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Canada’s Trudeau reshuffles cabinet amid persistent pressure to resign 

20 December 2024

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reshuffled his cabinet, just days after his top deputy resigned in a move tha...

Spain court sentences ex-IMF chief to more than four years over corruption 

20 December 2024

A Madrid court has sentenced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Rodrigo Rato to more than four years in pris...

More than 700 killed in siege of Sudan’s el-Fasher, UN says 

20 December 2024

More than 700 people have been killed in el-Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur state since May, the United Nations human r...

‘Many more Russian war criminals on our list’: Ukraine vows more attacks 

20 December 2024

Kyiv, Ukraine – Igor Kirillov, the 54-year-old general who led Russia’s nuclear protection forces, was assassinated ...

Biden cancels another $4.2bn in US student loans before leaving office 

20 December 2024

News|Joe Biden US President Joe Biden’s administration is cancelling student loans for another 55,000 people in the Un...

Trump threatens tariffs if EU doesn’t buy more oil and gas from US 

20 December 2024

Donald Trump has threatened to levy tariffs against the European Union if the bloc does not buy more oil and gas from th...

US officials on first diplomatic trip to Syria since al-Assad’s removal 

20 December 2024

The first United States diplomats to visit Syria since President Bashar Assad was removed earlier this month are holdin...

Who is Kyle Clifford, crossbow suspect accused of killing three UK women? 

20 December 2024

Kyle Clifford, a former British Army soldier who is accused of murdering a woman and her two daughters in the United Kin...

Israeli settlers set mosque on fire in occupied West Bank 

20 December 2024

News|Israel-Palestine conflict Israeli settlers have set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank, while also defacing...

Malaysia to resume search for missing MH370 

20 December 2024

News|Transport Malaysia’s government has agreed in principle to resume the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia...