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• COLUMN: They were so young, just kids, when the world exploded

  08-12-2025 20:11 via article.wn.com
  Few still remain who were there that day. Those who survived went on to live the full lives denied to their lost buddies and shipmates. Today they are, one by one, succumbing to the perils of old age. ......
  
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• ‘You run the country, I raise my children’: Anthony Albanese’s social media ban has Australian netizens divided

  10-12-2025 03:37 via article.wn.com
  Australia has become the first country...
  
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• U.S. wages "psychological warfare" against Venezuela: FM

  10-12-2025 03:35 via article.wn.com
  CARACAS, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government is waging "psychological warfare" against Venezuela following the failure of its economic sanctions, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil said Tuesday. "They are now resorting to...
  
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• Trump accuses Democrats of ‘affordability hoax’ and brags about stock market in speech intended to ...

  10-12-2025 03:35 via article.wn.com
  Trump’s return to...
  
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• Student killed in stabbing at high school in U.S. North Carolina

  10-12-2025 03:35 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A student was killed and another injured in a stabbing following a fight at a high school in the U.S. state of North Carolina on...
  
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• Zelensky says ready to hold Ukraine elections; may present updated peace plan to US soon

  10-12-2025 03:34 via article.wn.com
  War-torn Ukraine, where last elections were held in 2019, is ready to hold fresh polls given that security can be assured, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday after his United States counterpart Donald Trump said in an interview on Monday that war in Ukraine is being used to not hold an election. Zelensky’s remarks on holding elections in Ukraine come at a time when he is facing pressure from the United States to accept a deal formulated by the latter to bring peace in U
  
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• RFK Jr slammed for breastfeeding comments amid MAHA push against infant formula

  10-12-2025 03:34 via article.wn.com
  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in his recent appearance at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, asserted that no infant formula, regardless of how advanced it was, could match the nutritional quality of natural breast milk. RFK Jr. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport talking about breastfeeding.(Getty Images via AFP) Read more: CDC reverses its stance; says ‘Vaccines don't cause autism' isn't evidence-based He said, “All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produc
  
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• Jubilant Sykes family: Who is wife Cecelia? What we know about their three sons

  10-12-2025 03:34 via article.wn.com
  Grammy-nominated opera singer Jubilant Sykes' family was turned upside down on Tuesday when he was fatally stabbed inside his home - an incident for which his 31-year-old son, Micah Sykes, has been taken into police custody. Jubilant Sykes with his wife Cecelia (L) and Cecelia Sykes with their son, Micah.(Jubilant Sykes on Instagram) Sykes lived in San Antonio, in Southern California, with his wife Cecilia and three...
  
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• No Facebook, no problem — These alternative apps gain popularity after Australia social media ban ...

  10-12-2025 03:32 via article.wn.com
  An estimated one million children have been affected by the new Australia social media ban, with many of them posting goodbye messages on their profiles. But did the Australia social media ban really work? ......
  
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• China executes ex-chief of financial assets company for taking $156 in bribes

  10-12-2025 03:32 via article.wn.com
  China executed Bai Tianhui, a former executive of China Huarong International Holdings, over corruption charges. China's anti-corruption campaign has targeted numerous high-profile figures in the finance industry. ......
  
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• Roundup: S. Korea's employment rises 225,000 in November

  10-12-2025 03:23 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's employment rose for the 11th straight month due to an increase in elderly jobs, statistical ministry data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people aged 15 and older gained 225,000, or 0.8 percent, from a year earlier to 29,046,000 in November, continuing to grow since January, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics. The overall job growth was driven by the elderly. The number of jobs for those aged 60 and older...
  
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• Japan releases ‘Emily in Paris’ star after drug arrest

  10-12-2025 03:23 via article.wn.com
  U.S. playwright and “Emily in...
  
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• ADB approves 500 mln USD loan to boost Indonesia's human capital development

  10-12-2025 03:23 via article.wn.com
  MANILA, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday said it has approved a 500-million-U.S.-dollar policy-based loan to support Indonesia's human capital development reforms on education, skills development, health, and social protection systems. The third subprogram...
  
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• A woman sues Royal Caribbean over her fiance’s death on a cruise ship

  10-12-2025 03:23 via article.wn.com
  The fiancee of a man who died on a cruise...
  
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• 2nd LD Writethru: Group of Friends of Global Governance established at UN headquarters in New York

  10-12-2025 03:23 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Group of Friends of Global Governance was officially established at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Representatives from nearly 40 founding member states of the group attended the launch meeting, which was chaired by Fu...
  
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• USTR Greer says he's open to 'different treatment' of South Africa under trade initiative

  10-12-2025 03:22 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Trade...
  
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• Lula's party chief questions Flavio Bolsonaro's Brazil presidential bid

  10-12-2025 03:22 via article.wn.com
  BRASILIA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The head of...
  
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• Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers request his removal from jail to hospital for 'surgical procedures'

  10-12-2025 03:22 via article.wn.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Defense lawyers for Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro requested on Tuesday his removal from jail to a hospital for "surgical procedures", according to a document seen by Reuters. Read full story ......
  
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• Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for first time in nearly 30 years, defeating Trump-backed Republican

  10-12-2025 03:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  She is set to become the first woman to lead the city of Miami
  
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• Democrat elected Miami mayor for first time in nearly three decades

  10-12-2025 03:22 via article.wn.com
  Dec 9 (Reuters) - Democrat Eileen Higgins...
  
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• Chinese court orders Malaysia Airlines to pay $3.3 mln in compensation over missing MH370 plane

  10-12-2025 03:22 via article.wn.com
  A Beijing court has ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay...
  
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• Democrat wins Miami mayor\u2019s race for the first time in nearly 30 years

  10-12-2025 03:19 via article.wn.com
  Higgins, 61, will be...
  
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• Singapore introduces standardized design framework to speed up public hospital development

  10-12-2025 03:17 via article.wn.com
  SINGAPORE, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Singapore has introduced new Healthcare Facility Design Standards aimed at building public hospitals better, faster and more efficiently to meet rising healthcare demand. Speaking at the...
  
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• S. Korea's employment rises 225,000 in November

  10-12-2025 03:17 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's employment rose for the 11th straight month due to an increase in elderly jobs, statistical ministry data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people aged 15 and older gained 225,000, or 0.8 percent, from a year earlier to 29,046,000 in November, continuing to grow since January, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics. The overall job growth was driven by the elderly. The number of jobs for those aged 60 and older expanded 333,000 in...
  
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• Architecture is art — without it ‘you're giving up’: rebel architect Frank Gehry

  10-12-2025 03:17 via article.wn.com
  Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry has died at 96....
  
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• Somali community crackdown amid Trump 'garbage' warning

  10-12-2025 03:11 via article.wn.com
  MINNEAPOLIS: Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighbourhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump administration's ongoing crackdown targeting the community. City Council Member Jamal Osman, a Somali American who represents the neighbourhood, witnessed the confrontation, as did an Associated Press videographer. 'Temporary Protected Status' terminated Minnesota’s Somali communi
  
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• Going bald? Breakthrough hair loss treatment: Acne medication shows promising results in trials

  10-12-2025 03:11 via article.wn.com
  A common acne medication may soon offer hope to millions of men struggling with hair loss. Ireland-based pharmaceuticals reported that clascoterone, a topical drug originally approved for acne, produced remarkable hair growth in two large Phase III trials. Also Read: Baldness breakthrough: Taiwanese serum regrows hair in 20 days Hair loss has long been a source of frustration, with treatments mostly limited to minoxidil or oral anti-androgens like finasteride. Lotions, oils, and supplements ofte
  
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• A world on the brink: Why global hunger is rising despite abundant resources

  10-12-2025 03:11 via article.wn.com
  Hunger is spreading worldwide due to conflicts, climate change, and economic crises — not merely because of a lack of resources — amid a decline in international aid. This destabilises societies, intensifies competition over resources, enables extremist groups to use food as a recruitment tool, and worsens wide-ranging consequences, even though the world has the capacity to address the crisis. The world is facing successive waves of food insecurity and hunger, especially in developin
  
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• Why Japan issued an advisory for a possible megaquake in the country's north

  10-12-2025 03:10 via article.wn.com
  Japan has issued a megaquake advisory...
  
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• U.S. military parachute falls onto children's center in Tokyo suburbs

  10-12-2025 03:08 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. military parachute used during a training exercise at Yokota Air Base in November fell onto the grounds of a nearby children's community center in Fussa,...
  
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