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• What could follow Bougainville's exit - and why Papua New Guinea struggles to let go

  15-12-2025 21:48 via article.wn.com
  Analysis - Papua New Guinea's hesitation over Bougainville is not simply political delay or bureaucratic caution. It is rooted in something deeper: anxiety about identity, cohesion, and the survival of a post-colonial state that was never culturally uniform to begin with. PNG was assembled at independence in 1975 from hundreds of distinct linguistic and cultural groups. Its unity has always been negotiated, not natural. Bougainville, with its distinct history, geography, and political consciousn
  
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• World shares advance after Japan raises its key interest rate to its highest level in ...

  19-12-2025 12:47 via article.wn.com
  World shares have advanced after the Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate Friday to its highest level in 30 years and U.S. inflation cooled more than expected. The dollar gained against the Japanese yen after the BOJ raised ......
  
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• New Zealand closes Northland lobster fishery to rebuild stocks

  19-12-2025 12:47 via article.wn.com
  WELLINGTON, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand will close most of Northland's east coast to spiny rock lobster fishing to help rebuild depleted stocks, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones said Friday. The...
  
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• Flash: Russia-China relations extremely important for global stability, Putin says in response to Xinhua's question at annual press conference

  19-12-2025 12:47 via article.wn.com
  Flash: Russia-China relations extremely important...
  
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• Authorities launch construction of key road in S. Afghanistan

  19-12-2025 12:47 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities have begun construction of a major road in Helmand province at a cost of 575 million...
  
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• Putin tells his annual news conference that the Kremlin’s military goals will be achieved in Ukraine

  19-12-2025 12:45 via article.wn.com
  By HARRIET MORRIS Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow’s troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine, voicing confidence that the Kremlin’s military goals would be achieved nearly four years after he ordered troops into the neighboring country. Speaking at his highly orchestrated year-end news conference, Putin declared that Russian forces have “fully seized strategic initiative” and would make more gain
  
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• What Russian President Putin said at end-of-year press conference

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Dec 19 -...
  
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• Venezuelan navy escorts vessels after Trump’s blockade threat

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — Nicolás Maduro, the...
  
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• US indicts alleged Tren de Aragua boss on murder, drug- and sex-trafficking charges

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  U.S. prosecutors have charged Héctor Rusthenford...
  
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• US admits fault in deadly plane crash that killed 67 above DC

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  Calling the event a “wholly...
  
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• Trump signs executive order to reclassify marijuana, easing restrictions on the drug

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — President...
  
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• Trump says war with Venezuela is possible – US politics live

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  President says ‘I don’t rule it out’ when asked about the possibility of conflict during NBC interview...
  
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• Trump says he is not ruling out war with Venezuela, NBC News reports

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  He also said there would be additional seizures of oil tankers near ​Venezuelan waters. ......
  
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• Trump officials announce more than $11 billion in arms sales for Taiwan

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — The Trump...
  
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• Trump calls for moon landing in 2028, moon bases thereafter

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — President ‌Donald Trump enshrined the U.S. goal to put...
  
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• Trump administration officials race to meet Friday deadline for Epstein files

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  Dec 19 - President Donald Trump's Justice...
  
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• Trump administration, Congress move to cut off transgender care for children

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration and House Republicans...
  
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• Suspected gunman in Brown University shooting found dead

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  The suspect in the ‌mass...
  
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• Russian defense firms targeted by hackers using AI, other tactics

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  Dec 19 - Russian technology companies...
  
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• Putin signals no compromise on Ukraine amid US push for peace

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  He says the war will end when Kyiv yields to his demand for more territories. ......
  
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• Pope Leo names new leader of the Catholic Church in London

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  LONDON/VATICAN CITY, Dec...
  
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• Over 1,000 patients have died awaiting evacuation from Gaza since July 2024: WHO

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  The organisation has evacuated over 10,600 patients from Gaza with severe health conditions. ......
  
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• Louvre staff call off strike, museum to open ‘as normal’: Unions, management

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  Union leaders said staff had voted against another day of stoppages. ......
  
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• Inflation unexpectedly slowed to 2.7% in November

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  U.S. inflation eased in November...
  
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• Flights cancelled, roads flooded as rare storm soaks UAE

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  The scenes evoked memories of the 2024 floods that left at least four people dead. ......
  
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• Explainer-How the EU's $105 billion loan to Ukraine will work without frozen Russian assets?

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  BRUSSELS, Dec 19 - European Union leaders...
  
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• Chile moves to create national park at the edge of the world to protect wildlife

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  CAPE FROWARD, Chile, Dec 19 - At...
  
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• Bayern Munich’s Luis Díaz: ‘I want to enjoy it and create those chaotic moments’

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  The former Liverpool winger speaks about his hot start at Bayern, playing with Harry Kane, and hopes for the 2026 World Cup...
  
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• Anthony Albanese attends Sydney synagogue to honour memory of Bondi attack victims

  19-12-2025 12:44 via article.wn.com
  After criticism for his response to the atrocity, the prime minister shows support for Jewish community ‘in this time of grief’...
  
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• Zelenskyy signals good will to Polish president with Warsaw visit

  19-12-2025 12:42 via article.wn.com
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is...
  
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