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The EU agreed to reduce the amount of funding it has frozen for Hungary in exchange for Budapest allowing joint funding for Ukraine.
Hungary has also announced it would start debating Finland's and Sweden's NATO membership.
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A railway company from northern Germany has become the first in the world to operate a fleet of hydrogen trains in regular operation. Will it be the first of many around the globe?
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The German government is pushing forward with a campaign to reform immigration laws — including making the path to citizenship faster and easier.
But critics say the move is unnecessary and devalues German citizenship
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Russia has been targeting Ukraine's infrastructure, leaving cities like Odesa without power for days at a time.
Many have been forced to find create ways to deal with the situation.
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A research team in Saudi Arabia is injecting coral reefs with probiotics to give them a fighting chance against climate change. 🪸🐠
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The EU's political institutions are in turmoil with a cash-for-favors corruption scandal engulfing the European Parliament.
How easy is it to bribe or influence MEPs?
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Germany: The far-right extremist who murdered two people outside of a Halle synagogue in 2019 managed to take two prison guards hostage.
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The heads of all political groups of the European Parliament agreed to remove former Vice President from the body. The Greek lawmaker is accused of accepting bribes from Qatari agents.
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US prosecutors will not be seeking a death penalty for Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi — the man allegedly responsible for the Lockerbie bombing.
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A trio of amateur dino-hunters have found a skeleton — possibly a 100 million years old — which could be a key to the past.
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Jair Bolsonaro's supporters clashed with police, setting fire to vehicles and attempting to invade the federal police's headquarters in Brazil's capital.
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G7 leaders assured that they will continue to give Ukraine what it needs with with "an immediate focus on providing...air defense systems and capabilities."
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FTX, among the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, filed for bankruptcy protection in one of the highest-profile crypto blowups.
Bankman-Fried resigned as FTX's chief executive officer the same day as the bankruptcy filing.
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"The ultimate decision in such cases ought to recognize the choice of the mother," Justice Prathiba Singh said in a landmark ruling on December 6.
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The siege in Queensland, Australia ended with the death of two police officers, the two male suspects, one female suspect, and a bystander.
Two other police officials were also left injured.
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A research team in Saudi Arabia is injecting coral reefs with probiotics to give them a fighting chance against climate change. 🪸🐠
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"I'm a modern witch, I stand by that," says Barbara from Cologne. And she's not the only one who still believes in witchcraft today.
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Peru's new President Dina Boluarte said that she would propose to Congress to bring general elections two years earlier than expected.
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Germany: Suspects planned to set up 280 armed units across the country that would have been tasked with "arresting and executing" people after a coup.
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The practice is rooted in history.
Colonizers such as Spain and Britain frequently profited from the natural resources of the regions they occupied, trading products like tea and spices.
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Millions of pilgrims from across Mexico have convened in the national capital to thank the Virgin Mary for miracles of the past year.
Some even trekked vast distances. 🚶
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The US has issued new sanctions on four individuals and two entities in Zimbabwe for corruption and enabling human rights abuses.
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Afghanistan: Security forces launched an operation to counter a blast and gunfire at a hotel in central Kabul.
The hotel was frequented by foreign travelers, particularly from China.
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BREAKING: Authorities in the Bahamas have arrested embattled FTX crypto exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried after receiving a formal notification of criminal charges against him from the US.
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Greece officials have frozen the assets of Eva Kaili, a vice president at the European Parliament, after her arrest by Belgian police on corruption charges.
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NASA's Orion space capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific, completing the Artemis 1 mission — a more than 25-day journey around the Moon — which has laid out a path for humans to return to the celestial body.
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Germany needs hundreds of thousands of new workers every year to replace retirees.
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British street artist Banksy is selling 50 art prints featuring a rat on a pizza box.
Each is being sold for 5,000 pounds (€5,812, $6,137). The proceeds will go to civilians impacted by the war in Ukraine.
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Freezing cold temperatures, along with ice and snow, have caused travel disruptions across the UK, with road closures and delayed flights.
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Majidreza Rahnavard, a 23-year-old Iranian wrestler, was publicly hanged in the city of Mashhad.
He was detained amid ongoing nationwide protests that are challenging the nation's Islamic clerical leadership.
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Eating more than 400-500 calories per day of ultra-processed foods such as burgers, chips and packaged cookies is enough to increase the risk of cognitive decline, a new study suggests.
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Climate change is devastating coral reefs — but there is hope, as researchers in Saudi Arabia discover that probiotic injections can make them resilient 🪸🐠
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A 100-million-year-old discovery, made by amateur dino-hunters, could change what we know about this dinosaur species.
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Climate activists are increasingly turning to direct action to physically obstruct transport and fossil fuel infrastructure.
But some countries are taking a hard line against further disruptions.
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Archaeologists have exhumed over 50 bodies from graves in northern Spain.
Officials say the remains belong to prisoners who died during the right-wing dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
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Ski resorts in Austria and Germany are adapting to the energy crisis with slower cable cars and less heating. Higher costs also mean higher prices.
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EU foreign ministers gathered in Brussels today to discuss the bloc's latest responses to the ongoing war in Ukraine and a political crackdown in Iran.
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Germany needs hundreds of thousands of new workers every year to replace retirees.
As well as bringing in more foreign workers, Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged those over 60 to delay leaving the workforce.
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Germany has some of the strictest gun laws in Europe and shootings are relatively rare. Now the government is considering making them even tougher.
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