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Ukraine's allies push back on a US peace plan seen as favoring Moscow
- KYIV — Ukraine's Western allies rallied around the war-torn country on Saturday as they pushed to revise a U.S. peace plan seen as favoring Moscow despite its all-out invasion of its neighbor. President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed Ukrainians "will always defend" their home. A Ukrainian delegation, bolstered by representatives from France, Germany and the U.K., is preparing for direct talks with Washington in ...

Source: bostonglobe.com
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Over 300 Children Abducted From Catholic School in Nigeria
- A man in Lagos reads local newspapers with headlines on gunmen abducting schoolchildren and staff of the St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri community in Nigeria, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. Credit - Sunday Alamba—Associated Press More than 300 schoolchildren are believed to have been abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria on Friday, one of the worst mass kidnappings ever recorded in ...

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COP30 deal urges more funds for poorer countries, omits fossil fuels
- World leaders have agreed to a deal at the United Nations climate conference in Brazil that seeks to address the crisis, but the agreement does not include any mention of phasing out the fossil fuels driving climate change. The text was approved on Saturday afternoon after negotiations stretched through the night , well beyond the expected close of the two-week COP30 summit in the Brazilian city of Belem, amid deep ...

Source: aljazeera.com
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Israel launches strikes on Gaza in further test of fragile ceasefire | World News
- Local authorities say Israeli airstrikes targeted a car in the densely populated Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City and homes in other parts of the territory, including Deir al Balah and Nuseirat camp. Israel says it has begun striking Hamas targets in Gaza, reportedly killing at least 24 people, after what it called a "blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement". Local health authorities in Gaza said there had ...

Source: news.sky.com
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Historic South Africa G20 summit declaration prioritises developing world
- The final document of the Group of 20 summit in South Africa says the organisation will work towards the settlement of armed conflicts and lighten the burden of the developing nations in the world. The summit, the first G20 gathering on the African continent, convened on Saturday for the first of two days with an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the longstanding problems that have afflicted the ...

Source: aljazeera.com