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Dec 28, 2025
Albany [New York], December 28: The state of New York will require social media platforms with infinite scrolling, autoplay and algorithmic feeds to display labels about their potential harm to young users' mental health, Governor Kathy Hochul has announced.
Teenagers in UK offered military gap years to boost country's defence
Hundreds of flights cancelled as winter storm hits north-eastern US
Four mountaineers killed in avalanche in central Greece
Poland closes two airports due to heavy Russian air strikes on Ukraine
Magnitude-7.0 quake hits off Taiwan's coast; no major damage reported
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Two dead, 26 injured in 50-vehicle pile-up on central Japan highway
Tokyo [Japan], December 28: A pile-up involving at least 50 vehicles on a highway in central Japan has left two people dead and 26 injured,...
Israeli forces take over homes, impose curfew on West Bank's Qabatiya
West Bank [Israel], December 28: Israeli forces have carried out mass arrests and forced dozens of families from their homes in the town of Qabatiya...
Four Spanish tourists missing after vessel sinks off Indonesian island
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 28: A wooden tourist boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Komodo National Park, leaving four Spanish tourists missing, a rescue official...
Kim praises North Korea-Russia ties in New Year message
Seoul [South Korea], December 28: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday praised his country's ties with Russia, saying they are strengthened by "sharing blood,...
Thailand, Cambodia agree to immediate ceasefire
Bangkok [Thailand], December 28: Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an immediate ceasefire following weeks of border clashes, with the defence ministers of both countries...
What did Kim Jong-un write in his New Year's card sent to Putin?
Dec 27, 2025
Seoul [South Korea], December 27: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a New Year's greeting in response to a card from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The first White House press secretary to become pregnant while in office
Washington [US], December 27: White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt announced she is pregnant with her second child, becoming the first person to become pregnant...
Trump: Ukraine's peace plan is only valid if the US agrees
Washington [US], December 27: US President Donald Trump declared that he would play a decisive role in any peace agreement related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
New discoveries about Uranus and Neptune
Washington [US], December 27: New computer models suggest that the cores of Uranus and Neptune likely contain less ice and more rock than their long-held...
Back to results Homes damaged in Nigeria after U.S.-backed strikes target ISIS camps
Washington [US], December 27: U.S.-backed airstrikes targeted Islamic State-linked camps in northwest Nigeria, with debris from the operation damaging homes in Kwara State, the Nigerian government said on Friday (December 26).
UN condemns mosque attack in Homs, Syria
World's longest expressway tunnel opens to traffic in Xinjiang, China
UN reports peacekeeper injured by Israeli fire in southern Lebanon
Thailand, Cambodia agree to immediate joint ceasefire
Mount Etna emits light ash, sporadic explosions in Sicily
Heavy rains drench Southern California, spawn flash flooding, mud flows
Dec 26, 2025
Powerball lottery in US to pay out top prize of almost $2 bn
US Coast Guard pursues suspected sanctions evasion ship near Venezuela
Dec 25, 2025
Three killed as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities overnight
Russell Brand faces two further charges including rape
