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Top leader has arrived in Cairo for talks on the war in Gaza, says Hamas

Hamas said Haniyeh would discuss the war with Egyptian officials after having arrived Wednesday in Cairo, but did not provide details

Soumya Sarkar's 169 not enough as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets

Henry Nicholls made 95 and Will Young 89, trumping Soumya Sarkar's career-best 169 and leading New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh on Wednesday in the second One-Day International

UK inflation falls by more than anticipated to 2-year low of 3.9% in Nov

The agency said the biggest driver for the fall was a decrease in fuel prices after an increase at the same time last year. Food price inflation also contributed to the decline

Earthquake in China kills at least 134 people; deadliest in 9 years

Over 4,500 rescuers from the provincial public security department, fire department, and the military, as well as more than 820 vehicles, were dispatched

Study shows AI image-generators being trained on explicit pics of children

Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action

Top porn sites must verify ages to protect kids under EU's new digital law

Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat have now been classed as very large online platforms subject to more stringent controls under the Digital Services Act because they have more than 45 million users each

WI vs ENG: Salt's second T20 hundred levels series for England in Caribbean

World champion England set up a Twenty20 series-deciding match with the West Indies after crushing the fourth game by 75 runs.

Prez Putin increases military pressure on Ukraine, expects western support

Ukraine's military needs to reconstitute and regenerate its combat effectiveness after a gruelling five-month counteroffensive, he said

UNSC resolution on Gaza conflict hampered by issues important to US

The draft resolution on the table Monday morning called for an urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities, but this language was watered down in a new draft circulated early Tuesday

Australia and New Zealand leaders considering closer defence ties

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made Australia the destination of his first overseas visit since forming a coalition government following his election in October

Alibaba names CEO Wu to head its e-commerce business as growth falters

Wu is replacing Trudy Dai, a longtime Alibaba executive who was one of the founding employees of the company

Myanmar ethnic group seizes another crossing point along Chinese border

An ethnic armed group in northeastern Myanmar has seized a major crossing point for trade along the Chinese border, residents and media reports said

Trump defends comments about immigrants poisoning nation's blood in Iowa

Immigrants in the US illegally, Trump said, are destroying the blood of our country, they're destroying the fabric of our country"

N Korea, Russia clash with US and S Korea over Pyongyang's missile launch

Russia's deputy UN ambassador Anna Evstigneeva called attempts to condemn Pyongyang a one-sided approach

Israeli airstrikes kill dozens more Palestinians across the Gaza Strip

The Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant, warned the campaign in Gaza's south will persist for months

California approves new rules for turning wastewater into drinking water

When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places: An ice skating rink near Disneyland, ski slopes around Lake Tahoe, farmland in the Central Valley

Confident Ukraine will get more US support for war with Russia: Zelenskyy

Speaking at an end-of-year news conference in Kyiv, Zelenskyy also dismissed suggestions that Moscow's forces have come out of 2023 on top after mostly beating back Ukraine's counteroffensive

Meta's decision to remove videos of Israel-Hamas war reversed by board

In both cases, Meta ended up reinstating the posts one showing Palestinian casualties and the other, an Israeli hostage on its own, although it added warning screens to both due to violent content.

UNSC vote on Gaza humanitarian resolution delayed again to avoid US veto

A vote on the resolution, first postponed from Monday, was pushed back again until Wednesday

Cargo ship hijacked last week moved toward coast of Somalia: EU naval force

An Indian maritime patrol plane spotted the Ruen a day after its hijacking last Thursday and made radio contact with the crew, who had locked themselves in a safe room