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Four bodies found believed to be from one Liechtenstein family
ZURICH, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Police on Wednesday discovered the bodies of two men and two women believed to belong to a single family from Liechtenstein, authorities in the tiny Alpine principality said.
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Atmospheric river drenches Los Angeles, triggers widespread flooding
LOS ANGELES, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Torrential rains drenched Southern California on Wednesday, unleashing widespread flash flooding as authorities urged motorists to stay off roads and residents living downslope of wildfire-scarred foothills and canyons to evacuate.
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US urges parties to accept Honduras vote outcome after Trump-backed Asfura wins
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday urged all parties to accept the outcome of Honduras' presidential election where Nasry Asfura, the conservative National Party candidate backed by the U.S. president, was declared victor by the electoral body.
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Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
VATICAN CITY, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.
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ICE agents involved in Maryland shooting, injuring two
Dec 24 (Reuters) - Federal immigration agents were involved in a shooting on Wednesday that left one person shot and wounded and another with injuries, authorities said.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees test-firing of long-range missiles, KCNA says
SEOUL, Dec 25 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing on Wednesday of long-range surface-to-air missiles at a launch site near its east coast, state media KCNA reported on Thursday.
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Slovenia's economic sentiment hits over three-year high in December
LJUBLJANA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia's economic sentiment indicator rose to 0.6 points in December, the highest level since June 2022, the Statistical Office said on Wednesday.
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Trump-backed Asfura wins Honduras presidency after weeks of delays in disputed election
TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 24 - Nasry Asfura, the conservative National Party candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, has won Honduras' presidential election, the electoral body said on Wednesday as it finally declared a victor of the November 30 presidential election after weeks of delays, technical problems, and allegations of fraud.
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U.S. dollar closes flat
NEW YORK, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar closed almost flat in late trading on Wednesday.
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At least 10 feared dead in Nigeria mosque blast
ABUJA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people were feared dead and more sustained injuries after an improvised explosive device went off in a mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria on Wednesday evening, a security source said.
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Discovery of a million more potential Epstein documents delays further releases
Dec 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has found more than a million more documents potentially tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, delaying a full release for weeks while officials redact details to protect victims, DOJ said on Wednesday.
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White House orders military to focus on 'quarantine' of Venezuela oil
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - The White House has ordered U.S. military forces to focus almost exclusively on enforcing a "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, a U.S. official told Reuters, indicating Washington is currently more interested in using economic rather than military means to pressure Caracas.
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Russian air defence downs 25 Moscow-bound Ukrainian drones, mayor says
Dec 24 (Reuters) - Russian air defence units downed 25 Moscow-bound Ukrainian drones throughout the day on Wednesday, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
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Feature: Chinese technology helps Iraq develop smarter oilfields
BAGHDAD, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- "Iraqi oilfield operations have become smarter and more efficient thanks to China's advanced drilling technologies," said Hussein Mohammed, an Iraqi engineer who has worked alongside Chinese technicians on maintaining high-end drilling equipment independently developed by a Chinese company at the Maysan Oilfield in southeastern Iraq.
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Blast hits mosque during evening prayers in Nigeria’s Maiduguri, witness says
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Dec 24 (Reuters) - An explosion tore through a mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno state, a Reuters witness said. There was no immediate word on casualties or official comment.
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Yearender: From Green ambition to caution: EU recalibrates climate strategy amid economic headwinds
BRUSSELS, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- While 2019 marked the European Union's "man on the moon" pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, 2025 may be remembered as the year that ambition slowed. Economic pressure and a renewed emphasis on competitiveness have driven a policy shift that keeps the climate goal enshrined in law but delays, weakens or reshapes the measures meant to deliver it.
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Zimbabwe's economy grows by 9.64 pct in Q3 2025
HARARE, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's economy grew by 9.64 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2025, up from 2.28 percent recorded in the same period last year, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) said Wednesday.
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People trapped in coal mine accident in SW China
KUNMING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- A gas outburst struck a coal mine at around 6 p.m. Wednesday in Zhenxiong County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said on Thursday.
