2025 • Dec 12
Elon Musk teams with El Salvador to bring Grok chatbot to public schools
President Nayib Bukele entrusting chatbot known for calling itself ‘MechaHitler’ to create ‘AI-powered’ curriculaElon Musk is p...
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2025 • Dec 11
Former Bolivian president Luis Arce detained on corruption charges
Allegations he allowed state funds for Indigenous projects to be transferred to government officials’ accountsBolivia’s former president Luis Arce was detained on Wednesday on charges that h...
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2025 • Dec 11
US lawmakers condemn seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker: ‘Trump is sleepwalking us into a war’
Unease grows in Washington, including among some Republicans, over Trump administration’s escalating military posture in the Caribbean
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2025 • Dec 11
Pressure on Maduro grows after US seizes ‘dark fleet’ tanker off coast of Venezuela
Move interpreted as escalation of US policy as Vladimir Putin ‘reaffirms’ support for South American dictator
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2025 • Dec 11
Burkina Faso releases 11 Nigerian troops after ‘unauthorised’ plane landing
Military personnel told they can return to Nigeria after actions described as ‘unfriendly act’
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2025 • Dec 11
Fate of 11 Nigerian troops unclear after ‘unauthorised’ plane landing in Burkina Faso
Confusion over diplomatic standoff deepens after conflicting reports about the soldiers’ whereaboutsEleven Nigerian military personnel are reportedly still in Burkina Faso days after their p...
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2025 • Dec 11
‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia
Cyclones like those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that killed 1,750 are ‘alarming new reality’The climate crisis supercharged the deadly storms that killed more than 1,750 people in A...
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2025 • Dec 11
Sexually explicit letters about exiled Hong Kong activists sent to UK and Australian addresses
Exclusive: Letters with deepfake images of Carmen Lau in UK and targeting of Ted Hui in Australia part of growing harassmentSexually explicit letters and “lonely housewife” posters about hig...
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2025 • Dec 11
Venezuela decries ‘act of piracy’ after US forces seize oil tanker off country’s coast
Footage uploaded to X by US attorney general shows its forces landing on the tanker in major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaign
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2025 • Dec 10
‘The bullying can’t go on’: the film-maker following Filipino fishers under siege by China
Baby Ruth Villarama’s documentary Food Delivery depicts those struggling with the superpower to retain their trade. The director describes capturing their boats getting rammed by the Chinese coast ...
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2025 • Dec 10
Honduras president alleges ‘electoral coup’ under way amid Trump ‘interference’
Xiomara Castro alleges US manipulation and blackmail as preliminary count shows two rightwing candidates closely tiedHonduras’s president, Xiomara Castro, has alleged that an “electoral coup...
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2025 • Dec 10
Venezuelan Nobel peace prize winner will not attend ceremony, say organisers
Opposition leader María Corina Machado’s daughter to receive award on her behalf in Oslo, says Nobel InstituteThe Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will not attend the Nobel ...
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