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12/12/2025: Thai Prime Minister dissolves parliament to “return power to the people”

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December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM

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11/12/2025: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appears in Oslo after months in hiding, following her Nobel Peace Prize win.

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December 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM

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10/12/2025: Lithuania declares emergency situation over Belarus balloons

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December 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM

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09/12/2025: Tens of thousands of women have marched in cities across Brazil, denouncing femicide and gender-based violence, after a series of high-profile cases that shocked the country.⁠

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December 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM

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08/12/2025: The World Food Programme warns #Sudan is facing a “massive” humanitarian crisis, with millions of starving people being denied access to vital food supplies as the war continues.⁠

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December 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM

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06/12/2025: Zelensky signals progress in talks with US on peace plan

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December 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM

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06/12/2025: Legendary architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96

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December 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM

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05/12/2025: More than 200 cultural and public figures are calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti, the jailed Palestinian leader held by Israel since the early 2000s, after he was not released in the October prisoner exchange under the Gaza ceasefire deal.

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December 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM

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04/12/2025: The world’s largest sculpture of the markhor, #Pakistan’s national animal, has been unveiled in the country’s Kaghan Valley.⁠

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December 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM

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03/12/2025: As the #Philippines grapples with its biggest corruption scandal in history, Filipino youth are taking matters into their own hands.

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December 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM

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02/12/2025: Zelenskyy, after talks with Macron, voiced optimism about revising the Trump-era plan to end the war with Russia.⁠

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December 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM

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01/12/2025: Israel killed at least 13 people, including two children, in the Syrian town of Beit Jinn after locals resisted an Israeli military incursion into the city.

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December 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM

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30/11/2025: Pope Leo visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque as part of his four-day trip to Turkiye

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November 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM

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29/11/2025: Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka have killed at least 56 people

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November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM

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28/11/2025: Myanmar’s military rulers have pardoned or dropped charges against 8,665 people locked up for opposing the army rule as the country prepares for next month’s elections, according to state media

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