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• What to know about the Senate vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies

  08-12-2025 20:50 via article.wn.com
  A group of Senate Democrats has scheduled a vote this Thursday on a proposal to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium subsidies for three more years. US Senate to vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies(AP) Where things stand? The vote follows earlier budget negotiations that permitted the subsidies, which were first increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, to expire at the end of 2025. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), it is projected that for 2026, marketplace premi
  
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• Trump accuses Democrats of ‘affordability hoax’ and brags about stock market in speech intended to tout economic record

  10-12-2025 03:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s return to campaign-style rallies comes after months of criticism over his focus on foreign trips and a futile pursuit of the Nobel Peace Prize
  
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• Trump Warns Supreme Court Ruling On Tariffs Could Harm US Security

  10-12-2025 02:58 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump warned that a potential Supreme Court decision limiting his authority to impose tariffs would undermine national security, as the country awaits a ruling on the legality of his tariff policies. ......
  
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• ‘Too Cheap For America’: Trump Threatens New Tariffs On Indian Rice – Could This Hit ...

  10-12-2025 02:58 via article.wn.com
  Trump accuses India of flooding the US market with low-priced rice and warns that extra tariffs are now under review, raising concerns for farmers and exporters on both sides. ......
  
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• Italy's Deputy PM Antonio Tajani Arrives In New Delhi For Second India Visit Of 2025

  10-12-2025 02:58 via article.wn.com
  As per a media advisory issued by the...
  
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• Oreo to release sugar-free options

  10-12-2025 02:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mondelez said consumers are increasingly seeking what it calls “mindful indulgence”
  
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• The Group of Friends of the Global Governance established at the UN

  10-12-2025 02:53 via article.wn.com
  The Group of Friends of the Global Governance was officially established at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, marking a new step in advancing international cooperation on global governance under the framework. Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, said the group, which includes 43 founding member countries, was launched under the guidance of the Global Governance Initiative amid growing pressures on multilateralism and global...
  
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• Thai-Cambodian clashes spread as death toll rises

  10-12-2025 02:53 via article.wn.com
  SREI SNAM, Cambodia — Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia spread on Tuesday to new parts of their contested border as the toll rose to 10 killed and more than 140,000 civilians fled the violence. The two countries have blamed each other for the renewed clashes over their century-old border dispute, which saw Thailand launch airstrikes and use tanks against its neighbor on Monday. Cambodia's Senate President Hun Sen said his country had retaliated against Thailand,...
  
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• TCM offers relief, hope for Egyptian patients

  10-12-2025 02:53 via article.wn.com
  CAIRO — In a modest clinic inside a Cairo medical center, Egyptian physiotherapist and acupuncturist Abir El-Naggar methodically arranges her acupuncture needles and cupping tools. With more than 20 years of experience, she is both a practitioner and a witness to the growing influence of traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM, in Egypt. "TCM sees the human as body, soul, and spirit together — one complete unit,"...
  
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• Protesting Greek farmers close roads, border, airport

  10-12-2025 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Protesting farmers are causing chaos in Greece after their complaints about lengthy waits for European Union agriculture subsidies flared this week into blockades and pitched battles with police. The unrest forced the closure of the international airport on the popular tourist island of Crete on Monday, and brought several major roads and border crossings to a standstill. One farmer taking part in a protest on the island of Lesbos told the Reuters news...
  
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• Japan assesses damage from 7.5 magnitude quake

  10-12-2025 02:53 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO — Japan was assessing damage on Tuesday and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities. At least 34 people were injured, one seriously, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said. Most of them were hit by falling objects, public broadcaster NHK reported. Prime Minister Sanae...
  
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• Inuit kayak part of artifacts returned by Vatican to Canada

  10-12-2025 02:53 via article.wn.com
  OTTAWA, Ontario: A selection of Inuit artifacts returned by the Vatican is now at the Canadian Museum of History, after First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders for years called for the repatriation of Indigenous items. Pope Leo XIV gave the artifacts — including a traditional Inuit kayak — and supporting documentation to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, which said it would return the items to Indigenous communities “as soon as possible.” Also In This Pac
  
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• Global leaders seek unified front on climate, pollution

  10-12-2025 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Global leaders have renewed determination to use multilateral cooperation as the cornerstone of the planet's response to interconnected crises such as climate, nature and pollution emergencies. Environment ministers, scientists, intergovernmental organizations, private sectors and civil society actors who assembled at the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, said it is only through legally binding global commitments, shared frameworks and coordinated acti
  
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• Europe to open new routes to deport migrants

  10-12-2025 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Interior ministers of European Union member states have agreed significantly tighter rules to send failed asylum seekers to so-called hubs outside the 27-member bloc, marking a turn toward a harsher approach to the contentious issue of migration. The new proposals, which require approval by the European Parliament, would allow member nations to come to agreements with non-EU countries to act as return hubs, and were described by EU migration commissioner Magnus Brunner as "a turning point in...
  
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• EU official warns US against crossing line

  10-12-2025 02:53 via article.wn.com
  European Council President Antonio Costa said on Monday that while disagreements with the United States are normal, the new National Security Strategy released by the administration of US President Donald Trump crosses a line by threatening to interfere in Europe's internal political affairs. Published last week, the strategy paper casts Europe as overregulated and susceptible to "civilizational...
  
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• Free Speech Committee looks at OU case after failing grade, student complaint

  10-12-2025 02:52 via article.wn.com
  The committee chairman talked about how administrators in Norman have handled Samantha Fulnecky’s complaint about religious discrimination after she received a zero on a psychology essay. ......
  
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• US criticises Chinese radar incident, says commitment to Japan unwavering

  10-12-2025 02:50 via article.wn.com
  Chinese fighter jets aimed their radars at Japanese military aircraft on Dec 6. ......
  
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• Justice Department unveils new charges in alleged Russia-backed cyberattacks

  10-12-2025 02:50 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec 9 - The U.S. Justice...
  
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• Putin is applauding Trump’s strategy while Europe sounds the alarm

  10-12-2025 02:48 via article.wn.com
  File photo of President Donald Trump and his...
  
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• 3 killed, 9 injured in bus accident in southwest Bolivia

  10-12-2025 02:47 via article.wn.com
  LA PAZ, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed and nine injured in a bus accident Tuesday near...
  
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• Trump says he's fixing affordability problems. He's testing out that message at a rally

  10-12-2025 02:44 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump is road-testing...
  
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• Plane crash-lands on top of Toyota on Florida freeway following engine trouble

  10-12-2025 02:44 via article.wn.com
  A small plane landed on a Florida freeway Monday night, striking at least one vehicle, authorities said.The fixed-wing Beechcraft 55...
  
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• Jim Caviezel starring in Bolsonaro biopic as son of jailed former president launches 2026 campaign

  10-12-2025 02:44 via article.wn.com
  A biopic about Brazil’s jailed former president...
  
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• Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for the first time in nearly 30 years

  10-12-2025 02:44 via article.wn.com
  Democrat Eileen Higgins has won the Miami mayor’s race over a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump. Higgins on Tuesday became the first Democrat in nearly 30 years to be elected Miami mayor. Her win gives Democrats a boost in ......
  
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• Australia's social media ban takes effect for kids under 16

  10-12-2025 02:43 via article.wn.com
  In Australia, millions of kids' social media profiles are going dark, as the country's new social media ban takes effect for anyone under 16. Jo Ling Kent reports. ......
  
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• NASCAR chairman refuses to budge on team charters in testimony during Michael Jordan's lawsuit

  10-12-2025 02:40 via article.wn.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR chairman Jim France...
  
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• Luigi Mangione’s notes to self: 'Pluck eyebrows,' 'Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight'

  10-12-2025 02:40 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK — Pluck...
  
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• Xinhua world news summary at 0045 GMT, Dec. 10

  10-12-2025 01:53 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS -- The Group of Friends of Global Governance was officially established at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Representatives from nearly 40 founding member states of the group attended the launch meeting, which was chaired by Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations. (UN-Global Governance) - - - - MOSCOW -- A Russian military transport aircraft crashed Tuesday in Ivanovo, a central Russian region roughly 250 km northeast of Moscow, killing seven pe
  
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• Vermont rescue team sees increase of calls as social media lures skiers into danger

  10-12-2025 01:53 via article.wn.com
  A rescue team that covers...
  
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• Netflix faces consumer class action over $72 billion Warner Bros deal

  10-12-2025 01:52 via article.wn.com
  U.S. federal antitrust laws allow consumers to sue over mergers and acquisitions, separate from any federal regulatory agency lawsuit, though such cases face high legal hurdles. ......
  
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