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2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41526311" data-article-link="/world/arid-41526311.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41526311.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8800/4400441_1_teasersmall_2.22508608.jpg.jpg" alt="Mental health stock" title="22508608" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41526311.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Depression may cause period pain, study suggests</h5><div class=card-text>Data suggests women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression and this is particularly evident during reproductive years</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41526332" data-article-link="/world/arid-41526332.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41526332.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8800/4400486_1_teasersmall_1817f18d06de4b5c9835fa5c8caab9b2.jpg.jpg" alt="Sweden asks for China’s cooperation over cables cut while Chinese ship nearby" title="Sweden-China-Ship" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41526332.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Sweden asks for China’s cooperation over cables cut while Chinese ship nearby</h5><div class=card-text>Sweden has formally asked China to cooperate in explaining the recent rupture of two data cables on the Baltic Sea bed in an area where a China-flagged vessel had been sighted. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> 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id="article-card-41526290" data-article-link="/world/arid-41526290.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41526290.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8800/4400381_1_teasersmall_2c020a3f-5a23-4ac0-835a-e42b3b6714a9.jpg.jpg" alt="Researchers hit ‘major milestone’ in mapping cells of the human body" title="Researchers hit ‘major milestone’ in mapping cells of the human body" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41526290.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Researchers hit ‘major milestone’ in mapping cells of the human body</h5><div class=card-text>It is hoped that charting the types and properties of all human cells will help experts to better treat diseases such as cancer, diabetes and arthritis</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41526257" data-article-link="/world/arid-41526257.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41526257.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8800/4400264_1_teasersmall_c8bd888ad6fd4bb4b8e1f4b1c6df22b7.jpg.jpg" alt="Georgia suspends talks on joining the EU for four years" title="Georgia Politics" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41526257.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Georgia suspends talks on joining the EU for four years</h5><div class=card-text>Georgia is suspending talks on its bid to join the European Union for four years, its prime minister has said, in view of what he described as “blackmail and manipulation” from some of the bloc’s politicians. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525987" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525987.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525987.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8799/4399565_2_teasersmall_1f96e171f0c74f7f928fec3315075cbd.jpg.jpg" alt="Deadly landslides bury 40 homes in eastern Uganda" title="Uganda Landslides" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525987.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Deadly landslides bury 40 homes in eastern Uganda</h5><div class=card-text>At least 15 people have died and 113 others are missing in eastern Uganda after landslides buried 40 homes in six villages, officials said. Another 15 injured people have been rescued and admitted to Buluganya Health Centre. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41526110" data-article-link="/world/arid-41526110.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41526110.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8800/4400219_1_teasersmall_2.78315261.jpg.jpg" alt="School phone ban" title="78315261" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41526110.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Australian Senate passes social media ban for children under 16</h5><div class=card-text>The Australian Senate passed a social media ban for young children on Thursday that will soon become a world-first law. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41526149" data-article-link="/world/arid-41526149.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41526149.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8799/4399838_2_teasersmall_cc948af3eda44c1ab0863da46b270e35.jpg.jpg" alt="Romanian court orders recount of presidential election first round" title="APTOPIX Romania Election" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41526149.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Romanian court orders recount of presidential election first round</h5><div class=card-text>A top Romanian court has asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41526182" data-article-link="/world/arid-41526182.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41526182.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8799/4399946_2_teasersmall_9cc4586b3e8742c3bac97d632d2d1c85.jpg.jpg" alt="Two hurt in Lebanon as Israeli troops open fire on people returning south" title="Lebanon Israel" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41526182.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Two hurt in Lebanon as Israeli troops open fire on people returning south</h5><div class=card-text>At least two people have been injured by Israeli fire in southern Lebanon, state media said. The Israeli military said it had fired at people trying to return to certain areas on the second day of a ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41526125" data-article-link="/world/arid-41526125.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41526125.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8799/4399811_1_teasersmall_8643c6e47b3e431eb03848b6cda1b726.jpg.jpg" alt="Syrian rebels attack government forces in Aleppo province" title="Syria Opposition" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41526125.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Syrian rebels attack government forces in Aleppo province</h5><div class=card-text>Syrian armed groups have launched a large-scale attack on areas controlled by government forces, setting off fierce clashes for a second day and seizing territory in Western Aleppo, government and opposition factions said. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41526080" data-article-link="/world/arid-41526080.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41526080.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8799/4399712_3_teasersmall_58d2d77122e4466eae4f958901bfb8a1.jpg.jpg" alt="Russian aerial bombardment cuts power to one million homes in Ukraine" title="Russia Ukraine War" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41526080.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Russian aerial bombardment cuts power to one million homes in Ukraine</h5><div class=card-text>Russia has conducted a “massive” attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, firing nearly 200 missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households without power, Ukrainian officials said. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41526056" data-article-link="/world/arid-41526056.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41526056.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8799/4399691_4_teasersmall_SHOWBIZ_20Wallace_20_2018362356.jpg" alt="Gregg Wallace interview" title="SHOWBIZ Wallace 18362356" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41526056.html"><h5 class="card-title "> MasterChef host Gregg Wallace steps down amid historical allegations of misconduct</h5><div class=card-text>Gregg Wallace is to step away from presenting MasterChef while complaints made to the BBC by individuals about historical allegations of misconduct are investigated. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div>  <div style='width: 100%; margin: 0 0 10px;' id='div-gpt-ad-native-2'> <script type='text/javascript'> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-native-2'); }); </script> </div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525996" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525996.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525996.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8799/4399580_4_teasersmall_c4923c9364104dd7b0ff707b5c067ac0.jpg.jpg" alt="Israel says ceasefire with Hezbollah violated, fires on south Lebanon" title="Lebanon Israel" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525996.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Israel says ceasefire with Hezbollah violated, fires on south Lebanon</h5><div class=card-text>On Thursday morning, Israeli tank fire hit six areas within that border strip, state media and Lebanese security sources said</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525966" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525966.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525966.html"><img loading=lazy 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src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399463_1_teasersmall_09c0f69fa1ce4976b3397ffe488335c0.jpg.jpg" alt="Rains trigger deadly landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island" title="Indonesia Landslide" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525957.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Rains trigger deadly landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island</h5><div class=card-text>Seven people have died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said, adding to the death toll from landslides in the region this week. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525945" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525945.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525945.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399445_1_teasersmall_170be0340ff041ddaa9ccc0e1eb0edcd.jpg.jpg" alt="Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc examines JonBenet Ramsey killing" title="JonBenet Ramsey Investigation" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525945.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc examines JonBenet Ramsey killing</h5><div class=card-text>Colorado police have denied claims made in a new Netflix documentary that they are not pursuing viable evidence and credible leads over the killing of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525864" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525864.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525864.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399334_2_teasersmall_3f46014f6dd94ff0891e757e65ab8fc7.jpg.jpg" alt="Russia strikes cities across Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure" title="Russia Ukraine" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525864.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Russia strikes cities across Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure</h5><div class=card-text>Russia is engaged in a massive missile and drone attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, officials said, as fears mount about Moscow’s intentions to devastate the country’s power generation capacity before winter. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525912" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525912.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525912.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399394_2_teasersmall_859ee52900154044b50922d6266a8d48.jpg.jpg" alt="Candace Owens" title="New Zealand Candace Owens" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525912.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Conservative US influencer Candace Owens barred from New Zealand</h5><div class=card-text>The US conservative political commentor Candace Owens has been refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement because she had been banned from another country, immigration officials said. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525900" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525900.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525900.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399379_2_teasersmall_c1939f0991ee4dee8a7f2ccec48cb81a.jpg.jpg" alt="Australian police officer who Tasered 95-year-old woman guilty of manslaughter" title="Australia Police Taser Verdict" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525900.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Australian police officer who Tasered 95-year-old woman guilty of manslaughter</h5><div class=card-text>A jury found Kristian James Samuel White guilty in the trial in Sydney after 20 hours of deliberation</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525891" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525891.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525891.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399376_1_teasersmall_87278442f59a4fc5857a32c69f200c75.jpg.jpg" alt="Meta chief Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago" title="Earns Meta" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525891.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Meta chief Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago</h5><div class=card-text>Donald Trump has dined with Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg at the US President-elect’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. The meeting brings together the Facebook founder and the former president who was once banned from that social network. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525888" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525888.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525888.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399361_2_teasersmall_mufid-majnun-oI20ehIGNd4-unsplash_1_.jpg" alt="Rehab and talking therapies can help reduce long Covid symptoms, study shows" title="mufid-majnun-oI20ehIGNd4-unsplash.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525888.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Rehab and talking therapies can help reduce long Covid symptoms, study shows</h5><div class=card-text>Talking therapies and physical and mental rehabilitation "probably improve symptoms of long Covid", a new study suggests. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525876" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525876.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525876.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399349_1_teasersmall_7999bbd9408d41288243d06342bd3685.jpg.jpg" alt="Police car crashes into New Zealand PM’s limousine, but no-one hurt" title="New Zealand Police Car Crash" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525876.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Police car crashes into New Zealand PM’s limousine, but no-one hurt</h5><div class=card-text>A police car has collided with an official limousine transporting New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis. No-one was hurt in the incident, officials said. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525855" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525855.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525855.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399322_4_teasersmall_ecb10db3396d41688d5b7832b7aa1460.jpg.jpg" alt="Joe Biden" title="Election 2024 Biden" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525855.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Biden readies $725m arms aid package for Ukraine, sources say</h5><div class=card-text>U. S. President Joe Biden's administration is preparing a $725 million weapons package for Ukraine, two US officials said on Wednesday, as the outgoing president seeks to bolster the government in Kyiv before leaving office in January. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525840" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525840.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525840.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399319_1_teasersmall_2e5456b626ab479298e74732d41d7097.jpg.jpg" alt="Four dead as South Korea battles second day of heavy snow" title="South Korea Daily Life" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525840.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Four dead as South Korea battles second day of heavy snow</h5><div class=card-text>South Korea grappled with heavy snowfall for a second day on Thursday, with dozens of flights cancelled, ferry operations suspended and at least four people reported dead in a bitter winter, though conditions showed signs of easing. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525831" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525831.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525831.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399280_3_teasersmall_e4e0e569c9bd4adab91f022e56758035.jpg.jpg" alt="Trump says Mexican president has ‘agreed to stop migration’" title="Trump Transition" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525831.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Trump says Mexican president has ‘agreed to stop migration’</h5><div class=card-text>President-elect Donald Trump said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop migration through Mexico”. In a post on his Truth Social account on Wednesday evening, Mr Trump said this was “effectively closing our Southern Border. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div>  <div style='width: 100%; margin: 0 0 10px;' id='div-gpt-ad-native-3'> <script type='text/javascript'> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-native-3'); }); </script> </div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525816" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525816.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525816.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8798/4399238_1_teasersmall_2.36372324.jpg.jpg" alt="The MET Gala 2018 - New York" title="36372324" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525816.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail a third time as he awaits sex trafficking trial</h5><div class=card-text>Sean “Diddy” Combs has been denied bail as he awaits a sex trafficking trial by a judge who cited evidence showing him to be a serious risk of witness tampering and proof that he has violated regulations in jail. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 27 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525696" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525696.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525696.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8797/4398974_3_teasersmall_c1ffe008754447c69e8f20222b5dd89f.jpg.jpg" alt="Donald Trump" title="Trump Tariffs" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525696.html"><h5 class="card-title "> FBI investigating ‘numerous bomb threats’ against Donald Trump's administration nominees</h5><div class=card-text>Swatting entails generating an emergency law enforcement response against a target victim under false pretences</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 27 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525624" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525624.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525624.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8797/4398839_1_teasersmall_c0091ed806e04c98ba0f15f0b550ac00.jpg.jpg" alt="Israel plans to appeal against ICC arrest warrants for alleged Gaza war crimes" title="Mideast Wars" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525624.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Israel plans to appeal against ICC arrest warrants for alleged Gaza war crimes</h5><div class=card-text>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said Israel plans to appeal against the International Criminal Court’s recent decision to issue arrest warrants against him and his former defence minister over alleged crimes against humanity in Gaza. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 27 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525591" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525591.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525591.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8797/4398665_3_teasersmall_d3e2fb78189c407c8e57b0d75a9f8916.jpg.jpg" alt="White House urges Ukraine to lower draft age to help increase size of military" title="Russia Ukraine War" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525591.html"><h5 class="card-title "> White House urges Ukraine to lower draft age to help increase size of military</h5><div class=card-text>US President Joe Biden’s administration has urged Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilisation laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 27 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525435" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525435.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525435.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8796/4398251_3_teasersmall_2845c59db1214c21a1e1a10ab5fe9b91.jpg.jpg" alt="Three Americans held for years in China released, White House says" title="United-States-China-Americans-Released" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525435.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Three Americans held for years in China released, White House says</h5><div class=card-text>Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released, the White House said. The three were named as Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 27 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525423" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525423.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525423.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8796/4398221_2_teasersmall_74582cb074784631b888b47253eb0dcd.jpg.jpg" alt="Namibia poised to elect first female leader" title="Namibia Election" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525423.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Namibia poised to elect first female leader</h5><div class=card-text>A 72-year-old woman who joined Namibia’s underground independence movement in the 1970s is a strong contender to become its first female leader as the country voted in a presidential election. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 27 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525333" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525333.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525333.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8796/4398074_3_teasersmall_ea4695837be6445598979f5d48c97b6f.jpg.jpg" alt="Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holds as displaced Lebanese start to return home" title="Lebanon Israel" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525333.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holds as displaced Lebanese start to return home</h5><div class=card-text>If it holds, the ceasefire would bring an end to nearly 14 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which escalated in mid-September into all-out war</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 27 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525312" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525312.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525312.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8796/4398050_1_teasersmall_cd614a98fb764779953c9560876862b3.jpg.jpg" alt="South Korean leader urges response to North Korean troops in Russia" title="South Korea Ukraine" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525312.html"><h5 class="card-title "> South Korean leader urges response to North Korean troops in Russia</h5><div class=card-text>South Korea’s President has met a visiting Ukrainian delegation and called for a joint response to the threat posed by North Korea’s recent dispatch of more than 10,000 soldiers to support Russia’s war against Ukraine. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 27 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525303" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525303.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525303.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8796/4398014_6_teasersmall_ISRAEL_20Lebanon_20092910.jpg" alt="What are the terms of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire and will it succeed?" title="ISRAEL Lebanon 092910" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525303.html"><h5 class="card-title "> What are the terms of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire and will it succeed?</h5><div class=card-text>A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group has come into effect after 14 months of fighting</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 27 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525282" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525282.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525282.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8795/4397975_2_teasersmall_2e5456b626ab479298e74732d41d7097.jpg.jpg" alt="Flights grounded as massive snowstorm hits Seoul" title="South Korea Daily Life" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525282.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Flights grounded as massive snowstorm hits Seoul</h5><div class=card-text>The biggest November snowstorm to hit South Korea’s capital in more than a half century blanketed Seoul on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights, disrupting commuter traffic and leaving at least two people dead. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 27 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525234" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525234.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525234.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8795/4397876_2_teasersmall_be64d402661048c696af75777204966b.jpg.jpg" alt="Son of Norway’s Crown Princess to be released from custody amid rape allegations" title="Norway Royals" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41525234.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Son of Norway’s Crown Princess to be released from custody amid rape allegations</h5><div class=card-text>The eldest son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit is to be released from custody after his arrest last week on rape allegations, Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 27 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525228" data-article-link="/world/arid-41525228.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41525228.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8795/4397864_2_teasersmall_d8b43a01cc9c464e93bb677999e56d03.jpg.jpg" alt="Georgia’s governing party selects former footballer as presidential candidate" title="Georgia Politics" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a 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