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Half a million evacuees in Cambodia and Thailand were sheltering in pagodas, schools and other safe havens on Wednesday after fleeing fresh fighting in a long-standing border dispute in which US President Donald Trump has vowed to again intercede. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Swiss watchmakers can claim refunds on higher tariffs paid over the past two months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The drivers of trucks stranded at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border have reacted with understanding to the current situation, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich said on the air of the First News TV channel, BelTA has learned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The thieves who stole crown jewels from the Louvre in October evaded police with just 30 seconds to spare because of avoidable security failures at the Paris museum, a damning investigation has revealed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A  woman in Cebu risked her life to rescue her dogs from a burning building  on December 10, 2025; Identified as Eimeilee Maningo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Australia on Wednesday became the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access in a move welcomed by many parents and child advocates but criticised by major technology companies and free-speech advocates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday he was ready to hold new elections in Ukraine provided security could be assured, and that he expected to send Washington within a day revised proposals on ending the nearly four-year war with Russia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There is a real chance of a US-Venezuela war — so why does it feel fake? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Their wealth multiplied thanks to cryptocurrency ventures, real-estate deals, and shares in companies tied to finance and defense. Donald Trump Jr.’s net worth jumped from about $50 million to roughly $300 million in a year. At its peak in the fall, it reached around $500 million, but shares of his mining company American Bitcoin later dropped. He also made money on real-estate projects and on sto...

Some visitors to the United States may soon have to provide their social media history from the prior five years to enter the country, according to a new Trump administration proposal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CHINA JUST KILLED THE SILICON TAX 48 hours . That is how long Trump's Nvidia deal survived before Beijing unveiled its response. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

South Korea’s entertainment industry is ending 2025 in turmoil as a rapid succession of revelations and allegations engulf some of its biggest stars. Actor Cho Jin-woong’s abrupt retirement, comedienne Park Na-rae’s escalating legal battle with her former managers and comedian Jo Se-ho’s alleged ties to organised crime have left TV networks scrambling and the industry on edge. Hosted on Acast. See...

Skild AI, backed by NVIDIA and Softbank is aiming to create a super unique robot omni brain by training a regiment of 100,000 different simulated robots across a "millennia of simulated time" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia on Wednesday said it was still awaiting a formal answer from Washington on President Vladimir Putin's proposal to jointly stick to the last remaining Russian-U.S. arms control treaty, which expires in less than two months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Work will begin to adopt the declaration in Moldova in May 2026 following a meeting of ministers in Strasbourg on Wednesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

South Korea deployed military aircraft after seven Russian warplanes and two Chinese aircraft entered an air identification zone maintained by Seoul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cambodia’s  powerful Senate President  Hun Sen  on Tuesday vowed a fierce fight against  Thailand  as a second day of  widespread renewed combat between the Southeast Asian neighbors drove tens of thousands of people to flee border areas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The PLAN’s deployments – the biggest to date – stretched from the southern Yellow Sea through the East and South China Seas and deep into the Western Pacific. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The troubling lack of data behind Australia's social media ban on children Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US sanctions Colombian citizens for recruiting fighters for Sudan’s war Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Donald Trump is doubling down on his increasingly harsh criticism of the U.S.’s European allies as he faces pushback from European leaders over his Administration's new  national security strategy , calling Europe “weak” and “decaying” and intensifying his attacks on its migration policies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

These comments will do nothing to reassure European leaders concerned about the anti-EU outbursts over the weekend coming from the American right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pope Leo XIV and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky “focused on the war in Ukraine” when they met at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo this morning, Dec. 9, the Vatican said.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IndiGo continued facing criticism as flight disruptions entered continued for the eighth consecutive day on Tuesday, with over 400 cancellations across major cities. Parallelly, Centre ordered the airline to curtail its operations by 10 per cent on Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday that criticism of liberties in the bloc should be aimed elsewhere and at "Russia perhaps", referring to a White House strategy document critical of EU policies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.