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• Protesters Confront Security at COP30 Climate Summit

  12-11-2025 05:23 via article.wn.com
  A group of protesters clashed with security guards on Tuesday night at the entrance to the COP30 Blue Zone in Bel�m, the restricted area managed by the United Nations where official climate negotiations take place. ......
  
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• Co-owner of Swiss bar detained after 40 killed in New Year’s Eve party fire

  09-01-2026 16:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors told local media that Jacques Moretti has been considered a flight risk
  
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• US seizes fifth tanker as military stalks the ocean for Venezuelan oil

  09-01-2026 16:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The latest seizure comes hours before Trump is set to meet with top oil executives
  
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• Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Vance says agent who killed woman may be ‘sensitive’ after he was injured in June incident

  09-01-2026 16:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vice President JD Vance defends federal immigration agent Jonathan Ross as protests staged in major cities amid mounting anger against the Trump administration
  
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• I advised the government on new dietary guidelines. Here’s what they ignored

  09-01-2026 15:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  On the surface, the guidelines share a lot of similarities with the previous version, but they also have a few important differences
  
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• U.S. forces have intercepted another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, military says

  09-01-2026 15:43 via article.wn.com
  U.S. forces boarded another...
  
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• The Latest: US military says its forces intercept another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean

  09-01-2026 15:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  U.S. forces have boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea
  
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• Russia says it used the Oreshnik in a major attack on Ukraine. What is the new ballistic missile?

  09-01-2026 15:43 via article.wn.com
  Russia bombarded Ukraine...
  
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• Philippines: 13 rescued alive, 25 missing, 1 killed in Cebu landfill collapse

  09-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  Manila: Rescue teams in Cebu City have pulled 13 people out alive from a massive pile of garbage on Friday, as they race against time to rescue dozens of others. A mountain of trash collapsed outside Cebu City with dozens still unaccounted for — while families are gripped by fear after the heap of municipal waste collapsed on Thursday afternoon, killing one person and injuring several others. Also In This Package 343 Cebu flood control projects: Promises vs. reality Philippines earthquake:
  
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• With a new leader and tired opponent, this should be the Victorian Liberals’ year – ...

  09-01-2026 15:39 via article.wn.com
  As dysfunction reigns, the party shows yet again that its greatest obstacle to winning government is not Labor but itself...
  
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• US hiring held firm in December capping weakest year of growth since the pandemic

  09-01-2026 15:39 via article.wn.com
  Employers added 50,000 jobs, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, despite a year of uneven growth...
  
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• Starmer rules out EU financial services alignment talks

  09-01-2026 15:39 via article.wn.com
  City firms welcome clarity as government signals it will not reopen Brussels-era rules, despite closer cooperation elsewhere...
  
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• Iran’s supreme leader signals harsher crackdown as protest movement swells

  09-01-2026 15:39 via article.wn.com
  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls protesters ‘vandals’ and ‘saboteurs’ and blames the US for instigating the unrest...
  
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• Anonymous painting bought at auction on ‘hunch’ identified as two-in-one Rubens

  09-01-2026 15:39 via article.wn.com
  Study of man often featured in works by the Flemish master reveals hidden painting of woman beneath model’s beard...
  
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• Tragic Garbage Slide in Philippines Leaves One Dead and Dozens Missing

  09-01-2026 15:37 via article.wn.com
  Email: [email protected] A massive rescue operation is currently underway in Cebu City after a ‘four-story high’ mountain of rubbish collapsed at a waste segregation facility in Barangay Binaliw, Philippines, burying several...
  
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• Azmi Bishara on Maduro abduction, Somaliland, and Yemen

  09-01-2026 15:37 via article.wn.com
  The US assault on Venezuela on the third of this month, and the abduction of its president, Nicolás Maduro, occupied a substantial part of the in-depth interview given by Azmi Bishara, Director General of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, on Al-Araby Television from the Qatari city of Lusail on Thursday evening. Bishara argued that what is new in this aggression is not the kidnapping of Maduro — Washington has a precedent in this regard, having abducted Panamanian pre
  
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• US says it seized another tanker that tried to break Venezuela blockade

  09-01-2026 15:36 via article.wn.com
  The United States said Friday it seized another tanker that tried to break...
  
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• Trump's Doomsday E-4B plane sighted in Washington, Los Angeles, days after US captured Maduro

  09-01-2026 15:34 via article.wn.com
  Boeing E-4B Nightwatch, known as the Doomsday Plane, has been sighted in Washington, days after US captured Nicolas Maduro and his wife from the Venezuelan military camp. According to reports, the Doomsday Plane was moved to Camp Spring, which is around 25 minutes away from the White House. Then it flew to Los Angeles with Secretary of War...
  
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• Pope Leo says ‘war is back in vogue’ in major address to global envoys

  09-01-2026 15:34 via article.wn.com
  By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has said the prohibition on countries violating one another’s borders has been “completely undermined,” in an important speech to diplomats gathered in the Vatican. The first United States-born pope, giving his debut “state of the world” address, expressed his concern about “escalating tensions” in the “Caribbean Sea and the American Pacific coast” while calling for the “will of the Ve
  
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• Mongolia's inflation down to 7.5 pct in December 2025

  09-01-2026 15:34 via article.wn.com
  ULAN BATOR, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's inflation stood at 7.5 percent in December 2025, as measured by the consumer price index, down by 0.8...
  
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• Lao leaders gather to highlight achievements of 12th Party congress

  09-01-2026 15:34 via article.wn.com
  VIENTIANE, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- A meeting to commend the outcomes of the 12th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) was held on Friday in Lao capital Vientiane, highlighting the meeting's key achievements and strategic...
  
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• France has right to reject unacceptable proposals from allies, FM says

  09-01-2026 15:34 via article.wn.com
  PARIS, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Friday that France and Europe have the right to reject proposals from even their closest allies when they are unacceptable, while...
  
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• EU chief pledges support for Syria during visit to Damascus

  09-01-2026 15:34 via article.wn.com
  DAMASCUS, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday proposed a framework for cooperation with Syria and pledged financial and economic support during talks in Damascus with Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Von der Leyen made the pledges during a meeting, which also included European Council...
  
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• 9 killed, 40 injured as bus falls into gorge in India

  09-01-2026 15:34 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and 40 others injured Friday after a bus carrying them skidded off a mountainous road and fell...
  
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• 1 dead, 15 hurt in bus collision with parked truck in Bangladesh

  09-01-2026 15:34 via article.wn.com
  DHAKA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and at least 15 were injured after a bus collided with a stationary truck in Bangladesh's...
  
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• Luckless 23-cap Scotland star lined up for shock La Liga switch in bid to make ...

  09-01-2026 15:33 via article.wn.com
  The former �11million Rangers star is on the verge of a shock move to Spain, according to reports. ......
  
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• Concerned for our community in US: India on Minneapolis shooting

  09-01-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  New Delhi: India on Friday, January 9, voiced concern over the killing of a woman by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis in the US. “We are closely following the developments,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. “We are concerned as we have a large Indian community in the US, including students, professionals and others,” he said at his weekly media briefing. US citizen shot dead by ICE Renee Nicole Good was shot dead by a federal
  
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• Uganda elections 2026: Bobi Wine challenges President Yoweri Museveni for the second time

  09-01-2026 15:29 via article.wn.com
  Voters could propel a leader into a fifth decade in power or back a change candidate....
  
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• The Pope will travel in Europe this year. Here’s where he plans to go

  09-01-2026 15:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pope Leo XIV is set to fulfil Pope Francis’ wish of visiting a key migration entry point to Europe
  
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• Kurdish fighters refuse to leave Syria's Aleppo after truce

  09-01-2026 15:28 via article.wn.com
  Since Tuesday (January 6, 2026), government forces had been fighting the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Aleppo, the country’s second city ......
  
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