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  • ‘We have to have’ Greenland, says Donald Trump

    ‘We have to have’ Greenland, says Donald Trump

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    US President Donald Trump has insisted “we have to have Greenland”, a day after appointing a special envoy to…

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  • Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian’s Regular Press Conference on December 23, 2025_Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of South Africa

    Reuters: Reuters reported on Monday, citing a draft Pentagon report, that China is likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles across its latest three silo fields. The Pentagon report also said that China has no desire…

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  • Vast new Epstein batch released by US justice department includes emails and videos – live updates

    Vast new Epstein batch released by US justice department includes emails and videos – live updates

    More Epstein files released by US justice departmentpublished at 09:40 GMT

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    The files appeared overnight on the US Department of Justice website

    The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has…

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  • Reducing Global Reliance on Nuclear Deterrence

    Reducing Global Reliance on Nuclear Deterrence

    Specific risk-reduction measures connected to the threat of accidental or inadvertent escalation to the nuclear level could include the exchange of information connected to stockpile sizes, and briefings and discussions regarding the…

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  • Syrian Arab Republic: Humanitarian Overview Issue No. 2 | November 2025 – ReliefWeb

    1. Syrian Arab Republic: Humanitarian Overview Issue No. 2 | November 2025  ReliefWeb
    2. Syria’s humanitarian needs remain high despite reduced violence, UN warns  UN News
    3. One year after Bashar Al-Assad’s fall, Pakistan commends Syrian-led reforms amid…

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  • November 2025 crude steel production

    November 2025 crude steel production

    World crude steel production for the 70 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 140.1 million tonnes (Mt) in November 2025, a 4.6% decrease compared to November 2024.

    Crude steel production by region

    Africa produced…

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  • An Industry Guide to the FY2026 NDAA – War on the Rocks

    1. An Industry Guide to the FY2026 NDAA  War on the Rocks
    2. Sweeping US defense bill passes, with Ukraine, Venezuela provisions defying Trump  Reuters
    3. Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station to receive $54M  Buffalo Toronto Public Media
    4. US Senate approves…

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  • Bureaucratic mishap delayed gun license for accused Bondi Beach shooter in Australia

    Bureaucratic mishap delayed gun license for accused Bondi Beach shooter in Australia

    MELBOURNE, Australia — MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man accused of shooting dead 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in an antisemitic attack faced a lengthy delay in getting a gun license because of a bureaucratic mishap, not because he…

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