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Macron in United Arab Emirates for bilateral talks, Christmas with French troops

France will ⁠build a new aircraft carrier to boost its ‍capacities as a maritime power, President Emmanuel Macron has told French troops gathered at a military ‍base in Abu Dhabi, where he will also discuss bilateral ties with the Gulf state, notably co-operation on combatting drug trafficking. The UAE is…

Radio France Internationale

Sweden and Germany slash aid budgets to focus on Ukraine and defence spending

Echoing the dismantling of USAID, other countries are changing funding priorities and health and hunger programmes in Africa will lose out

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘A lot of English people living in Scotland have a visceral reaction when you say you want independence’

They disagree on the EU, and both think Brexit was a terrible idea. Do they feel the same about opportunities for young people?

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Armagh Observatory continues centuries-old winter solstice tradition

The winter solstice, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year, happens just after 3pm on Sunday.

Evening Standard

Sudan's El-Fasher under the RSF, destroyed and 'full of bodies'

When Sudanese nurse Asmaa returned to the Darfur city of El-Fasher, she found only bodies where her neighbours once lived and no sign of the family she had come to save.

Radio France Internationale

Israeli troops kill six Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs

Attack brings total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 401 since October ceasefire took effect

The Guardian - UK

You finally got a doctor's appointment. Here's how to get the most out of it

It's not that unusual for a 20-something to text Mom from the doctor's office for help answering a health question

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UN urges Rwanda to leave eastern Congo and extends peacekeeping mission for a year

The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Congo and extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year

The Independent UK

UN mulls new mandate for DR Congo peacekeepers at critical moment for conflict

With hostilities once again flaring in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations is weighing another extension of its Monusco peacekeeping mission when its mandate expires this month. Though the UN had been charting a progressive withdrawal, renewed fighting and an international push for peace look set to…

Radio France Internationale

Tanzania police accused of ‘unlawful lethal force’ after protests left 700 dead

Evidence gathered by human rights NGO Amnesty International shows Tanzania’s post-election protests were met with overwhelming force, with the United Nations estimating at least 700 people were killed in the unrest – raising questions about the future of civic freedoms in the country.

Radio France Internationale

Christmas decorations – and tourists – return to Bethlehem in needed boost to economy

The unemployment rate in the city jumped from 14% to 65%

The Independent UK

Was 2025 the year that business retreated from net zero?

From retailers to banks, carmakers to councils, the bold pledges for carbon-neutral economies are being watered down or scrapped

The Guardian - UK

Stefanik drops bid for N.Y. gov, retiring from Congress

The announcement comes just days after Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman decided to jump into the race.

Axios

US awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying hepatitis B vaccine in African babies

The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa

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UN's grim week: 6 peacekeepers and an interpreter killed, while 10 more staffers detained in Yemen

It’s been a grim week at the end of a tough year for the United Nations: Six U.N. peacekeepers were killed in a drone attack in Sudan

The Guardian - UK

Gaza no longer in famine but hunger levels remain critical, UN says

Monitor says almost one in eight people face food shortages as flooding and cold exacerbate humanitarian emergency

Latin Times

UN Security Council To Meet At Venezuela's Request To Discuss 'Ongoing U.S. Aggression'

The UN Security Council will meet next week at the request of the Venezuelan regime to discuss the "ongoing U.S. aggression."

Latin Times

Gustavo Petro Rebukes Maduro's Appeal to Colombian Forces Amid U.S. Pressure, Says He 'Has No Right to Give Orders to the Military'

Colombian President Gustavo Petro rejected an appeal by Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro for Colombia's military to join forces with the neighboring country, saying Maduro "has no right to give orders to the military."

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Stefanik ends campaign for New York governor, will retire in 2026

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is ending her campaign for New York governor and will retire from the House at the end of her current term.

The Conversation

The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication − 70 years after Jonas Salk developed the vaccine in a Pittsburgh lab

It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded “iron lung” ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that public pools and movie theaters closed. Parents canceled birthday parties, afraid their child might be the…

The Independent UK

Egypt vows to prevent escalation between Lebanon and Israel amid tensions over Hezbollah

Egypt is working hard to prevent further escalation between Lebanon and Israel amid tensions over Hezbollah's disarmament

Euronews

US strikes on narcoboats kill five more in Pacific amid mounting Venezuela tensions

US forces killed five in narcoboat strikes Thursday, bringing the total deaths to 104 since September, following the US president's order to blockade sanctioned Venezuelan tankers in further escalation of tensions with Venezuela.

The Independent UK

Love Actually’s Hugh Grant and Richard Curtis back Red Cross’s family reunion campaign

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has axed the refugee family reunion visa route - with loved ones only able to come to the UK if the sponsor is on a work or study visas

The Guardian - AU

‘Better off with Taiwan’: Honduras joins other Latin American countries rethinking ties with China

US pressure, broken promises by China and corruption scandals have halted Taiwan’s slide to diplomatic irrelevance in the region

Euronews

Lifting of US sanctions on Syria could spur refugee returns, UNHCR official says

The UN refugee agency reports that altogether more than 1 million refugees and nearly 2 million internally displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since Bashar al-Assad's fall.

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