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UN chief says 6 peacekeepers killed in drone strike on UN facility in Sudan, 8 others wounded: all Bangladeshi nationals (LINK) 13 December 2025
Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: news agency list of key events, day 1,388 (LINK) 13 December 2025
Ukrainian forces said they had retaken parts of the northeastern town of Kupiansk and encircled Russian troops there.
Ukrainian drones struck two Russian oil rigs in the Caspian Sea, an official in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said.
Russia attacked Ukraine's Chornomorsk and Odesa ports, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels, including a civilian ship carrying food supplies, Ukrainian officials said.
Trump's 'historic' peace deal for DR Congo shattered after M23 rebels seize key city of Uvira (LINK) 13 December 2025
By locking in Russian assets for good, the EU finally plays hardball (LINK) 13 December 2025
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DW: US giant Chevron, not China, may save oil-rich Venezuela: Chevron is driving Venezuela's oil rebound while China is pulling back (LINK) 12 December 2025
Le Monde: Russia's phantom gains in Ukraine (LINK) 12 December 2025
"Trump AI regulation order hallucinates more fake law than any AI" (LINK) 12 December 2025
— "Can a president unilaterally invent new laws and then assert that this counts as occupying the field to then preempt state laws? No, of course not. But he issued the order anyway because this administration is itself a hallucination engine stochastically vomiting out orders."
Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions (LINK) 11 December 2025
Commander overseeing U.S. forces in Caribbean relinquishes command early amid U.S. buildup near Venezuela (LINK) 11 December 2025
— Adm. Alvin Holsey relinquished command Friday in a ceremony at U.S. Southern Command headquarters after announcing early retirement amid U.S. buildup off of Venezuela.
The Contrarian: Trump & cronies' top 10 worst presidential profiteering scandals (LINK) 13 December 2025
The Christian Post: Time magazine snubs Charlie Kirk, names AI 'architects' as 'Person of the Year' (LINK) 13 December 2025
Betting on football with crypto: Web3 sportsbooks that cover major leagues (LINK) 13 December 2025
Google turns ordinary headphones into instant language interpreters for Android phones: support for more than 70 languages (LINK) 12 December 2025
Residents can enter Swiss landslide village in Grisons again from Saturday. An additional restricted area has been set up to its north (LINK) 12 December 2025
— "How things will continue for the people of Brienz/Brinzauls in the longer term is unclear. The conditions on the mountain are to be reassessed by the end of January. It will then be possible to say whether it will be possible to lift the evacuation. Meanwhile, canton Graubünden has promised further help. On Tuesday, the cantonal parliament approved a loan of CHF50 million ($63 million) for the preventive resettlement of the village of Brienz/Brinzauls, which is threatened by rock masses. This will compensate those residents who want to move away permanently."
UNEP: In the run-up to the first session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP P1), the ISP-CWP Secretariat, in collaboration with the Geneva Environment Network, is organizing a series of events to prepare governments, non-government stakeholders and other interested parties for the session, to be held from 2 February to 6 February 2026 at CICG (LINK) 11 November 2025
— Established on 20 June 2025 under the mandate of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 5/8, the Panel addresses one of the most critical but under-supported pillars of the global environmental agenda: pollution.
Davos 2026 theme 'A Spirit of Dialogue': 19–23 January 2026 (LINK) 29 October 2025
— Discussions are centred around five key global challenges: cooperation in a contested world, unlocking new sources of growth, investing in people, deploying innovation responsibly, and building prosperity within planetary boundaries.