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Uganda restricts imports of Starlink equipment weeks before election
KAMPALA, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Uganda's government has restricted imports of Starlink satellite internet equipment weeks before a national election at which the opposition fears the government will again impose an internet blackout.
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Five Pakistani police personnel killed in 'gun and bomb' attack
PESHAWAR, Pakistan Dec 23 (Reuters) - Five Pakistani police personnel were killed on Tuesday when their van was ambushed in a bombing and shooting attack in the country's northwest, provincial police said, as Pakistan struggles with a resurgence of militant violence.
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Russian air attack on Ukraine kills three and sparks sweeping outages
KYIV, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Russian missile and drone attacks killed at least three Ukrainians including a child on Tuesday, triggering widespread emergency power cuts and prompting neighbouring Poland to scramble jets.
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Poland scrambles aircraft after Russia strikes Ukraine, Polish armed forces say
Dec 23 (Reuters) - Polish and allied aircraft were deployed early on Tuesday to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched airstrikes targeting western Ukraine near the border with Poland, the armed forces of the NATO-member country said.
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US military says one person killed in strike on suspected drug vessel in Pacific
Dec 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said it killed one person in a strike on a "low-profile vessel" suspected of carrying drugs in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday.
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says border residents taken to Russia had long interacted with neighbours
Dec 22 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that residents of a border village taken into Russia by Moscow's troops had interacted with their neighbours for years without incident.
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Trump says US has to have Greenland
PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States needs to have Greenland, not for critical minerals but for national security.
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Australian state set to pass tougher gun, hate speech laws after Bondi attack
SYDNEY, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state is set to pass tougher gun laws, ban the display of terrorist symbols and curb protests in an emergency sitting following the Bondi mass shooting, as authorities stepped up their response to the antisemitic attack.
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Kremlin says weekend Ukraine peace talks not breakthrough, Izvestia reports
Dec 23 (Reuters) - Talks between Russia and the United States in Miami on ways to resolve the conflict in Ukraine should not be seen as a breakthrough, the Izvestia news outlet cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying in remarks published on Tuesday.
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Trump unveils plan for 'Trump-class' battleships to boost US sea power
PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump announced on Monday plans to build a new "Trump-class" of battleships — larger, faster and "100 times more powerful" than any before — aimed at cementing U.S. naval dominance, starting with two vessels as part of an expanded "Golden Fleet."
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Kilmar Abrego appears in court following release from ICE detention
GREENBELT, Maryland, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Kilmar Abrego, the Salvadoran migrant whose wrongful deportation became a flashpoint, appeared in court on Monday as a federal judge extended an order temporarily barring U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from taking him back into immigration custody.
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US Justice Department handling of Epstein file release sparks backlash
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Bipartisan anger over the U.S. Department of Justice's slow release of Jeffrey Epstein documents grew on Monday as lawmakers threatened to launch an effort to hold Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt of Congress and former President Bill Clinton sought the immediate release of any documents involving him.
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Russian forces attack Odesa, governor says, in second regional strike in less than 24 hours
KYIV, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Russian forces struck Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa late on Monday and damaged port facilities and a ship, the regional governor said, the second attack on the region in less than 24 hours.
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Car drove into crowd, injuring 9 in the Netherlands
THE HAGUE, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Nine people were injured, three of them seriously, after a car drove into a crowd on Monday evening in Nunspeet, in the Dutch province of Gelderland, police confirmed.
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says negotiations on war settlement 'close to a real result'
Dec 22 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that negotiations conducted with the United States and European nations aimed at ending the nearly four-year war with Russia were "very close to a real result."
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Paramount Skydance amends Warner Bros. Discovery bid with new Larry Ellison guarantee
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Paramount Skydance said Monday that the company has amended its hostile bid to take over Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), adding a personal guarantee of funds from billionaire Larry Ellison, one of the world's wealthiest individuals.
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Kuwait, Chinese firm sign EPC deal for strategic Kuwaiti port project
KUWAIT CITY, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works and China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) on Friday signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the first phase of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island in northern Jahra Governorate.
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U.S. dollar ticks down
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar softened in late trading on Monday.
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