The 2025 New Year’s Eve numerals are displayed in Times Square, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, in New York.
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Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025 | Climate crisis
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris agreement. It is also a decade since another key moment in climate justice, when a state was ordered for the first time to cut its carbon emissions faster to protect its citizens from climate…
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EU’s top diplomat rejects Russian claims of Ukrainian attack on government sites
ReutersKaja Kallas accused the Kremlin of trying to derail the peace process with allegations of a Ukrainian attack on government sites The EU’s top diplomat has called Moscow’s claims that Ukraine targeted Russian government sites a “deliberate…
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Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong Visits the Embassy of Bangladesh in China to Mourn the Passing of Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia_Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China

On December 31, 2025, Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong went to the Embassy of Bangladesh in China to offer condolences. On behalf of the Chinese government, he expressed deep condolences on the passing of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister…
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In pictures: New Year welcomed around the world
Nations around the world are welcoming the New Year as midnight strikes across different time zones.
The island of Kiritimati – an atoll in the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati – became the first place to enter 2026. One tourist there told us he…
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possible windfalls, as well as dangers
A month before the US carried out its Christmas day attack on militants linked to the Islamic State group (IS) in north-western Nigeria, president Donald Trump had declared Nigeria a “country of particular concern”. This was due to the…
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Sydney sends message of peace for New Year’s after Bondi attack
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Getty ImagesThousands turned out to see the New Year’s Eve fireworks in Sydney Sydney has welcomed the New Year with a message of peace following the Bondi Beach mass shooting, as huge crowds gathered to watch…
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Israeli ban on aid agencies in Gaza will have ‘catastrophic’ consequences, experts say | Gaza
Israel’s new ban on dozens of aid organisations working in Gaza will have “catastrophic” consequences for the delivery of vital services in the devastated territory and will put Palestinian lives “at imminent risk”, diplomats,…
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EU’s top diplomat rejects Russian claims of Ukrainian attack on government sites
Russia’s defence ministry also released a video of what it said was a local resident who described hearing a rocket-like noise at the time of the alleged attack.
However, one Russian investigative media outlet said it had spoken to more than a…
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Syria removes Assad family from banknotes in currency relaunch
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Syria will replace banknotes bearing ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s face and slash two zeros from the pound in a bid to…
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