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• Thousands rally again in Bulgaria to demand government’s resignation

  10-12-2025 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Thousands of Bulgarians rallied on Wednesday evening against the country’s minority government and what they say is its failure to tackle endemic corruption in the European Union’s poorest member state. The protests in the capital Sofia and dozens of other towns and cities across the Black Sea nation are the latest in a series of rolling demonstrations and come as...
  
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• Noem confronted by deported veteran after insisting no former military were forced out of country

  12-12-2025 04:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kristi Noem was confronted by a deported veteran after she insisted that no former US military personnel had been removed from the country under the Trump administration.
  
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• Huge Home Depot theft ring operating across multiple states is finally busted in New York City

  12-12-2025 04:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  On a given day, the alleged thieves would steal about $1,800 to nearly $35,000 worth of goods, according to authorities
  
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• S. Korea's import price rises for 5th month in November

  12-12-2025 04:10 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The price for imported goods to South Korea rose for the fifth successive month due to the local currency's depreciation against the U.S. dollar, central bank data showed Friday. The import...
  
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• Foreigners sell S. Korean stocks in November

  12-12-2025 04:10 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Foreigners sold South Korean stocks in seven months to take profits, financial watchdog data showed Friday. Offshore investors dumped a net 13.37 trillion won (9.1 billion...
  
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• Burundian president urges African youth to lead in peacebuilding, socio-economic development

  12-12-2025 04:10 via article.wn.com
  BUJUMBURA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday urged young Africans to contribute to socio-economic development and peacebuilding in their countries so as to build a better future for the continent. He made the appeal at the opening ceremony of the Fourth Continental...
  
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• 6.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's Aomori Prefecture: JMA

  12-12-2025 04:10 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 struck off Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan on Friday,...
  
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• 6.5-magnitude quake hits Japan's Aomori Prefecture

  12-12-2025 04:10 via article.wn.com
  6.5-magnitude quake hits...
  
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• Turkey’s largest city is threatened by a lurking seismic catastrophe

  12-12-2025 04:07 via article.wn.com
  New research suggests that powerful quakes are marching toward the Main Marmara Fault. ......
  
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• Torrential rains unleash widespread flooding, evacuations in Pacific Northwest

  12-12-2025 04:07 via article.wn.com
  SNOHOMISH, Washington, Dec 11 - Heavy rains...
  
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• Obamacare health subsidy to end as US Senate rejects duelling remedies

  12-12-2025 04:07 via article.wn.com
  24 million Americans may face significantly higher insurance premiums by Jan 1, 2026. ......
  
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• Obamacare health subsidy to end as US Senate rejects dueling remedies

  12-12-2025 04:07 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec 11 - The U.S. Senate on...
  
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• 3 cold case killings of women in Toronto are linked to man who died in 2019

  12-12-2025 04:01 via article.wn.com
  A man who died in 2019 has been...
  
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• What Donald Trump’s latest dramatic Venezuela move means

  12-12-2025 03:58 via article.wn.com
  Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Analysis - The Trump administration's seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela is one of the most dramatic twists yet in a military pressure campaign against Venezuelan dictator Nicol�s Maduro. The boarding of a foreign ship is an unusual step and expands a US operation already highlighted by strikes against more than 20 boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean that the administration claims carried drug traffickers. Early reports suggest the
  
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• Vanuatu hospital staff back at work after earthquake allowance dispute

  12-12-2025 03:58 via article.wn.com
  Staff at the main hospital in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila have returned to work following a spat with the Public Service Commission (PSC). More than 300 workers took the action on Wednesday after the PSC failed to approve their increased earthquake risk allowance, nearly a year after the devastating earthquake in which more than a dozen...
  
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• Tribunal finds France responsible for security failure during New Caledonia riots

  12-12-2025 03:58 via article.wn.com
  New Caledonia's administrative tribunal on Thursday delivered a landmark ruling finding the French State responsible for not providing a "reasonable level of security" during the civil unrest that devastated the French Pacific territory in May 2024. The ruling also implies that the French State's "responsibility is engaged" in the matter brought to Court by insurance company Allianz for a total of 14 of its clients. The claim was based on the failure by the respondent to "maintain public order d
  
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• Samoan government and journalists at odds over draft media rules

  12-12-2025 03:58 via article.wn.com
  Samoa's new government has found itself at odds with journalists over whether the state is attempting to stifle press freedom in the country by controlling "negative reporting". This comes after Samoa Observer reported excerpts from the "third version" of a leaked copy of a draft media protocol document, which the newspaper states would introduce "sweeping new restrictions on how journalists may question the country's leaders", including foreign media. According to excerpts published by the news
  
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• Reddit files legal challenge against Australia's social media ban

  12-12-2025 03:58 via article.wn.com
  Reddit will file a court challenge alleging that Australia's social media restrictions are being applied to the company inaccurately. The company is currently complying with the legislation but has said the new law "has the unfortunate effect of forcing intrusive and...
  
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• Palestinian baby dies of hypothermia as winter storms worsen Gaza's humanitarian crisis

  12-12-2025 03:58 via article.wn.com
  By Mohammed al-Sawalhi, Tareq El-Helou and Zeena Saifi, CNN Heavy rain and cold weather across the Gaza Strip have caused flooding and complicated an already difficult humanitarian situation for Palestinians, the overwhelming majority of whom live in tents and other temporary shelters after two years of war. In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, the Abu Jazar family awoke Thursday morning to find that their 8-month-old baby, Rahaf, had died of hypothermia caused by the severe cold, according to her par
  
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• Pacific news in brief for 12 December

  12-12-2025 03:58 via article.wn.com
  Fiji Fiji's non-resident ambassador has presented his letters of credence to Pope Leo, marking the assumption of his role as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Fiji to the Holy See. Ambassador Jovilisi Suveinakama conveyed the greetings of the president, prime minister and people of Fiji to the Pope and the Roman Curia. He reaffirmed Fiji's commitment to working together on shared priorities, including peace, human dignity and...
  
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• Nominations for Tonga's next prime minister close Friday afternoon

  12-12-2025 03:58 via article.wn.com
  Tonga will be a step closer to finding its next leader on Friday, with the nomination period for prime minister candidates closing at 4:30pm. As of Friday morning, two people have put their hand up for the top job, but these are not publicly known....
  
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• Eurovision winner Nemo returns trophy in protest over Israel's participation in competition

  12-12-2025 03:58 via article.wn.com
  By Georgie Hewson, ABC The 2024 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest says they will be returning their trophy to the European Broadcasting Union due to Israel being allowed to participate amid the war in Gaza. In a statement posted on social media, Swiss singer Nemo said they felt the trophy "no longer belongs on my shelf". "Eurovision says it stands for unity, inclusion, and dignity for all," they wrote. "Those values made this contest meaningful to me. "But Israel's continued participation, d
  
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• Cathay passenger tries to open aircraft door mid-flight from Boston to Hong Kong

  12-12-2025 03:58 via article.wn.com
  Cathay Pacific says a passenger on flight CX811 from Boston to Hong Kong tried to open an aircraft door mid-flight on 10 December. The airline said...
  
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• US trade deficit unexpectedly shrinks to smallest since 2020

  12-12-2025 03:57 via article.wn.com
  On an inflation-adjusted basis,...
  
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• Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for $40 billion stablecoin fraud

  12-12-2025 03:57 via article.wn.com
  Kwon agreed to forfeit...
  
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• Casagrand makes international debut with a $120 million luxury project in Dubai

  12-12-2025 03:57 via article.wn.com
  Located in Dubai...
  
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• Shocking video: US gas explosion rips house apart, 6 taken to hospitals

  12-12-2025 03:55 via article.wn.com
  SAN FRANCISCO: A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighbourhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby houses. Six people were taken to hospitals for injuries, fire officials said. Also In This Package Gas station explodes in Rome, 9 injured Natural gas explosion in US kills five Gas explosion at US mall injures 21 Explosion causes building collapse, two expats dead Dramatic video footage showed a home in the Hayward
  
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• LDP chapter led by Japan PM Takaichi exposed for having chaotic financial flows

  12-12-2025 03:55 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Japanese media have exposed further irregularities in the financial flows of organizations associated with Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Sanae Takaichi, on top of a recent complaint over an excess political donation to a local LDP chapter led by her. According to an article published Thursday in the weekly magazine Shukan Shincho, a statement of income and expenditure released on Nov. 28 showed that...
  
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• International dating industry often sells traditional gender roles

  12-12-2025 03:55 via article.wn.com
  Fifteen years ago, when I started studying the international dating industry, few people took the subject seriously. The term “mail-order bride” was treated as a punch line – something outdated, associated with lonely men and poor women who migrated from Eastern Europe, Asia or other places to meet their new husbands in the United States. But I’ve seen firsthand how ideas about gender, intimacy and global mobility have shifted. In 2025, a man going abroad to look for love
  
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• De Paul completes permanent Inter Miami move

  12-12-2025 03:55 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Inter Miami has exercised an option to sign Argentine midfielder Rodrigo De Paul on a permanent...
  
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