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• Nirbhaya case: The rape victim’s mum fighting for India’s daughters

  15-12-2022 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  How Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi transformed from a quiet housewife into a crusader for justice.
  
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• Enhanced defense partnership with Taiwan is part of $858 billion US defense bill

  15-12-2022 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  Congress is on its way to passing a bipartisan $858 billion defense bill that would give service members a hefty pay raise, bolster support for Ukraine and Taiwan, and rescind the US military's Covid-19 vaccine mandate.
  
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• Electricity generated by burning native Australian timber no longer classified as renewable energy

  15-12-2022 23:50 via theguardian.com
  Labor revokes Abbott government move which allowed energy from burning wood waste to be counted with solar and windFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastElectricity generated by burning native forest wood waste will no longer be allowed to be classified as renewable energy under a regulatory change adopted by the Albanese government.The decision, which Labor had promised to consider after it was recommen
  
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• UK’s ‘peanuts’ pledge for land and ocean conservation faces criticism at Cop15

  15-12-2022 23:48 via theguardian.com
  Conservationists say amount is ‘nothing like what’s needed’ to achieve 30x30 target and address nature crisisThe UK has announced it will give nearly £30m to support developing countries in delivering the target to protect 30% of land and ocean by 2030, an amount conservationists criticised as being “nothing like what’s needed”.The announcement was made on Thursday as the environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, started international negotiat
  
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• Libyan PM admits government role in sending Lockerbie bomb suspect to US

  15-12-2022 23:31 via theguardian.com
  Hamid Dbeibah, who governs only part of the divided country, says extradition of Mohammed Abouagela Masud was with his supportOne of Libya’s rival prime ministers has admitted that his government was involved in the extradition to the US of a former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing all onboard.US authorities announced on Sunday they had arrested former intelligence officer Mohammed Abouagela Masu
  
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• Ukraine war: US Patriot missiles would comfort Kyiv and alarm Moscow

  15-12-2022 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  They're not a silver bullet, but they are extremely effective and expensive.
  
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• 'Narco slaves': Migrant workers face abuse on Oregon's cartel-run, illegal pot farms

  15-12-2022 23:25
  "You feel humiliated, trampled on. You feel like dying,” one worker said.
  
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• CNN Exclusive: Pelosi and Schumer say Biden should run for re-election in 2024

  15-12-2022 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  In an exclusive interview with CNN's Jamie Gangel, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer discuss the 2024 election and a possible rematch between President Biden and former President Trump.
  
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• Exploding gift sends Polish police chief to hospital after Ukraine visit

  15-12-2022 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  Poland's police chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk was hospitalized with minor injuries on Wednesday after a gift that he had received in Ukraine suddenly exploded, according to a government statement
  
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• MoD to revive Belfast shipbuilding with contract for three naval vessels

  15-12-2022 22:50 via theguardian.com
  Rishi Sunak announces £1.6bn contract led by shipyard Harland and Wolff that will create 900 jobs in BelfastUK politics live – latest news updatesShipbuilding is to be revived in Belfast after 20 years as part of a £1.6bn Ministry of Defence contract for three new naval vessels, Rishi Sunak has announced.A consortium led by the shipyard Harland and Wolff has secured the preferred bidder status which will create 1,200 jobs across three companies, 900 of which will be in Belfast.
  
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• Police officer found guilty of manslaughter in killing of Atatiana Jefferson

  15-12-2022 22:23
  Jurors have reached a verdict in the Aaron Dean trial concerning the death of Atatiana Jefferson.
  
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• Channel boat disaster: teenager among four people confirmed dead

  15-12-2022 22:13 via theguardian.com
  Eight unaccompanied children among 39 people rescued after small vessel capsized in icy waters‘You could see the panic’: how the Channel small boat incident unfoldedA teenager was among four people who died after a small boat capsized in the Channel, it has emerged, as search operations ended on Thursday evening.Eight unaccompanied children were among 39 people rescued at about 3am on Wednesday, most of them pulled out of the icy waters. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Rail cars' of material released after NASA spacecraft hit asteroid

  15-12-2022 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  When NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft slammed into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos, the impact certainly left a mark.
  
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• Nancy Pelosi tells of ‘proud’ record as speaker in likely final press conference – as it happened

  15-12-2022 22:05 via theguardian.com
  Outgoing House speaker praises ‘remarkable’ Joe BidenSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailNancy Pelosi has given what she suggests will be her final press conference as House speaker, telling reporters this is “maybe the last time I see you in this way”.She’s been reflecting on some of the successes of her tenure, and paying tribute to Joe Biden and Barack Obama for most of them, from the passing of the Affordable Care Act to this week&r
  
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• Half of black British police suffer racial incidents from colleagues, survey finds

  15-12-2022 21:53 via theguardian.com
  Officers polled about experiences of bullying, discrimination and micro-aggressions in past yearMore than half of Britain’s black police officers and staff suffered racial incidents from colleagues in the past year, a survey has found.Those affected were much more likely to feel like outsiders and to want to leave, and many believed their bosses failed to punish wrongdoers, in effect creating a culture of impunity. Continue reading...
  
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• US to expand combat training for Ukrainian troops

  15-12-2022 21:44
  U.S. officials say the Pentagon will expand military combat training for Ukrainian forces, using the slower winter months to instruct larger units in more complex battle skills
  
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• Labour MPs join nurses on picket lines – nurses strike, as it happened

  15-12-2022 21:40 via theguardian.com
  Multiple Labour MPs join picket lines after Tory MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich urges government to improve offerOn the picket line outside St Thomas’ hospital in Westminster, Linda Tovey, a critical care nurse, said: “It’s increasingly difficult to come to work and go home and think: ‘Actually I don’t think I can turn the heating on.’“My wages aren’t bad for a nurse but I still have to think about what I’m doing with my money every
  
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• As fans celebrate French World Cup victory over Morocco, boy 'violently hit' by car in Montpellier

  15-12-2022 21:36 via foxnews.com
  
  A suspect driving a car in the southern French city of Montpellier "violently hit" and killed a teenage boy as crowds celebrated France's victory in the World Cup semifinal, local authorities said Thursday. The vehicle was found nearby, but the driver fled the scene. Police are trying to locate the suspect and have opened an investigation into the precise circumstances of the incident, according to the Montpellier prosecutor’s office. Video emerged on Twitter showing a car being driven dan
  
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• Daniel Andrews apologises to Archie Roach for ‘torture, unspeakable hurt’ of government policies

  15-12-2022 21:16 via theguardian.com
  Apology accepted by the Aunty Myrtle Evans, the sister of the singer and storytellerFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government has formally apologised to songman and storyteller Archie Roach at his state memorial service in Melbourne.The Gunditjmara-Bundjalung elder died in July at the age of 66 after a long illness.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon ema
  
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• European Parliament president says corruption broke trust that took years to build

  15-12-2022 21:11 via foxnews.com
  
  The president of the European Parliament said Thursday sweeping reforms will be necessary after a scandalous series of arrests on corruption charges shook the legislative body. President Roberta Metsola made an emphatic apology for the blow to Europeans' trust in the supernational governing body, which boasts 705 members from 27 member nations and is headquartered in Strasbourg, France. "These criminal proceedings involving the parliament are damaging. They are damaging for democracy, for Europe
  
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• WATCH: Man transforms work desk into epic ‘Polar Express’ train

  15-12-2022 21:10
  Nathan Berillo was competing in a desk competition for work and took things to the next level.
  
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• Former Tory ministers join calls for Sunak to negotiate with nurses

  15-12-2022 21:06 via theguardian.com
  After first day of strike, NHS leaders and former pay review boss implore PM and Steve Barclay to review offerRishi Sunak is under growing pressure to negotiate with striking nurses after four former Conservative ministers joined health service leaders to call for a way out of the escalating dispute.On a day in which England’s chief nurse joined the picket line, the prime minister and the health secretary, Steve Barclay, were implored to make a U-turn and ask the NHS pay review body (PRB)
  
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• Iran has sentenced 400 protesters to prison sentences up to 10 years: Report

  15-12-2022 21:05 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran has sought to aggressively prosecute protesters amid the largest pushback against the Islamist regime in decades, with courts in and around the capital of Tehran sentencing 400 people to prison sentences of up to 10 years in the crack down. "One hundred and sixty people were sentenced to between five and 10 years in prison, 80 people to two to five years and 160 people to up to two years," Ali Alghasi-Mehr, the judiciary chief for Tehran province, said, according to a report in the Guardian
  
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• Former Twitter employee sentenced to more than three years in prison in Saudi spy case

  15-12-2022 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  A former Twitter manager convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia was sentenced on Wednesday to more than three years in prison.
  
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• Billie Lourd shares sweet photo of newborn daughter Jackson Joanne

  15-12-2022 20:38
  Billie Lourd shared a sweet photo of her and husband Austin Rydell's newborn daughter, Jackson Joanne.
  
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• Purdue Northwest chancellor sorry for mocking Asian language in speech

  15-12-2022 20:30 via theguardian.com
  ‘I made a comment that was offensive and insensitive,’ Thomas Keon says after backlashThe chancellor of Purdue University Northwest has apologized amid intense backlash, after he mocked Asian languages during a commencement speech last week.Thomas L Keon spoke at the school’s winter commencement ceremony in Hammond, Indiana, last Saturday. Before Keon spoke, graduates were addressed by James Dedelow, a radio host, who said he sometimes used a “made-up” language on a
  
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• Unilever settles Israel dispute with Ben & Jerry’s board

  15-12-2022 20:09 via theguardian.com
  Unilever sold business in June to local licensee but Ben & Jerry’s tried to block sale, saying it did not want to sell products in occupied West BankUnilever said on Thursday that its litigation with the independent board of Ben & Jerry’s over the sale of its Israeli ice cream business has “been resolved”.The company did not provide details of how the litigation had been resolved. Continue reading...
  
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• Ukrainian and Russian authors: 'Putin killed off Russian culture'

  15-12-2022 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and historian Nina Khrushcheva talk to Christiane Amanpour about how Russian and Ukraine have changed after nearly a year of war.
  
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• 'Putin killed off Russian culture,' Ukranian and Russian authors on ten months of war

  15-12-2022 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and historian Nina Khrushcheva talk to Christiane Amanpour about how Russian and Ukraine have changed after nearly a year of war.
  
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• 'Putin killed off Russian culture,' Ukrainian and Russian authors say

  15-12-2022 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and historian Nina Khrushcheva talk to Christiane Amanpour about how Russian and Ukraine have changed after nearly a year of war.
  
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• CDC: Room spray linked to deadly multistate outbreak last year also killed raccoon

  15-12-2022 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  Humans weren't the only ones that lost their lives after being exposed to an aromatherapy spray linked to fatal cases of a rare tropical disease. The disease also killed a family's pet raccoon in Texas.
  
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• Jealousy, lies and backstabbing: Harry and Meghan point the finger in final Netflix episodes

  15-12-2022 19:52 via cnn.com
  
  • What we learned from Harry and Meghan's Netflix documentary
  
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• Ukraine army chief warns Moscow preparing for new Kyiv attack as Putin seeks new economic ties – as it happened

  15-12-2022 19:45 via theguardian.com
  Valeriy Zaluzhny warns Putin’s forces regrouping before renewed attack in 2023; Russia looking to overcome impact of sanctions. This live blog is closedAt a glance: what we know on day 295 of the invasionEuropean Union member states failed to agree on a ninth package of Russia sanctions in talks late on Wednesday, diplomats said as EU leaders gathered in Brussels on Thursday for their last summit of the year.Countries moved closer to a deal in Wednesday’s negotiations but Poland and
  
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• WATCH: Record-breaking gingerbread village builder brings holiday cheer

  15-12-2022 19:31
  Jon Lovitch is a gingerbread architect who has broken world records multiple times for making gingerbread villages that are entirely edible.
  
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• Irish United Nations peacekeeper killed, several wounded after attackers opened fire in Lebanon

  15-12-2022 19:24 via foxnews.com
  
  An Irish U.N. peacekeeper was killed and several others were wounded after unidentified attackers opened fire on a convoy in southern Lebanon, Irish and Lebanese military officials said Thursday. The Irish Defense Forces said in a statement that a pair of armored vehicles carrying eight Irish UNIFIL peacekeeping troops was fired on as they drove north, toward Beirut on Wednesday night from the town of Al-Aqbiya. The Irish military identified the killed peacekeeper as Pvt. Seán Rooney of N
  
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• India successfully test-fires intercontinental, nuclear-capable ballistic missile

  15-12-2022 19:22 via foxnews.com
  
  India on Thursday successfully test-fired a long-range "Agni-5" intercontinental nuclear-capable ballistic missile, a government minister said, that is expected to strengthen its deterrence against long-time rival China. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the missile was fired Thursday from Abdul Kalam Island in eastern Odisha state. "The missile will add great value to the defense and strengthen national security to a greater extent," Joshi tweeted, citing its range of 3,300 mile
  
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• Linz to rename Porsche Street after investigating Nazi past of car creator

  15-12-2022 19:21 via theguardian.com
  Austrian city also intends to rename three other thoroughfares bearing ‘tainted’ names after commission’s reportThe Austrian city of Linz has announced plans to rename a street honouring the founder of the luxury carmaker Porsche after a commission investigating controversial names found his Nazi past “problematic”.The renaming of streets and other public places is still a hotly debated issue in Austria – Adolf Hitler’s birthplace – which Nazi Germ
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 295 of the invasion

  15-12-2022 19:20 via theguardian.com
  Power blackouts are crippling Ukrainian economy; head of Ukraine’s armed forces expects renewed Russian attempt to capture Kyiv Continue reading...
  
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• 'It's a game of chess': Retired general explains the use of Patriot missiles

  15-12-2022 19:17 via cnn.com
  
  Retired Major General James "Spider" Marks joins CNN's Kate Bolduan to explain the significance of the Biden administration finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine, according to two US officials and a senior administration official.
  
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• Federal police in Brazil serve search warrants targeting President Bolsonaro's supporters following protests

  15-12-2022 19:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Brazil’s Federal Police on Thursday began serving dozens of search warrants targeting supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro for blocking highways after his election loss, authorities said. The operation was ordered by Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes, who also presides over the nation’s electoral authority. He is responsible for two investigations into Bolsonaro supporters regarding allegedly anti-democratic acts and the spread of fake news on social media regarding the ele
  
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• Dad's evil ornament business thrives after daughter's viral video

  15-12-2022 19:13 via cnn.com
  
  Freaky Christmas ornaments saved by daughter's devotion to dad. Is that a serial killer hanging on your tree? CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
  
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• Real Madrid signs highly touted 16-year-old for reported $63.6 million fee

  15-12-2022 19:04 via cnn.com
  
  Real Madrid has signed the highly-touted 16-year-old Brazilian forward Endrick from Brazilian club Palmeiras, both clubs announced on Thursday.
  
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• ‘Losing the plot’: Trump mocked after announcing superhero card collection

  15-12-2022 19:02 via theguardian.com
  Cards cost ‘only $99 each’ and ‘would make a great Christmas gift’, says former president in ‘major announcement’ videoDonald Trump walked into a comic-book universe of internet mockery on Thursday, when in a carefully trailed announcement he introduced his “official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card” collection with a picture of himself in superhero costume, cape and “Trump Champion” belt.“Just when you thought this grifter could
  
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• Ministers accused of unlawfully denying Afghan journalists UK visas

  15-12-2022 18:29 via theguardian.com
  Ben Wallace and Suella Braverman ‘turned their back’ on former BBC journalists who are in danger, high court toldMinisters have unlawfully “turned their back” on former BBC journalists whose lives are at risk from the Taliban by refusing to relocate them from Afghanistan to the UK, the high court has heard.Eight Afghan journalists, who worked in high-profile roles for the BBC and other media agencies in the country from which British troops withdrew last year, are challen
  
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• EU court sides with FIFA and UEFA in Super League row

  15-12-2022 18:08 via cnn.com
  
  The decisions taken by soccer bodies FIFA and UEFA to block the European Super League (ESL) are in line with European Union (EU) competition laws, according to an EU Opinion issued on Thursday.
  
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• Moderate Republicans weigh hardball tactics to counter anti-McCarthy rebels

  15-12-2022 18:02 via cnn.com
  
  As frustration inside the House GOP has grown over a small band of anti-Kevin McCarthy lawmakers, an idea to strike back at the rebellious group has been floated among some Republicans: kicking these members off their committees, according to multiple members involved in the conversations.
  
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• Moderate Republicans discuss how to strike back at 'Never Kevin' rebels

  15-12-2022 18:02 via cnn.com
  
  As frustration inside the House GOP has grown over a small band of anti-Kevin McCarthy lawmakers, an idea to strike back at the rebellious group has been floated among some Republicans: kicking these members off their committees, according to multiple members involved in the conversations.
  
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• Ukraine launches 'most massive strike' on occupied Donetsk since 2014, Russia-installed mayor says

  15-12-2022 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian forces have unleashed the biggest attack on the occupied Donetsk region since 2014, according to a Russia-installed official, in the wake of heavy fighting in the east of the country.
  
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• Ukraine launches 'most massive strike' on occupied Donetsk region since 2014, Russia-installed mayor says

  15-12-2022 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian forces have unleashed the biggest attack on the occupied Donetsk region since 2014, according to a Russia-installed official, in the wake of heavy fighting in the east of the country.
  
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• Quiz of the week: Who is the world's new richest man?

  15-12-2022 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days?
  
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