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• Man admits immigration offence in Vietnamese truck deaths case

  07-10-2020 12:52
  
  A man accused of manslaughter over the deaths of 39 migrants whose bodies were discovered in the back of a shipping container near London last year pleaded guilty to an immigration offence on Wednesday.The victims, 31 men and boys and eight women whose ages ranged from 15 to 44, were discovered last October in a container at the back of a truck on an industrial estate in Grays in Essex, about 20 miles (32 km) east of London.British-Romanian dual national Gheorghe Nica, 43, admitted an offence of
  
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• US, Ukraine meet for 3rd day talks, say progress hinges on Russia

  06-12-2025 11:09 via article.wn.com
  Officials from the United States and Ukraine are set to hold third straight day of talks in Miami on Saturday, with the White House saying the two sides agreed that “real progress” ......
  
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• Kallas downplays US criticism, calls Washington EU’s key partner

  06-12-2025 11:09 via article.wn.com
  EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas insisted Saturday that the United States remains Europe’s foremost partner, seeking to soften the impact of a newly released U.S. National Secur ......
  
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• Israeli attack kills 2 Gazans in fresh violation of cease-fire

  06-12-2025 11:09 via article.wn.com
  Israel’s continued attacks killed two more Palestinians and injured two others on Saturday morning in the al-Atatra area of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, marking fresh violation of ......
  
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• Canada removes Syria from list of state sponsors of terrorism

  06-12-2025 11:09 via article.wn.com
  Canada has removed Syria from its list of states that sponsor terrorism and revoked Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from its list of terrorist entities, the government said Friday. 'F ......
  
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• Torch relay for Milan Cortina Winter Olympics starts on 2-month countdown to opening ceremony

  06-12-2025 11:08 via article.wn.com
  Olympic swimming champion Gregorio...
  
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• Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine as diplomatic talks continue

  06-12-2025 11:07 via article.wn.com
  Russia launched a massive attack on...
  
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• Qatari leader says the Gaza ceasefire is at a critical moment

  06-12-2025 11:07 via article.wn.com
  Qatar’s prime minister says the Gaza...
  
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• Myanmar citizens head to early polls in Bangkok

  06-12-2025 11:05 via article.wn.com
  A few dozen early voters in Myanmar...
  
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• Interview: One-China principle key to regional, global stability, says Egyptian expert

  06-12-2025 11:05 via article.wn.com
  CAIRO, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The one-China principle remains fundamental to regional and global stability, and any violation undermines the foundation of the post-World War II international order, said Ali El-Hefny, secretary general of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs. Japanese Prime Minister...
  
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• Indonesia flood death toll passes 900: Disaster agency

  06-12-2025 11:05 via article.wn.com
  Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more...
  
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• China's Liu secures runner-up finish at FIS Freeski Big Air World Cup in Beijing

  06-12-2025 11:05 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's Liu Mengting finished second in the women's freeski final with 172.25 points at the FIS Big Air World Cup in Beijing on Saturday, 3.25 behind the champion Anni Karava of Finland, while Canada's Naomi Urness placed...
  
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• Tony-nominated playwright Jeremy O. Harris arrested in Japan for alleged ecstasy smuggling

  06-12-2025 11:04 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO (AP) — Prominent American playwright and actor, Jeremy O. Harris, known for his Tony-nominated “Slave Play,” was arrested in Japan on suspicion of smuggling the psychedelic drug ecstasy, officials said Saturday. ......
  
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• Tony-nominated playwright arrested in Japan for alleged drug smuggling

  06-12-2025 11:04 via article.wn.com
  Prominent American playwright Jeremy O ......
  
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• Telangana man kidnapped in Mali

  06-12-2025 11:02 via article.wn.com
  Hyderabad: A 23-year-old man from Telangana’s Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district was kidnapped in Mali on November 23. The incident has come to light now. The victim was identified as Nallamasa Praveen, who is a native of Bandasomaram village, Bhuvanagiri works as a supervisor at a company in Hyderabad. Praveen travelled to Mali for some official work. He last spoke to his parents on...
  
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• FIFA gives Trump peace prize in departure from its traditional focus on sport

  06-12-2025 11:02 via article.wn.com
  Washington: President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial soccer tournament even more of a Trumpian flair. Trump, who has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Price, had been heavily favoured to win the newly created FIFA prize. He and FIFA president Gianni Infantino are close allies, and Infantino had made clear that he thought Trump should have won the Nobel...
  
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• Rs 440 Crore Submarine Hunter Deal! US Arms India With Deep Sea Killers That Detect ...

  06-12-2025 10:56 via article.wn.com
  The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has officially authorized India's procurement of American-manufactured sonobuoys, high-tech acoustic sensors launched from aircraft that plunge into the ocean to hunt submarines. ......
  
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• Police seize illegal drugs, arrest 2 in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province

  06-12-2025 10:56 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police have seized a quantity of illegal drugs and arrested two individuals suspected of...
  
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• Drifting robot delivers first data beneath East Antarctic ice shelves: Australian study

  06-12-2025 10:56 via article.wn.com
  MELBOURNE, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- A robotic float has completed the first oceanographic transect beneath East Antarctic ice shelves, measuring the temperature and salinity from parts of the ocean never sampled before, an Australian study revealed Saturday. This provides insights into the vulnerability of the ice shelves and their potential...
  
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• 9 terrorists killed in military operations in NW Pakistan

  06-12-2025 10:56 via article.wn.com
  ISLAMABAD, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani security forces killed nine terrorists in two intelligence-based...
  
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• Japan Harris Arrest

  06-12-2025 10:55 via article.wn.com
  FILE - Jeremy O. Harris poses for photographers prior to the start of the Bottega Veneta women's Fall-Winter 2024-25 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. ......
  
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• This UK Bank Launches Scheme To Double 10 Customers' Salaries Every Month

  06-12-2025 10:51 via article.wn.com
  To be eligible for Double Payday, customers must ensure their employer pays their salary directly into their bank account by the final day of each month. ......
  
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• Gravel, rotten wood and no bricks: Palestinians struggle to rebuild home in the ruins of ...

  06-12-2025 10:51 via article.wn.com
  With tents collapsing and...
  
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• Border Peace Key To India–China Ties, Says S Jaishankar

  06-12-2025 10:51 via article.wn.com
  However, the minister stressed that the Galwan Valley clashes were not the only challenge in the India–China relationship. ......
  
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• Of flags, flowers, fashion and flashlights

  06-12-2025 10:44 via article.wn.com
  South Africa was in the international spotlight last weekend, with world leaders from all over the world attending the two-day Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg. Cameras flashed insistently, like lightning in a Highveld thunderstorm. Flashy motorcades rolled through the streets of Johannesburg, as if the ‘City of Gold’ had been transformed into a film set for a blockbuster movie. You could almost hear the soundtrack blurring as the sirens of the convoys cut
  
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• Gravel, rotten wood and no bricks: Palestinians struggle to rebuild home in the ruins of Gaza City

  06-12-2025 10:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  With tents collapsing and infrastructure in ruins, ordinary Gazans are leading a grassroots push to restore their homes as winter approaches, Ezz Al Din Abu Eisha reports
  
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• Democrats reveal whether they believe US citizens or drug boat traffickers are more important

  06-12-2025 10:41 via article.wn.com
  As scrutiny mounts on the Trump...
  
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• Elderly woman, 81, killed in hit-and-run as cops hunt for driver

  06-12-2025 10:37 via article.wn.com
  Police are hunting a dark-coloured vehicle after an 81-year-old woman died following a hit-and-run. ......
  
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• Qatar PM says Gaza truce incomplete without 'full withdrawal' by Israel

  06-12-2025 10:33 via article.wn.com
  Doha: Qatar’s Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani warned on Saturday that the nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip cannot be considered fully effective until...
  
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• New York woman charged with smuggling Indian nationals into US

  06-12-2025 10:33 via article.wn.com
  New York: A 42-year-old New York woman has been charged in connection with an international smuggling conspiracy under which individuals, primarily from India, were illegally brought into the United States across the border from...
  
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