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TASS;Rescuers evacuate 510 people due to fire at Haval plant in Tula Region;https://tass.com/emergencies/1893421;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:24:08 +0300
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Cardboard boxes caught fire at the plant
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TASS;Russia’s gold production up 5.2% in 11M 2024 — statistics;https://tass.com/economy/1893433;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:19:21 +0300
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In November 2024, gold production edged up by 1.4% year-on-year but plunged by 13.2% month-on-month
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TASS;Nothing new in US statements on strategic stability dialogue — MFA;https://tass.com/politics/1893427;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:17:20 +0300
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"By declaring on the one hand the intention to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, and on the other hand, the readiness to discuss ways of maintaining stability, Washington deprives the hypothetical dialogue of a meaningful basis," Maria Zakharova said
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TASS;Russia, China to be represented each by some 112 athletes at 2025 Winter Youth Games;https://tass.com/sports/1893415;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:56:23 +0300
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The 2025 Winter Youth Games are scheduled to run between January 8 and 14 and the tournament’s program includes nine Olympic competitions
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TASS;Bank of Russia sets dollar rate at 99.61 rubles for December 26;https://tass.com/economy/1893413;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:53:19 +0300
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The official yuan rate is fixed at 13.61 rubles
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TASS;Production of passenger cars in Russia up 25% in November to 80,400 units — Rosstat;https://tass.com/economy/1893407;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:43:23 +0300
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11M 2024 production totaled 679,000 passenger cars
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TASS;Plane with doctors from Kazakh capital arrives in Aktau to help plane crash victims;https://tass.com/world/1893403;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:37:52 +0300
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The mobile brigade includes two critical care physicians, four trauma specialists, a neurosurgeon and a burn specialist
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The Sydney Morning Herald;LIVE Boxing Day Test: A debut for the ages as Konstas thumps a half century with bold tactics;https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/live-boxing-day-test-day-one-action-from-the-melbourne-cricket-ground-20241225-p5l0m2.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:54:17 +1100
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Hello and welcome to a special day on the cricket and sporting calendar. The Australia v India Test series heads to the MCG. The battle for the Border Gavaskar Trophy is reaching fever pitch.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Victoria bushfires LIVE: Out-of-control bushfire threatens towns as firefighters prepare for devastating day;https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/victoria-bushfires-live-out-of-control-bushfire-threatens-towns-as-firefighters-prepare-for-devastating-day-20241226-p5l0ou.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:48:37 +1100
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Firefighters expect the Grampians fire to spread in the worst bushfire conditions since Black Summer and fear other blazes could spark. Follow our live blog.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Residents flee fires and hunker down as winds pick up on Boxing Day scorcher;https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/too-late-to-leave-firefighters-prepare-for-devastating-conditions-as-out-of-control-bushfire-spreads-20241226-p5l0nf.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:41:40 +1100
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Residents of a town south of the Grampians have been ordered to take shelter as firefighters battle an out-of-control bushfire threatening their properties.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;The emerald alliance: Catherine and Camilla present united front on Christmas day;https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/the-emerald-alliance-catherine-and-camilla-present-united-front-on-christmas-day-20241226-p5l0or.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:22:44 +1100
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The co-ordinated styling of the two most senior royal women on Christmas morning was a visual show of strength after a difficult year.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Teenager takes on world's best bowler;https://www.smh.com.au/national/teenager-takes-on-worlds-best-bowler-20241226-p5l0pc.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:22:21 +1100
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Sam Konstas has shown no fear, taking on India's Jasprit Bumrah in an attempt to ramp the ball early on Boxing Day.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Sailors brace for wild weather and a superfast Sydney to Hobart;https://www.smh.com.au/sport/sailors-brace-themselves-for-wild-weather-and-a-superfast-sydney-to-hobart-20241226-p5l0o9.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:47:27 +1100
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As racers gathered for their final briefing ahead of today’s 1pm race, warnings of challenging overnight conditions could mean broken records, or broken hearts.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;WA Police seek witnesses to horrific Christmas Day crash;https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-police-seek-witnesses-to-horrific-christmas-day-crash-20241226-p5l0ox.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:44:11 +1100
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Major crash investigators are calling for information following a serious head on collision involving two cars in Perth’s east on Christmas Day.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Bandt will demand Medicare expansion from Albanese in hung parliament;https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bandt-will-demand-medicare-expansion-from-albanese-in-hung-parliament-20241219-p5kzn4.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:22:07 +1100
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The Greens leader admitted in an interview with this masthead that contentiously stymying Labor’s agenda had “not always been pretty” but was necessary due to Labor’s “tepid” approach to governing.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Teenage sensation finally earns Baggy green;https://www.smh.com.au/national/teenage-sensation-finally-earns-baggy-green-20241226-p5l0op.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:06:52 +1100
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Sam Konstas was presented his Baggy Green ahead of the first day of the Boxing Day Test.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Boxing Day tragedy as woman stabbed to death at Langwarrin;https://www.smh.com.au/national/boxing-day-tragedy-as-woman-stabbed-to-death-at-langwarrin-20241226-p5l0of.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100
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Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was found dead at a home in Melbourne’s south-east.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Police investigate suspicious fire and assault at Brisbane shop;https://www.smh.com.au/national/police-investigate-suspicious-fire-and-assault-at-brisbane-shop-20241226-p5l0oi.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:42:05 +1100
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Police are investigating a suspicious fire and assault at a shop in Brisbane.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Russia’s Christmas Day attacks ‘deliberate’ and ‘inhuman’: Zelensky;https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/russia-s-christmas-day-attacks-deliberate-and-inhuman-zelensky-20241226-p5l0nz.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:34:11 +1100
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Hundreds of thousands of people were left without heating or lights after a barrage of cruise and ballistic missiles, and drones.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;From beer to luxury watches: Cricketers are sport’s latest style icons;https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/from-beer-to-luxury-watches-cricketers-are-sport-s-latest-style-icons-20241216-p5kym7.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:20:51 +1100
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Thanks to players such as Pat Cummins, Cam Green and Ellyse Perry, cricket is now considered a “glamour” sport. And luxury fashion brands are taking notice.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Kazakhstan plane crash ‘caused by birds’ kills dozens;https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/kazakhstan-says-dozens-likely-dead-in-plane-crash-20241225-p5l0n7.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:52:09 +1100
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The plane with 67 on board had veered wildly off course when it crashed. Twenty-nine people survived.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;‘The most perfect son’: Family of lost teen share tribute;https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-most-perfect-son-family-of-lost-teen-share-tribute-20241226-p5l0ns.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:17:27 +1100
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The family of 15-year-old Luca Bennett have paid tribute to the teen after he was swept off rocks at North Avoca Beach on Christmas Eve.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;King Charles' powerful message after a difficult year;https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/king-charles-powerful-message-after-a-difficult-year-20241226-p5l0nv.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:07:39 +1100
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Royal editor Russell Myers discusses the royals' Christmas celebrations, from King Charles' speech to the annual walk to church.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;CFA chief officer warns of exteme fire risk across Victoria;https://www.smh.com.au/national/cfa-chief-officer-warns-of-exteme-fire-risk-across-victoria-20241226-p5l0nq.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:38:24 +1100
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CFA Chief Officer Jason Heffernan warns of extreme weather conditions on Boxing Day.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Ash Barty reveals she's expecting second child;https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/ash-barty-reveals-shes-expecting-second-child-20241226-p5l0no.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:32:30 +1100
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Tennis legend Ash Barty has surprised fans on Instagram she's expecting her second child with husband Garry Kissick.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Search become recovery mission for missing teenager swept off rocks on NSW coast;https://www.smh.com.au/national/search-become-recovery-mission-for-missing-teenager-swept-off-rocks-on-nsw-coast-20241226-p5l0nm.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:22:38 +1100
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The search for a missing teenager who was swept into the ocean on the NSW Central Coast will enter a recovery stage.
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The Sydney Morning Herald;Man dies after a fireworks incident in Melbourne;https://www.smh.com.au/national/man-dies-after-a-fireworks-incident-in-melbourne-20241226-p5l0nn.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:22:07 +1100
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A man has died after a fireworks incident in Melbourne.
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ABC News;Biden directs US to keep giving Ukraine weapons after Russian strikes;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/joe-biden-commits-ukraine-weapons-delivery-after-russia-strikes/104763378;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:39:37 +0000
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The outgoing US president has ordered weapons deliveries for Kyiv to continue on the same day Russia launched a Christmas missile attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
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ABC News;Ash Barty reveals she is expecting second child;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/ash-barty-announces-second-pregnancy/104763434;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:11:51 +0000
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Former world number one Ash Barty has surprised fans by announcing on social media she is expecting her second child with husband Garry Kissick.
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ABC News;Cowboy hats become fashion statements as well as family heirlooms;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/outback-cowboy-hats-fashion-and-family-heirlooms/104337326;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:08:42 +0000
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A cowboy hat is a practical means of sun protection, but for many country folk in WA's Gascoyne it also serves as a chronicle of their adventures.
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ABC News;Joel Embiid thrown out of NBA game for contact with female official;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/joel-embiid-thrown-out-of-nba-game-for-contact-with-female-ref/104763350;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:06:05 +0000
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Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid was ejected from his NBA game against the San Antonio Spurs, and reacted angrily towards official Jenna Schroeder.
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ABC News;Live: Sam Konstas scores stunning 50 in first Test innings of fiery Boxing Day clash;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/boxing-day-test-australia-india-live-blog-sam-konstas/104755944;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 22:51:16 +0000
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New South Wales 19-year-old Sam Konstas demolishes a half-century off 52 balls on debut, taking the attack to India in the fourth Test at the MCG. Follow live.
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ABC News;Three people injured in Townsville house fire;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/three-people-injured-house-fire-townsville/104763356;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 22:49:56 +0000
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Two people are critically injured and another person has suffered minor burns after a house fire at Townsville in Queensland's north this morning.
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ABC News;Live: Victorian bushfires burn amid soaring temperatures and strong winds;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/live-blog-victorian-bushfires-december-26-boxing-day/104763084;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 22:45:17 +0000
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A total fire ban is in place across the state as authorities urge Victorians to avoid all non-essential travel through areas with an "extreme" level of bushfire risk on Boxing Day.
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ABC News;Former doctor living with dementia publishes memoirs with family's help;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/former-dr-wendy-bourke-living-with-dementia-publishes-memoirs/104751744;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 22:32:58 +0000
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Dr Wendy Bourke realised six years ago that she was losing her memory and stepped down from work sooner than she had planned. Her family was amazed by what she had written about her life and helped publish her memoirs.
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ABC News;Australia to meet England in ICC Champions Trophy as India's demands met;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/icc-champions-trophy-compromise-india-pakistan-dubai/104763296;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 22:18:00 +0000
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England are Australia's first Champions Trophy opponents in Pakistan in February but Pat Cummins' team could end up playing the final in Dubai.
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ABC News;Australian talent shines, wrapping 2024's best classical music stories;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/best-music-jazz-classical-2024/104733322;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 22:00:00 +0000
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From Aussies like Simone Young trailblazing on the world stage through to the improvisatory genius of Bill Bailey, 2024 was a great year for music.
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ABC News;Push against listing Maugean skate as critically endangered;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/maugean-skate-critically-endangered-status-not-pursued/104761668;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 21:39:21 +0000
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A submission to the federal environment department on the conservation status of Tasmania's endangered Maugean skate argued that the population estimates were a "miscalculation" and "underestimates" the true number of individuals.
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ABC News;Medical experiments where lifesavers volunteered to have breathing stopped;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/australian-surf-lifesavers-medical-experiment-resuscitation-cpr/104670574;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 21:36:30 +0000
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In the 1960s, doctors wanted to improve CPR techniques so they enlisted the help of surf lifesavers who agreed to be anaesthetised on the floor of a hospital operating theatre to simulate what might happen in real life.
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ABC News;Head confirmed to play, heat adds questions about pitch;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/travis-head-confirmed-for-boxing-day-test-heat-questions/104763162;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 21:19:41 +0000
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Australian captain Pat Cummins will size up the hot conditions on Thursday before deciding what call to make should he win the toss for the Boxing Day Test.
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ABC News;Gyms aren't always accessible spaces, but these PTs are working to change that;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/disability-no-barrier-to-becoming-personal-trainer/104738424;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 21:18:02 +0000
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Gyms can be tough for those with a disability — but personal trainers like Connor are drawing on their own experience to make a difference to the lives of their clients.
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ABC News;How to deal with a neighbour's nuisance barking dog (and keep things cordial);https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/barking-dogs-nuisance-neighbourhood-explainer/104682498;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 21:10:07 +0000
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It's a far from uncommon situation. But what can you actually do if the neighbour's dog just won't stop barking?
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ABC News;Body found in wheel well of United Airlines plane in Maui;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/dead-body-found-in-united-airlines-flight-wheel-well/104763180;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 21:09:51 +0000
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The Boeing 787-10 had flown from Chicago to the Hawaiian island, and the airline says it remains unclear how or when the person accessed the wheel well.
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ABC News;Your guide to the 2024 Sydney to Hobart yacht race;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race-2024-explainer/104730422;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 21:06:57 +0000
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Rich people and their toys, a real test of sailing skill, or a bit of both? The Sydney to Hobart yacht race explained — and how to watch it.
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ABC News;The forensic officer who changed lives after 2004 Boxing Day tsunami;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/peter-baines-1400km-run-boxing-day-tsunami-anniversary/104730324;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:51:04 +0000
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After the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, forensic investigator Peter Baines wanted to create good from the enormity of loss. Twenty years on, he has raised $30 million for children orphaned by the disaster.
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ABC News;Raising a baby on a remote island 'the best thing we ever did';https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/one-tree-island-great-barrier-reef-couple-raise-son-in-paradise/104622386;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:45:16 +0000
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Hours from the mainland and in the middle of the ocean, Ruby Holmes and Heinrich Breuer are raising their son on the Great Barrier Reef.
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ABC News;Sweetheart is famous for attacking boats, but is another croc to blame?;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/the-legends-of-sweetheart-and-cassius-from-finniss-river-nt/104684662;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:40:16 +0000
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Sweetheart the crocodile's notoriety for attacking fishing boats helped put the Northern Territory on the world map in the early '80s. But could another crocodile be behind his legacy?
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ABC News;The four key takeaways from King Charles' Christmas Day message;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/king-charles-christmas-day-message-thanks-healthcare-staff/104763098;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:34:07 +0000
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King Charles III has delivered his third annual Christmas Day message from the chapel of a former hospital in central London.
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ABC News;Sydney zookeepers work with bear cubs rescued out of captivity;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/nsw-sydney-taronga-zoo-laos-bear-cub-rescue-zookeepers/104750468;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:15:33 +0000
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Zookeepers and volunteers have returned to Sydney from a Laotian bear sanctuary after working with vulnerable cubs rescued from the illegal wildlife trade.
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ABC News;Tourist town's beloved horse-drawn tram ready for summer after heartache;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/victor-harbor-horse-drawn-tram-returns-tourist-season-sa/104689256;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:07:25 +0000
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After the death of their beloved Clydesdale Isabella, the iconic Victor Harbor horse-drawn tram is gearing up for a busy summer. There are several new equine faces on the team, including a Golden Plough winner and a horse afraid of puddles.
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ABC News;New virtual train tours aim to improve public transport accessibility;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/qld-virtual-train-tours-disability-accessibility-rail-commuters/104742046;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:00:32 +0000
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With only five per cent of her vision left, Fiona Charrington relies on catching trains. A new online tool hopes to make her trip planning easier.
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ABC News;How to follow the Australian Summer of Tennis ahead of Aus Open;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/sport-australian-open-summer-of-tennis-when-where-who/104716572;Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:16:04 +0000
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The Australian Open is just around the corner, but before that, the world's top tennis players will sharpen their racquets at a variety of tournaments across Australia. Here's how to keep track of them all.
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The Guardian;Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukrainian military says it shot down 20 of 31 drones launched by Russia overnight;https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/russia-ukraine-war-live-ukrainian-military-russian-drones-latest-updates;2024-12-26T09:59:43Z
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Azerbaijan is observing a nationwide day of mourning for the victims of the air crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured as speculation mounted about a possible cause of the crash that remained unknown. The Associated Press reports: Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons yet unclear and crashed while making an attempt to land in Aktau in Kazakhstan. The plane went down about 3 kilometers or 2 miles from Aktau after crossing the Caspian Sea. Cellphone footage circulating online appeared to show the aircraft making a steep descent before smashing into the ground in a fireball. Azerbaijan on Thursday observed a nationwide day of mourning for the victims of the air crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured as speculation mounted about a possible cause of the crash that remained unknown. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons yet unclear and crashed while making an attempt to land in Aktau in Kazakhstan after flying east across the Caspian Sea. Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said that preliminary information indicated that the pilots diverted to Aktau after a bird strike led to an emergency on board. According to Kazakh officials, those aboard the plane included 42 Azerbaijani citizens, 16 Russian nationals, six Kazakhs and three Kyrgyzstan nationals. As the official crash investigation started, theories abounded about a possible cause, with some commentators alleging that holes seen in the plane’s tail section possibly indicate that it could have come under fire from Russian air defense systems fending off a Ukrainian drone attack. Ukrainian drones had previously attacked Grozny, the provincial capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, and other regions in the country’s North Caucasus. Some Russian media claimed that another drone attack on Chechnya happened on Wednesday, although it wasn’t officially confirmed. Osprey Flight Solutions, an aviation security firm based in the United Kingdom, warned its clients that the “Azerbaijan Airlines flight was likely shot down by a Russian military air-defense system.” Osprey provides analysis for carriers still flying into Russia after Western airlines halted their flights during the war. Osprey CEO Andrew Nicholson said that the company had issued more than 200 alerts regarding drone attacks and air defense systems in Russia during the war. The Ukrainian military has said that its air force had carried out a strike on a military industrial facility in Russia’s Rostov region over the past few days. The facility in the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky was used to produce solid fuel for ballistic missiles used in Russian attacks on Ukraine, the Ukrainian military said. It did not give a date for the attack or say what damage was caused. Russia thinks a weak ceasefire to freeze the war in Ukraine would be futile and counterproductive, and instead would rather a legally binding deal for a lasting peace that would ensure the security of both Russia and its neighbours, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. He said he suspected a weak truce would be used by the west to re-arm Ukraine, adding: A truce is a path to nowhere. We need final legal agreements that will fix all the conditions for ensuring the security of the Russian Federation and, of course, the legitimate security interests of our neighbours. He added that Moscow wanted the legal documents drafted in such a way to ensure “the impossibility of violating these agreements.” He also said that Ukraine repeatedly hits civilian targets in Russia with Western missiles and drones and Moscow will respond. Russia targets only military facilities and infrastructure and “it’s not in our rules to strike civilian targets,” he added. Separately, Lavrov said that the new ruler of Syria had called relations with Russia long standing and strategic and that Moscow shared this assessment. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Monday that Russia was in contact with Syria’s new administration at both a diplomatic and military level. Peskov added that the investigation into the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash is underway and it is wrong to speculate before it gives its conclusions. An Embraer EMBR3.SA passenger jet crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people, after diverting from an area of Russia that Moscow has recently defended against Ukrainian drone attacks. Hello – Welcome to the Guardian’s blog covering the Russia-Ukraine war. The Ukrainian military has said that it shot down 20 drones out of 31 launched by Russia overnight. Of the 31 drones, 11 “imitator-drones” did not reach their targets due to active engagement from the Ukrainian military, it added. Here are yesterday’s key developments, after Russia launched a Christmas Day attack against some of Ukraine’s cities. Joe Biden has asked the US defence department to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine, describing Russia’s Christmas Day attack against some of Ukraine’s cities and its energy infrastructure as “outrageous”. Christmas morning in Ukraine was overshadowed by a massive Russian aerial attack using cruise missiles to target energy infrastructure across the country, which Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “inhuman”. The attack left half a million people in Kharkiv region without heating, in temperatures just a few degrees Celsius above zero, while there were blackouts in the capital, Kyiv, and elsewhere. Ukraine’s air defences downed 59 of 78 Russian missiles and 54 of 102 drones launched overnight and on Wednesday morning, the Ukrainian military said. British prime minister Keir Starmer has also condemned the Russian attack launched on Ukraine’s energy grid, which killed one person. Nato member Romania said it had not detected any Russian missile passing through its airspace to target Ukraine, as claimed by Kyiv. Russia’s Federal Security Service claimed on Thursday that it had foiled several plots by Ukrainian intelligence services to kill high-ranking Russian military officers and their families in Moscow. It claimed four Russian citizens allegedly involved in the plots had been detained. Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service has claimed responsibility for the killing of Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection troops, who died after a bomb attached to an electric scooter exploded outsided his apartment building on 17 December. A Russian cargo ship that sank on Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea was the target of an “act of terrorism”, according to the vessel’s owner. The Ursa Major sank while it was sailing through international waters between Spain and Algeria, leaving two crew members missing. The Ukrainian navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said Russia faced “systemic problems” in maintaining its fleet but gave no indication that Kyiv was involved in the incident. Falling debris from a Ukrainian drone that was shot down caused an explosion and a fatal fire in a shopping centre in the city of Vladikavkaz in Russia’s North Ossetia region, the local governor said on Wednesday. One woman was reported to have been killed inside the shopping centre. Russia’s foreign ministry said Australia had been in contact about the possible capture by the Russian army of an Australian citizen fighting with Ukrainian forces. Oscar Jenkins was reportedly captured by Russian soldiers while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the Donbas region. Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a call with the Japanese prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, where he thanked Japan’s government for a decision to transfer an additional $3bn secured from frozen Russian assets. The Ukrainian leader also thanked Japan for the total $12bn in humanitarian and financial aid provided to Ukraine, according to a readout of the Wednesday call. We’ll be keeping you updated with all the most important happenings throughout the rest of the day.
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The Guardian;Middle East crisis live: 14 security personnel killed in Syria after clash over former prison officer;https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates;2024-12-26T09:47:47Z
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Here are some images coming to us over the wires. We’re getting more information on the five journalists killed in an Israeli strike on their vehicle in Gaza. The Gaza-based TV channel Al-Quds Today identified the five journalists killed as Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan, Ayman Al-Jadi, Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Khalil, Fadi Hassouna and Mohammed Al-Lada’a. They were killed “while performing their journalistic and humanitarian duty”, the channel said in a statement, Agence France-Presse reports. “We affirm our commitment to continue our resistant media message,” it added. The channel said the journalists were killed in a broadcast van, sharing an photo of a damaged vehicle marked “Press.” The Israeli military said in its own statement that it had conducted “a precise strike on a vehicle with an Islamic Jihad terrorist cell inside in the area of Nuseirat”. It added that “prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians”. According to witnesses in Nuseirat, a missile fired by an Israeli aircraft hit the broadcast vehicle, which was parked outside Al-Awda Hospital, setting the vehicle alight. The Committee to Protect Journalists’ Middle East arm said the organisation was “devastated” by the deaths. Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza and developments in the Middle East more widely. Fourteen security personnel from Syria’s new authorities and three armed men were killed in clashes in Tartous province when forces attempted to arrest an officer linked to the notorious Sednaya prison, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Observatory said the clash broke out in Tartous, a stronghold of ousted president, Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority. Syria’s new interior minister confirmed the fatalities in a message on Telegram, and said that 10 police officers were also wounded by what he called “remnants” of the Assad government. The minister vowed to punish anyone who dared “to undermine Syria’s security or endanger the lives of its citizens”. The deadly incident comes as demonstrations and an overnight curfew elsewhere marked the most widespread unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s removal more than two weeks ago. One demonstrator was killed and five others wounded in Homs “after security forces … opened fire to disperse” the crowd, Agence France-Presse reported. The protests took place in several cities around the same time that an undated video was circulated on social media that showed a fire inside an Alawite shrine in the city of Aleppo. In other developments: Five journalists were killed when their vehicle was struck in the vicinity of Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat in central Gaza, health authorities said. Palestinian media and local reporters said the vehicle was marked as a media van and was used by journalists to report from inside the hospital and Nuseirat camp. The journalists worked for the Al-Quds Al-Youm television channel. The Israeli army said its air force attacked the vehicle in a “targeted manner” and that members of the Islamic Jihad militant group were inside. In a separate incident, five people were killed and 20 wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood early on Thursday, medics with the Gaza health authorities reported. They warned the death toll could rise as many people remained trapped under the rubble. A baby girl has frozen to death in Gaza, the third to die from the cold, in Gaza’s tent camps in recent days, doctors said. The father of three-week-old Sila, Mahmoud al-Faseeh, wrapped her in a blanket to try to keep her warm in their tent in the Muwasi area outside the town of Khan Younis, but it was not enough, he told the Associated Press. On Wednesday, Hamas and Israel traded blame over their failure to conclude a ceasefire agreement despite progress reported by both sides in past days. Israel’s air and ground offensive has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry. It says more than half the fatalities have been women and children, but does not say how many of the dead were fighters.
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The Guardian;Cambodian opposition leader jailed after conviction for inciting disorder;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/cambodian-opposition-leader-jailed-after-conviction-for-inciting-disorder;2024-12-26T09:16:07Z
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The leader of a Cambodian opposition party has been sentenced to two years in jail and banned from running for office after he was found guilty of inciting social disorder, in the latest legal case to target government critics. Sun Chanthy, the president of the Nation Power party, was found guilty of the charge at a court in Phnom Penh. He also faces a fine of 4m riel (£800) and has been stripped of his right to vote or stand for election. The defence lawyer Choung Choungy said the ruling was an “injustice” to his client and that they were considering whether to appeal. The case against Sun Chanthy centred on his social media posts including a video, taken during a meeting with supporters in Japan, in which he criticised the Cambodian government. According to reports in pro-government media, published at the time of his arrest in May, Sun Chanthy had said that government policies had left people indebted to banks, and criticised the government’s system for distributing social welfare. Choung Choungy told AFP the punishment handed down was very serious and that Sun Chanthy’s comments were not a mistake “but constructive criticism for the development”. The Cambodian government has repeatedly used the courts to silence its political opponents and activists and to shut down or harass independent media. Sun Chanthy was previously a senior figure in the former opposition Cambodia National Rescue party, until it was dissolved by the courts prior to elections in 2018. He later joined its unofficial successor, the Candlelight party, though it was banned from competing in last year’s election, a one-sided vote won by the longtime authoritarian leader, Hun Sen. Late last year, Sun Chanthy helped to form a new opposition party, the Nation Power party. Hun Sen, who ruled Cambodia for almost four decades, handed power to his son Hun Manet shortly after the election. The authorities have denied the case against Sun Chanthy is politically motivated. Rong Chhun, an adviser to the Nation Power party, is also facing incitement charges and could be jailed for up to six years if convicted. Similar charges have been used this year against union leaders, environmental activists and Mech Dara, an award-winning Cambodian journalist known for exposing corruption and human trafficking, whose arrest in September prompted a global outcry. AFP contributed to this report
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The Guardian;Support for Ukraine ‘until it wins’ falls sharply in western Europe, poll finds;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/support-for-ukraine-russia-war-yougov-poll-survey;2024-12-26T08:14:11Z
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Readiness to support Ukraine “until it wins” has fallen sharply across western Europe at a critical time for the country, a survey suggests, as Donald Trump’s forthcoming return to the White House raises questions over the future of US military assistance to Kyiv. December polling by YouGov in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark and the UK found public desire to stand by Ukraine until victory – even if that meant prolonging the war – had slumped in all seven countries over the past 12 months. Support for an alternative resolution to the conflict – a negotiated end to the fighting, even if that left Russia in control of parts of Ukraine – had increased in every country, the survey found, and was the preferred option in four of them. There was some unhappiness at the idea of an imposed settlement that would involve Ukraine ceding territory to Russia, but also widespread belief that the new US president would abandon Ukraine after his inauguration on 20 January. Trump has boasted, without providing details, that he can end the war “in 24 hours”, and his Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, is due to travel to European capitals in early January. Analysts have expressed doubts the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will enter talks on terms that are in any way acceptable to Kyiv. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has welcomed Trump’s victory amid exasperation with the incremental policy and strategy of “escalation management” from the outgoing Biden administration. The data comes almost three years after Putin’s full-scale invasion and at a critical moment for Ukraine. This year Russia has been advancing at its fastest rate since spring 2022, when its columns made an unsuccessful attempt to seize Kyiv. Russian troops have overrun several towns and cities in the eastern Donbas region, with Ukraine’s armed forces struggling to defend urban settlements in the face of a lack of frontline troops and Russia’s continuing military superiority. Kyiv concedes that the Kremlin’s tactics have been effective, including deployment of aviation to target defensive positions with glide bombs, then using artillery barrages and small groups of infantry. Russia has also been adept at identifying weaker Ukrainian brigades. The polling showed that willingness to back Ukraine until it defeated Russia remained high in Sweden (50%) and Denmark (40%), with the UK on 36%, but those levels were down by as much as 14 points on January figures of 57%, 51% and 50%. Over the same period, the percentages saying they preferred a negotiated peace surged to 55% from 45% in Italy, 46% (38%) in Spain, 43% (35%) in France and 45% (38%) in Germany, matched by corresponding falls in readiness to back Ukraine until it won. It was unclear whether the shift reflected declining interest or increasing fatigue. In France, Germany and Sweden, the proportions wanting Ukraine to win – and caring that it did – have remained stable since early 2023, though they have dipped elsewhere. Less than a month away from Trump’s return, majorities or near-majorities in all but one of the countries thought it likely the US president-elect would cut off support to Ukraine: 62% of Germans, 60% of Spaniards, 56% of Britons, 52% of French and 48% of Italians. They were less certain whether Trump would withdraw the US from the Nato defensive alliance, with Danes, Germans, Italians, Spaniards and Swedes more likely to think that is not about to happen, but Britons and French evenly split. People were also divided on how they would feel about a peace settlement that would leave Russia in control of at least some of the parts of Ukraine it has illegally seized since the February 2022 invasion, as Trump may reportedly be planning. Majorities in Sweden (57%), Denmark (53%) and the UK (51%), and a sizeable minority (43%) in Spain, said they would feel very or fairly negatively about such a deal, compared with only 37% in France and 31% in Germany and Italy. It is unclear how any deal on Ukraine could be done. Putin last week restated his maximalist goals, including Russian control of Crimea and four “annexed” Ukrainian regions, plus the demilitarisation of Ukraine and a veto on its Nato membership. Zelenskyy is unwilling to hand over occupied territory to Russia. The Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, has criticised western talk of a peace process as premature, saying Ukraine should get what it needs to stop Putin winning. The survey showed that most western Europeans felt Ukraine’s allies had not been doing enough, both in terms of economic sanctions against Moscow and military and other assistance for Kyiv, to prevent Russia from winning the war. About 66% of Danes, 63% of Swedes and Spaniards, 59% of Britons, 53% of Germans and Italians and 52% of French said overall assistance to Ukraine was either not quite, or not nearly enough. However, few thought their country should increase support. Minorities ranging from 29% in Sweden, through to 21% in the UK and Germany, to 14% in France and just 11% in Italy felt their government should increase aid to Ukraine, with larger proportions in every country saying it should either be maintained or reduced. In terms of specific measures such as increasing sanctions, shipping more weapons, sending more troops to support Nato members in eastern Europe or coordinating airstrikes against Russian targets in Ukraine, support was stable or lower than before. Asked to say what they thought would be the situation a year from now, few western Europeans thought either Russia or Ukraine would have won, with most believing the two countries would either still be fighting, or a peace would have been negotiated. A settlement was seen as more likely by those in Denmark (47%), Germany (40%), the UK and France (38%) and Italy (36%), with continued fighting seen as marginally the more likely scenario by those in Spain (36%) and Sweden (35%).
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The Guardian;Thursday briefing: How football sold its soul and was gobbled up by global capital;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/first-edition-boxing-day-football;2024-12-26T06:45:32Z
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Good morning – I hope you had a great Christmas. If you love football, and even if you hate it, one inescapable feature of Boxing Day is the festive fixture list – and a look at today’s matches in the Premier League tells a familiar story of a game that has been swallowed whole by international investors. Ten of the 20 top-flight clubs are US owned, and many others are linked to nation states or private equity. When the Premier League formed in 1992, 21 of 22 clubs were majority English owned; today, only four are. But if these owners are expecting to make money, they have chosen a lousy economic model. Only five out of the 20 clubs now in the league made a profit in the 2022-23 season, with an aggregate loss of £685m. Why has this happened – and why does it matter? For today’s newsletter, the first in a series of conversations we’re running until new year, I spoke to Nick Miller, a staff writer at the Athletic and author of Who Owns Football? The Changing Face of Club Ownership, about how the beautiful game got gobbled up. Here are the headlines. In depth: ‘It’s become an investment vehicle for people with no real connection to the club or the game’ Thanks so much for doing this, Nick. In the book, you set out the transition in football club ownership in the Premier League from caravan park owners and package holiday merchants to public investment funds and private equity. Is it fair to say that 20 years ago ownership was a folly, an exercise in vanity or romance or somewhere in between, and at the top level that is essentially gone? Well, there’s definitely still vanity at the top level, but a different kind of vanity. The weird thing about football is that there’s so much money washing around in it, but barely anyone makes any. So sometimes people outside the game take a look at it and think: these guys must be idiots – I could do better. But romance? No, it’s too expensive. The people who have access to the funds you need to buy a big club now, they’re not going to piss it away on a lifesize Subbuteo game. There are two owners in the Premier League who are fans of their clubs, at Brentford and Brighton, but they have been successful because they don’t run it like fans. You don’t get an owner like Jack Walker at Blackburn, a local boy done good who spent enough money on his club to win the title in 1995. From that perspective, there is a kind of innocence lost. When did that start to change? Twenty years ago, as a fan, you knew who owned your own club and a few of the gobbier owners in the media, but you didn’t care about anyone else. Now you’re almost forced to care, and you wonder: if my club had one of these giant owners, would we be doing better? The first deal of this kind that I noticed as a fan was when Sky tried to buy Manchester United, which was eventually blocked by the monopolies and mergers commission in 1999. It was when you saw football becoming an investment vehicle for people with no real connection to the club or the game. It didn’t really exist as a financial mechanism before that. What happened was, there was a curious decade in the 90s where huge amounts of money were coming into the Premier League from TV deals and everything else, and the league’s profile was rocketing. But there were still the lingering effects of a view of football as, in the famous words of a Sunday Times editorial, “a slum sport played in slum stadiums and increasingly watched by slum people”. So the authorities had sort of written it off, and there wasn’t a lot of thought about who should be entitled to own a football club: it was just, if you can afford it, you were fine. Then the change starts to happen quite rapidly as people like Roman Abramovich at Chelsea and Sheikh Mansour at Manchester City come into the game. And now with Everton being sold last week to a US-based consortium, half of Premier League clubs are US-owned. You talk in the book about how clubs should be viewed as community assets, that they’re fundamentally different to a paperclip business. Is it possible to be a community asset and be owned by an opaquely structured set of financial institutions thousands of miles away? No. A football club is a community asset – it’s about giving people something to be proud of, but it’s also about their impact locally. An investment fund linked to an oil state, for example, just has a different agenda, and the purpose of the club becomes something else. *** The price of success? There’s a tension there, though, because I guess you have to acknowledge that an essential part of defining a community asset is what the people in the community think. Newcastle fans, for example, are definitely much happier with their club than they were five years ago, even though there’s a massive moral question there. But you do still have to accept that what the club is meant to be doing is just different now. I don’t blame any fan who supports their team, and the emotional and sentimental ties make it very difficult to change that – but then you will get some who will defend their owners at any cost, and claim that their investment in the area and the team makes everything fine. You have to think about what the fundamental purpose of that is, which is changing the conversation about what kind of state Saudi Arabia is, and in the end that is going to be more important than the club’s meaning to the community. If you show up at a game with a Saudi shirt on, it’s you serving their intention, not the other way round. It’s worth saying that this is part of a bigger problem – football fans have been forced to accept that the game is a rapacious, dog-eat-dog world, and the only way to survive or thrive is to fully participate. Whereas if you had a structure founded on a more egalitarian idea of what football should be, there might be more room for fans to have a more sceptical response to these owners. Exactly. The attitude that as long as they’re spending money and making my team successful, we’re not going to look hard at anything else – that is a product of not being able to compete at the top without the backing of billionaires or a nation state. But what that structure might realistically look like is hard to say. The clubs themselves would have to support it, and there are enough owners like that to mean that it isn’t going to happen. I suspect that the football regulator, which is coming in soon, won’t have that much of an impact because it’s not clear what real powers it will have, and because teams at the top have got very good at finding their way around rules and regulations. You also write about American owners who want to buy into the lower leagues because they’re captivated by the idea that you could fight your way to the top, which is impossible in the closed shop of American sports. But at the same time, it seems as if the gap to the very top is just unbridgeable now for a club coming up, and all the big clubs have already been subject to these takeovers. Does that mean we’re going to see a slowing down in the big international money coming into the English game? Everything is still so volatile, and I wouldn’t want to make any confident predictions about how it will work at the top. But I do think you’re going to see more clubs gobbling up the smaller ones to form multi-club groups. At the top, there’s so much money there now that you can’t buy your way in and expect to suddenly transform things. What you wonder is whether more people will start to get disillusioned with the game at that level because it has become so remote and start supporting their local non-league team, and there are some examples. But I’ve been expecting something like that for about 20 years, and it never quite seems to happen in a big enough way to change the game. Reading this online or on the Guardian app? Over Christmas period the headlines and sport will not appear, so to get the First Edition experience in your inbox every morning, sign up here.
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Al Jazeera;In Quneitra, nobody can celebrate al-Assad’s fall amid Israel’s invasion;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/26/in-quneitra-nobody-can-celebrate-al-assads-fall-amid-israels-invasion?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:44:26 +0000
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Israel has taken advantage of the collapse of the al-Assad regime to advance into southwestern Syria.
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Al Jazeera;Australia’s batsmen take control against India on day one of fourth Test;https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2024/12/26/australias-batsmen-take-control-against-india-on-day-one-of-fourth-test?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:29:50 +0000
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Teenager Sam Konstas captured plenty of attention with a superb batting debut on day one of fourth Test in Melbourne.
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Al Jazeera;The US won’t reign in Israel in Gaza;https://www.aljazeera.com/program/quotable/2024/12/26/the-us-wont-reign-in-israel-in-gaza?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:13:33 +0000
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International relations professor Hassan Barari says the US will allow Israel to continue causing hunger in Gaza
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Al Jazeera;Video: Israeli attack kills five journalists inside press vehicle in Gaza;https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/12/26/video-israeli-attack-kills-five-journalists-inside-press-vehicle-in-gaza?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:09:11 +0000
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Five Journalists from Al-Quds Today channel have been killed by an Israeli military strike on their broadcasting van.
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Al Jazeera;Biden condemns Russia’s ‘outrageous’ Christmas attack on Ukraine;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/26/biden-condemns-russias-outrageous-christmas-attack-on-ukraine?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:02:49 +0000
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Biden promises surge in weapons deliveries to Ukraine after drone and missile barrage hits its power grid.
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Al Jazeera;Israeli public focused on hostages as famine looms in Gaza;https://www.aljazeera.com/program/quotable/2024/12/26/israeli-public-focused-on-hostages-as-famine-looms-in-gaza?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:49:48 +0000
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“The Israeli public is overwhelmed with the issue of the hostages."
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Al Jazeera;Aleppo’s soap makers, now making their soaps in a free Syria;https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/12/26/aleppos-soap-makers-now-making-their-soaps-in-a-free-syria?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:48:58 +0000
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The al-Jubailis have owned and operated their soap factory for generations, and they plan to keep doing so.
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Al Jazeera;Syria says 14 policemen killed in ambush by forces loyal to al-Assad;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/26/syrian-security-personnel-killed-in-ambush-by-former-regime-forces?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:48:15 +0000
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Attack comes after police impose curfews following protests prompted by online video of an attack on an Alawite shrine.
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Al Jazeera;How George Soros became ‘Enemy Number 1’ for India’s Modi;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/26/how-george-soros-became-enemy-number-1-for-indias-modi?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:21:50 +0000
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The BJP has accused the billionaire of funding initiatives critical of Modi, aimed at destabilising India.
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Al Jazeera;Taiwan’s presidential hopeful Ko charged with bribery, misusing donations;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/26/taiwans-presidential-hopeful-ko-charged-with-bribery-misusing-donations?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:20:52 +0000
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Former major of Taipei Ko Wen-je has been indicted over property development and campaign finance scandals.
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Al Jazeera;Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,036;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/26/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1036?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:04:27 +0000
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Here are the key developments on the 1,036th day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Al Jazeera;Why did an Azerbaijan Airline plane crash in Kazakhstan? What we know;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/26/why-did-an-azerbaijan-airline-plane-crash-in-kazakhstan-what-we-know?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 04:36:12 +0000
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At least 38 people killed after passenger plane crashes near Aktau in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan launches criminal case.
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Al Jazeera;Japan Airlines hit by cyber attack, delaying some flights;https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/12/26/chk-japan-airlines-hit-by-cyber-attack-delaying-some-flights?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 03:10:01 +0000
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JAL says it has suspended ticket sales for all services on Thursday following incident.
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Al Jazeera;Five journalists killed in Israeli strike near hospital, authorities say;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/26/five-journalists-killed-in-israeli-strike-near-gaza-hospital?traffic_source=rss;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:59:31 +0000
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Journalists from Al-Quds Today were covering events at al-Awda Hospital when vehicle was struck, according to reports.
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BBC News;Assad loyalists kill 14 in clash with Syria's new ruling forces;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ew5g3vzreo;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:54:23 GMT
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The clash took place with supporters of the ousted leader in Tartous, a stronghold of his Alawite sect.
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BBC News;Dozens survive Kazakhstan plane crash that killed 38;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwl1e6895qo;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:57:05 GMT
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Kazakh authorities say almost half the people on board the aircraft survived the deadly incident.
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BBC News;Did Smithy say yes to Nessa in Gavin and Stacey special?;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clynzq72qgdo;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:22:00 GMT
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The final episode is here, with millions of fans tuning in to find out whether Smithy said yes.
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BBC News;The retro hobby that can help boost your happiness (say scientists);https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyg4lgezj2o;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:44:28 GMT
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How a very popular puzzle that was first invented 50 years ago may have certain wellbeing benefits
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BBC News;Chief scout calls for workers to get volunteering leave;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyn1wp0dl4o;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:52:46 GMT
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He says Scouts gave him the confidence to ignore people telling him to get the guy who shot at him.
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BBC News;Woman arrested over Christmas Day village murder;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kv181n5k1o;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:31:44 GMT
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An investigation is ongoing following the death of a man found in cardiac arrest on Christmas Day.
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BBC News;Deadline to record forgotten footpaths to be scrapped;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy89yddgg7yo;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 02:01:02 GMT
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Walking campaigners welcome the move, which the government says will help prevent paths from being lost.
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BBC News;Man shot dead by armed police on Christmas Eve;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp31zejz0nno;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 02:05:50 GMT
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West Mercia Police refers itself to the policing watchdog after a man was shot in Redditch.
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BBC News;The Papers: 'Love and hugs' for Kate and 'Shift to Reform';https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8nwyydy74o;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 04:35:33 GMT
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Many of Boxing Day's front pages feature images of members of the Royal Family from Christmas Day.
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BBC News;Whisper it - alcohol-free wine has arrived in France;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp31lpv0zzjo;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 02:27:49 GMT
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It used to be considered treason in France - but now, alcohol-free wine is here to stay.
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BBC News;Outnumbered star on returning: 'I cried of happiness';https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rjv0v7vp6o;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:57:41 GMT
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Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez on reviving their roles as the Brockman siblings.
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BBC News;Meet the man who busks from inside a litter bin;https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c390dgn84lno;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 03:07:59 GMT
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"I could fit in there," thought Charles Cavey, and the rest is history.
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BBC News;Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ced8v60q4x7o;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:47:23 GMT
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A biodiversity hotspot has become the stomping ground of poachers.
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BBC News;Konstas shines on Australia debut but India rally;https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/c4gp2jgyxxlo;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:23:50 GMT
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Australia Test debutant Sam Konstas hits a pulsating half-century on a thrilling opening day of the fourth Test against India.
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BBC News;Mahomes, Jackson, Beyonce star on Christmas Day in NFL;https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c0473n61dw5o;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:29:46 GMT
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Patrick Mahomes steered the Kansas City Chiefs to the AFC top seed, Lamar Jackson enhanced his MVP claims and Beyonce wowed on Christmas Day in the NFL.
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BBC News;Test your knowledge in the big sports quiz of 2024;https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/cy9qyxzpw5qo;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:19:59 GMT
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As the year draws to a close, test your sporting knowledge with our quiz, which looks back at some of the big events of the year.
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BBC News;Sutton's festive predictions v DJ & producer Eats Everything;https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ckg978442ypo;Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:54:19 GMT
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BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on DJ & producer Eats Everything with his predictions for the festive Premier League fixtures.
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BBC News;Kohli & debutant Konstas in 'spicy' altercation after shoulder barge;https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/videos/ckg826742j1o;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:34:44 GMT
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Watch as India's Virat Kohli and Australian debutant Sam Konstas engage in a "spicy" altercation after bumping shoulders on the first day of the fourth Test at the MCG, Melbourne.
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Le Monde;Au Brésil, des images inédites d’un peuple autochtone;https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/12/26/au-bresil-des-images-inedites-d-un-peuple-autochtone_6467909_3210.html;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:05:05 +0100
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Pour la première fois, des photos ont été prises entre 2019 et 2024 d’un groupe de jeunes hommes du peuple Massaco, l’une des vingt-huit communautés indigènes « non contactées » officiellement reconnues en Amazonie brésilienne.
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Le Monde;L’afrogospel, ce nouveau genre musical qui fait danser (et prier) l’Afrique;https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2024/12/26/l-afrogospel-ce-nouveau-genre-musical-qui-fait-danser-et-prier-l-afrique_6467908_3212.html;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:00:09 +0100
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« En Afrique, la musique dans la foi » (3/3). Historiquement très présent sur le continent africain, le gospel y rencontre un nouveau succès en mêlant les messages bibliques à des musiques urbaines comme l’afrobeats au Nigeria et l’amapiano en Afrique du Sud.
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Le Monde;Assassinat de Samuel Paty : comment les juges ont motivé la condamnation de Chnina et Sefrioui pour association de malfaiteurs terroriste;https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2024/12/26/verdict-du-proces-de-l-assassinat-de-samuel-paty-autopsie-d-une-association-de-malfaiteurs-terroriste_6467635_3224.html;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:45:00 +0100
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Dans leurs motivations, auxquelles « Le Monde » a eu accès, les juges expliquent notamment pourquoi ils ont condamné pour terrorisme les deux auteurs de la campagne de haine qui a visé le professeur d’histoire-géographie. Ce choix est vivement contesté par la défense, qui dénonce un « basculement du droit ».
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Le Monde;En Corée du Sud, l’opposition annonce avoir déposé une motion de destitution contre le président par intérim;https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/12/26/en-coree-du-sud-l-opposition-annonce-avoir-depose-une-motion-de-destitution-contre-le-president-par-interim_6467774_3210.html;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:09:45 +0100
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L’opposition reproche à Han Duck-soo de refuser de pourvoir trois sièges vacants à la Cour constitutionnelle, qui doit dans les six mois valider ou invalider la destitution du président conservateur Yoon Suk Yeol pour sa tentative d’imposer la loi martiale.
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Le Monde;En direct, Mayotte : 39 morts recensés, selon le dernier bilan de la préfecture;https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/live/2024/12/26/en-direct-mayotte-trente-neuf-morts-recenses-selon-le-dernier-bilan-de-la-prefecture_6451056_3244.html;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:29:35 +0100
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Le préfet a seulement précisé que « la mission d’identification des victimes du cyclone [poursuivait] son travail ».
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Le Monde;En direct, guerre en Ukraine : à Kharkiv, le chauffage revient progressivement après l’attaque russe visant les infrastructures énergétiques;https://www.lemonde.fr/international/live/2024/12/26/en-direct-guerre-en-ukraine-joe-biden-fustige-l-attaque-russe-massive-le-jour-de-noel_6461877_3210.html;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:23:04 +0100
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Plus d’un demi-million de clients ont été privés de chauffage à la suite de bombardements de l’armée russe dans la région de Kharkiv, a annoncé le gouverneur régional, Oleh Synehoubov.
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Le Monde;En direct, guerres au Proche-Orient : quatorze « membres du ministère de l’intérieur » syrien tués dans une embuscade, selon les nouvelles autorités;https://www.lemonde.fr/international/live/2024/12/26/en-direct-guerres-au-proche-orient-quatorze-membres-du-ministere-de-l-interieur-syrien-tues-dans-une-embuscade-selon-les-nouvelles-autorites_6454724_3210.html;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:16:55 +0100
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Des affrontements avec des membres de l’ancien pouvoir de Bachar Al-Assad ont eu lieu, mercredi, dans la province de Tartous, d’après les autorités. L’Observatoire syrien des droits de l’homme a rapporté un total de dix-sept personnes tuées lors de ces combats.
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Le Monde;La pollution aux microplastiques est massivement présente dans les sols français, selon une étude inédite de l’Ademe;https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2024/12/26/la-pollution-aux-microplastiques-est-massivement-presente-dans-les-sols-francais_6467672_3244.html;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:01:55 +0100
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Pour la première fois, l’Agence de la transition écologique a mesuré la concentration de microparticules de plastique dans la terre en France. Prairies, vignes, vergers ou grandes cultures, aucun type de sol n’est épargné.
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Le Monde;Tsunami de 2004 : vingt ans après, l’Asie commémore les victimes;https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2024/12/26/des-commemorations-en-asie-pour-les-victimes-du-tsunami-de-2004-le-plus-meurtrier-de-l-histoire_6467534_3244.html;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 04:18:37 +0100
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Le 26 décembre 2004, un séisme de magnitude 9,1 au large de la côte ouest de l’île indonésienne de Sumatra avait engendré d’énormes vagues. Plus de 220 000 personnes ont été tuées, dont plus de 160 000 en Indonésie.
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Le Monde;Une cyberattaque contre Japan Airlines entraîne des retards sur ses vols;https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2024/12/26/une-cyberattaque-contre-japan-airlines-qui-craint-un-impact-sur-ses-vols_6467468_3234.html;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 03:21:28 +0100
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Le système informatique de la compagnie aérienne a été attaqué jeudi matin. « Nous avons identifié la cause et le système a été restauré », a affirmé la compagnie qui avait annoncé que la vente de billets avait été interrompue pour le reste de la journée.
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Le Monde;Plus d’une centaine de migrants en détresse secourus dans le détroit du Pas-de-Calais;https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/12/26/plus-d-une-centaine-de-migrants-en-detresse-secourus-dans-le-detroit-du-pas-de-calais_6467434_3210.html;Thu, 26 Dec 2024 02:42:02 +0100
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Douze opérations d’assistance et de sauvetage ont été coordonnées mercredi 25 décembre dans la Manche par le centre régional opérationnel de surveillance et de sauvetage Gris-Nez mercredi.
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