Trump envoy sees progress in peace talks
BERLIN/KYIV, Dec 15 (Reuters): President Volodymyr Zelenskiy offered to drop Ukraine's aspirations to join the NATO military alliance as he held five hours of talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin on Sunday to end the war with Russia, with negotiations set to continue on Monday.Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff said "a...
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Flash flood kills 37 in Morocco coastal town
SAFI, Dec 15 (AFP): A flash flood in a Moroccan coastal town killed at least 37, local officials said Monday, as search and rescue operations continued.Drought-hit Morocco often faces severe weather, but Sunday's flooding in Safi is already the deadliest such disaster in at least a decade.A muddy torrent swept...
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Australia plans tougher gun laws
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters): Australia vowed stricter gun laws on Monday as it began mourning victims of its worst mass shooting in almost 30 years, in which police accused a father-and-son duo of killing 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach.The incident has raised questions whether...
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Cambodia accuses Thailand of striking deep inside its territory
PHNOM PENH, Dec 15 (AFP): Cambodia accused Thailand on Monday of striking deep inside its territory, bombing areas less than a two-hour drive from the country's main tourist draw, the centuries-old Angkor temples, in a reignited border conflict.Dozens of people were killed in five days of fighting in July before...
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HK tycoon Lai convicted in nat’l security trial
HONG KONG, Dec 15 (BBC): Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of colluding with foreign forces under the city's controversial national security law (NSL).The 78-year-old UK citizen, who has been in jail since December 2020, pleaded not guilty. He faces life in prison...
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