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Honduras Issues Warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández

9 décembre 2025 à 05:34
The attorney general said he had asked Interpol to detain Juan Orlando Hernández, who was freed from a U.S. prison last week.

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Juan Orlando Hernández was president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022 and was convicted on drug-trafficking charges in the United States last year.

Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders

9 décembre 2025 à 05:10
The Christmas display, which replaces Jesus, Mary and Joseph with a sign saying “ICE Was Here,” has drawn criticism from Catholic leaders and immigration officials.

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A Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Mass., displays a sign reading “ICE Was Here” in the spot where Jesus, Mary and Joseph would normally be.

Top N.Y. Cannabis Official Resigns as Major Investigation Is Dropped

9 décembre 2025 à 04:23
Gov. Kathy Hochul demanded the resignation of the head of New York’s Office of Cannabis Management following the withdrawal of a case against a Long Island-based company.

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Omnium headquarters in Hauppauge, N.Y., earlier this year. It is unclear why a case against the company was withdrawn.

What is LegCo in Hong Kong – explained in 30 seconds

9 décembre 2025 à 04:15

LegCo elections have become devoid of meaningful opposition as Hong Kong has faced significant political repression and undergone major governance system overhauls in recent years

Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) acts as a mini parliament that can make and amend laws for the city. However, LegCo elections have become devoid of meaningful opposition as Hong Kong has faced significant political repression and undergone major governance system overhauls in recent years.

When the former British colony was returned to Chinese control in 1997, a “one country, two systems” framework promised Hong Kong would retain its autonomy, but its freedoms and democracy have been gradually eroded.

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© Composite: Guardian Design/REX/Shutterstock

© Composite: Guardian Design/REX/Shutterstock

2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows

Copernicus deputy director says three-year average for 2023 to 2025 on track to exceed 1.5C of heating for first time

This year is “virtually certain” to end as the second- or third-hottest year on record, EU scientists have found, as climate breakdown continues to push the planet away from the stable conditions in which humanity evolved.

Global temperatures from January to November were on average 1.48C higher than preindustrial levels, according to the Copernicus, the EU’s earth observation programme. It found the anomalies were so far identical to those recorded in 2023, which is the second-hottest year on record after 2024.

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© Photograph: Krishan Kariyawasam/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Krishan Kariyawasam/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Palantir: the world’s ‘scariest company’? – podcast

How far will tech firm Palantir go to ‘save the West’? With Michael Steinberger and Johana Bhuiyan

Why do some consider Palantir the world’s ‘scariest company’ and who is its chief executive, Alex Karp?

Michael Steinberger, the author of The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantir and the Rise of the Surveillance State, describes Karp’s origin story to Nosheen Iqbal and the way that his political positions have changed over the years. The pair also discuss how Palantir was established as a company, the services that it offers, its close relationship to the US military and how Karp has been navigating the second Trump presidency.

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© Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

© Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

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