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Hongkongers demand government accountability after deadly fire

Hong Kong on Saturday (November 29) mourned the 128 people known to have died in a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex, a toll that is likely to rise with 150 still missing. Authorities have arrested 14 people in connection wit...

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Ukraine hits two Russian 'shadow fleet' tankers in Black Sea

Ukrainian naval drones hit two sanctioned tankers in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with oil destined for foreign markets, an official said on Saturday (November 29), as Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia's ...

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Trump's call to close Venezuelan airspace stirs confusion in Caracas

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety," but gave no further details, stirring anxiety and confusion in Caracas as Washington ramps up pressu...

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Hundreds dead after cyclones hit Indonesia and Sri Lanka

Indonesia's death toll from floods and landslides following cyclone-fueled torrential rain has risen past 300, the head of the country's disaster mitigation agency says, while Sri Lanka reported a surge in its casualties to more than 150...

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Trump's call to close Venezuelan airspace stirs confusion in Caracas

U.S. President Donald Trump says the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety," but gave no further details, stirring anxiety and confusion in Caracas as Washington ramps up pressure on Presid...

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Ukrainian drone pilots look to AI for battlefield edge

As Russia and Ukraine both lean heavily on the use of drones in the war, Ukrainian forces say many of their operations are now impossible without the help of an AI-assisted targeting system.

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National Guard shooting suspect to face murder charges

The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members will face first-degree murder charges for an attack that prompted President Donald Trump to declare he would freeze migration from "Third World Countries" to the U.S.

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Airbus issues major A320 recall, threatening holiday travel

Europe's Airbus says it is ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely-used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet, threatening upheaval during the busiest travel weekend of the year in t...

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Ukraine's top peace negotiator quits after raid by anti-graft police

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's powerful chief of staff, a close ally of the president who has headed Ukraine's negotiation team at fraught U.S.-backed peace talks, quit on Friday (November 28), after anti-corruption agents sea...

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Children pay price as north Nigeria schools close over kidnap fears

Parents gathered at a meeting hall in Niger state, Nigeria on Friday (November 28) to register their missing children with police, following a mass kidnapping at St Mary's Private Catholic School in Papiri, Nigeria’s Niger state.

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Israel launches deadly raid on southern Syria, Syrian media reports

At least thirteen people were killed in an Israeli raid in southern Syria, Syrian state media reported, with Damascus accusing Israel of a "criminal attack" in a village where Israel said its troops came under fire during an operation to...

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Robots help piece together Pompeii's fragmented ancient frescoes

Pompeii's ancient Roman frescoes, shattered and buried for centuries, are getting a second life thanks to a pioneering robotic system designed to support archaeologists in one of their most painstaking tasks: reassembling fragmented arti...

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Burial space runs out in Ukraine's Lviv as peace talks drag on

Russia said it has received what the U.S. and Kyiv have called an "updated and refined peace framework" to end the war in Ukraine, as Ukrainians become divided over a U.S.-backed deal that could force the country to make painful land con...

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Southeast Asia floods: rescue teams push on as death toll climbs

The death toll from floods across large swathes of Southeast Asia rose to at least 230 on Friday (28 November), with authorities in the region working to rescue stranded citizens, restore power and communications and coordinate recovery ...

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Walking tours shed light on Madrid's hidden Black history

Growing up in Spain, Kwame Ondo didn't see Black people in the history books and it never sat right with him. He began to look into what he calls a "silenced history" - and his tours help others to do the same.

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Thanksgiving shoppers say Trump 'killing us' on grocery prices

President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to lower consumer prices that skyrocketed during Joe Biden's term, but some Americans are now calling him out for soaring living costs that's forced them to seek help from food pantries.

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Pope's visit a blessing for Lebanon's forgotten psychiatric patients

Staff at Lebanon's De La Croix Psychiatric Hospital are delighted that Pope Leo's visit will give its carers and residents, often abandoned by their families, recognition at last.

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How balloon-borne sensors are giving new insights into space weather

The University of Surrey's Space Center has teamed up with Britain's Met Office to launch new space weather monitors aimed at sharpening forecasts of solar storms that can threaten aircraft, power grids and satellites.

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Peru sentences ex-President Vizcarra to prison for corruption

A Peruvian court on Wednesday (November 26) sentenced former President Martin Vizcarra to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes years before he took office, adding to a list of former leaders jailed for corruption.

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EU Parliament pushes for age limits on social media

The European Parliament called on Wednesday (November 26) for the European Union to set minimum ages for children to access social media, to combat a rise in mental health problems among adolescents from excessive exposure.

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Nigeria's mass school kidnappings expose Tinubu's security struggles

The abduction of more than 300 pupils from a school in northern Nigeria last week underscores President Bola Tinubu's faltering security efforts, now under heightened scrutiny since U.S. President Donald Trump threatened military action ...

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Floods kill dozens in Thailand as Indonesia braces for more rain

The Thai military evacuated patients from a submerged southern city as the death toll from some of the region’s worst floods in years climbed to dozens, while Indonesia braced for more rain as the tropical cyclone moved towards the count...

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UK's Reeves hikes taxes in budget plan to boost fiscal buffer

Britain's government will have more than double its previous buffer for meeting its fiscal targets, due in large part to tax rises, according to estimates by the country's fiscal watchdog published on its website ahead of finance ministe...

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Europe court says same-sex marriages should be recognized across bloc

The EU's highest court ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.

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Using AI to cast a fresh eye on an ancient Jewish archive

Researchers are training an artificial intelligence model to read and transcribe a massive repository of medieval Jewish texts known as the Cairo Geniza, hoping for a deeper understanding of a vanished world.

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AI robot boats plants 'baby corals' across the Great Barrier Reef

Australia's marine science agency is testing an AI‑guided "Deployment Guidance System" to help restore the Great Barrier Reef by precisely dropping "baby corals." It uses autonomous boats, real‑time seafloor imaging, and onboard AI to cu...

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Brazil's Bolsonaro to start 27-year prison sentence for coup plot

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 25) ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a prison sentence of more than 27 years for plotting a coup in 2022, according to a court document.

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Lebanese Christians pray papal visit keeps religion in Middle East

After decades of conflict, residents of the Christian town of Rmeich in Lebanon's war-battered south hope Pope Leo's upcoming trip to their country will bring peace - and the strength to stay as the region's Christian communities dwindle.

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Former popemobile turned into mobile clinic for Gaza children

A vehicle used by the late Pope Francis during a visit to Bethlehem more than a decade ago has been transformed into a mobile health clinic that Christian leaders hope will soon be used to provide care to Palestinian children in Gaza.

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Why are tensions flaring again between Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Tensions flared between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Tuesday as the Taliban accused Pakistani forces of air strikes in eastern Afghanistan, which killed 9 children and a woman, and injured four others.

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