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​Chief Superintendent of the police force's National Security Department Steve Li Kwai-wah speaks at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building after the verdict in the national security collusion trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, in Hong Kong, China, on December 15, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai faces life imprisonment, Half of Israelis oppose Netanyahu pardon, Flash floods in Morocco, Romania protests corruption

Egyptians head to the polls to elect a new parliament during the first round of the Egyptian parliamentary elections in Giza, Egypt, on November 10, 2025.
Photo by Islam Safwat/NurPhoto
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Egypt’s Undemocratic Election - And Why the West doesn’t care

​The Gen Z group led by Miraj Dhungana escalates their ongoing demonstrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Nov. 26, 2025.
Sanjit Pariyar/NurPhoto
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The kids are not alright

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ANO party leader Andrej Babis signs a document on the day he is appointed as the country's new prime minister in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 9, 2025.
REUTERS/Eva Korinkova
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What We’re Watching: “Czech Trump” back in power, Rwanda-DRC peace deal seemingly in ruins, The US has a new type(face)

​Israa Mukhtar, a witness of the RSF attack in April 2025 on a medical clinic, sits inside a tent in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on June 13, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Brutal attack in Sudan, France set to reverse Macron’s flagship law, Burkina Faso holds Nigerian soldiers, the last Danish Christmas cards

US ​President Donald Trump pardons a turkey in Washington, D.C., USA, on Nov. 25, 2025.
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Five stories to be thankful for

Although not all of our global readers celebrate Thanksgiving, it’s still good to remind ourselves that while the world offers plenty of fodder for doomscrolling and despair, there are still lots of things to be grateful for too.

​Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 20, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Kyiv gets a nugget US peace plan, Election day in Guinea-Bissau, Two men from Queens meet at the White House

​Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Oct. 31, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: China-Japan spat could hurt tourism, Pro-Russian pair accused of attacking Polish railway, Neo-Nazi pleads guilty to poison plot in NYC, South Africa blocks arrivals of Palestinians

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the National Diet in Tokyo, Japan, on November 12, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Japan’s PM organizes 3 a.m. meeting, Exam day for South Korea’s students, US government shutdown ends, & More

​An Israeli activist records illegal settlers driving past a village in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank, on October 28, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Israel arrests violent settlers, US House ends extended recess, Botswana eyes majority stake in diamond giant, & More

​People gather at a petrol station in Bamako, Mali, on November 1, 2025, amid a fuel blockade imposed by al Qaeda-linked insurgents.
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Mali’s insurgency spells trouble for West Africa

Mali is on the verge of falling to an Islamist group that has pledged to transform the country into a pre-modern caliphate. The militant group’s momentum has Mali’s neighbors worried.

​A Palestinian Hamas militant keeps guard in Gaza City, on November 2, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Hamas returns three more hostage bodies, Tanzanian prez win reelection after quashing opposition, Another earthquake strikes Afghanistan, & More

​Farmers proceed to their fields for cultivation under Nigerian Army escort while departing Dikwa town in Borno State, Nigeria, on August 27, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Trump threatens Nigeria, Jihadis surround Mali’s capital, Latin Americans back US-led regime change in Venezuela

Hard Numbers: Major hurricane sweeping through Caribbean, Insurgents implement blockade in Mali, Côte d’Ivoire’s octogenarian leader wins again, Diphtheria on the rise
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Hard Numbers: Major hurricane sweeping through Caribbean, Insurgents implement blockade in Mali, Côte d’Ivoire’s octogenarian leader wins again, Diphtheria on the rise

30: Hurricane Melissa, which was upgraded over the weekend to a Category 5 storm, is expected to hit Jamaica on Monday and bring 30 inches of rain and 165-mph winds, in what will be one of the most intense storms to ever hit the island.