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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro attends a meeting at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, February 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
December 9, 2025

Venezuelan president says regional peace threatened by joint military drills between Trinidad and US

CARACAS, CMC – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is warning that Trinidad and Tobago’s joint military drills with the United States could “threaten peace” in the Caribbean. He made the statement…
Climate activists protest with coffins that read coal, oil and gas during the COP30 UN Climate Summit, Saturday, November 15, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
December 9, 2025

Climate protesters demand to be heard as they march on COP30 with costumes and drums

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Some wore black dresses to signify a funeral for fossil fuels, hundreds wore red shirts, symbolizing the blood of colleagues fighting to protect the environment and others…
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December 9, 2025

19 migrants deported by US to Ghana have been moved to an unknown location, lawyer says

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Nineteen West African nationals deported by the US to Ghana have been moved to an unknown location, a lawyer for one of the deportees said. Ana Dionne-Lanier, who represents one…
Families watch planes on the tarmac at Johannesburg's OR Tambo's airport, Monday November 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
December 9, 2025

South Africa investigates mystery of a plane that arrived with more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's intelligence services are investigating who was behind a chartered plane that landed in Johannesburg with more than 150 Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza who…
President Donald Trump displays the signed the funding bill to reopen the government, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, November 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
December 9, 2025

Trump signs funding bill, ending record 43-day government shutdown

President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without pay cheques, stranded scores…
FILE - Migrants from Eritrea, Libya and Sudan sail a wooden boat before being assisted by aid workers of the Spanish NGO Open Arms, in the Mediterranean sea, about 30 miles north of Libya, Saturday, June 17, 2023. Ministers from Germany and France tasked w
December 9, 2025

At least 42 migrants presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libya, says UN

CAIRO (AP) — At least 42 people are missing and presumed dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Libya last week, the UN's migration agency said on Wednesday. Seven…
A man walks along a fence that surrounds a a building on the grounds of a proposed new Russian embassy near the Australian Parliament in Canberra where an Australian Federal Police officer observes from his vehicle, June 23, 2023.
December 9, 2025

Top court rejects Russia’s challenge to embassy eviction

MELBOURNE (AP): Australia’s highest court on Wednesday rejected Russia’s challenge to a law that evicted the state on security grounds from a site where Moscow wanted to build its new embassy. Seven…
A flight cancellation is displayed on an information board in the terminal at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Monday, November 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
December 9, 2025

Air travellers face frustration as FAA's further drop in flights takes effect

Air travellers could face more frustration as busy US airports need to meet a higher Federal Aviation Administration target for reducing flights Tuesday after already cancelling thousands to scale…
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December 9, 2025

A suicide bomber targets an Islamabad court, killing 12 people and wounding 27, minister says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber struck outside the gates of a district court in Islamabad on Tuesday, detonating his explosives next to a police car and killing 12 people, Pakistan's interior…