Man, couple who died trying to stop Bondi Beach attackers praised for heroic efforts
SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) - While a Sydney shopowner is being hailed as a hero after disarming one of the gunmen shooting at a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach, a couple and another man who died after physically confronting the attackers ar...
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Thailand works to repatriate thousands stranded at Cambodia border crossing
By Panu Wongcha-um and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Thailand is working out how to repatriate up to 6,000 citizens unable to return home through a major border crossing in Cambodia closed as fighting along the contested border exten...
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Iraq's dreams of wheat independence dashed by water crisis
NAJAF, Iraq, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Iraqi wheat farmer Ma'an al-Fatlawi has long depended on the nearby Euphrates River to feed his fields near the city of Najaf. But this year, those waters, which made the Fertile Crescent a cradle of ancient civilisation...
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China reiterates demand that Japanese PM retract Taiwan remarks
BEIJING, Dec 16 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday reiterated its demand that Japan retract Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan, more than a month after Takaichi said an attack on the democratically governed island could be deemed an exis...
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Floral tributes for Australian 'Hero' who disarmed Bondi gunman
SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Flowers were laid on Tuesday in front of the shuttered shop of Ahmed al Ahmed, the 43-year-old tobacco shop owner who locals hailed as the "Bondi hero" after he wrestled a gun from one of the attackers during a mass shooting...
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Teenage preacher to alleged mass killer: Bondi attack suspect's background emerges
By Alasdair Pal and Karen Lema SYDNEY/MANILA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Standing in the rain outside a suburban Sydney train station, seventeen-year-old Naveed Akram stares into the camera and urges those watching to spread the word of Islam. "Spread the mess...
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Japan's last two giant pandas are headed to China and fans just can't bear it
By Joseph Campbell TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A day after news broke that Japan would soon lose its last two giant pandas to China, thousands of fans flocked to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Tuesday to catch a final glimpse, with many bidding the twins a tearful...
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Norway police fine Equinor over pollution at Mongstad refinery
COPENHAGEN, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Norwegian police said on Tuesday they have fined Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor over pollution at the group's Mongstad refinery on Norway's west coast. The fine, based on "years of inadequate maintenance" was se...
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EU weighs scheme to allow combustion-engine vehicles after 2035, Handelsblatt reports
BERLIN, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The European Commission is weighing a new compensation scheme that could allow car makers to sell combustion-engine vehicles beyond 2035, Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing senior Commission sources...
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Malaysian PM Anwar says he will make special announcement on cabinet
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he would make a special announcement about the government's cabinet on Tuesday evening. He did not provide details but said in a social media post that the government "...
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