critical to preventing ISIS from inspiring terrorist plots and attacks against the U.S. homeland," Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM, said in a statement. "We will continue to relentlessly...
  
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• Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi sentenced to 17-year jail terms in corruption case

  20-12-2025 07:44 via article.wn.com
  Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi sentenced to 17-year jail terms in corruption case ......
  
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• Epstein files row: As Clinton features prominently in released photos, his camp says probe ‘isn’t ...

  20-12-2025 07:44 via article.wn.com
  Epstein files row: As Clinton features prominently in released photos, his camp says probe ‘isn’t about Bill Clinton’ ......
  
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• NBA champions Thunder suffer rare loss to Timberwolves

  20-12-2025 07:43 via article.wn.com
  The NBA Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder suffered just their third defeat of the season Friday, in a last-minute 112-107 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. ......
  
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• US judge skeptical of challenge to $100,000 H-1B visa fee

  20-12-2025 07:42 via article.wn.com
  A federal judge on Friday said US President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly-skilled foreign workers seems to fall under his broad powers to regulate immig ......
  
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• Israel Palestinians Christmas Choir

  20-12-2025 07:42 via article.wn.com
  Palestinians pose for the pictures with performers in Manger Square in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. ......
  
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• Taiwan attacker planned assault that killed 3 and injured 11, authorities say

  20-12-2025 07:17 via article.wn.com
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese...
  
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• Prisoners freed by Belarus say their passports are taken away in a final 'dirty trick' ...

  20-12-2025 07:17 via article.wn.com
  TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The only...
  
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• Bangladesh violence: Canada issues updated travel advisory

  20-12-2025 07:14 via article.wn.com
  Toronto: The Canadian government has cited the threat of “and politically motivated violence” and attacks on minorities in an updated travel advisory related to Bangladesh. People gather to look at the building of the vandalised office of Prothom Alo newspaper, following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a student leader, who was undergoing treatment in Singapore after being in shot the head, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Friday. (REUTERS) The fresh outbreak of violence occurred in...
  
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• Explainer: Key takeaways from Putin's annual year-end press conference

  20-12-2025 07:12 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual year-end press conference in Moscow on Friday, taking nearly 80 questions from domestic and foreign reporters and Russian citizens on a wide range of topics, including international relations, geopolitical landscape, and Russia's economic and military development. The following are the key takeaways from Putin's remarks during his four-and-a-half-hour press conference: RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT Putin reiterated a tough Ru
  
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• Chilly weather claims 4 lives in W. Afghanistan

  20-12-2025 07:12 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have claimed...
  
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• 196,000 stimulant tablets seized in southern Myanmar

  20-12-2025 07:11 via article.wn.com
  YANGON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities have seized 196,000 stimulant tablets...
  
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• High-speed passenger train kills 7 elephants crossing railway tracks in northeast India

  20-12-2025 07:09 via article.wn.com
  Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd in Assam, India. The accident occurred early Saturday. The train's driver saw the herd of about 100 elephants and used ......
  
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• Christmas spirit returns to Bethlehem after ceasefire in Gaza

  20-12-2025 07:09 via article.wn.com
  At midnight on Christmas Eve, the hymn “The Night of Christmas” will ring out in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was born. As a choir rehearsed ahead of this year’s service, members ......
  
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