Waves of heavy rainfall in early December 2025 spurred landslides and flooding in parts of the Pacific Northwest. The deluge was the result of a potent atmospheric river that took aim at the region starting around December 7.
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Category: 2. World
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Why America and China Are the World’s Only Great Powers
The churn of great-power politics shapes the world and touches, for good or ill, the lives of people everywhere. Wars among great powers have killed millions of people; victorious great powers have also set up international orders whose norms and…
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US seizure of rogue oil tanker off Venezuela signals new crackdown on shadow fleet
MIAMI — The oil tanker was navigating near the coast of Guyana recently when its location transponder showed it starting to zigzag. It was a seemingly improbable maneuver and the latest digital clue that the ship, the Skipper, was trying to…
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Reddit challenges Australia’s world-first law banning children under 16 from social media
MELBOURNE, Australia — Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media platforms.
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Wasted money, effort and opportunity in Afghanistan
A government oversight report exposes billions in wasted U.S. aid during Afghanistan’s reconstruction — highlighting corruption, mismanagement, and the human toll of failed policy.
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John Sopko, the special inspector general for…
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Thailand’s Parliament is dissolved for new elections early next year
BANGKOK — Thailand’s Parliament was dissolved Friday for new elections early next year in a country engaged in deadly fighting with Cambodia.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House of Representatives after getting approval from…
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Japan issues tsunami advisory after 6.7 magnitude quake in country’s northeast
TOKYO — Japan on Friday issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The quake occurred off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, in the north of Honshu,…
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Japan earthquake: Magnitude 6.7 earthquake triggers tsunami advisory
Where does a tsunami advisory fall in Japan’s alert system?published at 04:28 GMT
What the Japanese authorities have issued today is a tsunami advisory – warning of waves reaching one metre (3.3ft). Under this advisory, residents…
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Thai PM says he will speak to Trump late Friday on Cambodia clashes – Reuters
- Thai PM says he will speak to Trump late Friday on Cambodia clashes Reuters
- Thailand and Cambodia: Why can’t they end their border conflict? BBC
- Fighting rages at Cambodia-Thailand border ahead of expected Trump call Dawn
- Cross-border fighting…
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Police recruitment hits new high as third record-breaking class attests in Goulburn
Class 367 is the third record-breaking class to attest in 2025, proof that the Minns Labor Government’s reforms to police pay and recruitment are making inroads to rebuild the NSWPF after 12 years of neglect by the former Liberal-National…
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