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Exclusive-How immigration swallowed up federal gun crime efforts
BALTIMORE, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Detectives in Baltimore watched on security video last summer as an argument inside a convenience store spilled into the parking lot and gunshots erupted at a sedan speeding away. They quickly recognized one of the shooters: He had been shot himself two days earlier.
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Germany charges suspected former Syrian intelligence agent with murder in Assad jail
Dec 22 (Reuters) - German prosecutors have charged a suspected former member of Syrian intelligence with crimes against humanity and the torture and murder of dozens of prisoners held in a Damascus prison under Bashar al-Assad, a statement said on Monday.
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Romanian president says judiciary will be investigated to address claims of abuses
BUCHAREST, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Romania's President Nicușor Dan pledged to investigate claims of systemic abuses in the judiciary after meeting judges and prosecutors on Monday, saying the integrity of the justice system was in serious doubt.
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France rushes emergency budget law to avert shutdown after talks collapse
PARIS, Dec 22 (Reuters) - France's government will push lawmakers to approve emergency legislation to keep the state running into January after they failed to agree on a 2026 budget, a stopgap measure to avert a shutdown as pressure mounts from investors and ratings agencies.
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Trump says US needs Greenland for security, taps envoy to ‘lead the charge’
PALM BEACH, Florida/COPENHAGEN, Dec 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump reasserted on Monday that the United States needs Greenland for its national security and said a special envoy he appointed to the Arctic island would "lead the charge."
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Analysis-Orban's giveaways still not turning election tide in Hungary
BUDAPEST, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Hungary's Viktor Orban may have got a brief poll boost last month from a costly pensions sweetener but he faces a race against time before April's election to turn the stagnating economy around enough to extend a 15-year grip on power.
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Pope Leo urges joyful, welcoming Church in speech to Vatican cardinals
VATICAN CITY, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Pope Leo indicated on Monday that he plans to follow the reform agenda of his predecessor Francis, praising the late pontiff's attempts to make the global Catholic Church more inclusive in an annual Christmas address to Vatican cardinals.
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Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow, investigators say
MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow on Monday, Russian investigators said, adding that they suspected Ukrainian special services could have been behind the attack.
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1MDB: MACC to bring back recovered paintings worth over RM120mil
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is in the process of arranging the return of high-value 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) assets currently held overseas.
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High-level Turkish team to visit Damascus on Monday for talks on SDF integration
ANKARA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A high-level Turkish delegation will visit Damascus on Monday to discuss bilateral ties and the implementation of a deal for integrating the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into Syria's state apparatus, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said.
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Sweden releases boarded Russian freighter after customs inspection
STOCKHOLM, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Swedish customs has released a Russian ship it boarded over the weekend in order to perform an inspection, with marine tracking data on Monday showing the vessel was on the move again.
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Vietnam's top leadership talks heat up as Communist Party meets
HANOI, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Senior officials of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party began a two-day meeting on Monday that is set to select candidates for the country's leadership positions for the next five years.
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South Korea parliament passes bill to launch probe into 2024 Jeju Air crash
SEOUL, Dec 22 (Reuters) - South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Monday to launch an independent probe into the Jeju Air plane crash in December 2024 that killed 179 people in the deadliest air disaster on the country's soil.
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Homemade bombs thrown before Bondi mass shooting, but failed to detonate, police tell court
SYDNEY, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Australian police say homemade pipe and tennis ball bombs were thrown at a crowd at Bondi Beach before a mass shooting but failed to detonate, according to court documents released on Monday.
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Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima
NIIGATA, Japan, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Japan took the final step to allow the world's largest nuclear power plant to resume operations with a regional vote on Monday, a watershed moment in the country's return to nuclear energy nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.
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Remaining 130 abducted Nigerian students have been released, president's spokesman says
YENAGOA, Nigeria, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The remaining 130 Nigerian schoolchildren abducted in November from a Catholic school in Niger state have been released, President Bola Tinubu's spokesperson said on Sunday, following one of the country's biggest mass kidnappings of recent years.
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China-Serbia digital art exhibition explores time, space, heritage
BELGRADE, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- A collection of digital artworks created through China-Serbia collaboration went on display Sunday at the China Cultural Center in Belgrade, highlighting ongoing cultural and academic exchanges between the two countries.
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US envoy Witkoff calls Ukraine, Russia talks productive
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Talks held between U.S., European and Ukrainian officials over the last three days in Florida aimed at ending Russia's war in Ukraine focused on aligning positions, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday, calling those meetings and separate talks with Russian negotiators productive.
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"Avatar: Fire and Ash" dominates North American box office in opening weekend
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Disney and 20th Century's "Avatar: Fire and Ash" dominated the North American box office in its opening weekend with an estimated three-day total of 88 million U.S. dollars, data from measurement firm Comscore showed on Sunday.
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Cultural event held in Cairo to celebrate World Arabic Language Day
CAIRO, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- A three-day cultural event marking World Arabic Language Day kicked off on Sunday in Egypt's capital Cairo.
