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🇪🇺 The European Union has hit Elon Musk's X with a 120-million-euro ($140-million) fine for breaking its digital rules, in a move that risks a fresh clash with US President Donald Trump's administration.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🇷🇼 The Rwanda camp giving a second chance to genocidal enemies

Former fighters of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), among them recent recruits and those who participated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, take part in a rehabilitation camp.
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🇺🇸 The US town powering the digital world

The once-quiet town of Ashburn in Northern Virginia, near Washington, has transformed into the heart of the world's digital infrastructure, handling an estimated 70% of global internet traffic and earning the moniker Data Center Alley
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🇺🇸 Democrats release footage of Epstein's notorious private island

Democrats in the US Congress release photos and videos showing the luxury island home where convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein allegedly forced underage girls into sex with powerful men.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🇺🇸 Raccoon ransacks liquor store, passes out drunk in toilet

A raccoon broke into a liquor store in the US state of Virginia, leaving a trail of broken glass and ending in a drunken heap on the floor.
December 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🇱🇰 'Nothing remains': Sri Lanka cyclone survivors face colossal clean-up

Survivors of Cyclone Ditwah, which has ravaged Sri Lanka in recent days, return to their devastated homes, faced with a massive clean-up as they start rebuilding their lives.
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🇯🇵 KFC prepares a finger-licking Christmas in Japan

Christmas kicks off in Japan as KFC opens its Tokyo Christmas pop-up restaurant. The fast-food chain offers customers dishes inspired by Japan's "Christmas chicken" tradition, dating back to 1974.
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM