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• Man who swallowed stolen Faberg� egg passes it naturally, police say

  09-12-2025 12:35 via article.wn.com
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• San Diego OKs biggest police action settlement since Floyd

  11-12-2025 08:10 via article.wn.com
  (The Center Square) – The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved the largest settlement in a death related to a police action in the U.S. since George Floyd. ......
  
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• Japan’s tourism industry enters a deep winter chill after Takaichi's erroneous remarks on Taiwan

  11-12-2025 08:10 via article.wn.com
  Since early December, multiple regions across Japan have begun to feel a noticeable shift in the tourism market, as the number of visitors from the Chinese mainland drops sharply. The turning point, industry insiders say, was Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks regarding the Taiwan question. The political shockwaves quickly spilled over into one of the most sensitive sectors – tourism. Market research firm China Trading Desk reported that bookings by Chinese traveler
  
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• Fighting rages along Cambodia-Thailand border ahead of expected Trump call

  11-12-2025 08:10 via article.wn.com
  Fighting raged Thursday along the border of Cambodia and Thailand, with explosions heard near centuries-old temples ahead of US President Donald Trump's planned phone call to the leaders of both nations. ......
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado emerges from hiding after winning Nobel

  11-12-2025 08:04 via article.wn.com
  Nobel laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado emerged from hiding to make her first public appearance in almost a year, waving to supporters from the balcony of her Oslo hotel early on Thursday. Machado, who won the Nobel for challenging Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power, did not arrive in Norway in time for Wednesday’s prize ceremony. Her daughter collected the prestigious award on her behalf, and delivered a blistering acceptance speech in h
  
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• Bangladesh to announce national election date on December 11

  11-12-2025 08:04 via article.wn.com
  DHAKA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's...
  
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• Australian content creators feel sting of losing young fans to social media ban

  11-12-2025 08:04 via article.wn.com
  SYDNEY, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Australian content creators are reporting drops in followers and views a day after the country imposed a sweeping teen social media ban, posing risks for incomes and forcing rethinks of content strategies. Read full story ......
  
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• Analysis-Pokrovsk's fall will not cause frontline collapse, but weakens Ukraine in Trump's eyes

  11-12-2025 08:04 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russia's...
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado makes first public appearance in 11 months hours after ...

  11-12-2025 08:03 via article.wn.com
  OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader...
  
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• US stocks rise after the Fed cuts rates and hopes build for more

  11-12-2025 08:03 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rose to the edge of its record on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut its main interest rate to bolster the job market, and hopes strengthened for more cuts to come in 2026. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7% and finished just shy of its all-time high, which was set in October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 497 points, or 1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.3%. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to
  
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• The Latest: Trump says US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

  11-12-2025 08:03 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. It’s the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the U.S. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAm%96 D6:KFC6 H
  
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• Tennessee to execute a man who confessed to 1980s rapes and a murder

  11-12-2025 08:03 via article.wn.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is preparing to execute Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection on Thursday for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley, a 20-year-old student at Chattanooga State University. Nichols confessed to killing Pulley as well as raping several other women in the Chattanooga area. Although he expressed remorse at trial, he admitted that he would have continued his violent behavior had he not been arrested. He was sentenced to death in 1990. × This page re
  
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• Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-selling \u2018Shopaholic\u2019 novels, dies at 55

  11-12-2025 08:03 via article.wn.com
  LONDON (AP) — Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer. The family said in a statement on Kinsella's Instagram account that "she died peacefully, with her final days filled with her true loves: family and music and warmth and Christmas and joy. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be a
  
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• Photos of families who set off on migration journeys and found themselves torn apart

  11-12-2025 08:03 via article.wn.com
  MIAMI (AP) — During the first Trump administration, families were forcibly separated at the border. Now parents inside the United States are being arrested by immigration authorities and separated from their families during prolonged detention inside the country. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAm%9C66 C646?E >:8C2?ED E@=5 %96 pDD@4:2E65 !C6DD E92E E96:C ;@FC?6JD H6C6 D@
  
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• Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore jailed, hours after his firing

  11-12-2025 08:03 via article.wn.com
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was jailed on Wednesday, according to court records, hours after he was fired for what the university said was an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member.” According to the Washtenaw County Jail, the 39-year-old Moore had been booked into the facility as of Wednesday evening. The jail's records did not provide any information about why Moore was detained or whether any court appearances were scheduled
  
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• Bolivia\u2019s vice president says that ex-President Luis Arce has been arrested in a corruption probe

  11-12-2025 08:03 via article.wn.com
  LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s vice president...
  
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• Urgent: China's Hezhen Yimakan storytelling inscribed on UNESCO Representative List

  11-12-2025 08:00 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the...
  
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• UNEP announces 2025 Champions of the Earth Award winners

  11-12-2025 08:00 via article.wn.com
  NAIROBI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has announced the 2025 Champions of the Earth Award winners for pioneering initiatives that tackle the climate crisis. Unveiled Wednesday on the margins of the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) underway in...
  
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• Europeans discuss Ukraine with Trump at

  11-12-2025 07:57 via article.wn.com
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• Seychelles International Beach Volleyball Exhibition Cup |11 December 2025

  11-12-2025 07:52 via article.wn.com
  Foreign, local players meet ahead of three-day competition Highly ranked foreign teams and individual players from Europe,...
  
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• International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2025 |11 December 2025

  11-12-2025 07:52 via article.wn.com
  President Herminie pays tribute to human rights advocates “On this important occasion of International Human Rights Day, I would like to honour and recognise all human rights advocates in our beautiful and peaceful country. The theme for this year, ‘Safeguarding Human Dignity and Upholding the Rights of Every Citizen’, chosen by the Seychelles Human Rights Commission, beautifully reflects our shared vision of a Seychelles where every individual's dignity is protected, where sys
  
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• F�d�ration Internationale de Basketball 3x3 Africa Cup 2025 |11 December 2025

  11-12-2025 07:52 via article.wn.com
  Seychelles’ men’s team finish in 10th position The Seychelles’ men’s team have finished in 10th position in...
  
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• Mexico Approves 50% Tariffs on Many Chinese Imports

  11-12-2025 07:51 via article.wn.com
  The tariffs will apply to goods from China and other nations. Washington has been pressuring Mexico to move away from dealing with China. ......
  
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• Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado appears in Norway after dramatic escape from Venezuela

  11-12-2025 07:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Machado made a daring escape from Venezuela by boat and travelled to the Caribbean island of Curacao, from where she departed on a private plane for Norway
  
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• Fed meeting recap: Fed's starts stealth easing, Powell rules out hike and markets rally

  11-12-2025 07:49 via article.wn.com
  The central bank announced a quarter percentage point, or 25 basis point, cut to its overnight lending rate at Wednesday's meeting. ......
  
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• European markets head for lackluster open as Fed cut fails to lift sentiment

  11-12-2025 07:49 via article.wn.com
  European stocks are expected to open flat to lower on Thursday as investors digest the U.S. Federal reserve's rate cut and commentary. ......
  
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• 31 Killed In Myanmar Hospital Airstrike, Days After Tea Shop Attack

  11-12-2025 07:49 via article.wn.com
  A deadly airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s...
  
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• Venezuela’s Machado makes first public appearance in months after reaching Norway too late for Peace Prize event

  11-12-2025 07:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Machado made a daring escape from Venezuela by boat and travelled to the Caribbean island of Curacao, from where she departed on a private plane for Norway
  
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• Nobel No-Show: What forced Machado to let her daughter accept the peace prize?

  11-12-2025 07:31 via article.wn.com
  Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has been hiding for months, and even she didn't go to collect her award, but her daughter went on stage. Ana Corina Sosa, the daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, accepted Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize on her mother’s behalf at a ceremony in Oslo City Hall. But why?And the answer is simple and that is the fearful for her safety under the authoritarian regime of President...
  
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• Trump says he plans to name Gaza Board of Peace in early 2026

  11-12-2025 07:30 via article.wn.com
  He said that a variety of leaders want to be on the board. ......
  
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