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• Benin Army officer seizes TV station and declares himself president in coup

  07-12-2025 10:30 via article.wn.com
  Lieutenant Pascal Tigri has reportedly attacked the residence of Beninese President Talon and seized national television station where he has declared himself leader in a coup ......
  
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• YouTuber recalls meeting Indian-origin Time CEO of the Year Neal Mohan: ‘He walks around like…’

  09-12-2025 04:55 via article.wn.com
  Indian-origin CEO of YouTube, Neil Mohan, has been honoured as TIME magazine's 2025 CEO of the Year. Describing the tech leader, the outlet wrote that he is “quiet-spoken, deliberative, hard to ruffle.” Neal Mohan, the Indian-origin CEO of YouTube, has been declared TIME’s 2025 CEO of the Year. (REUTERS) Mohan became YouTube CEO in 2023 after his mentor, Susan Wojcicki, stepped down from the position. Over the years, he has significantly increased YouTube's...
  
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• Tensions flare between Thailand and Cambodia after airstrikes, 2 more civilians killed

  09-12-2025 04:55 via article.wn.com
  A few months after Thailand and Cambodia accepted a ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump, tensions have again flared between the two neighbours along their disputed border. Cambodia’s defence ministry said its civilian death count has risen to six after Thai forces fired on Cambodian positions overnight into Tuesday. Both countries have accused the other of starting the latest round of violence.(REUTERS/File Photo) Both countries have accused the other of starting the latest rou
  
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• Putin vows to boost Russia-led CSTO with drills, coordination & arms exports

  09-12-2025 04:55 via article.wn.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated that Russia will “do...
  
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• PM Takaichi issues one week Tsunami alert after powerful quake off Japan’s coast

  09-12-2025 04:55 via article.wn.com
  A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Japan’s Aomori Prefecture late...
  
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• Orban, Erdogan cement Russian energy lifeline to Hungary | Ukraine War | Turkey

  09-12-2025 04:55 via article.wn.com
  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban used his Ankara visit to lock in Turkey’s...
  
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• Benin government says short-lived coup left casualties on both sides, mutiny leader on the run

  09-12-2025 04:55 via article.wn.com
  The short-lived coup in Benin left “casualties on both sides” of the government forces and the mutinous soldiers, authorities said Monday, as security forces intensified the search for the coup leader, who was on the run. An aromoured vehicle is positioned at the entrance of a blocked road next to the National Television, Benin TV, in Cotonou, on December 08, 2025. Benin's president said the "situation is completely under control" in his country after the government thwarted an attem
  
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• We’re also deeply committed to the Quad, says Secretary of State Rubio

  09-12-2025 04:54 via article.wn.com
  Marco Rubio said that the Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting was his first meeting soon after he was sworn in as Secretary of State in January this year ......
  
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• Teens worldwide divided on Australia’s social media ban

  09-12-2025 04:54 via article.wn.com
  HONG KONG: Australia’s landmark move to ban under-16s from social media will be closely watched by other countries, which could follow suit with similar laws. This news agency spoke to teenagers and adults around the world about the Australian ban, which comes in on Wednesday. Here are some of their reactions: Mumbai: ‘Nothing is black or white’ At the seafront in India’s Mumbai, 19-year-old Pratigya Jena scrolls with her friends through Instagram videos of a posing influ
  
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• Trump's top national security officials to brief 'Gang of Eight' US lawmakers, sources say

  09-12-2025 04:53 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec 8 - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete...
  
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• Trump insists tariffs will buoy the economy but for now, he’s on damage control

  09-12-2025 04:53 via article.wn.com
  Mr Trump has promised that tariff revenue will pay down the national debt, now at US$38.45 trillion. ......
  
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• Trump hits the road as cost of living hurts Americans

  09-12-2025 04:53 via article.wn.com
  Trump acknowledged an affordability “problem”, after previously dismissing it as a “con job”. ......
  
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• 2025 on track to tie second-hottest year on record: EU monitor

  09-12-2025 04:53 via article.wn.com
  Temperatures rose by 1.48 deg C on average between January and November. ......
  
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• Victorian Government Formally Apologises to Aboriginals

  09-12-2025 04:52 via article.wn.com
  Victoria’s Labor government has issued an official apology to the state’s Aboriginal people in Parliament...
  
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• Tim Tam’s Global Expansion Gets $45 Million Sweetener

  09-12-2025 04:52 via article.wn.com
  Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) has provided a $45 million (US$30 million)...
  
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• S. Korea's single-person households keep growing in 2024

  09-12-2025 04:51 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's single-person households kept growing last year amid the aging population and the changing social values, statistical ministry data showed Tuesday....
  
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• Indigo Flights Resume: Management Lapses & Tech Glitches Behind Massive Crisis

  09-12-2025 04:48 via article.wn.com
  Indigo Flights Resume: Management Lapses & Tech Glitches Behind Massive Crisis ......
  
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• After decades, Pakistan to be divided again; more harm than good, say experts

  09-12-2025 04:48 via article.wn.com
  After decades, Pakistan to be divided again; more harm than good, say experts ......
  
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• US Senate Committee votes to advance NASA nominee Jared Isaacman

  09-12-2025 04:46 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. Senate...
  
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• Ukraine war briefing: ‘Donbas Cowboy’ – Russians jailed for killing US volunteer on their side

  09-12-2025 04:46 via article.wn.com
  Russell Bentley, 63, was grabbed and tortured by soldiers who thought he was spying for Ukraine; $800m US arms shortfall, says Zelenskyy. What we know on day 1,385...
  
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• India should not be dumping rice into US market; will take care of it: Trump

  09-12-2025 04:46 via article.wn.com
  New York: US President Donald Trump has said that India should not be “dumping” rice into the United States market and he will “take care” of it, while stressing that tariffs will solve the “problem” easily. Trump held a roundtable in the White House on Monday with representatives of the farming and agriculture sector as well as key members of his cabinet, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. He announced USD 12
  
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• IMF approves $1.2 bn for Pakistan as stability efforts advance

  09-12-2025 04:46 via article.wn.com
  Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved nearly $1.2 billion in new financing for Pakistan, giving the country a critical infusion of support as it struggles to maintain macroeconomic stability amid severe flooding, rising inflation, and persistent fiscal pressures. According to an official release, the IMF Executive Board completed the second review of Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the first review of its Resilience and Sustainability Facility...
  
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• Florida Guv declares Council on American-Islamic Relations a terror organisation

  09-12-2025 04:46 via article.wn.com
  Florida: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the US a “foreign terrorist organisation,” following a similar step by Texas last month. The directive against the Council on American-Islamic Relations comes in an executive order DeSantis posted on the social media site X. It...
  
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• FBI agents fired for kneeling at racial justice protest sue to win jobs back

  09-12-2025 04:46 via article.wn.com
  Agents who kneeled in 2020 accuse Kash Patel of retaliation and say they were trying to calm volatile situation...
  
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• Combustion engine cars regain popularity worldwide, EY says

  09-12-2025 04:46 via article.wn.com
  Car buyers worldwide are...
  
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• 2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows

  09-12-2025 04:46 via article.wn.com
  Copernicus deputy director says three-year average for 2023 to 2025 on track to exceed 1.5C of heating for first time...
  
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• Massive earthquake hits Japan: Viral videos show panic, chaos; 'megaquake' alert issued

  09-12-2025 04:43 via article.wn.com
  A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan late on Monday, unleashing scenes of fear and confusion across several prefectures as buildings swayed, glass shattered and residents rushed into the freezing night. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) confirmed the quake at magnitude 7.5, revised from an initial 7.6, and said it lasted long enough to send smartphone alarms blaring across Hokkaido and Tohoku.Also read: 23 injured after magnitude 7.5...
  
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• Zohran Mamdani says he will move into Gracie Mansion as New York mayor

  09-12-2025 04:37 via article.wn.com
  It was not clear if he would stay in his rent-stabilised apartment in the borough of Queens....
  
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• Japanese people rally to oppose deployment of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in Yokosuka

  09-12-2025 04:34 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A demonstration was held recently in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, to protest against the...
  
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• S. Korea sees higher transient population in population-reduced areas in Q2

  09-12-2025 04:33 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- South Korea saw a higher transient population in population-reduced areas in the second quarter, statistical office data showed Tuesday. The number of de facto population,...
  
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