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• From A.I. to Tariffs, 14 Charts That Explain 2025

  20-12-2025 15:19 via article.wn.com
  President Trump’s trade policy, inflation and climbing stock prices shaped business and the economy this year. ......
  
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• World Cup players to have lifelike ‘AI avatars’ for use in VAR offside decisions

  07-01-2026 17:23 via article.wn.com
  Innovation means every player being digitally scanned...
  
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• US Seizes Russian Tanker 'Marinera': Trump Praises Operation, Secretary Hegseth Confirms Blockade

  07-01-2026 17:23 via article.wn.com
  US Seizes Russian Tanker 'Marinera': Trump Praises Operation, Secretary Hegseth Confirms Blockade ......
  
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• US Seizes Russian Ship 'Bella One': Global Editor Pranay Upadhyay Analyses Nuclear Brink With Gaurav Sawant

  07-01-2026 17:23 via article.wn.com
  US Seizes Russian Ship 'Bella One': Global Editor Pranay Upadhyay Analyses Nuclear Brink With Gaurav Sawant ......
  
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• US Seizes Russian Oil Tankers MT Sophia And MT Bella 1; Moscow Slams Move As 'Piracy'

  07-01-2026 17:23 via article.wn.com
  US Seizes Russian Oil Tankers MT Sophia And MT Bella 1; Moscow Slams Move As 'Piracy' ......
  
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• US-Russia nearing tensions after oil tanker seizure? What just happened

  07-01-2026 17:23 via article.wn.com
  US-Russia nearing tensions after oil tanker seizure? What just happened ......
  
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• US Navy Seizes Russian Tanker 'Marinera' in North Atlantic Ocean

  07-01-2026 17:23 via article.wn.com
  US Navy Seizes Russian Tanker 'Marinera' in North Atlantic Ocean ......
  
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• \u2018Only nation China and Russia fear is US\u2019: Donald Trump hits out at NATO, complains about Norway not giving him Nobel Peace Prize

  07-01-2026 17:23 via article.wn.com
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• Trump administration reportedly warns Maduro ally Diosdado Cabello could be next

  07-01-2026 17:23 via article.wn.com
  Washington signals interior minister must back acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, or face Nicolás Maduro’s fate...
  
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• Live: Russia fumes after US seizes oil tanker, calls it violation of maritime law

  07-01-2026 17:23 via article.wn.com
  Live: Russia fumes after US seizes oil tanker, calls it violation of maritime law ......
  
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• If Donald Trump thinks Greenland should be his, how long before he sets his sights ...

  07-01-2026 17:23 via article.wn.com
  By the expansionist logic of the president and his advisers, the US is entitled to annex just about anywhere...
  
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• ‘It felt like she was asking me to save her’: the film based on a ...

  07-01-2026 17:22 via article.wn.com
  The Voice of Hind Rajab has stunned audiences with its use of the real-life audio of a girl’s call for help after her family’s car was attacked by an Israeli tank in Gaza. Its director explains why she had to tell Hind’s tragic story...
  
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• First person charged under new small boat Channel crossing law

  07-01-2026 17:22 via article.wn.com
  Aman Naseri, 18, denies endangering 46 people during a boat crossing to the UK on 5 January....
  
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• Trump says doubts 'NATO would be there for us' if needed

  07-01-2026 17:21 via article.wn.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump, whose renewed threats to seize Greenland from NATO member Denmark have rattled the transatlantic alliance, said Wednesday he doubted allies would "be there for us if we really needed them." "We will always be there for NATO, even if...
  
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• The World’s Hardest ‘South Park’ Quiz

  07-01-2026 17:17 via article.wn.com
  How well do you know the goings on in South Park? Take this quiz to find out ......
  
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• Memphis restaurant owner goes viral after refusing to serve National Guard

  07-01-2026 17:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  A sign posted at the shop says law enforcement agents, including ICE, are not allowed without a warrant
  
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• Leonardo da Vinci DNA discovery could uncover lost paintings

  07-01-2026 17:16 via article.wn.com
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• Thousands flee as Syrian army shells Kurdish areas in Aleppo

  07-01-2026 17:15 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: Fresh clashes erupted in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday after hundreds — and later thousands — of civilians fled two predominantly Kurdish neighbourhoods through corridors opened by government forces, with the Syrian army launching shelling once a deadline for evacuations expired, witnesses and officials said. Syria’s military had given residents until 3pm (1200 GMT) to leave the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh, warning they would be tr
  
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• Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 7

  07-01-2026 17:13 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL -- Foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Korea hit a record high last year, thanks to robust demand in the second half, government data showed Wednesday. The reported FDI expanded 4.3 percent from a year earlier to reach a new high of 36.05 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and...
  
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• Greek open-air market vendors launch nationwide strike over tax burden

  07-01-2026 17:13 via article.wn.com
  ATHENS, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vendors operating at Greek open-air farmers' markets nationwide launched an indefinite strike on Wednesday, staging a protest outside the Ministry of Finance in central Athens to oppose what they described as excessive taxation....
  
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• 4 killed, 23 injured in bus accident in Nepal

  07-01-2026 17:13 via article.wn.com
  KATHMANDU, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and 23 others injured in a bus...
  
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• US seizes Venezuela-linked tankers including one Russian-flagged

  07-01-2026 17:12 via article.wn.com
  The US seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was being shadowed by a Russian submarine on Wednesday, after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic as part of a US "blockade" of Venezuelan oil exports, two US officials told Reuters. This appeared to be the first time in recent memory that the US military has seized a Russian-flagged vessel. The operation took place after the tanker, originally known as the Bella-1, slipped through a US maritime blockade of sanctioned tankers in t
  
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• Britain is now helping Trump play Big Man in the Atlantic with seizure of Russian-flagged ...

  07-01-2026 17:12 via article.wn.com
  The seizure of the oil...
  
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• Storm Goretti paralyses Europe: snow chaos halts flights, trains, and buses

  07-01-2026 17:11 via article.wn.com
  Winter weather simultaneously impacted northwest Europe on Wednesday, resulting in significant travel disruption for millions while also transforming Paris into a snow-covered environment where residents enthusiastically utilised sleds and skis. Storm Goretti, blowing in from the Atlantic, blanketed the French capital at dawn, causing further flight cancellations, traffic snarls, and widespread transport disruption. Shops prepared for the inaugural day of the New Year sales amid the suspension o
  
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• Commodity wrap: gold, silver fall; oil steady as US strikes Venezuelan oil deal

  07-01-2026 17:11 via article.wn.com
  Gold prices started on Wednesday on the back foot as the traders resorted to booking profits after the metal had hit $4,500 an ounce. Silver also fell sharply, tracking losses in gold. The white metal had gained 8% on Tuesday and gave up most of those gains on Wednesday. Meanwhile, oil prices were largely steady as US President Donald Trump announced that the US has reached a deal to import a hefty amount of Venezuelan crude oil. Additionally, base metal prices were in the red as well as the pos
  
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• Brown, MIT shooting suspect planned attack for years: DOJ

  07-01-2026 17:11 via article.wn.com
  The Department of Justice (DOJ) said late Monday that the Brown University and MIT shooting suspect planned the attack for years and left videos that were recovered after his body was found. ......
  
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• US seizes Venezuela-linked, Russian-flagged oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit

  07-01-2026 17:09 via article.wn.com
  In a post on X, the...
  
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• Netanyahu tries to calm tensions after Israeli bus kills ultra-Orthodox boy

  07-01-2026 17:08 via article.wn.com
  Jerusalem: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged calm after a bus driver ran over and killed a teenage boy on Tuesday, January 6, during a protest in Jerusalem against a law seeking to draft the ultra-Orthodox community into Israel’s military. “I call for restraint to prevent the mood from becoming further inflamed so that, heaven forbid, we do not have additional...
  
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• Nepal: Gen Z revolters angry at govt they installed

  07-01-2026 17:08 via article.wn.com
  Kathmandu: Mukesh Awasti was all set to leave for Australia to pursue a degree in civil engineering on a sunny day in September, but instead he joined a youth revolt against corruption in Nepal and lost his leg after being shot by security forces. Lying on a hospital bed at the National Trauma Centre in the capital Kathmandu where his leg was amputated, 22-year-old Awasti said he regrets giving up so much for the little that has been achieved after the sacrifices of so many people. Violent prote
  
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• Denmark, Greenland seek talks with Rubio after White House repeats it wants the island

  07-01-2026 17:08 via article.wn.com
  Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned earlier this week that a U.S. takeover would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance ......
  
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