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• Vietnam urges factories to cut output as Hanoi chokes on smog

  11-12-2025 09:34 via article.wn.com
  HANOI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Industrial plants in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi have come under renewed pressure to scale back their operations as authorities respond to a week of heavy and hazardous smog in the city. Read full story ......
  
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• RaKai fires back at Ironmouse after she says Streamer Awards interaction made her feel uncomfortable

  14-12-2025 01:23 via article.wn.com
  Tension from the Streamer Awards 2025 spilled into the Twitch world this week after Ironmouse publicly shared that an interaction at the event left her feeling deeply uncomfortable. The VTuber described shaking during the encounter, a revelation that quickly set social media buzzing. What might have remained a brief moment at a crowded awards show soon turned into a full blown online...
  
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• Washington state flood waters receding after days of rescues and evacuations

  14-12-2025 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Record-breaking flood waters in Washington state have started slowly retreating after days of devastation that saw neighborhoods inundated, emergency rescues from cars and rooftops, and widespread evacuations. “This is not just a one- or two-day crisis,” Washington’s governor, Bob Ferguson, said during a press briefing. “These water levels have been historic, and they’re going to remain very high for an extended period of time.” Ferguson confirmed that Donald
  
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• Tyler Robinson did not act alone or pull the trigger to kill Charlie Kirk? Candace ...

  14-12-2025 01:19 via article.wn.com
  Tyler Robinson did not act alone or pull the...
  
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• 3I/ATLAS releases new molecules into space when it heats up? Here's complete truth as interstellar ...

  14-12-2025 01:19 via article.wn.com
  3I/ATLAS releases new molecules into space...
  
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• 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet heads towards Earth now. Will December 19 be judgement day and should ...

  14-12-2025 01:19 via article.wn.com
  3I/ATLAS interstellar comet heads...
  
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• Europe foresees Trojan horse for Russia in Trump’s plan for Ukraine

  14-12-2025 01:17 via article.wn.com
  European officials are growing concerned that an emerging U.S.-brokered peace deal in Ukraine...
  
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• 'We’re not afraid': Life goes on for Indigenous Colombians despite volcano eruption risk

  14-12-2025 01:14 via article.wn.com
  Oliverio Quira often checks on his...
  
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• Trump pledges retaliation after 3 Americans are killed in Syria attack that the U.S. blames on IS

  14-12-2025 01:14 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House, Dec. 13, 2025, in Washington, en route to Baltimore to attend the Army-Navy football game. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that “there will be very serious retaliation” after two U.S. service members and one American civilia
  
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• At least 2 killed and 8 hurt in shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island

  14-12-2025 01:13 via article.wn.com
  University officials initially told...
  
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• At least 2 killed, 8 hurt in shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island

  14-12-2025 01:13 via article.wn.com
  The Ivy League school issued an active shooter alert and urged students and staff to take shelter during the second day of final exams. ......
  
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• The Latest: Shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island

  14-12-2025 01:12 via article.wn.com
  At least two people have been killed...
  
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• UN chief condemns drone attacks on peacekeeping base in Sudan

  14-12-2025 01:08 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned the drone attacks that targeted the UN peacekeeping logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, earlier...
  
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• Standing amid atrocities: John Rabe and his record of Nanjing Massacre

  14-12-2025 01:08 via article.wn.com
  Christoph Reinhardt, the great-grandson of John Rabe, a German remembered for protecting hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians during the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, speaks during a candle-light vigil at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Bo) "I want to witness these atrocities with my own eyes, so that I can later speak of them as an eyewitness. Such brutal crimes -- committ
  
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• From toxic soil and industrial standoffs, Melbourne’s West Gate Tunnel finally emerges for motorists to use on Sunday

  14-12-2025 01:07 via article.wn.com
  After years of delays, cost overruns and the discovery of toxic soil that triggered a legal battle, Melbourne’s West Gate Tunnel will finally open on Sunday. The $10.2bn project, consisting of 6.8km of tunnels and 9.2km of elevated roads, will provide a new river crossing and act as an alternative to the West Gate Bridge. The opening of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel has turned me into a shameless train ambassador | Brodie Lancaster Read more Announcing Sunday’s opening date on Frida
  
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• Bowen says Turnbull-era travel expenses rules were changed to simplify them, despite criticism they became broader

  14-12-2025 01:07 via article.wn.com
  Cabinet minister Chris Bowen says Turnbull-era rules about travel expenses for politicians were changed by the Albanese government before the federal election to simplify them, despite criticism of the subsequent broad wording. In announcing an overhaul of the home batteries subsidy scheme, Bowen was asked about reporting in the Daily Telegraph that the federal government quietly changed the rules to make it easier for politicians to claim taxpayer-funded flights and accommodation prior to the f
  
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• At least 2 people killed, multiple shot at Brown University: Reports

  14-12-2025 01:07 via article.wn.com
  An alert warned students and faculty of an active shooter near an engineering building on campus. ......
  
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• Supermarkets Say Price Gouging Ban Does Not Check Out

  14-12-2025 01:02 via article.wn.com
  Australia’s major supermarkets are furious they are being targeted with more regulations, with...
  
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• ‘Smash-Hit’ Battery Scheme Topped Up, Subsidies Trimmed

  14-12-2025 01:02 via article.wn.com
  More batteries in more homes is the promise of a federal government decision to triple the budget of a popular...
  
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• Ottawa Awards Bombardier Contract for 6 New Air Force Aircraft

  14-12-2025 01:02 via article.wn.com
  Ottawa has inked a contract with Bombardier to build six new Global 6500 aircraft for the Canadian Armed Forces...
  
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• Major Australian University to Offer Aboriginal Staff ‘Colonial Load’ Leave

  14-12-2025 01:02 via article.wn.com
  Aboriginal staff at Victoria’s Monash University will be able to take an extra three days’ leave...
  
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• Koala ‘Misinformation’ Cry as Population Counts Soar

  14-12-2025 01:02 via article.wn.com
  Australia’s koala population could be many multiples higher than previous estimates, prompting logging advocates to question...
  
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• Kamala Harris blasts Trump’s leadership and claims ‘both parties have failed to hold the public’s ...

  14-12-2025 01:02 via article.wn.com
  Trump’s former opponent says the president is ‘not the only source of our problems’...
  
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• Greens Senator Scrutinised Over Nearly $50,000 in Family Travel Expenses

  14-12-2025 01:02 via article.wn.com
  Senior Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is under scrutiny following reports that she spent nearly $50,000...
  
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• Cory Morgan: Demanding Financial Transparency From First Nations Leaders Would Benefit Band Members

  14-12-2025 01:02 via article.wn.com
  Commentary Prime Minister Mark Carney has been carefully changing the culture of the Liberal...
  
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• Police say there are multiple victims who have been shot after active shooter reported at ...

  14-12-2025 01:00 via article.wn.com
  Police say there are multiple victims who have been shot after active shooter reported at Brown University. ......
  
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• Officials say a suspect is in custody after reports of an active shooter at Brown ...

  14-12-2025 01:00 via article.wn.com
  Officials say a suspect is in custody after reports of an active shooter at Brown University in Rhode Island. ......
  
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• Brown University says there is an active shooter on campus in Rhode Island

  14-12-2025 01:00 via article.wn.com
  Brown University says there is an active shooter on campus in Rhode Island. ......
  
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• Brown University says no one is in custody, correcting earlier statement, as police respond to ...

  14-12-2025 01:00 via article.wn.com
  Brown University says no one is in custody, correcting earlier statement, as police respond to active shooter on campus. ......
  
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• At least 2 people have been killed and several others injured in shooting at Brown ...

  14-12-2025 01:00 via article.wn.com
  At least 2 people have been killed and several others injured in shooting at Brown University, AP source says. ......
  
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