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  09-11-2025 10:49 via article.wn.com
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• How private investors are making billions from countries in debt

  20-12-2025 12:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: As an escalating climate crisis and a difficult economic outlook put ever greater pressure on developing countries, new analysis shows how wealthy private investors in the Global North are profiting
  
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• James Webb Spots First Ever Supermassive Black Hole to Be Yeeted Out of Its Home Galaxy

  20-12-2025 11:40 via article.wn.com
  Supermassive black holes have been found at the center of almost every galaxy, sucking up anything unlucky to fall into its maw — including light itself — through unfathomable gravitational forces. Even at the center of our own galaxy, astronomers have spotted such a black hole, dubbed Sagittarius A*. Despite their frequent appearance in observations, the mysterious astronomical objects largely remain a mystery. For now, we can only guess at how they formed. Now, an international tea
  
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• UN urges Rwanda to leave eastern Congo and extends peacekeeping mission for a year

  20-12-2025 11:39 via article.wn.com
  The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Congo and extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year. Fighting in the region has escalated despite a U.S.-mediated peace deal. On Friday, the U.N. ......
  
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• Today in History: December 20, the Louisiana Purchase is completed

  20-12-2025 11:39 via article.wn.com
  Today is Saturday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2025. There are 11 days left in the year. ......
  
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• Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and wife to 17 years in graft case

  20-12-2025 11:39 via article.wn.com
  A Pakistani court has convicted...
  
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• Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 17 years in ...

  20-12-2025 11:39 via article.wn.com
  Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 17 years in prison in a graft case. ......
  
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• Malaysia seizes $375 mn in drugs after busting sydicate | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  20-12-2025 11:39 via article.wn.com
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• India T20 World Cup squad: Five blockbuster announcements made by Ajit Agarkar after 15-member unit revealed

  20-12-2025 11:39 via article.wn.com
  What was expected to be a routine offering turned out to be quite the shocker. The Ajit Agarkar-led All India Senior Men's Selection Committee pulled the big hits out as the 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026 was unveiled at the BCCI headquarters on Saturday. No one expected the former India pacer to drop Shubman Gill from the team, regardless of the latter's dwindling returns in the format throughout 2025. But that's exactly what happened, as Agarkar once again proved he has th
  
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• India T20 World Cup Squad: टी20 वर्ल्ड कप के लिए भारतीय टीम का ऐलान, शुभमन ...

  20-12-2025 11:39 via article.wn.com
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• Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi Sentenced to 17 Years in Toshakhana Case by Pakistan Court

  20-12-2025 11:39 via article.wn.com
  Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi Sentenced to 17 Years in Toshakhana Case by Pakistan Court ......
  
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• Bondi Beach Attack: How Did a Shooting Happen Despite Australia's Strict Gun Laws?

  20-12-2025 11:39 via article.wn.com
  Bondi Beach Attack: How Did a Shooting Happen Despite Australia's Strict Gun Laws? ......
  
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• BCCI Announces T20 World Cup Squad: Shubman Gill Dropped from T20 World Cup 2026 Squad

  20-12-2025 11:39 via article.wn.com
  BCCI Announces T20 World Cup Squad: Shubman Gill Dropped from T20 World Cup 2026 Squad ......
  
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• 8 dead and dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port

  20-12-2025 11:39 via article.wn.com
  A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, has killed eight people and wounded 27 others, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service. The attack occurred late on Friday, with some of the wounded on a bus at the ......
  
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• Imran Khan and wife sentenced for state gift fraud

  20-12-2025 11:37 via article.wn.com
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• Unpaid for months, pilot in Mexico City refuses to take off: 'This plane isn't leaving'

  20-12-2025 11:36 via article.wn.com
  According to Mexican media reports, the captain was detained, while the passengers were evacuated ......
  
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• Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties

  20-12-2025 11:36 via article.wn.com
  The justice department is using a variety of tactics to try to obfuscate the US president’s connection to the sex offender...
  
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• Shubman Gill dropped from T20 World Cup squad: Indian cricket fans react with memes and ...

  20-12-2025 11:36 via article.wn.com
  Axar Patel is the new vice-captain as selectors dropped Shubman Gill due to form issues. The choice led to mixed reactions, with the captain asserting the decision was based on team composition rather. ......
  
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• Roof collapse kills 3 in Afghanistan's Kandahar province

  20-12-2025 11:36 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Three people, including a woman and two children, were killed after the roof of...
  
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• Nearly 2.8 mln Afghan refugees return from Iran and Pakistan in 2025: UNHCR

  20-12-2025 11:36 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that nearly 2.8 million Afghan refugees have returned to...
  
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• Explosions targeting Jaffar Express, other train disrupt rail traffic in Pak's Balochistan

  20-12-2025 11:36 via article.wn.com
  One bomb blast damaged about three feet of railway track in Mushkaf, while another blast in the Dasht area caused further damage ......
  
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• Each year, word of the year gets darker. ‘Six-seven’ may be annoying – but it’s ...

  20-12-2025 11:36 via article.wn.com
  Some might regard it as ‘brain rot’, but the first word of the year just for tweens and teenagers could be the most hopeful development of 2025...
  
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• Darts and the Ally Pally wasp(s)

  20-12-2025 11:36 via article.wn.com
  The World Darts Championship is a staple of the festive season - but it's not just the players and fans creating a buzz ......
  
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• Afghanistan builds cold storage facilities to modernize farming sector

  20-12-2025 11:36 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Construction of 22 cold storage facilities is underway across Afghanistan to enhance the preservation of agricultural products, the...
  
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• PDC World Darts Championship: Big names stumble but don't quite fall at the first

  20-12-2025 11:32 via article.wn.com
  THERE has been no wholesale slaughter of the elite at the gates of this year’s PDC World Championship – no biblical purge of top seeds tumbling in unison – yet, there have most certainly been more than a few gilded names who have smashed headlong into the opening hurdle, sprawled awkwardly across the tarmac, and somehow, through grit, guile or sheer bloody-mindedness, hauled themselves back upright to stagger across the line. Barely. Just. So why, on the grandest stage darts ca
  
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• Malaysia seizes $375 mn in drugs after busting sydicate

  20-12-2025 11:30 via article.wn.com
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• Shubman Gill omission from T20 squad: Bit short of runs at the moment, but he ...

  20-12-2025 11:27 via article.wn.com
  Suryakumar also did not read too much into his extended lean phase, and expressed confidence of rediscovering his explosive self well in time for the upcoming T20 World Cup ......
  
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• Roundup: Maiden diaspora summit opens in Ghana to reunite global Africans for development

  20-12-2025 11:27 via article.wn.com
  by Justice Lee Adoboe ACCRA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The maiden Diaspora Summit opened in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, on Friday, seeking to reunite people of African descent around the globe with the continent for development. At the opening, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama said that the time is right for Africa to unite, initiate the reclamation process, and demand reparations for the wrongs of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, colonialism and the theft of artifacts from the continent....
  
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• Documentary | UN at a Crossroads

  20-12-2025 11:27 via article.wn.com
  Built in the ashes of WWII, the United Nations was founded to spare future generations from the scourge of war. This was true in 1945, and remains true 80 years on. Yet through crises of trust, governance, and finance, this organization with 193 Member States now faces growing scrutiny over its relevance and efficiency. As the world has entered a new era of turbulence and transformation, will history repeat itself? This documentary, UN at a Crossroads, features Xinhua journalist Miao Xiaojuan's.
  
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• ‘Stop redacting names’ says Epstein survivor Marina Lacerda after release of files

  20-12-2025 11:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jeffrey Epstein survivor Marina Lacerda has spoken out after thousands of documents released from the Jeffrey Epstein case were heavily redacted.
  
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