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Exclusive-'For all I know, she could be dead' says son of Myanmar's Suu Kyi
TOKYO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - With her health failing and an information vacuum around Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her son worries that he may not even know if she passed away.
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Thailand cuts Laos fuel route as Cambodia border conflict deepens
BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Thailand's military said on Monday that it has stopped fuel shipments passing through a border checkpoint with Laos because of fears they were being diverted to Cambodia, with which it is fighting a fierce border conflict.
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UK MI6 spy chief warns of 'aggressive' Russia threat in first speech
LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6, will warn that Russia poses an "aggressive, expansionist, and revisionist" threat, in her first speech since taking office.
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Son of filmmaker Rob Reiner charged with homicide for death of his parents
LOS ANGELES, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The son of Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner has been arrested and charged with the murder of his parents after they were found dead in their home over the weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department said on Monday.
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Beachside shooting throws Australia's gun control regime into question
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - After Australia's worst mass shooting in 1996, it took the government 12 days to ban semi-automatic weapons, organise a gun buyback scheme and introduce a licensing system to weed out people considered unfit to carry a weapon.
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Ex-South Korea President Yoon tried to provoke Pyongyang into armed aggression, prosecutor says
SEOUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to provoke North Korea into mounting an armed aggression to justify his December 2024 martial law declaration and eliminate political opponents, a special prosecutor said on Monday.
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'Hero' who disarmed Bondi gunman recovering after surgery, family says
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A Sydney fruit shop owner who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during the mass shooting at Bondi Beach is recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family said.
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US security experts say Ukraine's abandonment of NATO goal will not alter peace talks
NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Ukraine's offer to forgo joining the NATO military alliance probably will not significantly change the course of peace talks, two security experts said on Sunday.
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Russian air defence units destroy Moscow-bound drone, mayor says
Dec 14 (Reuters) - Russian air defence units destroyed a drone heading for Moscow late on Sunday, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
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14 killed in flash floods in Morocco
RABAT, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rainfall and flash floods have killed at least 14 people and injured 32 others in Morocco's Atlantic coastal Province of Safi, local authorities said in a statement on Sunday.
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Brazilians rally against effort to soften punishment for Bolsonaro, allies
SAO PAULO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Thousands of Brazilians on Sunday protested in major cities against a legislative effort to lower the jail sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro and his supporters for plotting to overthrow democracy after he lost his 2022 reelection bid.
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Released Belarus prisoners have no regrets over their actions
Dec 14 (Reuters) - Two prominent Belarusian opposition leaders released by Belarusian authorities in a deal brokered by the U.S. said on Sunday they had no regrets over the actions that led to their incarceration.
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"Zootopia 2" back on top at North American box office
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Disney's animated comedy film "Zootopia 2" reclaimed the top spot at the North American box office with an estimated three-day cume of 26.3 million U.S. dollars in its third weekend of release, according to data from measurement firm Comscore released on Sunday.
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West African bloc rejects Guinea-Bissau's military transition plan
ABUJA, Dec 14 - West African bloc ECOWAS rejected on Sunday a transition programme announced by Guinea-Bissau's military rulers and demanded a swift return to constitutional order, warning of targeted sanctions against those obstructing the process.
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Nearly one-third of Slovenians follow social media influencers: survey
LJUBLJANA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Nearly one-third of adult internet users in Slovenia regularly follow social media influencers engaged in promotional activities, according to a survey released Sunday by the Center for Social Informatics (CSI) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.
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Flash floods kill seven people in Morocco's Safi
RABAT, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed at least seven people and injured 20 others on Sunday in Morocco's Atlantic coastal province of Safi, 330 kilometres (205 miles) south of Rabat, Moroccan authorities said.
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Death toll climbs to 16 after mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Australian police said on Monday that the alleged offenders behind an attack at a Jewish celebration in Sydney's Bondi beach that killed 15 people, were a father and son duo. One of the gunmen was also killed, bringing the death toll to 16.
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Over 500,000 displaced by 2 weeks of fighting in DR Congo's South Kivu: UNICEF
KINSHASA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Over 500,000 people, including more than 100,000 children, have been displaced since Dec. 1 due to intense fighting in South Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday.
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Roundup: Forum on combating desertification calls for deeper China-Africa cooperation
NOUAKCHOTT, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Officials and experts from China and Africa on Sunday called for stronger scientific and technological cooperation to address desertification and land degradation, urging closer coordination to advance Africa's Great Green Wall initiative.
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Syria arrests five suspects over shooting of US, Syrian troops in Palmyra
Dec 14 (Reuters) - Syria has arrested five people suspected of having links to the shooting of U.S. and Syrian troops in the central Syrian town of Palmyra on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
