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• Is this the end for ‘king coal’ in Britain?

  09-08-2020 07:31
  Is this the end for ‘king coal’ in Britain?As the black stuff burnt in the UK plummets to a level not seen since the early steam age, we trace its long, deep history and the problems left in its wake
  
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• Fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore ‘terrorized’ his ex after losing job as he’s charged with home invasion, court hears

  12-12-2025 19:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  The ex-head coach for the Michigan Wolverines was detained earlier this week and fired from his job over claims of an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a member of staff
  
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• Zelensky to meet European leaders in Berlin on Monday

  12-12-2025 19:17 via article.wn.com
  A�working�group�on�security�guarantees�for�Ukraine�will�meet�in�Germany,�President�Volodymyr�Zelenskiy�said�on�Friday. 'On�the�Ukrainian�side,�the�group�is�headed�by�Lieutenant�General�(Andriy)�Hnatov,�with�representatives�from�our�army,�intelligenceʏ
  
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• Pakistan partners with Binance to explore $2bn blockchain conversion

  12-12-2025 19:17 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan signed a memorandum of understanding with Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, to explore converting up to $2 billion in sovereign bonds, T-bills and commodity reserves into blockchain-based instruments, the country's finance ministry said on Friday. (Reporting by Ariba Shahid; Writing by Gibran Peshimam) * Pakistan, Binance sign MoU on tokenising up to $2 bln in assets * Binance, HTX get initial clearance to begin licence process * Pakistan embarks on rapid digit
  
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• Man fatally hit his head multiple times on Universal Studios rollercoaster

  12-12-2025 19:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kevin Rodriguez Zavala had severe facial trauma when the ride stopped
  
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• Indonesia floods were 'extinction level' for rare orangutans

  12-12-2025 19:17 via article.wn.com
  � Indonesia's�deadly�flooding�was�an�'extinction-level�disturbance'�for�the�world's�rarest�great�ape,�the�tapanuli�orangutan,�causing�catastrophic�damage�to�its�habitat�and�survival�prospects,�scientists�warned�on�Friday. Only�scientifically�classified�as�a�spec
  
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• At least 30 die in Myanmar after junta airstrike hits hospital: report

  12-12-2025 19:17 via article.wn.com
  At�least�30�people�were�killed,�including�patients,�after�an�airstrike�by�the�country's�ruling�junta�hit�a�hospital�in�Myanmar's�western�Rakhine�state,�according�to�a�rebel�group,�an�aid�worker�and�a�witness.�More�than�70�peopleᦙ
  
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• Urgent: Thailand, Cambodia have agreed to cease all shooting effective Friday evening: Trump

  12-12-2025 19:16 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday on...
  
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• 5.5-magnitude quake hits Kuril Islands -- GFZ

  12-12-2025 19:16 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with...
  
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• 2nd LD-Writethru: 1 dead, 11 rescued after multi-story temple extension collapses in S. Africa's Durban

  12-12-2025 19:16 via article.wn.com
  JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was confirmed dead and 11 others were rescued after a multi-story building under construction atop a temple collapsed Friday in Durban,...
  
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• White House blast Democrats release of Epstein estate pictures that include Trump and Clinton: Live updates

  12-12-2025 19:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.S. House Oversight Committee Democrats have received 95,000 photos from the Epstein estate, with 19 posted online Friday
  
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• Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a ceasefire after days of deadly clashes, ...

  12-12-2025 19:15 via article.wn.com
  By AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes had threatened to undo a ceasefire the U.S. administration had helped broker earlier this year. Related Articles Today in History: December 12, NFL stadium’s roof collapses after major snowstorm US seizure of rogue oil tanker off Venezuela signals new crackdown on shadow fleet Mexico’s...
  
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• Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly 2 months after Hurricane Melissa

  12-12-2025 19:14 via article.wn.com
  PETIT GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Amizia Renotte sat on a broken piece of concrete and pointed to a large pile of dirt where her house once stood before the outer bands of Hurricane Melissa crumpled it as the storm lashed Haiti’s southern region. The Atlantic hurricane season may be over, but thousands of people like Renotte in this Carribean country and beyond are still looking for food and struggling to rebuild their lives nearly two months after the Category 5 storm pummeled the nor
  
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• Why more American seniors are getting high

  12-12-2025 19:11 via article.wn.com
  AS AMERICA HAS legalised marijuana, all demographic groups are using more of it. None is indulging as enthusiastically as seniors. In 2007 just one in 300 Americans aged 65 and older reported using cannabis within the previous 12 months, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). That figure is one in ten for today’s over-65s. No other age group has increased its use faster. One in 15 seniors say they use it at least monthly. PREMIUM That's the finding of researchers
  
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• The Real Reason Europe Is ‘Decaying’

  12-12-2025 19:11 via article.wn.com
  European leaders are furious at President Trump following his recent derogatory comments about their Continent. This is becoming an instructive diplomatic fiasco, even if it’s one in which Dr. Trump botches his diagnosis of the Continent’s most serious problems. PREMIUM European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. *** The Administration’s National Security Strategy last week stirred outrage by warning that America’s European allies face
  
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• Thai PM says asked Trump to press Cambodia on border truce

  12-12-2025 19:11 via article.wn.com
  Thailand's prime minister said he told US President Donald Trump in a phone call Friday that Cambodia was to blame for deadly border clashes, stopping short of declaring Bangkok was willing to halt fire. Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul(AFP) Fighting between the two Southeast Asian neighbours this week has killed at least 20 people and displaced around half a million on both sides of the disputed border. Trump,...
  
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• Rise of the Mamdani Clones

  12-12-2025 19:11 via article.wn.com
  What could get in the way of a coming 2026 Democratic wave, given history and the current public mood? Nothing but the Democratic Party itself, which is sitting placidly by as the progressives who lost them last year’s election mobilize to take over even more of the party. Bernie Sanders may never be president, but he’s a kingmaker. PREMIUM The left’s top focus is on purifying current Democratic seats, replacing less-extreme incumbents with Mamdani-like democratic socialists. A
  
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• Rescued at Sea: How Venezuela’s Machado Survived the Riskiest Leg of Her Escape

  12-12-2025 19:11 via article.wn.com
  “María!” PREMIUM Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday A man’s voice cut through the rain pelting the pitch-black Caribbean Sea, just audible between two boats tossed around by 10-foot waves. People on the smaller vessel, a simple fishing skiff, held up cellphones like emergency flares in the night. The larger craft pulled closer. A figure bundled in a bulky jacket and a black ball cap waved her arms. “It’s me, María.&rdq
  
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• Lindsey Vonn Just Won a Ski Race at Age 41—on a Reconstructed Knee

  12-12-2025 19:11 via article.wn.com
  When Lindsey Vonn announced her comeback to ski racing a year ago, she was attempting something that had never been done in the history of her sport. PREMIUM Lindsey Vonn celebrates on the podium after winning the Women's Downhill in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Not only was the American star 40 years old at the time—an age when most racers have traded their boots for après-ski. She was also returning to competition after a knee replacement. But on Friday in St. Moritz, Switzerland, tha
  
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• Law Professor Sues Boeing After Alleged Exposure to Toxic Fumes on Flight

  12-12-2025 19:11 via article.wn.com
  A law professor is suing Boeing, alleging that exposure to a toxic fume event on a 737 operated by Delta Air Lines led to his lasting brain and respiratory injuries. PREMIUM A Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-800 at LAX airport in Los Angeles. The lawsuit, which his lawyer says is the first on this topic led by a passenger on a U.S. commercial flight, underscores the potential legal liability facing the industry as it grapples with in recent years. In late August last year, Jonathan Harris was flying
  
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• How much does America know about its boat-strike targets?

  12-12-2025 19:11 via article.wn.com
  The boxy beige building nestled on the tip of Florida’s Key West could easily be mistaken for a shoddy beach resort. Encircled by palm trees and poles bearing flags of the world, its true function is hinted at only by the uniformed military personnel milling around: making sense of intelligence about drug smugglers. The building is home of the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S), an intelligence group that monitors narco-trafficking across the Caribbean and Latin America. PREMIUM
  
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• How Nobel laureate María Corina Machado escaped from Venezuela

  12-12-2025 19:09 via article.wn.com
  Machado’s journey to Norway this week involved secret travel through Venezuela, hours on a fishing boat in rough seas and a flight from Curaçao to Oslo. ......
  
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• Football fans issued warning over ticket scams ahead of 2026 World Cup

  12-12-2025 19:09 via article.wn.com
  Santander customers lost more to football scams in the first six months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, when total losses surged due to the Euros ......
  
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• AP Trending SummaryBrief at 12:47 p.m. EST

  12-12-2025 19:08 via article.wn.com
  Trump administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image ......
  
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• AP News Summary at 12:52 p.m. EST

  12-12-2025 19:08 via article.wn.com
  Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project ......
  
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• Trump sued by preservationists seeking architecture review of ballroom project

  12-12-2025 19:07 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval of his White House ballroom project. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is asking a federal court to stop Trump’s White House ballroom project until it goes through comprehensive design reviews and public comments and wins approval from Congress. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH...
  
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• Polar bears are rewiring their own genetics to survive a warming climate

  12-12-2025 19:07 via article.wn.com
  With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive. The species is being forced to adapt to the harsher reality of a warming Arctic, in what scientists believe is the first documented case of rising temperatures driving genetic change in a mammal. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE Researchers from the University of East Anglia in Britain say the
  
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• Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to ‘professional' programs list amid uproar

  12-12-2025 19:07 via article.wn.com
  A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional,” adding to public outcry after nurses were omitted from a new agency definition. The Trump administration’s list of professional programs includes medicine, law and theology but leaves out nursing and some other fields that industry groups had asked to be included. The “professional” label would allow students to borrow la
  
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• Drone shows aftermath of California gas explosion that hospitalized 6

  12-12-2025 19:06 via article.wn.com
  Drone shows aftermath of gas explosion, fire that injured six Six people were injured in a fire triggered by an underground gas explosion in Hayward, California, on Dec. 11. Drone footage showing the aftermath of an explosion in California that injured six people and damaged several homes is circulating online. The drone, which flies over the explosion site, captures a building surrounded by debris, vehicles with cracked windshields and smoke everywhere. Other footage, captured on a home surveil
  
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• Drone footage shows fire engulfing Bass Bay Brewhouse in Wisconsin

  12-12-2025 19:06 via article.wn.com
  Drone video footage from fire at Bass Bay Brewhouse in Muskego Crews battled an early morning fire on Dec. 12, 2025 at Bass Bay Brewhouse in Muskego. A massive fire overtook a family-owned restaurant in Wisconsin,...
  
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