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Plane crash in Kazakhstan kills 38, but 29 survive
26 Dec 2024The Embraer passenger jet had diverted from an area of Russia that Moscow has recently defended against Ukrainian drone attacks.
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Pope calls for talks to end Ukraine war
26 Dec 2024In his Christmas Day "Urbi et Orbi" address, Pope Francis addressed the Ukraine conflict and called for "the boldness needed to open the door to negotiation".
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At least 50 feared dead in Kazakhstan plane crash
25 Dec 2024A passenger plane crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan with at least 72 people on board.
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No survivors from PNG small plane crash
25 Dec 2024Four passengers and the pilot were onboard when the plane crashed in a remote area of Morobe Province.
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'This is my Christmas miracle': Man meets his biological family 75 years after being adopted
25 Dec 2024Dixon Handshaw thought he was an only child for most of his life. But decades after being adopted, the 75-year-old learned he has a handful of siblings, whom he met just in time for the holidays.
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King Charles shares message of peace, thankfulness
25 Dec 2024New Zealand is the first country in the Commonwealth to broadcast the King's annual message.
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Survivors mark 50 years since Cyclone Tracy left Darwin 'in ruins'
25 Dec 2024In one of the worst natural disasters Australia has ever seen, at least 66 people died and hundreds more were injured when the category four system struck Darwin on 25 December 1974.
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Trump says he will direct Justice Department to 'vigorously pursue the death penalty'
25 Dec 2024It comes after President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 federal inmates to life in prison.
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Syrian Christians attend Christmas mass for first time since fall of Assad
25 Dec 2024The service was held amid tight security due to concerns of violence against Christian sites.
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Volunteers cleaning Black Sea oil spill ask Putin for help
25 Dec 2024Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 56 kilometres of coastline after at least 3700 tons of heavy oil spilled into the Kerch Strait.
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Israeli army forces patients out of north Gaza hospital, medics say
25 Dec 2024Israel says its operation around the three northern Gaza communities surrounding the hospital - Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia - is targeting Hamas militants.
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Hawaiian Airlines employee terminated for her traditional Samoan tattoo
25 Dec 2024Tracy Sialega-Fili worked with Hawaiian Airlines for nearly four years but was terminated this month after getting the tatau in May to honour her father, who has been seriously ill.
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Five convicted over Amsterdam violence against Israelis
25 Dec 2024The Amsterdam district court found them guilty for a range of crimes from kicking fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the street to inciting violence in chat groups.
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Deaths as armed men fire on Haiti hospital reopening - witness
25 Dec 2024Armed attackers have opened fire on a group gathered for a press conference to announce the reopening of Haiti's largest public hospital, a witness to the attack says.
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Why Cadbury was stripped of its royal seal of approval
King Charles grants royal warrants to 386 companies that previously held warrants from the late Queen, including Weetabix, Heinz and Nestle. Here's what it means.
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Calf's head consommé, truffle quenelles: what the royals ate for Christmas
25 Dec 2024From the exotic to the everyday, the royals Christmas menus through the years might pose some surprises: with moulds of puréed pheasant meat and macaroni with tomato sauce.
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Russian cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean after explosion
25 Dec 2024An explosion has sunk a Russian cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday night, Russian authorities said, leaving two crew members missing.
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Fireball seen as fatal blast rips through Turkish factory
25 Dec 2024A blast has ripped through an explosives factory in Turkey on Christmas Eve, killing 11 people and injuring others, the country's interior minister says.
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What is the Panama Canal and why has Trump threatened to take it over?
24 Dec 2024US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to reimpose US control over the Panama Canal, a key global shipping route located in the Central American nation.
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Nissan and Honda announce merger plans
24 Dec 2024The deal would create the world's third-largest automaker.
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King Charles delivers Xmas message from former hospital chapel
24 Dec 2024New Zealand is the first country in the Commonwealth on Christmas Day to broadcast the message, which will be on RNZ National at 6.06pm, and TVNZ.
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The new Wallace & Gromit film gives Mission Impossible a run for its money
24 Dec 2024Review - Evil penguin Feathers McGraw is back, seeking revenge on Wallace and Gromit through the spectre of AI. Video
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Biden takes all but three people off US death row
24 Dec 2024US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to Donald Trump.
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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder and terror charges
24 Dec 2024The hearing in a New York courtroom marked Mangione's first opportunity to formally address the accusations brought by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office after the fatal shooting of…
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