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• Sydney David Jones Store Cancels Historic Christmas Window Displays

  10-12-2025 06:32 via article.wn.com
  Christmas window displays have been a treasured feature of the Sydney David Jones store...
  
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• NFL returning to Munich in 2026 and 2028 for international football games

  10-12-2025 15:49 via article.wn.com
  The NFL previously held games in Munich in 2022 (Seahawks-Buccaneers) and in 2024 (Giants-Panthers). ......
  
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• Efforts continue to bring back Hasina from India: Bangladesh foreign adviser

  10-12-2025 15:49 via article.wn.com
  Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government on Wednesday said it will continue diplomatic efforts to bring back from India deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been convicted and sentenced in multiple cases. The 78-year-old Awami League leader has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. “We will try to convince India to send her back to Dhaka,”...
  
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• 6-year-old dies after go-kart crash while joyfully celebrating her sister’s birthday at Florida amusement park

  10-12-2025 15:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  The family had been celebrating her sister’s birthday when the deadly crash occurred
  
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• 12 killed in residential building fire in China's Guangdong

  10-12-2025 15:49 via article.wn.com
  Twelve people were killed after a fire broke out in a residential building in Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, on Tuesday night, local authorities said on Wednesday, Xinhua reported. The blaze erupted around 9.20pm in Chaonan District and was brought under control within 40 minutes, according to the district fire department. Preliminary findings...
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky and US to hold peace plan talks today after Trump’s ‘Christmas deadline’

  10-12-2025 15:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Volodymyr Zelensky was reportedly issued the new deadline in a two-hour call with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner
  
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• Austrian court rejects Ukraine tycoon's US extradition

  10-12-2025 15:48 via article.wn.com
  An Austria court announced Wednesday that it has rejected the...
  
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• US plans to start checking tourists’ social media over last five years

  10-12-2025 15:46 via article.wn.com
  The US is proposing that foreign visitors provide their social media history over the last five years to enter the country. US Customs and Border Protection “is adding social media as a mandatory data element” as part of the screening process for travellers entering the US under the Visa Waiver Program, according to a Department of Homeland Security notice posted on Wednesday. The proposal, which includes those from Ireland, the UK, Australia, Germany, Japan and the UK who can now en
  
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• International news briefs: Mexico to impose up to 50% tariffs on Asian imports

  10-12-2025 15:46 via article.wn.com
  Airbus in €50m deal for French military AI; EC makers urge adherence to emission goals...
  
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• Trump takes economic tour to PA, wants to make America affordable again

  10-12-2025 15:45 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump took his message on affordability to Pennsylvania , officially kicking off a tour to pitch his economic agenda ahead of next year’s midterms. Trump addressed high costs and inflation, an issue polls show is a problem for his administration. “You know it’s 10 months, and already we have the largest investment ever made in the history, of not our country, of any country anywhere in the world,” Trump told the crowd Tuesday night. Trump not only praised
  
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• Ukraine to give revised peace plans to U.S. as Kyiv readies for more talks with its coalition partners

  10-12-2025 15:44 via article.wn.com
  Ukrainian officials were expected to hand their...
  
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• South Africa's new biodiversity report shows increasing challenges

  10-12-2025 15:44 via article.wn.com
  CAPE TOWN, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- South Africa has unveiled its National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) 2025, revealing significant challenges for ecosystems, species, and genetic diversity across the country. During the launch of the report in Cape Town on Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Bernice Swarts said,...
  
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• Ukraine to give revised peace plans to US as Kyiv readies for more talks with ...

  10-12-2025 15:42 via article.wn.com
  Ukrainian officials are expected to present...
  
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• Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, dies at 55

  10-12-2025 15:42 via article.wn.com
  LONDON (AP) — Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and a series of millions-selling rom-com sequels, died Monday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer. ......
  
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• Sophie Kinsella, author of the million-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, has died at 55

  10-12-2025 15:42 via article.wn.com
  Sophie Kinsella, author of the million-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, has died at 55. ......
  
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• Sophie Kinsella dies at 55; author of the best-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels

  10-12-2025 15:40 via article.wn.com
  By JILL LAWLESS and ALICIA RANCILIO | Associated Press LONDON — Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and a series of millions-selling rom-com sequels, died Monday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer. Related Articles Raul Malo dies at 60; frontman of the Mavericks Former San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy dies Frank Gehry dies at 96; celebrated architect designed Facebook HQ in Menlo Park, LA’s Walt Disney Concert H
  
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• WHO regional director talks health care in the Middle East

  10-12-2025 15:38 via article.wn.com
  A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank Group shows that since 2000, most countries have made progress in expanding health service coverage and reducing the financial hardship associated with health costs. However, the poorest populations continue to bear the greatest burden of unaffordable health costs, and an estimated 4.6 billion people still lack access to essential health care services. At the Doha Forum, in Qatar, an annual meeting of global policy leaders, CNN
  
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• Trump has ‘fun’ but fails to feel Americans’ pain on prices

  10-12-2025 15:38 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump certainly made himself feel better. Whether he did the same for gloomy voters haunted by high prices is more doubtful. Trump relished returning to a campaign-style event Tuesday night, working the crowd like a standup comic, trashing his script and emphasizing wild rhetoric with classic hand gestures, as if playing an imaginary accordion. Vulnerable Republicans have pleaded with Trump to show he knows how tough it is to make rent, pay for groceries and afford health care.
  
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• Tanzania deploys police and army to prevent Independence Day protests

  10-12-2025 15:38 via article.wn.com
  Reuters — Police and soldiers deployed in force in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, on Tuesday to try to prevent protests called for by activists to denounce the violent suppression of demonstrations around elections in October. The government said any protests on Tuesday, the anniversary of mainland Tanzania’s...
  
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• Can short-term, post-Mo Salah fix save Liverpool's season?

  10-12-2025 15:38 via article.wn.com
  Liverpool gave fans a glimpse of what a post-Mohamed Salah team could well look like during the Champions League clash with Inter at the San Siro. While the No11 had been benched for the previous three matches, the team selected by Arne Slot for games against West Ham, Sunderland and Leeds United felt like nothing other than a stop-gap. It was the same shape just with Dominik Szoboszlai in on the right in place of Salah. Against Inter, though, the former Feyenoord boss switched things up entirel
  
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• Trump plans to make Australians hand over social media data to enter US

  10-12-2025 15:37 via article.wn.com
  Applicants would also have to submit phone numbers, email addresses, personal details of family members and biometric information under the plan. ......
  
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• 'Stronger than ever': US backs Japan in dispute with China over radar incident

  10-12-2025 15:37 via article.wn.com
  China and Japan have given differing accounts of the incident, which was a major escalation in tensions between the two nations. ......
  
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• Turkey reaffirms support for Syria’s territorial integrity and stability

  10-12-2025 15:36 via article.wn.com
  Ankara, Dec. 10 (SANA) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan expressed hope that Syria would achieve peace and stability, emphasizing Turkey’s support for the country’s territorial integrity...
  
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• Revolutionary Infrastructure: How Gravity Blockchain is Powering the Future of Real World Assets and Data-Intensive DeFi

  10-12-2025 15:36 via article.wn.com
  The blockchain landscape is about to witness a seismic shift as Gravity, the Layer 1 blockchain from Galxe, announces its ambitious mission: building specialized infrastructure for Real World Assets (RWA) and data-intensive DeFi applications. This isn’t just another blockchain launch—it’s a targeted solution for one of crypto’s most promising frontiers. What Makes Gravity’s Approach to Real World Assets Different? While many blockchains claim RWA capabilities, Gravi
  
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• Bybit Releases World Crypto Rankings 2025: Global Leaders and Institutional Hubs Redefine Crypto Adoption

  10-12-2025 15:36 via article.wn.com
  Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 10th, 2025, Chainwire , the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced The World Crypto Rankings (WCR) 2025, developed in partnership with . This comprehensive, data-rich report reveals how 79 countries and territories are integrating crypto into the fabric of their societies. Unlike rankings that focus on a single dimension, Bybit’s WCR draws comprehensively on 28 metrics and 92 data points. This multidimen
  
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• 2 advisers of Bangladesh’s interim government resign ahead of poll schedule announcement

  10-12-2025 15:36 via article.wn.com
  Of the three SAD leaders...
  
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• Lenny Vogel celebrates landmark 105th birthday at Flushing House

  10-12-2025 15:35 via article.wn.com
  Flushing's Lenny Vogel, who fought on the frontlines during the Second World War, celebrated his 105th birthday with a celebratory luncheon at the Flushing House retirement home on Dec. 7. Vogel, who was born in Williamsburg in 1920, attended public school in Brooklyn before joining the U.S. Army during World War II, where he served in the European Theater. Vogel turned 105 on Dec. 8 and marked the landmark birthday a day earlier, joining family and friends for a luncheon at Flushing House. [cap
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize on mother's behalf - Watch

  10-12-2025 15:34 via article.wn.com
  Maria Corina Machado was declared the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner in October amid Donald Trump's repeated claims that he “deserves” the award, citing his assertions about “stopping seven wars,” missed out on the honour. ......
  
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• Ukraine grapples with power outages as Russian drones strike gas supply system in Odesa

  10-12-2025 15:34 via article.wn.com
  Despite the attack, data from the Ukrainian gas transit operator indicated that planned gas volumes on the key Transbalkan route — used for LNG deliveries — remained largely unchanged. ......
  
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• Sophie Kinsella, ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ author, dies at 55

  10-12-2025 15:34 via article.wn.com
  Author Sophie Kinsella, known for the global hit “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” died at 55 due to complications from brain cancer. Her family said she passed away peacefully and remembered her courage throughout her illness. ......
  
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