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A child crosses a flooded track in Khan Younis between makeshift tents used by displaced Palestinians
Flood misery for Gazans awaiting next stage of peace plan
JERUSALEM — More than 800,000 Gazans are at risk from flooding, the UN says, as a powerful winter storm sweeps through the Strip.The heavy rain has already deluged camps, and led several buildings to collapse.A steady stream of water trickles through openings in the tent Ghadir al-Adham shares with her husband and six children in Gaza City. Her family is still displaced after the war, and waiting for reconstruction to begin."Here we are, living a life of humiliation," she told the BBC. "We want caravans. We want our homes rebuilt. We long for concrete to keep us warm. Every day I sit and cry for my children."Two months into an American-imposed ceasefire, Gaza is stuck in the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan - its territory divided between the warring parties, its people...
December 12, 2025

Flood misery for Gazans awaiting next stage of peace plan

Reddit has launched a High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban
Reddit launches High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban for kids
SYDNEY — Reddit has launched a challenge in Australia's highest court against the nation's landmark social media ban for children.The online forum is among 10 social media platforms which must bar Australians aged under 16 from having accounts, under a new law which began on Wednesday.The ban, which is being watched closely around the world, was justified by campaigners and the government as necessary to protect children from harmful content and algorithms.Reddit is complying with the ban, but in its case will argue that the policy has serious implications for privacy and political rights. It is the second such legal challenge, with two Australian teens also awaiting a High Court hearing."Despite the best intentions, this law is missing the mark," Reddit said in an update on...
December 12, 2025

Reddit launches High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban for kids

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul
Thai PM dissolves parliament to 'return power to people'
BANGKOK — Thailand has dissolved parliament after nearly a week of fresh clashes along its border with Cambodia, with a general election to be called within 45 to 60 days.In a royal decree published on Friday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cited the deadly border dispute among other challenges his minority government has struggled to contain since it took office three months ago."The appropriate solution is to dissolve parliament… which is a way to return political power to the people," he said.Anutin, a business tycoon, is Thailand's third prime minister since August 2023. When he took power in September, he said he would dissolve parliament by the end of January.However, now facing an imminent vote of no confidence, Anutin brought the election forward.Anutin and his...
December 12, 2025

Thai PM dissolves parliament to 'return power to people'

Police officers escort Do Kwon after he served his prison sentence in Podgorica, Montenegro, on March 23, 2024
Crypto mogul sentenced for 'epic' $40bn stablecoin crash, Do Kwon, South Korean
NEW YORK — Onetime cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon was sentenced Thursday by a New York judge to 15 years in prison after a $40 billion crash revealed his crypto ecosystem to be a fraud.Do Kwon, a South Korean national, was behind two digital currencies that collapsed and lost an estimated $40bn ($29.9bn).He was co-founder of Singapore-based Terraform Labs, which developed the TerraUSD and Luna digital coins.Kwon had admitted misleading investors about TerraUSD, a so-called stablecoin that was supposed to maintain its value against the US dollar.He was one of a number of crypto bosses to face charges in the US after digital tokens slumped in 2022, triggering the failure of several companies.US District Judge Paul A Engelmayer, who handed down the sentence, said Kwon had repeatedly lied to...
December 12, 2025

Crypto mogul sentenced for 'epic' $40bn stablecoin crash, Do Kwon, South Korean

President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order on AI in the Oval Office in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2025
Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing own regulations around AI
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that blocks states from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence and instead aims to create a “single national framework” for AI.“This is an executive order that orders aspects of your administration to take decisive action to ensure that AI can operate within a single national framework in this country, as opposed to being subject to state level regulation that could potentially cripple the industry,” White House aide Will Scharf said of the executive order in the Oval Office.The order could have far-reaching effects on US efforts to dominate the nascent technology, which has already become a significant part of the economy and the stock market but which also still remains untested in...
December 12, 2025

Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing own regulations around AI

South Korea's Suneung is an infamous eight-hour marathon of back-to-back exams
Chief of South Korea's high-stakes exam quits over 'insane' English test
SEOUL — The English section of South Korea's gruelling college entrance exam, or Suneung, is notoriously difficult, with some students comparing it to deciphering an ancient script, and others calling it "insane".So intense was the criticism around this year's test that the top official in charge of administering it resigned to take responsibility for the "chaos" it caused."We sincerely accept the criticism that the difficulty of questions... was inappropriate," said Suneung chief Oh Seung-geol, adding that the test "fell short" despite having gone through several rounds of editing.Among the most daunting questions are one on Immanuel Kant's philosophy of law and another involving gaming jargon.The latter, worth three points, asks students to pick where a sentence should...
December 12, 2025

Chief of South Korea's high-stakes exam quits over 'insane' English test

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump
EU agrees to indefinitely immobilize €210 billion of Russian assets
STRASBOURG — The European Union has agreed to indefinitely immobilize the assets of the Russian Central Bank, a central element of the reparations loan to Ukraine, still under intense negotiations ahead of a make-or-break summit next week.By doing so, the EU locks in the assets under its jurisdiction for the foreseeable future amid fears that the United States might seek control of the Russian funds and use them in a future settlement with Moscow to end the war.The long-term immobilization was agreed by ambassadors on Thursday afternoon under Article 122 of the EU treaties, which only requires a qualified majority from member states and bypasses the European Parliament.The law prohibits the transfer of the €210 billion in assets back to the Russian Central Bank. The bulk of the assets,...
December 12, 2025

EU agrees to indefinitely immobilize €210 billion of Russian assets

Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Man worngly deported to El Salvador released from ICE custody after judge’s ruling
PHILISBURG — El Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Thursday afternoon following a federal judge’s order.District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody “immediately,” Thursday in a court filing, a significant development in the case concerning the man mistakenly deported this year before being returned to the United States.Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation has been the basis of a fraught legal battle that’s included tense confrontations between the judge and the Justice Department. It has also come to embody the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and aggressive posture in trying to deport immigrants to far-flung countries.“Since Abrego Garcia’s return from wrongful...
December 12, 2025

Man worngly deported to El Salvador released from ICE custody after judge’s ruling

A view of the Austrian parliament in Vienna
Austria's parliament passes law banning headscarves for schoolgirls under age of 14
VIENNA — Austria's parliament passed a law on Thursday banning schoolgirls under the age of 14 from wearing a headscarf.The coalition government, made up of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and Neos, said the new law represents a "clear commitment to gender equality" and applies to girls in both public and private schools.Under the new law, all girls under 14 are forbidden from wearing what the government called "traditional Muslim" head coverings, which includes hijabs and burqas.If any student is found to have violated the ban, they must enter into discussions with the school authorities and parents or legal guardians.In the case of repeated violations, the youth welfare agency must be notified and families or responsible adults could be...
December 12, 2025

Austria's parliament passes law banning headscarves for schoolgirls under age of 14

Father-of-two Charlie Kirk built Turning Point USA, a campus conservative group
Charlie Kirk murder accused makes first in-person court appearance
SALT LAKE CITY — The man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah campus in September has made his first in-person court appearance, as a judge deliberated on the extent of media access to the high-profile case.Attorneys for Tyler Robinson, 22, and the Utah County Sheriff's Office had asked the judge to ban cameras in court out of concern that news coverage could prejudice a fair trial.Kirk's widow and a coalition of national and local news organisations pushed for transparency and a judge agreed on Thursday to allow cameras in court.The defendant faces several charges, including aggravated murder, and could face the death penalty if convicted. He has not yet entered a plea.He turned himself in to authorities after an extensive manhunt following...
December 12, 2025

Charlie Kirk murder accused makes first in-person court appearance

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