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• Hong Kong Jimmy Lai Explainer

  14-12-2025 05:23 via article.wn.com
  FILE - Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai speaks in his Hong Kong office at the Apple Daily newspaper, Nov. 28, 2000. ......
  
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• They thought their father abandoned them. A chance encounter set them on a much darker path

  16-12-2025 15:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dotty Carroll had been telling her children for decades that their father, George, had gone out for cigarettes one day and never returned. But then a chance meeting started the siblings down a path to the truth, Sheila Flynn writes
  
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• Susie Wiles says Trump has an ‘alcoholic’s personality’ — and reveals her ultimatum that shaped the 2016 election

  16-12-2025 15:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president is a teetotaler, telling Fox News in 2016 that he’s ‘never had a drink’
  
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• Mom says she was kicked out of a restaurant for breastfeeding her baby

  16-12-2025 15:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  A mother has claimed that she was kicked out of a restaurant in Georgia for breastfeeding her baby.
  
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• Creepy moment 100-ft crewless ‘ghost boat’ drifts through ferry terminal in Washington

  16-12-2025 15:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  This is the moment a crewless “ghost boat” drifts through a ferry terminal in Washington.
  
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• Hegseth is planning massive overhaul of US military commands and shrink presence in Europe: report

  16-12-2025 15:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The proposal would mark one of the most significant reorganizations of the Pentagon’s senior leadership in decades.
  
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• Vet says 'don't make same mistake' after seeing 'most heartbreaking case ever'

  16-12-2025 15:09 via article.wn.com
  Dr Lisa Chimes spoke about the case in a bid to prevent pet owners from making the same tragic mistake ......
  
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• Paul Doyle sentenced to 21-years after Liverpool parade crash

  16-12-2025 15:09 via article.wn.com
  Paul Doyle, who rammed his car into crowds of people at a Liverpool parade, has been jailed for more than 21 years ......
  
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• Paul Doyle screamed at crowd to 'move out the way' as he plowed into them

  16-12-2025 15:09 via article.wn.com
  The footage was used to prove Doyle's guilt ......
  
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• M&S store evacuated as 30 people treated for suspected carbon monoxide leak

  16-12-2025 15:09 via article.wn.com
  11 people were rushed to hospital as it was declared a major incident. ......
  
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• ‘Survivor' contestant Eva Erickson details escape from Brown University shooting

  16-12-2025 15:09 via article.wn.com
  Originally appeared on E! Online. Eva Erickson is recounting one of the scarier moments of her life. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE The "Survivor" Season 48 alum shared how she narrowly escaped the shooting at Brown University on Dec. 13 that tragically left two people dead and nine others wounded. As Erickson explained in a video posted to Instagram on Dec. 13, she happened to leave her graduate office around 4 p.m., minutes...
  
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• Liverpool parade crash Paul Doyle's dark life from failed career to violence

  16-12-2025 15:09 via article.wn.com
  Paul Doyle has been sentenced to 21 years and six months in prison after driving into crowds at Liverpool FC's victory parade. ......
  
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• JFK Airport shooting as off-duty officer opens fire on driver

  16-12-2025 15:09 via article.wn.com
  Emergency services were called to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York in the early hours of Tuesday morning. ......
  
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• US markets inch down modestly ahead of latest government data on jobs, inflation

  16-12-2025 15:08 via article.wn.com
  Wall Street inched slightly lower ahead of the release of U.S. employment and inflation reports that could drive the direction of interest rates. Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.2% before the bell Tuesday, while futures for the Dow Jones ......
  
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• The Latest: Hegseth and Rubio to brief lawmakers on US military escalation

  16-12-2025 15:08 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet...
  
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• Levee breach triggers flash flood warning and evacuations south of Seattle

  16-12-2025 15:08 via article.wn.com
  Residents near a breached levee in Washington state were told to evacuate, just hours after an evacuation alert was lifted for residents near another broken levee in the same county. Police in the city of Pacific urged people in the ......
  
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• Hegseth and Rubio are expected back on Capitol Hill as questions mount over boat strikes

  16-12-2025 15:08 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet...
  
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• FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola to Begin Global Journey Ahead of FIFA World ...

  16-12-2025 15:08 via article.wn.com
  ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 16, 2025-- ......
  
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• Driver who rammed through crowd at Liverpool soccer parade sentenced to over 20 years

  16-12-2025 15:08 via article.wn.com
  LONDON (AP) — A driver who injured more than 130 people when he plowed his car into a crowd of soccer fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League championship was sentenced to over 20 years in prison Tuesday. ......
  
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• Authorities knock on doors and seek evidence in the search for the Brown University shooter

  16-12-2025 15:08 via article.wn.com
  Authorities have released three new videos of a man they believe is responsible for the shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine. Officials said Monday that they are also seeking the public's help in finding him ......
  
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• Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in

  16-12-2025 15:06 via article.wn.com
  Region struggling with drought now threatened by energy-hungry facilities – but some residents are fighting back...
  
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• US lost 105,000 jobs in October and added 64,000 in November, according to delayed data

  16-12-2025 15:06 via article.wn.com
  Data shows the headline unemployment rate continued to climb and hit 4.6%, a four-year high, last month...
  
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• UK to hold inquiry into foreign financial interference in domestic politics

  16-12-2025 15:06 via article.wn.com
  Review, which will focus on effectiveness of political finance laws, follows conviction of former Reform politician for accepting bribes...
  
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• Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is matter of national security

  16-12-2025 15:06 via article.wn.com
  Court filing was response to lawsuit asking judge to halt project until it goes through independent reviews and wins approval from Congress...
  
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• Trump Administration Says White House Ballroom Construction Is A Matter Of National Security

  16-12-2025 15:06 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration said in a court filing Monday...
  
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• Sydney Jews Light Menorah at Bondi Beach, Sing “Gesher Tzar Meod” After Terror Attack

  16-12-2025 15:06 via article.wn.com
  Sydney’s Jewish community gathered at Bondi Beach to light a menorah and sing “Gesher Tzar Meod,” sending a powerful message of courage and hope in the aftermath of the deadly Chanukah attack. | Read More The Yeshiva World ......
  
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• Suspected militants kill 2, including a police officer guarding polio team in northwestern Pakistan

  16-12-2025 15:06 via article.wn.com
  Police say suspected militants have opened fire on a police officer guarding a team of polio workers in northwestern Pakistan, killing the officer and a passerby. No polio worker was harmed in the attack that occurred Tuesday in Bajaur, a ......
  
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• Russia won't make concessions on Donbas region, Crimea: deputy FM

  16-12-2025 15:06 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Russia will not make any concessions on the Donbas...
  
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• Netanyahu at Second Night Chanukah Candle Lighting: “Without Maccabees, No Huckabees”

  16-12-2025 15:06 via article.wn.com
  Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Second...
  
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• Moscow has over 1,200 centenarians

  16-12-2025 15:06 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- More than 1,200 residents aged 100 and above live in Russia's capital, including the city's...
  
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