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More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis (LINK) 8 December 2025

One of Trump's most consequential decisions — a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — just got more complicated: investors have concerns (LINK) 8 December 2025

China's exports rebound in November by 5.9% from 11% drop, massively beating expectations after U.S. trade truce: strong sales to non-US markets but 29% drop to U.S. over November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 41 media reports (LINK) 8 December 2025

Susan Ferguson, the special representative of the UN's women's agency in Afghanistan, calls on Taliban to lift ban on Afghan women in its offices (LINK) — ground.news: 67 media reports (LINK) 7 December 2025

— The statement did not say how many staff were affected, but UN sources indicated that several hundred women were facing the ban. Staff have been working remotely for the past three months, notably providing assistance to the victims of deadly earthquakes and to Afghan migrants deported from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran.

US Border Czar says 62,000 illegally smuggled children rescued so far in Minnesota (LINK) — ground.news: 25 media reports (LINK) 7 December 2025

Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings as cyclone toll hits 618 (LINK) — ground.news: 93 media reports (LINK) 6 December 2025

Chernobyl radiation shield has stopped working after Russian drone strikes in February, IAEA warns (LINK) 5 December 2025

— The so-called new safe confinement was built as part of a €1.5 billion Europe-led initiative in 2019 to replace the reactor destroyed in the plant's 1986 meltdown, in which over 30 people died. But the large steel structure "lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability" when its outer cladding was set ablaze after being struck by Russian drones, according to a new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA Director-General's statement (LINK): "Timely and comprehensive restoration remains essential to prevent further degradation and ensure long-term nuclear safety."

Trump unveils 2025 US National Security Strategy: shifts U.S. focus to Latin America to combat migration and drug trafficking while criticizing European policies and aligning with far-right European parties (LINK) — ground.news: 388 media reports (LINK) 5 December 2025

Coast Guard seizes 3,800 lbs. of cocaine worth $28m in Miami's largest small boat bust since 1995 (LINK) 5 December 2025

Bolsonaro's eldest son to run for President next year (LINK) — ground.news: 111 media reports (LINK) 5 December 2025

UN report sounds alarm over Maori rights in New Zealand: UN committee raised concerns over government policies including scrapping the Maori Health Authority and funding cuts for Indigenous services (LINK) 5 December 2025 — UN committee for the convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (CERD) report — (LINK)

Institute for the Study of War: Russian offensive campaign in Ukraine assessment, December 5, 2025 (LINK) 5 December 2025

— Russian forces are attempting to completely deny Ukrainian tactical- and operational-level logistics to the Pokrovsk direction using drones to achieve effects of battlefield air interdiction (BAI).