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• Mark Few 2nd-fastest to 750 victories, No. 11 Gonzaga overwhelms North Florida 109-58

  08-12-2025 08:48 via article.wn.com
  Braden Huff scored 24 points and No. 11 Gonzaga gave coach Mark Few his 750th career victory, routing North Florida 109-58 on Sunday night. Few is the second-fastest to 750, reaching the mark in 904 games. He trails only Adolph ......
  
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• Toddler, grandmother fall from building onto moving car in Delhi

  11-12-2025 09:52 via article.wn.com
  A one-year-old toddler and his 45-year-old grandmother died in a tragic accident in Southwest Delhi’s Dwarka area after they fell from an under-construction building and landed on the roof of a passing car, police said. The incident occurred in Bharat Vihar, Gali No. 3, Sector...
  
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• Judge to decide degree of media access in Charlie Kirk killing case

  11-12-2025 09:52 via article.wn.com
  Salt Lake City: Lawyers for the 22-year-old Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk are due in court Thursday as they push to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case. A Utah judge is weighing the public’s right to know details in Tyler Robinson’s case against his attorneys’ concerns that the swarm of media attention could interfere with his right to a fair trial. Robinson’s legal team and the Utah County Sheriff’s Office have asked Judge Tony
  
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• Drunk on a bicycle? Japan will take your car licence too

  11-12-2025 09:52 via article.wn.com
  Nearly 900 people in Japan had their driver’s licences suspended for drunk cycling between January and September 2025, a dramatic rise from just two cases during the same period last year, new data from the National Police Agency (NPA) shows. The spike follows the enforcement of a revised Road Traffic Law that came into effect in November 2024, making it a punishable offence to ride a bicycle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 milligrams per litre of breath or higher. The law also
  
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• U.S. to Require Social Media History From Visa Waiver Travelers

  11-12-2025 09:50 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. government will soon require travelers from Visa Waiver Program countries to submit up to five years of social media history, according to a proposal published...
  
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• US House Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill, Senate Vote Next

  11-12-2025 09:50 via article.wn.com
  The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, authorizing $901 billion in War Department spending — $8 billion above President Donald Trump’s request. The 3,000‑page measure passed 312‑112, with 18 Republicans and 94 Democrats voting against it. The bill...
  
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• Japan, U.S. hold joint air exercise over Sea of Japan

  11-12-2025 09:48 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Defense Ministry...
  
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• Analysis: Aid flow into Gaza falls short of ceasefire terms

  11-12-2025 09:48 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM — Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling far short of the amount called for under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, according to an Associated Press analysis of the Israeli military’s figures. ......
  
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• What we know about M23’s new advance in DR Congo | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  11-12-2025 09:46 via article.wn.com
  KINSHASA, DR Congo: A...
  
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• At least 22 killed in collapse of two buildings in Morocco’s Fes

  11-12-2025 09:46 via article.wn.com
  Two adjacent four-storey buildings collapsed overnight...
  
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• World Darts Championship 2026: Schedule and latest results as Luke Littler begins title defence

  11-12-2025 09:45 via article.wn.com
  ‘The Nuke’ in action early as tournament gets underway at Alexandra Palace ......
  
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• How to watch World Darts Championship: TV channel and live stream for Alexandra Palace tournament today

  11-12-2025 09:45 via article.wn.com
  33rd PDC World Championship gets underway in north London ......
  
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• Employee gets fired for reporting to work ‘too early’; bizarre reason for job loss stuns ...

  11-12-2025 09:45 via article.wn.com
  A 22-year-old worker was fired for arriving early to her shift 19 times, which was deemed a breach of her contract. The court upheld her dismissal, citing disobedience and loss of trust. ......
  
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• US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast

  11-12-2025 09:40 via article.wn.com
  The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said, escalating US pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s regime. “As you probably know we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela,” Trump said. “Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized, actually.” Attorney General Pam Bondi said the tanker has been sanctioned by the US for multiple years “due to its involvement in an illicit oil sh
  
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• Ukraine presents response to US peace plan as Trump says European leaders want a meeting

  11-12-2025 09:40 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine delivered its response to the latest US-drafted peace proposal aimed at ending the war with Russia to the Trump administration on Wednesday, US and Ukrainian officials told CNN, as the contours of a tenuous potential deal take shape and the US president continues to make clear he wants the conflict resolved quickly. Efforts to end the yearslong war have sharply accelerated in recent weeks. President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested a solution could soon be “figured out,” t
  
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• ‘Trump Gold Card’ launches, offering expedited immigration pathway with a $1 million fee

  11-12-2025 09:40 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday officially launched his “gold card” visa, a new immigration pathway that will allow foreigners to pay $1 million to expedite their visa application, or have companies pay $2 million to sponsor a foreign worker they want to bring into the US. “Very excitingly, for me and for the country, we’ve just launched the ‘Trump Gold Card,’” the president said at a White House roundtable event. The visa website, trumpcard.gov, lau
  
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• Diving with Mick Baron and Karen Gowlett

  11-12-2025 09:38 via article.wn.com
  Meet Mick Baron and...
  
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• Watch: Moment skydiver left dangling on plane's tail

  11-12-2025 09:35 via article.wn.com
  Dramatic footage released by Australian authorities showed the moment a skydiver was left dangling thousands of metres in the air after their parachute caught on the plane's tail. The skydiver survived the incident, which occurred south of Cairns during a stunt in September but has...
  
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• Nobel laureate Machado makes first public appearance in months

  11-12-2025 09:35 via article.wn.com
  Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado appeared in Oslo early this morning, climbing barriers outside her hotel to hug well-wishers after the Venezuelan opposition figure failed to reach the Norwegian capital in time to receive her award at a ceremony held hours earlier. The 58-year-old engineer had secretly left Venezuela for Oslo in defiance of a decade-long travel ban imposed by authorities in her home country and after spending more than a year in hiding. Speaking in Oslo, the laure
  
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• World champ Custodio, 2 others reach final in SEA Games ju-jitsu

  11-12-2025 09:34 via article.wn.com
  BANGKOK — Kimberly Ann Custodio led the way for the Philippine jiu jitsu team as she qualified for the gold medal match in women’s ne-waza 48kg here at the Ronnaphakat Building Navaminda Kasatriyahiraj Air Force Academy on Thursday afternoon....
  
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• Vietnam urges factories to cut output as Hanoi chokes on smog

  11-12-2025 09:34 via article.wn.com
  HANOI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Industrial plants in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi have come under renewed pressure to scale back their operations as authorities respond to a week of heavy and hazardous smog in the city. Read full story ......
  
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• Vietnam bets on rare earth processing: new law curbs exports to bolster domestic industry

  11-12-2025 09:34 via article.wn.com
  Vietnam’s National Assembly, on Thursday, took a significant step towards bolstering its nascent domestic rare earth processing sector by approving a revised law. This new legislation imposes stricter controls on the export of refined rare earths while definitively re-stating the long-standing ban on exporting raw rare earth ore. The move is a concerted effort to support and nurture a domestic industry that has historically struggled to fully capitalise on Vietnam’s vast, substantial
  
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• Factbox-Bangladesh election: Main parties and issues

  11-12-2025 09:34 via article.wn.com
  DHAKA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Bangladesh is...
  
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• Canada parl committee agrees to delink the sacred Swastika from Nazi hate symbol Hakenkreuz

  11-12-2025 09:34 via article.wn.com
  Toronto: In a landmark vote, a committee of the House of Commons in Canada has unanimously agreed to delink the sacred swastika from the Nazi hate symbol, the Hakenkreuz. People walk past the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada. (AP) While deliberating on amendments to Bill C-9, the anti-hate legislation proposed by the government, members of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights unanimously voted on Tuesday to remove any reference to the swastika. The original version
  
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• At least 30 killed in Myanmar after junta airstrike hits hospital, witnesses report

  11-12-2025 09:34 via article.wn.com
  Dec 11 (Reuters) - At least 30 people...
  
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• 1st LD Writethru: China's Hezhen Yimakan storytelling inscribed on UNESCO Representative List

  11-12-2025 09:30 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage at its 20th regular session decided to transfer China's "Hezhen Yimakan storytelling" from the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. At the same time, based on the...
  
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• Trump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the US

  11-12-2025 09:26 via article.wn.com
  A new wave of immigration enforcement...
  
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• Time magazine to name its person of the year for 2025

  11-12-2025 09:26 via article.wn.com
  Time magazine is set to name its person of the year for 2025. Among those in the running according to prediction markets is artificial intelligence itself, along with tech CEOs Jensen Huang of Nvidia and Sam Altman of OpenAI. Pope ......
  
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• Hiker mired in quicksand in Utah's Arches National Park is rescued unharmed

  11-12-2025 09:26 via article.wn.com
  Quicksand is a corny peril in old movies, but getting stuck in it really did happen to one hiker in Utah. Rescuers responded Sunday to an emergency satellite beacon activated by a backpacker caught in quicksand in Arches National Park. ......
  
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• Crypto mogul Do Kwon to be sentenced for misleading investors who lost billions in stablecoin crash

  11-12-2025 09:26 via article.wn.com
  Cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon is...
  
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