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Netherlands outclassed Hungary with a 4-0 victory in their winner-takes-all Nations League encounter on Saturday while Germany hammered Bosnia and Hercegovina 7-0.Netherlands and Hungary went into the match tied on five points each and with the winner set to join Germany in ensuring their progress from Group A3 to the quarter-finals.First-half penalties by Wout Weghorst …

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US President Joe Biden arrived at a Lima hotel Saturday for his final encounter with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, a day after both leaders warned of turbulent times ahead as Donald Trump returns to the White House.Biden’s motorcade arrived shortly before 4:00 pm (2100 GMT) at Xi’s hotel in the Peruvian capital, where both had …

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Israel launched a wave of air strikes on Hezbollah bastions in Beirut and south Lebanon on Saturday, a day after Lebanese officials said they were studying a US truce proposal.An Israeli strike on neighbouring Syria earlier this week killed two senior figures in Islamic Jihad, the Palestinian militant group which has fought alongside Hamas in …

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US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold their last meeting Saturday, a day after both leaders warned of turbulent times ahead as Donald Trump returns to the White House.Both men arrived Saturday morning for the second and final day of an Asia-Pacific economic summit in Peru overshadowed by the prospect of …

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through “diplomatic means”, as both countries prepare for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.February 2025 would mark the third anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, with Russia’s troops gaining ground in recent months against Kyiv’s outmanned …

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Super Typhoon Man-yi battered the Philippines on Saturday, with the national weather forecaster warning of a “potentially catastrophic and life-threatening” impact as huge waves pounded the archipelago’s coastline.More than 650,000 people fled their homes ahead of Man-yi, which is the sixth major storm to hit the disaster-weary country in the past month.Man-yi brought maximum wind …

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Climate change is responsible for nearly a fifth of the record number of dengue cases worldwide this year, US researchers said on Saturday, seeking to shine a light on how rising temperatures help spread disease.Researchers have been working to swiftly demonstrate how human-driven climate change directly contributes to individual extreme weather events such as the …

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Negotiations were deadlocked Saturday at the midway point of the UN climate summit, with hopes pinned on G20 leaders intervening to strike a critical finance pact at the crunch talks.After nearly a week of bargaining in Azerbaijan, nations were no closer to agreeing a $1 trillion deal for climate-action investments in developing nations.Diplomats worked through …

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Germany’s Greens have been environmental trailblazers but their top candidate, Robert Habeck, goes into snap national elections bruised by three stormy years in government that ended in a political crisis.Habeck’s party is set on Sunday to nominate the 55-year-old as their lead candidate in February’s federal polls — at a time when the Greens are …

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