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• Texas Card House to Host World Series of Poker® Circuit in 2026

  11-12-2025 15:40 via article.wn.com
  AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 11, 2025-- ......
  
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• Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim

  13-12-2025 09:29 via article.wn.com
  Fighting is continuing along the...
  
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• Gaza hit by heavy rains, 16 dead in a single day as temperatures drop to 8�C

  13-12-2025 09:26 via article.wn.com
  Gaza's civil defence agency on Friday said at least 16 people had died in the last 24 hours, including three children who died from exposure to the cold, as a winter storm batters the territory. Heavy rain from Storm Byron has flooded tents and temporary shelters across the Gaza Strip since late Wednesday, compounding the suffering of the territory's residents, nearly all of whom were displaced during more than two years of war. Gaza's civil defence agency, which operates as a rescue force under
  
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• Police discover huge ammunition cache in eastern Afghanistan's Laghman province

  13-12-2025 09:25 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Police have discovered a large cache of munitions in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman, the...
  
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• New shipping services make maiden calls at Brunei's Muara Port

  13-12-2025 09:25 via article.wn.com
  BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Brunei's Muara Port Company (MPC) marked another milestone in the country's maritime and logistics...
  
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• Mazatlan confirms Siboldi departure

  13-12-2025 09:25 via article.wn.com
  MEXICO CITY, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Uruguayan manager Robert Siboldi has parted ways with Mazatlan after less than seven...
  
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• Ex-cop investigating schoolgirl's rape and murder convicted of the crimes himself

  13-12-2025 09:23 via article.wn.com
  An evil police officer investigated the 2007 case of Anastasia, 15, who had been strangled in a village and was a classmate of his own daughter - he steered the investigation away from himself ......
  
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• Shrub Oak International School Appoints Nancy Tritsch, MS Ed, EdM, as Director of Education

  13-12-2025 09:20 via article.wn.com
  MOHEGAN LAKE, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2025...
  
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• M7 World Championship unveils first Opening Ceremony, tournament draw, and M7 Pass--elevates Indonesia on global stage

  13-12-2025 09:20 via article.wn.com
  The Swiss Stage sets up early mouthwatering clashes between tournament favourites—Team Liquid face Aurora Gaming PH in a Filipino showdown, while Selangor Red Giants face CG Esports in a Malaysian rivalry. ......
  
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• School buildings renovated in remote Afghan province to upgrade education

  13-12-2025 09:14 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities officially inaugurated two newly renovated school buildings in Zebak district, located in the...
  
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• New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland

  13-12-2025 09:14 via article.wn.com
  Palestinians who have worked the ‘breadbasket’...
  
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• Lighting ceremony held to celebrate New Year in Georgia

  13-12-2025 09:14 via article.wn.com
  An illuminated main New Year tree of Georgia is seen at the First Republic Square in Tbilisi, Georgia, Dec. 12, 2025. (Tbilisi City...
  
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• Indonesia flood death toll exceeds 1,000 as rescue, recovery efforts continue

  13-12-2025 09:14 via article.wn.com
  JAKARTA, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from floods and landslides that struck three provinces on Indonesia's Sumatra Island has exceeded 1,000, with 218 people still missing, according to the latest data released Saturday by the...
  
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• Op Golden Dynamite: How Machado Fled Venezuela To Receive Nobel Prize

  13-12-2025 09:11 via article.wn.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado had to disguise herself and move through choppy, cold seas as part of a secret mission to leave the country. ......
  
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• Hong Kong’s Bold 10-Year Plan to Dominate RWA Tokenization and Digital Finance

  13-12-2025 09:11 via article.wn.com
  Hong Kong is making a decisive move to cement its status as a global financial hub. The city’s Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) has just unveiled an ambitious 10-year roadmap with a clear goal: to become a dominant force in RWA tokenization and digital finance. This strategic pivot could redefine how the world invests in and trades everything from real estate to bonds. What is Hong Kong’s RWA Tokenization Strategy? The FSDC’s report, “Hong Kong Capital Market
  
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• Cambodia, Thai Clashes Continue After Trump's Ceasefire Claim

  13-12-2025 09:11 via article.wn.com
  Fighting entered its seventh day across the two countries' disputed border. ......
  
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• YouTube’s CEO limits his kids’ social media use — other tech bosses do the same

  13-12-2025 09:09 via article.wn.com
  YouTube's CEO Neal Mohan joins other tech bosses from Bill Gates to Mark Cuban who restrict their children's social media and smartphone use. ......
  
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• Hannah Rothschild on privilege, duty and shaping a centuries-old family legacy

  13-12-2025 09:09 via article.wn.com
  Dame Hannah Rothschild reflected on privilege, duty, and the shaping of a modern philanthropic dynasty at a private banking event in Singapore. ......
  
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• US plan sees Ukraine joining EU in 2027

  13-12-2025 09:07 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine could join the European Union as early as January 2027 under the latest US plan to end the war with Russia, a senior source familiar with the matter told AFP on Friday.Th ......
  
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• 1st LD Writethru: Indonesia flood death toll exceeds 1,000 as rescue, recovery efforts continue

  13-12-2025 09:07 via article.wn.com
  JAKARTA, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from floods and landslides that struck three provinces on Indonesia's Sumatra Island has exceeded 1,000, with 218 people still missing, according to the latest data released...
  
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• UN to evaluate refugee strategy

  13-12-2025 09:05 via article.wn.com
  The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide has almost doubled in the last decade. ......
  
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• Two killed in Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Saratov, regional governor says

  13-12-2025 09:05 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Two people were killed overnight in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian city of Saratov, regional governor Roman Busargin said on Saturday. Read full story ......
  
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• Iran detains 18 crew members of foreign tanker seized in Gulf of Oman

  13-12-2025 09:05 via article.wn.com
  Dec 13 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities...
  
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• C of E responds to Tommy Robinson’s carols event with ‘Christmas is for all’ message

  13-12-2025 09:05 via article.wn.com
  Release of 43-second video comes as senior church figures speak out against dangers of Christian nationalism...
  
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• Thailand vs Cambodian fighting rages on despite Donald Trump’s ceasefire claim: What’s happening today?

  13-12-2025 09:02 via article.wn.com
  Thai officials...
  
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• Botafogo targets Mendoza to bolster attack

  13-12-2025 08:49 via article.wn.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Botafogo has made a bid to sign Venezuelan forward Gleiker Mendoza, according to...
  
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• Eritrea withdraws from regional bloc as UN expresses concern over tensions with Ethiopia

  13-12-2025 08:44 via article.wn.com
  Eritrea has withdrawn from the...
  
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• World Inequality Report 2026 finds 0.001% own three times wealth of half the world

  13-12-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  The World Inequality Report 2026 has said that global inequality has reached levels that are no longer sustainable and need immediate action. The report noted that fewer than 60,000 people, around 0.001% of the world’s population, now control wealth that is three times greater than that held by the poorest half of humanity.Prepared by a group of about 200 researchers, the study found that the richest 10% of...
  
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• US lawmakers seek to overturn Trump’s tariffs on India, calling them a 'tax on Americans'

  13-12-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  Three members of the US House of Representatives have launched a legislative bid to overturn President Donald Trump’s...
  
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• Road flooded by rising water in British Columbia, Canada

  13-12-2025 08:38 via article.wn.com
  This photo provided by the Government of British Columbia shows a flooded farmland in Abbotsford, British Columbia,...
  
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