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India's Goa state orders probe after nightclub fire kills 25

Indian authorities ordered an investigation and offered compensation to victims on Sunday after a fire ripped through a nightclub in the western state of Goa, killing 25.

December 8, 2025 6:21 pm
 

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Thailand launches air strikes at Cambodia as border tensions reignite

Thailand has launched air strikes along its disputed border with Cambodia, the Thai military said on Monday, after both countries accused the other of breaching a ceasefire agreement brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.

December 8, 2025 4:51 pm
 

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Senator Cotton: No objection to releasing U.S. strike video

A video of a U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of the initial attack shows “nothing remarkable,” the Republican who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday, and he would not oppose its public release if the Pentagon were to declassify it.

December 8, 2025 3:00 pm
 

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Community police among five killed in Michoacán explosion

The number of victims killed in an explosion outside a police station in the western Mexican state of Michoacán over the weekend has risen to five, the Attorney General’s Office said Sunday.

December 8, 2025 2:03 pm
 

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Russian strikes kill four in Ukraine as new US policy released

Russia on Sunday welcomed the Trump administration’s new national security strateg y in comments by the Kremlin spokesman published by Russia’s Tass news agency.

December 8, 2025 1:12 pm
 

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Man wounded in 2nd stabbing attack on North Carolina commuter train since August

Police in North Carolina have charged a 33-year-old man with critically injuring another person in a stabbing on a Charlotte commuter train, just a few months after a Ukrainian refugee riding one of the city’s trains was killed in an unrelated knife attack.

December 8, 2025 12:09 pm
 

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US fines New York firm $7.1m for sanctions breach over Russian oligarch

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed a $7.1 million fine on a New York-based property management firm Thursday, accusing it of violating sanctions by managing luxury real estate properties for oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

December 8, 2025 10:10 am
 

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Benin government says armed forces foil coup attempt

Benin’s government said on Sunday its armed forces had foiled a coup attempt after a group of soldiers in the West African nation claimed on national television to have seized power.

December 8, 2025 9:07 am
 

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Netanyahu: Israel and Hamas near second phase of ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire,” after Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza.

December 8, 2025 8:06 am
 

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Australia approves social media ban on under-16s

Australia’s world-first social media ban for teenagers is already being hailed a success — even before it fully takes effect.

December 8, 2025 5:43 am
 

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Warner Bros, Netflix deal turns spotlight on media titans

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O), opens new tab has agreed to sell its iconic studio and streaming assets to Netflix (NFLX.O), opens new tab for $72 billion, in a move that will reshape Hollywood by creating a vertically integrated media powerhouse.

December 7, 2025 4:27 pm
 

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Hong Kong election turnout in focus amid anger over deadly fire

Hong Kong voter turnout will be in focus in an election on Sunday, with the population still grieving and traumatised after the worst fire in nearly 80 years that has authorities scrambling to avoid a broader public backlash.

December 7, 2025 11:24 am

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