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• Wrexham wins and returns into automatic promotion spot with two rounds left

  22-04-2025 01:17 via article.wn.com
  Wrexham is back in the driver’s seat for promotion from English third-tier soccer after a crunch 2-1 win over Blackpool. The road win on Monday lifted Wrexham back into League One’s top two spots for automatic promotion. After a loss ......
  
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• French police raid culture minister’s home as part of corruption probe into Macron ally

  19-12-2025 10:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Emmanuel Macron has previously stood by Rachida Dati as she faces several legal cases
  
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• Watch live: Vladimir Putin holds annual end of year address and phone-in with Russians

  19-12-2025 10:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Watch live as Vladimir Putin holds his annual televised new conference on Friday (19 December).
  
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• Fox News host Jesse Watters shrugs off Trump’s White House plaques mocking Biden and Obama: ‘It’s his own house’

  19-12-2025 10:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jesse Watters said that Donald Trump will live in the White House for the next three years and even implied he could serve a longer term
  
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• Trump suspends green card lottery program after Brown University shootings

  19-12-2025 10:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The diversity visa program makes up to 50,000 green cards available each year by lottery
  
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• Parliamentary panel urged Centre to stabilise relation with Bangladesh as violence escalates: Shashi Tharoor

  19-12-2025 10:20 via article.wn.com
  The Parliamentary Committee...
  
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• Today in History: December 19, U.S. auto industry gets emergency bailout

  19-12-2025 10:18 via article.wn.com
  Today is Friday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2025. There are 12 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 19, 2008, citing imminent danger to the national economy, President George W. Bush ordered a $17.4 billion emergency bailout of the U.S. auto industry. Also on this date: In 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington led his army of more than 12,000 soldiers to Valley...
  
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• Vladimir Putin to face online year-end Q&A session

  19-12-2025 10:14 via article.wn.com
  President Vladimir Putin is set to engage with...
  
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• Pakistan arrests IS-K spokesperson Sultan Aziz Azzam, UN report says

  19-12-2025 10:14 via article.wn.com
  Pakistani authorities arrested Sultan Aziz Azzam, a...
  
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• MUFG to take 20% stake in Shriram, confirming ET newsbreak

  19-12-2025 10:14 via article.wn.com
  Japan's MUFG Bank is investing Rs 39,620 crore in Shriram...
  
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• From Alsatians to autonomy: China seeks home-grown edge in police dogs

  19-12-2025 10:14 via article.wn.com
  China...
  
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• Australian Stock Market closes on high: ASX 200 crossed its 20-day moving average, DroneShield Limited ...

  19-12-2025 10:14 via article.wn.com
  The Australian stock market finished Friday,...
  
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• 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet or alien spacecraft? See it yourself today as it makes closest approach ...

  19-12-2025 10:14 via article.wn.com
  3I/ATLAS interstellar comet or alien spacecraft? NASA released new images of comet 3I/ATLAS after a rare flyby near Earth. Scientists explain what the object is, how to see it today, and why it matters for future space missions. ......
  
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• A timeline of the US military's buildup near Venezuela and attacks on alleged drug-smuggling boats

  19-12-2025 10:12 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of “sanctioned oil tankers” into and out of Venezuela, US forces seized an oil tanker off the country's coast and the military attacked three more alleged drug-smuggling boats in the region — all in the course of a week. Also Read: 8 killed as 3 drug boats blown up in Pacific: US military The Trump administration says it is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels to halt the flow of narcotics into the United States
  
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• Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor killing found dead

  19-12-2025 10:11 via article.wn.com
  SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Police in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on Thursday night identified the suspect in last week's mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of a professor two days later as 48-year-old Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, who was found dead. The suspect died from a self-inflicted...
  
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• Ryan Wedding’s image as alleged drug kingpin inflated by U.S., says Sinaloa cartel operative

  19-12-2025 10:11 via article.wn.com
  In an interview with CBC News, an...
  
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• Bangladesh violence: Mohammad Yunus issues FIRST statement on alleged lynching of Hindu man in Mymensingh; ...

  19-12-2025 10:11 via article.wn.com
  Bangladesh\u0026amp;rsquo;s interim govt, led by Chief Adviser...
  
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• Japan's 10-year gov't bond yield rises to 26-year high

  19-12-2025 10:08 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond yield hit 2.020 percent on Friday, its highest level since August 1999, after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised its key...
  
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• End of Ban? TikTok Forms New U.S. Joint Venture

  19-12-2025 10:08 via article.wn.com
  In a major turning point for the social media giant, TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has signed binding agreements with a group of U.S. and global investors to operate its business in America. Under the leadership of CEO Shou Zi Chew, the deal creates a new...
  
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• Cambodia wraps up SME capacity-building project backed by LMC special fund

  19-12-2025 10:08 via article.wn.com
  PHNOM PENH, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A Lancang-Mekong Cooperation project on strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and technical cooperation in Industry 4.0 has concluded in Cambodia, said Cambodia's Ministry of Industry, Science,...
  
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• Putin to hold online year-end Q&A session

  19-12-2025 10:07 via article.wn.com
  Vladimir Putin will also take questions from foreign media, not considered ‘friendly’ by Moscow, Kremlin said ......
  
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• What to know about the man authorities say fatally shot 2 Brown students and a ...

  19-12-2025 10:06 via article.wn.com
  Investigations into the Brown University...
  
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• Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing is found dead, officials say

  19-12-2025 10:06 via article.wn.com
  Officials say a man who is suspected...
  
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• Federal regulators to begin sifting through wreckage of North Carolina plane crash that killed 7

  19-12-2025 10:06 via article.wn.com
  Federal investigators will begin...
  
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• EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine – but won’t use frozen Russian assets

  19-12-2025 10:06 via article.wn.com
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• Asian shares advance after Japan raises its key interest rate to its highest level in ...

  19-12-2025 10:06 via article.wn.com
  Shares are moderately higher in Asia and U.S. futures are mixed after the Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to its highest level in 30 years. The dollar gained against the Japanese yen after the BOJ raised its ......
  
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• Zelensky in Warsaw for meeting with Polish president

  19-12-2025 10:05 via article.wn.com
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Warsaw today for talks with his Polish counterpart Karol Nawrocki. The visit is Mr Zelensky's first official visit to Poland since Mr Nawrocki was sworn in as Polish president last August. This morning, both leaders are expected to discuss European security, current efforts initiative to end the war in Ukraine, as well as economic and historical issues. Yesterday, the Ukrainian president spoke at a crucial EU Council summit in Brussels and urged the b
  
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• Wyatt Johnston scores 2, Roope Hintz has goal and assist as Stars beat Sharks 5-3

  19-12-2025 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Wyatt Johnston scored twice and the Dallas Stars beat the San Jose Sharks 5–3. Roope Hintz had a goal and an assist, and Justin Hryckowian and Jamie Benn also scored for Dallas. Esa Lindell and Mikko Rantanen each had two ......
  
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• Utah faces Orlando in non-conference action

  19-12-2025 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Utah and Orlando face off in non-conference action. Saturday's meeting is the first this season for the squads. Utah is 7-8 at home, and Orlando is 5-7 on the road. ......
  
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• Trail Blazers outlast Kings 134-133 in overtime on Avdija's late free throws

  19-12-2025 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Deni Avdija made two free throws with 1.5 seconds left in overtime for the last of his 35 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers outlasted the Sacramento Kings 134-133 on Thursday night to open a home-and-home set. The teams will ......
  
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