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• UN raises safety concerns after Chornobyl shield damage

  06-12-2025 08:01 via article.wn.com
  UN raises safety concerns after Chornobyl shield damage The UN nuclear watchdog has sounded alarm over the structural damage found at Chornobyl nuclear plant in war-ravaged Ukraine. In a recent assessment performed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, a...
  
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• Today in History: December 6, 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery

  06-12-2025 10:30 via article.wn.com
  Today is Saturday, Dec. 6, the 340th day of 2025. There are 25 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th state to endorse it. Also on this date: In 1907, at least 361 men and boys died in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, West Virginia; it was the worst mining disaster in U.S. history. Related Articles Federal judge appears skeptical of Trump’s ongoing command...
  
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• US remains biggest ally and Europe should be more self-confident, Kallas says

  06-12-2025 10:29 via article.wn.com
  European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Saturday that the United States remains Europe’s biggest ally, after the Trump administration said in a major...
  
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• Urgent: 10 killed, 10 wounded in shooting in S. Africa's Pretoria

  06-12-2025 10:29 via article.wn.com
  JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) --...
  
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• \u2018I\u2019ve never been this nervous for anything\u2019 : Rio Ferdinand reacts after the FIFA World Cup 2026 draw

  06-12-2025 10:29 via article.wn.com
  Rio Ferdinand was the...
  
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• Chinese delegation on human rights visits Indonesia, Malaysia

  06-12-2025 10:29 via article.wn.com
  KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese delegation composed of experts in the field of human rights and related areas has undertaken a successful mission in engaging fellow experts in Indonesia and Malaysia from Monday to...
  
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• UN General Assembly Renews Mandate Of UN Agency For Palestinian Refugees For 3 Years

  06-12-2025 10:26 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS UN General Assembly Renews Mandate Of UN Agency For Palestinian Refugees For 3 Years 06/12/2025 10:10 AM Palestinians walk past the...
  
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• Japan Records Highest-ever 230 Bear Attacks In 2025

  06-12-2025 10:26 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Japan Records Highest-ever 230 Bear Attacks In 2025 05/12/2025 11:54 PM A brown bear sits inside an enclosure at "Libearty"...
  
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• IMF Considers Sri Lanka's US$200 Million Emergency Aid Request After Cyclone Disaster

  06-12-2025 10:26 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS IMF Considers Sri Lanka's US$200 Million Emergency Aid Request After Cyclone Disaster 06/12/2025 10:55 AM A man rides a scooter past a damaged house...
  
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• Top News Headlines In Cambodia, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Dec 6, 2025

  06-12-2025 10:25 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Top News Headlines In Cambodia, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand &...
  
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• Major Earthquake In Tokyo Metropolitan Area May Claim 18,000 Lives

  06-12-2025 10:25 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Major Earthquake In Tokyo Metropolitan Area May Claim 18,000 Lives 05/12/2025 11:58 PM TOKYO, Dec 5 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- A powerful...
  
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• Al-rawdah Al-sharifah Visiting Hours Announced, Permits Required Via Nusuk Platform

  06-12-2025 10:25 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Al-rawdah Al-sharifah Visiting Hours Announced, Permits Required Via Nusuk Platform 05/12/2025 11:39 PM MADINAH, Dec 5 (Bernama-SPA) -- The General Authority for...
  
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• Guggenheim Abu Dhabi architect Frank Gehry dies at 96

  06-12-2025 10:23 via article.wn.com
  Frank Gehry, whose daring and whimsical creations of leaning towers and sweeping sheets of curved metal such as the Guggenheim Museum Abu Dhabi, UAE as well as in Bilbao, Spain, made him a superstar in the world of architecture, died on Friday. He was 96. Meaghan Lloyd, Gehry's chief of staff, confirmed his death in an email to Reuters, writing that Gehry died "earlier this morning at his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness." Gehry's most memorable and riotous creations often
  
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• Egyptologists uncover 225 'exceptional' figurines in pharaoh's tomb

  06-12-2025 10:23 via article.wn.com
  A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines has been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the Nile Delta. They were found by a French team of excavators in early October, uncovering a long-standing mystery of who was buried in the sarcophagus. The funerary figurines, which are known as ushabti, were intended as servants to accompany the dead into the afterlife. More than half the figurines are women, which is "quite exceptional", French Egyptologist Frederic...
  
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• World's first solar eclipse: 2,700-year-old text reveals ancient secret

  06-12-2025 10:22 via article.wn.com
  Worlds first solar eclipse yearold text reveals ancient secret ......
  
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• Trump says production of Japan-style tiny cars approved in US

  06-12-2025 10:22 via article.wn.com
  He had earlier described the ultra-compact cars that he saw in Japan as "really cute". ......
  
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• S’pore and rest of world worse off after US tariff; ties within ASEAN must stay ...

  06-12-2025 10:22 via article.wn.com
  Smaller countries are the most vulnerable in a less certain world, said the Senior Minister. ......
  
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• 24-year-old Indian student dies in US after suffering burn injuries in house fire

  06-12-2025 10:22 via article.wn.com
  24-year-old Indian student dies in US after suffering burn injuries in house fire ......
  
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• Shubman Gill cleared to play T20I series vs South Africa, gets fitness certificate from CoE

  06-12-2025 10:20 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI: India’s T20I vice-captain Shubman Gill has been declared fit to play the opening T20I against South Africa after receiving clearance from the Sports Science team at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence. Gill completed his...
  
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• 'Petty': Priyanka Chaturvedi on no invite to Rahul, Kharge for Putin's dinner; urges President Murmu to be 'bipartisan'

  06-12-2025 10:20 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday criticised the Centre for not inviting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi — the leaders of the opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, respectively — to the state dinner hosted by...
  
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• New international trade specialists graduate from long-standing France-Việt Nam training programme

  06-12-2025 10:20 via article.wn.com
  HCM City Open University (HCMCOU) on Saturday (December 6) held a graduation ceremony for 54 students completing the Professional Bachelor’s Programme in International Trade, a long-standing joint training initiative with the French University of Rouen Normandie. HCM CITY — HCM City Open University (HCMCOU) on December 6 held a graduation ceremony for 54 students completing the Professional Bachelor’s Programme in International Trade, a long-standing joint training initiative w
  
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• Centre proposes shared network access for power distribution

  06-12-2025 10:20 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI: The govt has proposed allowing distribution licensees to supply electricity to consumers through a shared network, MoS for power Shripad Naik said in Lok Sabha on Thursday.The proposed amendments to the Electricity Act, 2003, the draft of which has been shared with states and stakeholders for their views, aim to reduce duplication of...
  
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• With participation of President al-Sharaa, 23rd edition of Doha Forum 2025 kicks off

  06-12-2025 10:18 via article.wn.com
  Doha, Dec. 6 (SANA) With the participation of President Ahmad...
  
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• Canada welcomes positive steps by Syrian Government affirming Support for Syrian People

  06-12-2025 10:18 via article.wn.com
  Ottawa. Dec.6 (SANA) Canada welcomed the positive steps taken by the Syrian government toward a peaceful transition, affirming its support for the Syrian people in their pursuit of an inclusive and...
  
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• Inside the Yearslong Push to Bring the World Cup Final to New Jersey

  06-12-2025 10:17 via article.wn.com
  Winning the right to host the world’s most popular sporting event took years of planning, countless Zoom calls and a bit of luck with a broken-down bus. ......
  
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• Fifa World Cup draw: who Asian teams will play, how Ronaldo v Messi could happen

  06-12-2025 10:17 via article.wn.com
  Nine Asian and Australasian nations’ 2026 Fifa World Cup opponents were...
  
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• World Cup draw reaction with fixture schedule to come – matchday live

  06-12-2025 10:14 via article.wn.com
  ⚽ Reaction to the draw and pre-match news...
  
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• Trump’s retribution campaign is going poorly — and could backfire

  06-12-2025 10:14 via article.wn.com
  It’s so rare for a federal grand jury to reject an indictment that it happened just five times in the fiscal year 2013, according to the . Five times. Nationwide. Out of more than 165,000 cases. That’s 1 out of every 33,000 cases. In percentage terms, it’s 0.003 percent. Yet President Donald Trump and his Justice Department have now managed to achieve this remarkable feat in both of his signature attempts at exacting legal retribution against his foes. First came the grand jury
  
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• Trump lays bare his contempt for Europe in blistering new national security plan

  06-12-2025 10:14 via article.wn.com
  “America Alone” might be the simplest précis of the White House’s new National Security Strategy, an extraordinary document released Friday that starkly lays out the administration’s broad foreign policy priorities. In a 33-page wall of words and grievances that self-summarizes as “America First,” it manages to reject European allies with a borderline racist swipe, concede the United States must share power with China and search for new allies in the We
  
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• Telangana: Two international flights receive bomb threat email at Hyderabad airport

  06-12-2025 10:14 via article.wn.com
  Hyderabad (Telangana) , December 6 (ANI): Two international...
  
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