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After June war with Israel, Iranians seek portable wealth as hedge against falling currency

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - When it comes to financial security for Iran's jittery public after the 12-day war with Israel, all that glitters is gold - and for many, it remains the most trusted hedge against inflation, sanctions and a weakening rial currency. Traders in ...
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Australia says the world will follow social media ban as Meta starts blocking teens

By Byron Kaye and James Redmayne SYDNEY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Australia's internet regulator said a teen social media ban would be the first domino to fall in a global push to rein in Big Tech, as Meta's Instagram, Facebook and Threads began locking out ...
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Hong Kong races to remove scaffolding nets blamed for fuelling deadly fire

By Clare Jim and Mei Mei Chu HONG KONG, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities rushed on Thursday to remove all mesh netting on buildings undergoing renovation across the city after the materials were blamed for fanning a blaze last week that has killed ...
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US halted plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce, FT says

Dec 3 (Reuters) - The United States has halted plans to impose sanctions on China's ministry of state security over a massive cyber spying campaign to avoid derailing a trade truce struck by both countries this year, the Financial Times said on Wednesday. Chinese-linked hackers ...
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Malaysia charges PM’s former aide with receiving bribes

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Malaysian authorities on Thursday charged a former top aide to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with receiving bribes, increasing scrutiny on the premier's pledge to crack down on corruption. According to court documents, Shamsul Iskandar ...
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Child deaths will rise this year as aid cuts reverse progress, says Gates

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Around 200,000 more children will likely die before their fifth birthday this year than in 2024 as international aid cuts undermine decades of progress, the Gates Foundation said on Thursday. The projected increase would mark the ...
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How 2 killings exposed the depths of cartels’ grip in Mexico’s Michoacan state

APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) - On a steamy night, a farmer from a village of modest tin-roofed homes surrounded by rolling lime orchards in western Mexico's coastal mountains approached Rev. Gilberto Vergara for help. The drug cartels were extorting him and other growers so heavily that ...
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Bangladesh’s Gen-Z battles to gain political ground after ousting Hasina

By Ruma Paul DHAKA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Thousands in Bangladesh flocked to hear the plans of the students who toppled long-time leader Sheikh Hasina when they launched a new political party this year, but now it finds itself struggling to translate the street power ...
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Flanked by business leaders, Macron meets Xi as EU prepares tougher trade rules

BEIJING, Dec 4 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, seeking stronger commercial ties, as the European Union prepares to toughen up its trade rules. A large business delegation is accompanying Macron on his fourth state visit ...
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How a sperm bank for cheetahs might one day save the fastest land animal

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use them. But she worries that the world's fastest land animal might be ...
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Haitian ex-gang leader gets life in prison for kidnappings of US missionaries

By Steve Gorman Dec 3 (Reuters) - The former head of the notorious Haitian gang 400 Mawozo was sentenced on Wednesday in a U.S. court to life in prison for masterminding the 2021 kidnapping of a group of American missionaries. Joly "Yonyon" Germine, 34, was found ...
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Venezuela’s Maduro says call with Trump was ‘respectful and cordial’

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday confirmed he held a "respectful and cordial" phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump about 10 days ago, framing the conversation as a potential opening for diplomacy. "If this call means steps are being taken ...
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