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Archaeologists uncover Bronze Age secret to brewing red rice wine

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Two killed in 'terror attack' in northern Israel

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Putin critic sentenced to six years in prison by Russian court

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Turkey begins probe into jet crash that killed Libyan military chief

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Protests in India after rapist politician is granted bail

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Kim Jong Un asks factories to make more missiles next year

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How India's most populous state cancelled Christmas this year

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Bonnie Blue triggers diplomatic incident by dragging Indonesian flag

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Leading charities back The Independent's call to protect HIV funding

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How private investors are making billions from countries in debt

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Pope Leo condemns suffering in Gaza in first Christmas sermon

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'Christmas is about family – and mine is trapped in an Iranian prison'

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Mother of last Hamas hostage calls on Israel to delay next phase

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Rocket strikes and calls from the Pope: Inside Gaza's Catholic church

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Long queues as Saudi Arabia quietly expands its alcohol store

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Ex-aide of Netanyahu claims he was tasked with plan after October 7

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Christmas decorations – and tourists – return to Bethlehem

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Israel condemned after approving 19 new settlements in West Bank

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British couple held in Iran 'living off rice in kitchen full of rats'

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Israel urges Jews to 'come home' after Bondi Beach massacre

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The brewery battling Israeli blocks to export beer to the UK

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Netanyahu 'expected to ask Trump for help with fresh Iran strikes'

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GOP lawmaker mourns death of 'heart and soul' of his team

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US says 'more strikes to come' on Nigeria after IS targets hit

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Why did Trump order strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria?

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Nation six times smaller than Rhode Island to take migrants from US

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Video: Trump launches deadly US strike against Isis in Nigeria

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What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest Nigeria

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Nicki Minaj quits Instagram after Turning Point USA appearance

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CNN panel identifies 2028 frontrunners for Democrats

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Trump rants about Epstein in Christmas Day post

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Jimmy Kimmel launches attack on Trump in Christmas message

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Remains of missing Nebraska mother found a year later

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Newsom drops Christmas troll of Trump over Epstein files redactions

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Federal workers annual charity drive sees 40% drop after DOGE layoffs

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Shipment of $400K worth of lobsters hijacked en route to Costco stores

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TikToker who hit a man with car as she livestreamed is arrested: cops

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Poland intercepts Russian plane as foreign objects enter airspace

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Zelensky open to withdrawing troops in new peace plan

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Ukraine unveils 20-point peace proposal under discussion with US

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Russia wants build a nuclear power plant on the moon

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Libya's military chief and 4 others killed in plane crash

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Russia launches 650 drones in Ukraine attack days before Christmas

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Louvre seen tightening security with freight lift, adding window bars

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Italy quietly changes its national anthem without public annoucement

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Russia developing weapon to hit Musk's Starlink, Nato suspects

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I was a British PoW tortured by Russia; this is how Ukraine can win

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Ukraine is leveraging its powerful new drone killers for air defence

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Trump appoints special envoy to make Greenland 'part of the US'

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Russian general killed by bomb planted under his car in Moscow

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New hope in 'Vatican girl' mystery as police quiz friend 42 years on

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Russian general killed by bomb under his car in Moscow

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Protests in Kenya as elephants kill four people in just one week

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Death toll in South Africa's latest pub shooting reaches ten

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32-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH MASS SHOOTING THAT KILLED 12

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Nine killed in mass shooting in South Africa

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Netanyahu confirms Israel's largest-ever natural gas deal

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World Cup nations Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire added to Trump travel ban

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At least 37 dead after devastating flash floods hit Morocco

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South Africa building collapse leaves one dead; several people trapped

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Funding to fight climate crisis is failing countries that need it most

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Nigerian child taken in mass abduction recalls horrifying ordeal

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Anti-FGM programmes axed in UK aid cuts: 'There will be more victims'

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At least 19 dead as buildings collapse in Morocco's Fez

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The UK's aid cuts have consequences for our security

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Congo facing worst cholera outbreak in 25 years

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Bodies discovered at suspected organ-harvesting ring in hotel

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At least 10 dead as passenger bus erupts in flames after collision

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Alarm as Hindu vigilante groups target Christmas celebrations in India

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North Korea shows nuclear submarine progress as Kim slams South Korea

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Myanmar junta using 'brutal violence' to force people to vote

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Taiwan metro attacker's parents apologise for their son's actions

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Hundreds protest outside Bangladesh embassy in Delhi

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Business class passenger jailed for stealing another person's bag

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Amazon says over 1,800 North Koreans blocked from applying for jobs

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Adult content creator Bonnie Blue barred from Indonesia for 10 years

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Japan to double number of years' residency required for citizenship

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China ramps up tensions with Britain over Jimmy Lai conviction

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Bangladesh student leader shot in head in brutal daylight attack

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Kim Jong Un and daughter seen visiting mountain resort and eating BBQ

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Boeing aircraft 'lost' for 13 years turns up in airport parking bay

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Australia to deport British man over neo-Nazi allegations

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Officer blinded in Bondi shooting reunites with family for Christmas

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Bureaucratic mishap delayed gun license for accused Bondi shooter

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Bondi Beach gunmen filmed each other training for attack, police say

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Australia's PM booed at ceremony mourning Bondi Beach attack victims

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Albanese booed at Sydney vigil as Australia orders intelligence review

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'Intifada' chant to be banned by Australian state after Bondi shooting

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Australian state premier apologises after husband caught drink driving

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Australia calls on gun owners to give up firearms after Bondi attack

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Australia to tighten hate speech laws after Bondi Beach terror attack

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Australia mourns 10-year-old Bondi Beach victim Matilda at funeral

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Sydney university sacks lecturer for outburst at Jewish students

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Jewish bakery in Sydney closes over safety fears after Bondi attack

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Bondi Beach suspect charged with 15 counts of murder as funerals held

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Bondi Beach attacker's family 'had no knowledge of his radicalisation'

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