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• Troubled youth prison unit should be closed urgently after Indigenous teenager Cleveland Dodd’s death: coroner

  08-12-2025 05:42 via article.wn.com
  16-year-old’s death was caused by longstanding failures in the justice system, coroner Phil Urquhart finds...
  
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• Namibia to introduce mandatory trader ID numbers for all customs transactions

  11-12-2025 16:00 via article.wn.com
  WINDHOEK, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Namibia will require all importers, exporters and other trade operators to use a mandatory trader identification number (TIN) for every customs declaration processed through the...
  
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• Kenyan court halts 1.6-bln-USD health deal with U.S. amid data breach fears

  11-12-2025 16:00 via article.wn.com
  NAIROBI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- A Kenyan court has suspended the implementation of a 1.6-billion-U.S.-dollar health agreement signed between the East African country and the United States amid concerns over medical data breach. The five-year health cooperation framework, signed on Dec. 4, is expected to support...
  
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• Is it too late to get a flu jab? Should I wear a mask? We answer your questions as cases rise

  11-12-2025 16:00 via article.wn.com
  Displaced Gazans express pride as they huddle in tents in the cold to watch their team in the Fifa Arab Cup....
  
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• UN Urged To Impose Arms Embargo On Myanmar Junta Amid Continued Persecution Of Muslim Community

  11-12-2025 15:58 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS UN Urged To Impose Arms Embargo On Myanmar Junta Amid Continued Persecution Of Muslim Community 11/12/2025 03:57 PM File Photo: Rohingyas gather at a market in a refugee camp near the town of Cox's...
  
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• U.K. Police Seek Suspects in Theft of Over 600 Artifacts From Museum

  11-12-2025 15:58 via article.wn.com
  The items were stolen in a “high-value burglary” from the Bristol Museum’s British Empire and Commonwealth collection, the police said. ......
  
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• Trump\u0026#039;s immigration crackdown: US tightens visa rules, will reject applications if...

  11-12-2025 15:58 via article.wn.com
  The tourist visa rule comes as President Donald Trump...
  
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• Trump’s Tariffs Shrank the U.S. Trade Deficit in September

  11-12-2025 15:58 via article.wn.com
  U.S. imports and exports ticked up from lows the previous month when the president’s global tariffs went into effect, while the trade deficit continued to fall ......
  
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• Philippine Government, MILF Launch New Roadmap To Boost Peace Efforts

  11-12-2025 15:58 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Philippine Government, MILF Launch New Roadmap To Boost Peace Efforts 11/12/2025 04:28 PM MANILA, Dec 11 (Bernama-PNA) -- The Philippine government and...
  
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• Over 2.5 Million Illegal Immigrants Left US During Trump's Presidency - Homeland Security

  11-12-2025 15:58 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Over 2.5 Million Illegal Immigrants Left US During Trump's Presidency - Homeland Security 11/12/2025 04:08 PM Immigrants in detainment shackles, deemed eligible for an...
  
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• Japanese Scientists Sakaguchi, Kitagawa Receive Nobel Prizes In Stockholm

  11-12-2025 15:58 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Japanese Scientists Sakaguchi, Kitagawa Receive Nobel Prizes In Stockholm 11/12/2025 03:55 PM Susumu Kitagawa (Left) receives the Nobel Prize in...
  
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• Forbes Ranks Japan PM Takaichi Third In List Of World's Most Powerful Women

  11-12-2025 15:58 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Forbes Ranks Japan PM Takaichi Third In List Of World's Most Powerful Women 11/12/2025 04:03 PM Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a press...
  
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• Moment skydiver's parachute wraps around plane wing

  11-12-2025 15:56 via article.wn.com
  Footage shows the skydiver stuck on the wing before cutting himself free and continuing with dive. ......
  
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• Trump wanted larger rate cut, expects next Fed chair to be more aggressive

  11-12-2025 15:55 via article.wn.com
  Despite the Federal Reserve lowering its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point, it wasn’t enough for President Donald Trump. It was the central bank’s third consecutive cut as policymakers tried to balance persistent inflation pressures with a cooling labor market. After the announcement on Wednesday, Trump said he believed the cut could have been much bigger. “Could have been doubled, at least doubled,” Trump said about the cut. The move comes at a politically sensi
  
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• Torrential rain flooded Gaza tents and a baby died of exposure, medics say

  11-12-2025 15:55 via article.wn.com
  CAIRO/GAZA, Dec 11 - Torrential rain...
  
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• Time names architects of artificial intelligence as ‘Person of the Year’

  11-12-2025 15:55 via article.wn.com
  The magazine describes the people birthing AI as “wowing and worrying humanity”. ......
  
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• How might Russia react to any EU decision to use its frozen assets for Ukraine?

  11-12-2025 15:55 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Dec 11 - The...
  
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• EU aims to agree by Friday to long-term freeze of Russian central bank assets

  11-12-2025 15:55 via article.wn.com
  BRUSSELS, Dec 11 - European Union...
  
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• Disney to invest $1.29b in OpenAI and bring iconic characters to Sora

  11-12-2025 15:55 via article.wn.com
  The deal involves 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters. ......
  
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• Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past ...

  11-12-2025 15:55 via article.wn.com
  By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG, Associated Press AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day of September, and by every measure of history and memory, thousands should have crossed by now. But the tundra is empty, save for the mountains looming on the horizon — the Gates of the Arctic National Park. Days after Patte
  
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• Ageing Germany set to get smaller and older, says stats office

  11-12-2025 15:55 via article.wn.com
  BERLIN, Dec 11 - Ageing...
  
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• Woman fired for getting to work 40 mins early each day; court sides with firm

  11-12-2025 15:53 via article.wn.com
  A woman in Spain earned herself pink slip by going to work early over a period of two years. Surprised and annoyed at the development, she dragged the company to court, challenging her termination. However, the court ruled against her. So here’s what went down. The 22-year-old would apparently get to work 40 minutes before her shift started – i.e. between 6.45am and 7pm, reported Hindustan Times. She did this for about two years in spite of her line...
  
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• World Cup 2026: Roger Bennett Talks the USMNT, Pochettino and True Beauty

  11-12-2025 15:52 via article.wn.com
  Now that the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw is in the rearview mirror, the tournament is starting to feel real. This version of the tournament will be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, which has raised some real concerns about things like ticket accessibility, issues around a scheduled “Pride Match” and the potential for Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence at matches. Those are a piece of the story, and they can’t be ignored. But, at the same time, there is
  
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• The US threatens to cut aid to South Sudan, citing its treatment of humanitarian groups

  11-12-2025 15:52 via article.wn.com
  The United States on Thursday warned it...
  
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• Rubio bans 'woke' font after Biden's Calibri revolution

  11-12-2025 15:52 via article.wn.com
  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has mandated a return to Times New Roman for all official State Department communications, effectively scrapping the previous administration's adoption of the sans-serif Calibri, according to CNN. Beginning Wednesday, a department representative stated that all papers must utilize 14-point Times New Roman to satisfy the president's "One Voice for America's Foreign Relations directive," asserting the older style is "more formal and professional." CNN...
  
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• Rare Dom Pérignon champagne from Charles and Diana's wedding to be auctioned in Denmark

  11-12-2025 15:52 via article.wn.com
  A rare magnum of Dom Pérignon Vintage 1961 champagne that was specially produced for the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana is going up for auction. Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen is handling the sale this Thursday. The ......
  
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• Nigeria School Abduction

  11-12-2025 15:52 via article.wn.com
  Onyeka Chieme, centre, a student of St. Mary's Catholic School, who was abducted by gunmen and later released, checks a mobile phone in his house in Papiri, Nigeria, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. ......
  
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• Germany Nuclear Plant

  11-12-2025 15:52 via article.wn.com
  A cooling tower of the former Biblis nuclear power plant collapses after being destabilised while a last one is still standing in Biblis, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. ......
  
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• Denmark Royal Champagne Auction

  11-12-2025 15:52 via article.wn.com
  A bottle of Dom Perignon Vintage 1961 champagne, specially produced for wedding of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana in 1981, pictured in Lyngby, Denmark, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. ......
  
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• Bulgaria's government resigns as mass protests gripped the nation weeks before joining eurozone

  11-12-2025 15:52 via article.wn.com
  Bulgaria’s government has resigned as...
  
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