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US offers Maduro exit route as Trump warns Venezuela airspace is ‘closed’
Monday, 1 December 2025, 8:49pmThe United States has offered Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro the chance to leave his country for Russia or elsewhere,...
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McLaren chief admits strategy blunder costs Qatar win and podium
Monday, 1 December 2025, 1:25pmMcLaren team chief Andrea Stella admitted his team made a costly strategic blunder at this morning’s Qatar Grand Prix that...
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Long-lost Rubens ‘masterpiece’ sells at auction in France for $5.5m
Monday, 1 December 2025, 10:20amA long-lost painting by 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens sold at auction in France today for almost €3 million...
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Alice Robinson storms to giant slalom win at Copper Mountain World Cup
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 1:37pmNew Zealand’s Alice Robinson captured her fifth World Cup victory in dominant style on Saturday (local time), clocking the...
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Springboks crush Wales 73-0 in historic test demolition
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 8:32amSacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu starred as South Africa ran in 11 unanswered tries to inflict a record 73-0 home defeat on Wales...
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Monsoon floods in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia leave more than 300 dead
Saturday, 29 November 2025, 3:49pmDays of devastating flooding across Southeast Asia have killed more than 300 people in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia,...
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Hong Kong fire toll climbs to at least 83, hundreds still missing
Friday, 28 November 2025, 8:41amHong Kong authorities say the death toll from the city’s worst fire in decades has risen to at least 83, with the blaze almost...
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At least 36 dead as fire engulfs Hong Kong apartment towers
Thursday, 27 November 2025, 7:13amA huge fire that engulfed a Hong Kong residential estate has killed at least 36 people and left more than 200 unaccounted...
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US envoy reportedly advised Russian official on Ukraine deal and how to handle Trump
Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 1:07pmUnited States presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised a senior Kremlin official on how President Vladimir Putin should pitch...
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Not a final offer: Ukraine, US to hold Geneva talks on Trump's plan to end war
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 9:26amUkrainian and United States envoys will meet in Switzerland along with European security chiefs to discuss Washington’s plan...
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Vietnam floods leave 55 dead as rescuers race to find missing
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 8:56amRescuers raced to find more than a dozen people still missing on Saturday after a week of heavy flooding in Vietnam, where...
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'Fear cannot beat us': Thousands rally after murder linked to anti-drug activism
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 8:37amThousands of people gathered in Marseille to honour the brother of an anti-drug activist murdered in France’s second largest...
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‘We did not betray Ukraine’: Zelenskyy largely rejects Trump peace proposal
Saturday, 22 November 2025, 8:36amEuropean leaders and the UN are calling for greater involvement from Kyiv and its allies as they guardedly pushed back against...
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Watch: Fire erupts at UN climate talks forcing panicked delegates to run for the exits
Friday, 21 November 2025, 9:31amA fire has erupted in a pavilion of the UN’s climate talks in Brazil, forcing panicked delegates to run for the exits and...
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Floods kill at least 16 as rescuers pull people from rooftops in Vietnam
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 8:23pmRescuers plucked stranded people from the rooftops of submerged homes as widespread flooding inundated central Vietnam, where...
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Trump signs Epstein files law, but doubts linger over full release
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 3:42pmDonald Trump has signed into law legislation requiring the release of United States government records on convicted sex offender...
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Ninety seconds could have saved lives on Baltimore bridge
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 4:29pmSix workers who perished when a container ship struck a bridge in Maryland 20 months ago might not have died had they been...
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'Piggy', 'Terrible': Trump lashes out at female reporters
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 4:12pmDonald Trump ripped into a reporter from the United States network ABC 九一星空无限 today, just days after calling another woman...
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Lebanon says 13 dead in Israeli strike on Palestinian camp
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 1:08pmLebanon said an Israeli strike on Tuesday night local time on a crowded Palestinian refugee camp in the country’s south killed...
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UN Security Council set to vote on international force for Gaza
Monday, 17 November 2025, 4:10pmThe United Nations Security Council is set to vote tomorrow on a United States-drafted resolution bolstering President Donald...
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Inside England’s haka plan that fired their win over the All Blacks
Monday, 17 November 2025, 10:05amJamie George was pleased to have played a part in England’s defiant reply to the haka but was even happier to beat the All...
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Death toll from Indonesian landslide rises to 11
Sunday, 16 November 2025, 9:51amA landslide on Indonesia’s Java Island has killed at least 11 people, an official has said, updating a previous tally as...
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Buenos Aires industrial park fire contained after powerful explosions
Sunday, 16 November 2025, 8:43amA large blaze ignited by powerful explosions at an industrial park near Argentina’s capital has been contained, local authorities...
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Trump says he will sue BBC for up to $8.8b over misleading edit
Saturday, 15 November 2025, 3:56pmUS President Donald Trump says he will sue the BBC for up to US$5 billion ($8.8b) after the British broadcaster apologised...
