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December 9, 2025
Trump, Netanyahu agree on plan to end Gaza war, await Hamas acceptance of terms
WASHINGTON (AP): United States (US) President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday they’ve agreed on a plan to end the war in Gaza, but it’s unclear whether Hamas…
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December 9, 2025
Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP): A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump yesterday afternoon showing little…
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December 9, 2025
Weighing confrontation or diplomacy after UN sanctions reimposed over nuclear programme
DUBAI (AP) Iran’s theocracy prepared Sunday for a possible confrontation with the West after the United Nations reimposed sanctions over its nuclear programme, even as some pushed for continued…
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December 9, 2025
Zookeeper reflects on caring for Latin America’s last panda
MEXICO CITY (AP): After a decade of caring for camels, lions, lynxes and lemurs, Joel Frías joined the team handling the Chapultepec Zoo’s star attraction: the giant pandas. It was 2000, and Mexico…
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December 9, 2025
Body of young migrant found on the beach as crossings to UK rise
PARIS (AP): French authorities announced the discovery Sunday of a body on a beach used as one of the launch points for migrants attempting the perilous sea crossing from northern France to the UK on…
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December 9, 2025
Death toll climbs to 40 after stampede at political rally for popular actor
NEW DELHI (AP) The death toll following a stampede at a political rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has climbed to 40, the state’s health minister…
December 9, 2025
Prominent educator with Guyanese heritage detained by ICE
DES MOINES, CMC-The Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) Friday confirmed that the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, Dr Ian Roberts, had been arrested by federal immigration authorities. …
December 9, 2025
Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next
MIAMI (AP) — Dangerous tropical weather brewed Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean with Humberto intensifying into a powerful Category 4 hurricane and a separate weather system taking aim at the Southeast…
December 9, 2025
UN says Haiti remains in the ‘eye of the storm’
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed says Haiti is “at the eye of a storm” with armed gangs tearing apart communities and families being forced from…