The top-10 costliest climate disasters include wildfires, cyclones, extreme rainfall and flooding, and droughts spanning four continents. Together, they resulted in economic losses of $120 billion.
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Counting the Cost 2025: A year of climate breakdown – ReliefWeb
- Counting the Cost 2025: A year of climate breakdown ReliefWeb
- Parts of greater Pittsburgh region continue to be haunted by 2025’s extreme weather events Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- 2025 in disasters: How earthquakes, cyclones, floods redefined the…
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Two killed in suspected Palestinian ramming and knife attack in Israel
Magen David AdomThe attacker drove into people and then carried out a stabbing several miles away, police say Two people have been killed in what police say was a “rolling terror attack” in northern Israel.
Police said the attacker ran over a…
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Malaysian court sentences ex-Prime Minister Razak to 15 years and big fine in corruption case
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was sentenced to 15 years and a hefty 13.5 billion ringgit ($3.3 billion) in fines and assets after being convicted Friday in his biggest…
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Winter storm buries Wrightwood, drenches SoCal
The Gamboa family isn’t quite sure how they’re going to get back into their home in Wrightwood.
When a powerful atmospheric river began drenching Southern California this week, they were forced to leave as the hills around them dissolved into…
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Fear and intimidation ahead of vote held by military rulers
Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent, Mandalay, Myanmar
Jonathan Head/ BBCA campaign rally in Mandalay ahead of a controversial election being held by Myanmar’s military rulers on 28 December On a patch of rough ground near the Irrawaddy…
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China hits US defence firms with sanctions over arms sales to Taiwan – Reuters
- China hits US defence firms with sanctions over arms sales to Taiwan Reuters
- China sanctions 30 US firms, individuals over Taiwan weapons sales Al Jazeera
- Key facts: Boeing stock drops 1% after China sanctions U.S. firms; LOT Polish Airlines…
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Chinese Forces Fielding Intercontinental Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles Capable of Reaching U.S. West Coast, Pentagon Says – USNI News
- Chinese Forces Fielding Intercontinental Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles Capable of Reaching U.S. West Coast, Pentagon Says USNI News
- Exclusive: China likely loaded more than 100 ICBMs in silo fields, Pentagon report says Reuters
- China’s DF-27…
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Japan’s Cabinet approves record defense budget aiming to deter China as tensions grow
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense with cruise missiles…
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Nuclear submarine arms race heats up between North and South Korea
In this undated photo provided Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un inspects a nuclear-powered submarine under construction at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Independent journalists were not…
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