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US Ukraine Peace Talks Move To Berlin, Enter Critical Phase

US Ukraine Peace Talks Move To Berlin, Enter Critical Phase

December 13, 2025 1:26 am

US President Donald Trump’s overseas envoy will travel to Berlin this weekend for high level talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and senior European leaders, as Washington pushes to secure a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine before Christmas.

Steve Witkoff, who has led the White House’s diplomatic outreach to both Kyiv and Moscow, is expected to present the latest version of a US backed peace proposal during meetings in the German capital, according to officials familiar with the plans.

The Berlin talks mark a critical moment in negotiations that have gathered pace in recent weeks but …

Ireland Settlement Trade Ban For Israel To Cover Goods Only

Ireland Settlement Trade Ban For Israel To Cover Goods Only

December 12, 2025 3:53 am

Ireland will restrict its planned curbs on trade with Israeli settlements to goods only, a senior minister said, giving the first clear indication of the bill’s scope as Dublin faces competing pressure from domestic campaigners, Israel and the United States.

The legislation aims to block imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move the government has been preparing for months. Critics at home want the bill to cover services, while Israel and Washington have urged Ireland to abandon the proposal outright.

Thomas Byrne, Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, told Reuters that the planned …

BBC/Matt Wright Prison Sentence Issued Over Crash Cover-up

Matt Wright Prison Sentence Issued Over Crash Cover-up

December 12, 2025 3:42 am

Australian wildlife personality Matt Wright has been sentenced to five months in prison for attempting to interfere with the investigation into a 2022 helicopter crash that killed his friend and television co-star and left the pilot permanently injured.

The former Outback Wrangler and Netflix’s Wild Croc Territory star received a 10-month prison term on Friday in the Northern Territory Supreme Court, with Acting Justice Alan Blow ordering Wright to serve half before the sentence is suspended. Wright was also fined A$5,000.

Wright was convicted in August of lying to police and pressuring an injured witness in the aftermath of the …

World Cup Ticket Sales To Halt As Fans Protest High Prices

World Cup Ticket Sales To Halt As Fans Protest High Prices

December 12, 2025 3:32 am

Football Supporters Europe (FSE), a major umbrella body for fan organizations, on Friday urged FIFA to immediately halt ticket sales for national team allocations to the 2026 World Cup, saying proposed prices are so high they could shut many ordinary supporters out of next year’s tournament.

FSE said in a statement that ticket price tables quietly shared with national associations show a supporter wishing to follow their team from the first group match to the final through the Participating Member Association (PMA) route would face costs of at least $6,900—about five times more than similar allocations for the 2022 World …

Indiana Republicans Defy Trump And Block Voting Map

Indiana Republicans Defy Trump And Block Voting Map

December 12, 2025 2:48 am

Indiana’s Republican-controlled Senate rejected a proposed congressional map on Thursday, delivering a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump and derailing a plan that could have expanded GOP representation in Washington ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

The bill, which had passed the state House last week, failed in the Senate by a vote of 31–19 after 21 Republicans joined all 10 Democrats to oppose the measure.

The defeat in Indiana marks one of the most striking setbacks yet in Trump’s nationwide effort to pressure GOP-led legislatures to redraw political maps in the party’s favor.

Had the measure passed, Republicans stood …

Robotic Rabbits Deployed To Combat Florida’s Python Invasion

Robotic Rabbits Deployed To Combat Florida’s Python Invasion

December 12, 2025 2:34 am

Scientists in Florida are using life-like robotic rabbits to track and control invasive Burmese pythons threatening the Everglades ecosystem.

Florida scientists are turning to an unusual tactic in the battle against invasive Burmese pythons: life-like, remotely controlled robotic rabbits.

The “robo-bunnies,” developed by Dr. Robert McCleery and his team at the University of Florida, are designed to mimic the warmth and movement of real rabbits, a preferred prey of the giant snakes. Solar-powered heaters and motors give the robots realistic heat signatures, while motion-detection cameras alert park officials when a python approaches, allowing early intervention before the predator can strike.…

Reddit Sues Australia Over Child Social Media Ban

Reddit Sues Australia Over Child Social Media Ban

December 12, 2025 2:07 am

Reddit has filed a lawsuit in Australia’s High Court seeking to strike down the country’s new nationwide social media ban for children under 16, arguing that the law unlawfully restricts free political communication and threatens user privacy.

The challenge, lodged Friday, marks the most significant legal pushback yet against Australia’s world-first age-access law, which took effect on December 10.

The San Francisco–based company, one of Australia’s most widely used online platforms, said in its filing that the law should be ruled invalid because it interferes with the implied constitutional freedom of political communication.

Reddit added that even if the …

M23 Offensive In South Kivu Claims Over 400 Civilian Lives

M23 Offensive In South Kivu Claims Over 400 Civilian Lives

December 11, 2025 11:03 am

More than four hundred civilians have been killed in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group pushed deeper into the province this week, regional authorities said. The surge in fighting has also uprooted around two hundred thousand people and placed a new peace deal under heavy strain.

The escalation follows the group’s capture of Uvira, a strategic port town on Lake Tanganyika, on Thursday. Residents told Reuters that M23 fighters entered the city after a rapid advance that began earlier in the month. The town had served as the seat of …

India US Tariff Talks Continuous After Modi Trump Call

India US Tariff Talks Continuous After Modi Trump Call

December 11, 2025 10:53 am

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he spoke with United States President Donald Trump by phone on Thursday, as New Delhi pushes for relief from Washington’s fifty percent tariffs on a range of Indian exports. Modi described the exchange as “warm and engaging” and said both leaders reviewed bilateral ties and broader regional developments.

The call comes at a sensitive moment for India–US trade relations, which have struggled since negotiations collapsed in late July. Washington imposed the tariffs after India declined to open its market to certain American farm products and refused to acknowledge Trump’s involvement in mediating during a …

Reuters/Microsoft Cloud Pricing Lawsuit Heads To UK Tribunal

Microsoft Cloud Pricing Lawsuit Heads To UK Tribunal

December 11, 2025 10:40 am

Microsoft was accused in a London court on Thursday of overcharging nearly sixty thousand British businesses that run Windows Server on cloud platforms operated by Amazon, Google and Alibaba. The claim forms the basis of a £2.1bn lawsuit seeking to challenge how the company prices its software outside its own cloud service Azure.

The case is being brought by competition specialist Maria Luisa Stasi, who argues that Microsoft’s pricing model puts rival cloud providers at a disadvantage and forces customers to pay more if they choose alternatives. The hearing is a key step as Stasi asks the Competition Appeal Tribunal …

Cambodian Border Clashes Trigger Mass Evacuations

Cambodian Border Clashes Trigger Mass Evacuations

December 11, 2025 10:30 am

Thousands of Cambodian families fled their homes this week as fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border escalated, leaving evacuation shelters overwhelmed and short of essential supplies. The surge in displacement followed intense exchanges of gunfire between the two countries’ forces, according to aid groups working in the area.

Many of those who escaped described fleeing under live fire, leaving behind homes, livestock, and nearly all personal belongings.

At a temple in Srei town, where roughly 500 people have taken refuge, casino worker Chay Rey recalled running with her husband as bullets struck nearby. “My heart was almost broken because I was …

Bulgarian PM Resign After Mass Protests

Bulgarian PM Resign After Mass Protests

December 11, 2025 10:15 am

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov stepped down late Wednesday after huge crowds filled central Sofia and other cities demanding his government quit over corruption concerns. His resignation came just hours before a scheduled no-confidence vote in parliament and less than three weeks before Bulgaria is set to adopt the euro.

The move followed days of swelling demonstrations against his minority centre-right administration, which took office in January. Protesters accused the government of protecting powerful political figures and business interests, and of failing to tackle long-standing graft.

In a televised address, Zhelyazkov said he was responding to the clear message sent …

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