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December 9, 2025
Shipping delays expected after UPS cargo plane crash
NEW YORK (AP) — The UPS cargo plane crash on Tuesday at the company's global aviation hub in Kentucky, which killed at least 12, will temporarily disrupt the supply chain and result in some…
December 9, 2025
FAA reducing air traffic by 10 per cent across 40 'high-volume' markets during government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it was taking the extraordinary step of reducing air traffic by 10 per cent across 40 "high-volume" markets…
December 9, 2025
Democrat Zohran Mamdani is elected New York City mayor
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has become the city's first Muslim mayor and its youngest in generations. The 34-year-old state lawmaker harnessed enthusiasm and social media savvy to…
December 9, 2025
Anniversary of deadly train station disaster marked with large rally
NOVI SAD (AP): Tens of thousands of people from all over Serbia commemorated the victims of a railway station disaster a year ago in the northern city of Novi Sad in a gathering on Saturday seen as a…
December 9, 2025
Police rule out terrorism in stabbing attack on train after two men are arrested
LONDON (AP): British police dismissed speculation on Sunday that a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train the previous evening was terrorism-related, but said two people who were wounded remain…
December 9, 2025
Foreign minister calls for disarmament of Kurdish fighters
BAGHDAD (AP): Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Sunday called on Kurdish separatist fighters, who have withdrawn to the country’s north after waging a decades-long insurgency in Turkey, to…
December 9, 2025
Catholics honour All Saints’ Day with family gatherings,cemetery visits
WARSAW (AP): Poles met up with families and visited their beloved dead on All Saints’ Day, which was celebrated Saturday across the Catholic world. All Saints’ Day, annually celebrated on November 1,…
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December 9, 2025
CARICOM countries vote in favour of resolution to end US trade embargo against Cuba
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations General Assembly Wednesday has, for the 33rd consecutive year, adopted a resolution calling for an end to the decades-long United States embargo against Cuba.…
December 9, 2025
US strikes on alleged drug boats ‘unacceptable’
GENEVA (AP): The UN human rights chief said Friday that US military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are…