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• Hong Kong election sees near-record-low turnout following deadly fire

  07-12-2025 21:25 via article.wn.com
  Less than a third of Hong Kong’s voters took part in Sunday’s democratic election, coming just days after a catastrophic blaze in seven residential towers killed dozens. Official ......
  
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• US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker in latest ramp up of Trump’s targeting the nation: report

  10-12-2025 20:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  U.S. forces have taken control of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to a new report.
  
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• US ‘does not want to offer any more’ to Ukraine in peace deal

  10-12-2025 20:34 via article.wn.com
  In Washington, President Trump is marching on with his Ukraine peace plan. ......
  
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• ‘Ukraine should surrender’, says Russian Ambassador

  10-12-2025 20:34 via article.wn.com
  We spoke to Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin, and began by asking him whether, as Donald Trump says, Russia is fine with the US peace plan. ......
  
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• ‘MAGA for the world’: Trump’s immigration strategy sends shockwaves across Europe

  10-12-2025 20:34 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump has doubled and then tripled down on his administration’s astonishing attack on Europe that began with last week’s National Security Strategy; a document that lays it all bare – excoriating the Continent for claimed failures on free speech, migration and the backing of Ukraine. On this week’s episode of our TrumpWorld podcast, veteran Democratic adviser, John Podesta – who served as Bill Clinton’s chief of staff, ran Hillary Clinton’s 2016 c
  
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• How Ukrainians see Trump’s peace plan

  10-12-2025 20:34 via article.wn.com
  Foreign Affairs Correspondent Paraic O’Brien is in Odessa. ......
  
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• ‘Critical moment for Ukraine’ as Trump piles on pressure over peace deal

  10-12-2025 20:34 via article.wn.com
  Accusing Zelenskyy of using war to avoid an election and accusing...
  
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• U.S. judge orders Trump to end California National Guard troop deployment in Los Angeles

  10-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration must...
  
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• U.S. buying fleet of Boeing jets for use in deportations

  10-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. Department of...
  
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• Oil pipeline leaks in Germany, spraying large amounts of oil

  10-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  BERLIN, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- An oil pipeline in northeastern Germany leaked on Wednesday...
  
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• Judge orders Trump administration to end use of California National Guard in LA

  10-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration must stop its use of California National Guard members in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state and Gov. Gavin Newsom, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer granted a preliminary injunction sought by California officials who opposed an extension of President Donald Trump’s unusual move to use state Guard troops without the governor’s approval. Use of Guard troops is typically granted by the go
  
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• Iran unveils new homegrown electronic warfare system "Sayyad-4"

  10-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Wednesday unveiled a homegrown electronic warfare system, dubbed...
  
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• Guy Parmelin elected Swiss president for 2026

  10-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  GENEVA, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Swiss parliament elected Economics Minister Guy Parmelin as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2026 on Wednesday. Parmelin, 66, from...
  
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• Federal Reserve cuts key rate but signals higher bar for future reductions

  10-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  Dive into the world of...
  
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• Which World Cup teams will make their ‘base camp’ in DFW? It’s a process

  10-12-2025 20:31 via article.wn.com
  North Texas has five primary options for World Cup teams looking to make their base camp in North Texas. Here’s how they will choose. ......
  
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• Texas Rangers star a possible trade target for Boston Red Sox, report says

  10-12-2025 20:31 via article.wn.com
  A Texas Rangers superstar has caught the attention of the Boston Red Sox, according to a report. Will the Rangers’ retooling continue? ......
  
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• Venezuela’s Machado absent from Nobel ceremony but her travel to Oslo draws mixed reactions at home

  10-12-2025 20:30 via article.wn.com
  By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was absent Wednesday from the ceremony in Norway in which she was to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize award, but confirmation that she was traveling to Europe elicited mixed feelings in her country, where many backed her precisely because she had not left her homeland. Machado’s daughter accepted the award on her behalf in a ceremony that became a rally
  
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• Trump to try stopping Thai-Cambodia fighting

  10-12-2025 20:30 via article.wn.com
  Thailand and Cambodia traded accusations of targeting civilians in artillery and rocket attacks on Wednesday, as US President Donald Trump said he would try to intervene to stop th ......
  
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• The hardest bed he ever felt: Former French president recounts his 20 days behind bars

  10-12-2025 20:30 via article.wn.com
  By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — Twenty days, 213 pages. For every 24 hours behind bars, Nicolas Sarkozy wrote more than 10 pages of his new book recounting his stint in Paris’ La Santé Prison. “It could have been a budget hotel, if you ignored the armored door with its eyehole,” the former French president recalls in the book, which hit shelves Wednesday, one month after he left jail on November 10. Prison was “hell,” Sarkozy writes in “Diary
  
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• Denmark sees US as potential security concern

  10-12-2025 20:30 via article.wn.com
  By Antonia Mortensen, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US. The report, compiled by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (DDIS), warns that the US “uses economic...
  
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• Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman

  10-12-2025 20:30 via article.wn.com
  By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman effective Wednesday, reversing a Biden administration shift to the less formal typeface that he called wasteful, confusing and unbefitting the dignity of U.S. government documents. “Typography shapes how...
  
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• At least 22 killed in collapse in Moroccan city

  10-12-2025 20:30 via article.wn.com
  RABAT: At least 22 people were killed and 16 others injured overnight when two adjacent buildings collapsed in Fez, one of Morocco’s oldest cities, the prosecutor said on Wednesday ......
  
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• Supreme Court struggles over whether Alabama can execute man found to be intellectually disabled

  10-12-2025 20:28 via article.wn.com
  The Supreme Court has heard arguments...
  
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• Redacted: The EU is on Life Support

  10-12-2025 20:28 via article.wn.com
  ER Editor: We reckon that white hat outlet Redacted is telling us how the Europe narrative is being played out, bringing Europe officially to its death moment. We believe everything has already gone down behind the scenes, including the criminals running the show. Here are some notes to Clayton Morris’ 9-minute video below. A reminder that Elon is a brand, a figure...
  
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• Pacific Northwest braces for more flooding and evacuations as another heavy storm hits

  10-12-2025 20:28 via article.wn.com
  Pacific Northwest residents are...
  
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• Machado remains in hiding as daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize for her

  10-12-2025 20:28 via article.wn.com
  By DAVID KEYTON | Associated Press OSLO, Norway (AP) — The daughter of María Corina Machado accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway on her mother’s behalf Wednesday, and said in a speech written by the Venezuelan opposition leader that her country shows the world “we must be willing to fight for freedom.” Related Articles James Watson dies at 97; co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix shape helped revolutionize scientific research Nobel Prize-winning author say
  
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• Justice Department can unseal records from Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case, judge says

  10-12-2025 20:28 via article.wn.com
  A judge has ruled secret grand jury...
  
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• John O’Looney Notifies the UK Coroner Services Yet Again

  10-12-2025 20:28 via article.wn.com
  ER Editor: We’ve published a fair amount on UK funeral director John O’Looney since 2021. Find our coverage HERE. ******** There’s a major concern of national importance that needs addressing According to British Undertaker John O’Looney TESS LAWRIE, MBBCh, PhD Today I am sharing an(other) email sent to the UK Chief Coroner’s Office this week by experienced undertaker John O’Looney. For over four years, John has been fighting to get his substantial evidence of
  
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• Federal judge orders Trump administration to end deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles

  10-12-2025 20:28 via article.wn.com
  Federal judge orders Trump administration to end deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles. ......
  
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• Federal judge grants Justice Department’s request to unseal records from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case

  10-12-2025 20:28 via article.wn.com
  Federal judge grants Justice Department’s request to unseal records from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case. ......
  
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