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  • A man ducks to protect himself as fans throw chairs after Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi leaves the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan stadium in Kolkata during his India tour, December 13, 2025.
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    Lionel Messi’s India tour organizer detained after fans rip up seats, police say
  • Israel approves 19 settler outposts in major expansion in occupied West Bank
  • King Charles ‘deeply touched’ by reaction to his cancer treatment update, palace says
  • Belarus frees Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as US lifts sanctions
  • More than a million without power in Ukraine regions after intense Russian strikes
  • UK police not taking further action over Andrew bodyguard claim
  • A tunnel used by migrants to cross from Belarus into Poland, according to authorities, is seen near Narewka, Poland, in this handout photo released by the Polish Border Guard on December 12, 2025.
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    Scores of migrants cross into Poland through hidden Belarus border tunnel
  • EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets so Hungary and Slovakia can’t veto their use for Ukraine
  • Venezuela says US has suspended deportation flights; US denies it
  • Venezuelan opposition leader says she aims for a peaceful transition after Maduro
  • Meet the Pink Ladies, a new face in Britain’s anti-immigration movement
  • ‘An oil spill in solid form’: Bio-bead disaster devastates beloved English coast
  • US sanctions Maduro family members and ships it says move Venezuelan oil, a day after seizing tanker
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  • Palestinians gather around a fire to stay warm during cold weather as people struggle to survive harsh living conditions on Yarmouk Street of Gaza City, Gaza on December 6, 2025.
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    Palestinian baby dies of hypothermia as winter storms worsen Gaza’s humanitarian crisis
  • Downed trees on Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 10, 2025, as the city records wind gusts of up to 96.3 km/h due to the passage of an extratropical cyclone.
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    Hundreds of flights canceled as blackout leaves 1.4M without power in Brazil

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  • <p>World-renowned contemporary visual artist Julie Mehretu is known<strong> </strong>for her large-scale abstract works exploring themes of history and globalism. In an interview with CNN’s Larry Madowo in Nairobi, Kenya<strong>, </strong>Mehretu discusses her mission to help African creatives thrive.</p>
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  • <p>Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado has told CNN that the US government is preparing for a democratic transition of power in her native Venezuela. Speaking after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Machado said she stands ready to step up as Venezuela’s Vice President as the country enters this “new and challenging era.” </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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    Dr. Comfort Ero on the future of global security 1:00
  • <p>Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado told CNN that the Venezuelan regime would have "done everything" to stop her coming to Oslo if they were aware of her whereabouts.</p>
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  • Britain's King Charles revealed in a video message on Friday that his cancer treatment is being reduced in the new year.
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    King Charles ‘deeply touched’ by reaction to his cancer treatment update, palace says
  • Belarus frees Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as US lifts sanctions
  • More than a million without power in Ukraine regions after intense Russian strikes
  • King Charles shares cancer recovery milestone in TV message
  • Scores of migrants cross into Poland through hidden Belarus border tunnel
  • EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets so Hungary and Slovakia can’t veto their use for Ukraine

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  • People look on towards Israeli settler outposts near the occupied West Bank village of Turmos Ayya on October 19, 2025.
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    Israel approves 19 settler outposts in major expansion in occupied West Bank
  • Gaza storms kill 14 Palestinians, including 3 children
  • Iran arrests Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
  • Trump determined to advance Gaza ceasefire deal as Israeli forces dig in
  • Videos show 6 Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah in Gaza tunnel months before they were killed
  • Israeli police raid UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem and replace UN flag with Israeli flag, head of the agency says
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Mudec Photo presents the exhibition Short & Sweet, the world seen by Martin Parr. Open until 30 June, the exhibition features over 60 photos by one of the most accomplished British photographers of our time. In the pic the artist Martin Parr
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  • Wong 71, reacts after claiming his wife is trapped inside Wang Fuk Court during a major fire, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, November 26, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu   TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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  • A juvenile Masai giraffe stands inside a transportation crate with its eyes covered by a blanket as rangers from Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) attempt to load the crate onto a vehicle during an exercise to translocate large herbivores from Kedong Ranch due to land subdivisions and corralling that have disrupted wildlife migratory routes in Naivasha, Nakuru County, on November 16, 2025.
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  • The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, glow in the sky over St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay on the North East coast, reaching a G4 level geomagnetic storm, putting on an amazing display in the early hours on November 12, 2025.
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  • M23 rebels stand guard at the the Unite stadium, where captured members of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo  and Wazalendo troops wait to be taken aboard trucks for training by M23 rebels, in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 10.
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    US accuses Rwanda of fueling war as fighting in eastern DR Congo intensifies despite Trump-brokered peace deal
  • Africa has thousands of languages. Can AI be trained on all of them?
  • Setback for US-brokered peace deal as rebels claim control of key Congo city
  • Tanzania deploys police and army to prevent Independence Day protests

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  • Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado listens during a press conference in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025.
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    Special forces veteran who rescued Machado begs her not to return to Venezuela
  • Venezuelan opposition leader says US helped her travel to Norway to accept Nobel Prize
  • Bolivia detains former president Arce amid probe into alleged embezzlement
  • Why Latin America’s prisons create some of the world’s deadliest gangs

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  • A resident shows part of a house, believed to have been damaged by Cambodian artillery shells during clashes, along the Thai-Cambodia border in Thailand's Sa Kaeo Province on December 9, 2025.
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    Thailand vows to keep fighting Cambodia, hours after Trump’s ceasefire call
  • North Korea’s Kim Jong Un hails troops returning from Russia
  • ‘On bear patrol’: Inside Japan’s fightback against a surge of deadly bear attacks
  • World War II Medal of Honor recipient to return home for burial, 80 years after his death

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  • A general view of Juliet's balcony house in Verona, Italy, on October 17, 2024 (Photo by Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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    There’s a festive fee at Juliet’s balcony as the Verona attraction is overrun by crowds
  • British ‘teatime’ is a very complicated business. Sometimes there isn’t even any tea
  • American desserts: 15 sweet regional treats to try
  • A day out in the Death Strip: How a symbol of communist paranoia became a wild paradise
  • White Float-us? Why luxury hotels are betting big on yachts for the 0.1%

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  • Forensic archaeologist Christos Tsirogiannis at his home in Cambridge, England
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    The forensic archaeologist on the hunt for trafficked antiquities
  • ‘You won’t understand unless you chew on it’: Hideo Kojima wants you to remember his games for decades
  • More than 600 artifacts stolen from museum collection, say police
  • Despite controversy, designs for Notre Dame’s new windows go on display in Paris
  • Sophie Kinsella, bestselling ‘Shopaholic’ author, dies at 55

Weather

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  • Rescue personnel evacuate Ivan Alvarez and Fabiola Alvarez, who were stranded in their home in an area flooded by the Snohomish River, in Snohomish, Washington, on Thursday.
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    More atmospheric rivers coming for flooded Washington and the West Coast
  • Trump admin is ‘trying to put out a fire they started’ at Weather Service as a cold, snowy winter looms
  • Millions wake up to extreme cold that’s breaking records as it spreads east
  • What’s your snow situation this season?
  • Bomb cyclone to bring first widespread snow to parts of Northeast after tracking through already hard-hit Midwest

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  • Men walk along a muddy alley at a makeshift camp sheltering displaced Palestinians after heavy rains in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on December 11, 2025. The United States, alongside Qatar and Egypt, secured a truce in Gaza that came into effect on October 10 and has mostly halted two years of war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
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    Gaza storms kill 14 Palestinians, including 3 children
  • Narges Mohammadi in her apartment in Tehran, Iran, on January 23.
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    Iran arrests Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
  • King Charles III, pictured at Clarence House in London, recorded a video message as part of Stand Up To Cancer 2025, a joint campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4, broadcast on Friday.
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    King Charles shares cancer recovery milestone in TV message
  • Mark Rutte called on European countries to increase their defense spending.
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    NATO chief warns European allies they could be Russia’s next target
  • Under the legislation, the onus is on social media platforms for keep children under 16 off.
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    Australian teens were kicked off social media this week. Some are back already
  • GAZA CITY, GAZA - NOVEMBER 21: Palestinian families set out for areas they consider safer taking with them whatever belongings they could carry after the Israeli army expanded the so-called 'Yellow Line', where its forces are stationed, by placing new concrete blocks and carrying out attacks in the area in violation of the cease-fire in Gaza Strip on November 21, 2025. (Photo by Saeed M. M. T. Jaras/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Trump determined to advance Gaza ceasefire deal as Israeli forces dig in
  • U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
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    Trump’s security strategy is making a hard pivot on China. Why now?
  • An image shows the six hostages celebrating Hanukkah in a tunnel in Gaza months before they were killed by Hamas in August 2024.
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    Videos show 6 Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah in Gaza tunnel months before they were killed
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    Australian skydiver’s parachute became caught on plane tail 15,000 feet in the air, video shows
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said questions remain over who would manage the territory.
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    US proposes ‘free economic zone’ in parts of Donbas after Ukrainian pullback, Zelensky says
  • W4J263 Oil production platform (oil rig) of the V. Filanovsky oil field on the Caspian Sea, Astrakhan region, Russia
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    Ukraine’s gloves are off in its energy war with Russia. How much can it increase the pressure?
  • Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov speaks to the media before announcing the resignation of his government, in Sofia, Bulgaria,  December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Bulgarian government resigns after weeks of street protests

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    This AI convention center in China was designed by AI. Kind of
  • Robert A.M. Stern, renowned American architect, dies at 86
  • Building a modern metropolis using a centuries-old technique
  • A portal into another life: Photographing America’s abandoned homes
  • More than $1 billion and two decades later, the Grand Egyptian Museum is — finally — ready to share its treasures

Sports

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  • Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza became the first Hoosier to win the Heisman Trophy on Saturday.
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    After leading Indiana’s perfect season, Fernando Mendoza awarded 2025 Heisman Trophy
  • Colts put Philip Rivers on roster for Sunday’s game, completing NFL return for 44-year-old grandfather
  • What we know about ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore’s dismissal and the ‘terrifying’ incident that led to criminal charges
  • Dearica Hamby and Las Vegas Aces drop lawsuit over pregnancy discrimination
  • Sherrone Moore’s firing and its shocking aftermath raises tough questions about the culture of Michigan’s athletic department

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  • President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order on AI in the Oval Office in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2025.
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    Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around AI
  • Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and licensing its characters for Sora
  • The most asked questions of Alexa in 2025
  • Videos of sexually suggestive, AI-generated children are racking up millions of likes on TikTok, study finds
  • Australia is banning young teens from social media. Could it happen in the US?

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