Array
(
[total] => 1459
[q] => SELECT COUNT(*) AS T FROM news_data WHERE 1=1 AND news_data MATCH \"NEAR(countri*, 10)\"
[terms] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => countri*
)
)
[language] => Array
(
)
[isos] => Array
(
[GB] => 255
[US] => 136
[CN] => 101
[NG] => 59
[CA] => 54
[GH] => 53
[IN] => 49
[PK] => 47
[IL] => 43
[IE] => 43
[CY] => 34
[AF] => 32
[EG] => 24
[KE] => 22
[SA] => 20
[MX] => 19
[BE] => 19
[GY] => 16
[BR] => 16
[AT] => 16
[SG] => 14
[IR] => 14
[MZ] => 13
[KR] => 13
[ZW] => 12
[SS] => 11
[QA] => 11
[MT] => 11
[DK] => 11
[BH] => 11
[AU] => 11
[AM] => 10
[OM] => 9
[KN] => 9
[JP] => 9
[AL] => 9
[TR] => 8
[CU] => 8
[BD] => 8
[AG] => 8
[TW] => 7
[TH] => 7
[PH] => 7
[GR] => 7
[CR] => 7
[YE] => 6
[LR] => 6
[AE] => 6
[RS] => 5
[RO] => 5
[PT] => 5
[LB] => 5
[BZ] => 5
[UG] => 4
[TN] => 4
[SK] => 4
[SI] => 4
[NA] => 4
[MW] => 4
[MO] => 4
[FJ] => 4
[EE] => 4
[CZ] => 4
[AR] => 4
[MC] => 3
[LK] => 3
[LA] => 3
[HR] => 3
[ET] => 3
[CO] => 3
[BW] => 3
[VU] => 2
[RW] => 2
[PE] => 2
[PA] => 2
[LY] => 2
[JO] => 2
[GL] => 2
[CV] => 2
[CF] => 2
[BN] => 2
[BB] => 2
[AO] => 2
[ZM] => 1
[ZA] => 1
[VA] => 1
[TO] => 1
[TL] => 1
[TG] => 1
[TC] => 1
[SM] => 1
[SB] => 1
[NZ] => 1
[MU] => 1
[MN] => 1
[MM] => 1
[ML] => 1
[KW] => 1
[KH] => 1
[IM] => 1
[ER] => 1
[DE] => 1
[CM] => 1
[BT] => 1
[BS] => 1
[BJ] => 1
[AD] => 1
)
[sql] => SELECT * FROM news_data WHERE 1=1 AND news_data MATCH \"NEAR(countri*, 10)\"AND iso MATCH 'GB' ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 100 OFFSET 0
[data] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees are paying the price
[sha] => 831017201
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/nepal-china-aws-hikvision-huawei-dahua-b2888538.html
[description] => Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology
[category] => 3
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766324361
[extra] => 0
)
[1] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Flamboyant, furious and full of hope: CMAT is the sound of 2025 | John Harris
[sha] => 379223698
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/21/cmat-2025-irish-singer-songwriter-musician
[description] => The Irish singer-songwriter does what the best musicians do: perfectly crystallising their time while inspirationally taking a stand against itWhat has it felt like to be alive in 2025? The basic answer probably touches on a few aspects of the 21st-century experience. One is the horror and conflict that seem to define the news almost every day. Another centres around the material pressures that increasingly grip supposedly peaceful countries: the never-ending cost of living crisis, and the impossibility for millions of people of a secure job, a dependable home and some halfway viable idea of the future.Something else demands a mention: the all-pervading mixture of absurdity, nastiness and anger fostered by the internet. Bigotry runs rampant. What we still rather laughably call social media now seem to operate on the basis that the ideal story mixes wildly improbable elements with the kicking-up of moral outrage (witness that ghoulish “online content creator” Bonnie Blue, who, having...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766319883
[extra] => 0
)
[2] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Scandinavian people put candles in hair at Christmas and it has a unique meaning
[sha] => 1192865807
[url] => https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/people-just-realising-unique-christmas-36302537
[description] => Every year, girls and women will be putting candles in their hair in order to mark an ancient Christmas tradition that's only celebrated in a handful of countries across the world
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766309400
[extra] => 0
)
[3] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => US seizes another vessel off the coast of Venezuela amid escalating tensions between the countries
[sha] => 4125546881
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15402103/trump-seizes-vessel-venezuela-tensions.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => The move comes amid mounting tensions between the Caribbean country and the Trump administration.
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766270324
[extra] => 0
)
[4] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Premier League Darts 2026 tickets: Watch Luke Littler with packages to see 17 nights across Europe from £125pp
[sha] => 2566597616
[url] => https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/15478731/premier-league-darts-2026-ticket-hotel-travel-packages/
[description] => PREMIER League Darts is set to make a highly anticipated return in February. Next season's edition of darts' biggest roadshow will be played at 17 venues across 17 cities in seven countries. Eight of the sport's finest throwers, including big-name players such as Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen, will all have their...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766265802
[extra] => 0
)
[5] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => US attempting to seize another vessel off the coast of Venezuela amid escalating tensions between the countries
[sha] => 141901959
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15402103/trump-seizes-vessel-venezuela-tensions.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => The move comes amid mounting tensions between the Caribbean country and the Trump administration.
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766254551
[extra] => 0
)
[6] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => How private investors are making billions from countries in debt
[sha] => 2515764749
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa-climate-debt-development-aid-b2881957.html
[description] => Exclusive: As an escalating climate crisis and a difficult economic outlook put ever greater pressure on developing countries, new analysis shows how wealthy private investors in the Global North are profiting
[category] => 3
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766228513
[extra] => 0
)
[7] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price
[sha] => 96770511
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/nepal-china-chinese-hikvision-huawei-b2888175.html
[description] => Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems in Kenya
[category] => 3
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766206889
[extra] => 0
)
[8] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Unaccompanied children being pressed to return to their countries by US border officials
[sha] => 291081948
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/unaccompanied-children-trump-self-deport
[description] => Exclusive: federal document reveals children arriving as undocumented immigrants being threatened with detentionBorder officials are pressuring unaccompanied children who arrive in the US as undocumented immigrants to quickly agree to return to their countries of origin, even if they express fear for their safety there – or else face “prolonged” detention and other consequences, a federal government document reveals.The document, which emerged as an attachment in a court filing made by immigration attorneys, is understood to be presented or read to children within the first few days of them entering the US while they are still in the custody of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), before they can see any relatives in the US. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766163605
[extra] => 0
)
[9] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => As a travel expert, in the past year I've taken 109 flights and visited 29 countries. These are the best and worst hotels and airlines, the most revolting food
[sha] => 4059082428
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-15399085/travel-expert-flights-countries-best-worst-hotels.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490
[description] => This year I took 109 flights, travelling 233,000-plus miles, while visiting 29 countries. I have been busy.
[category] => 2
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766147233
[extra] => 0
)
[10] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => 12 of the most unusual Christmas traditions around the world
[sha] => 2744903780
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/inspiration/strange-christmas-traditions-world-krampus-b2887614.html
[description] => Here are some of the weird and wonderful ways that countries around the world celebrate the festive season
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766137481
[extra] => 0
)
[11] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Man who's visited more than 100 countries reveals why you should ALWAYS pack chewing gum
[sha] => 1268734127
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-15396293/Man-visited-100-countries-reveals-pack-chewing-gum.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => Passport? Check. Wallet? Check. Phone? Check. Chewing gum? Check... It's hardly the most essential travel companion, but one traveller reveals it's key.
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766109542
[extra] => 0
)
[12] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Odd Christmas traditions from around the world including a fast food favourite
[sha] => 2993721893
[url] => https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/odd-christmas-traditions-around-world-36425295
[description] => While many families in the UK have their own traditions, some countries have more peculiar ways of celebrating.
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766086238
[extra] => 0
)
[13] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => The Guardian view on the EU and Ukraine: a moment of truth for Brussels and Kyiv | Editorial
[sha] => 2370197003
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/18/the-guardian-view-on-the-eu-and-ukraine-a-moment-of-truth-for-brussels-and-kyiv
[description] => The plan to mobilise Russia’s frozen assets is morally compelling and ingenious. The problem is that its enemies will never see it that wayMorally, the decision facing the European Council in Brussels this week has been a no-brainer. Russia invaded Ukraine illegally and unilaterally. Moscow shows no sign of wanting peace. It actively threatens other countries too, including Britain. Ukraine is running out of money. Yet £184bn worth of Russian assets remain frozen in Europe, notably in Belgium. That money should therefore be mobilised to fund Ukraine. To many, this would be the enactment of a clear and present duty, proof positive that Europe can still be a heavy hitter.In the messy reaches of the real world, however, things have not been straightforward. Law, economics and politics all managed to insinuate themselves, sometimes venomously, into the intense buildup to Brussels. Reparations can have lethal political consequences. Seizure of assets will undoubtedly face legal...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766082468
[extra] => 0
)
[14] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => ‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
[sha] => 2665222239
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/migrants-self-deportation-trump-immigration
[description] => People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countriesGermán Pineda, 32, just wanted to go home.After his arrest by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in June, Pineda, a Honduran immigrant, spent four miserable days in immigration detention at Federal Plaza in Manhattan, sleeping on a concrete floor without sufficient food or a shower. Next, he was transferred to a detention center in Brooklyn, where staff treated him like a criminal, he says, though he’d lived in the country, working as a delivery driver, for 14 years. He couldn’t even call home. Continue reading...
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766080838
[extra] => 0
)
[15] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => UN distances itself from International Women’s Day website winning corporate partnerships
[sha] => 2439845105
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/18/international-womens-day-website-owned-london-pr-firm-not-linked-to-un
[description] => Sainsbury’s, Barclays and University College London have all drawn on themes created by IWD site run by London business with no link to UNNobody owns International Women’s Day, but if you asked the 193 countries, countless businesses and NGOs that mark it each year, they would probably agree it has been popularised, defined and formalised by the United Nations.The owner of the website “internationalwomensday.com”, a London-based marketing firm, disagrees. By selling merchandise, promoting a £160 lunch to awaken attenders’ “inner goddess” and creating a series of corporate partnerships, it has also seeded its annual themes with British brands and institutions that appear to have mistaken the site for the UN, the Guardian can reveal. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766061941
[extra] => 0
)
[16] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Urgent ‘do not travel’ warning for popular Brit tourist destination over landmine fears
[sha] => 700977367
[url] => https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/asia-middle-east/urgent-do-not-travel-warning-36421824
[description] => British tourists have been warned by the Foreign Office after deadly fighting erupted between two countries, with rockets fired across the border and travel insurance likely voided in affected areas
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766059849
[extra] => 0
)
[17] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Bryan Mbeumo could be back at Man Utd sooner than expected as AFCON fears clear
[sha] => 2095101541
[url] => https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-utd-bryan-mbeumo-afcon-36420442
[description] => Bryan Mbeumo, Amad and Noussair Mazraoui will all be heading to the Africa Cup of Nations with their respective countries, with a supercomputer predicting when they could return to Manchester United
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766052074
[extra] => 0
)
[18] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Dogs, drones and tight trunks: LensCulture Street Photography awards – in pictures
[sha] => 3073877055
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/dec/18/lensculture-street-photography-awards-in-pictures
[description] => From aerial footage of an Indian pilgrimage to portraits of Romanians in bear costumes, this year’s awards featured stunning images from the streets of 23 countries Continue reading...
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766041229
[extra] => 0
)
[19] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Mad Vlad vows war goals 'will be achieved' in chilling address amid rising WW3 fears
[sha] => 3433835898
[url] => https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/mad-vlad-vows-war-goals-36419499
[description] => Vladimir Putin boasted that Russia's nuclear arsenal is the most advanced in the world and said his country was readying missiles as he claimed NATO countries are 'actively building up' their forces
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766032187
[extra] => 0
)
[20] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Trump's expanded travel ban hits Africa the hardest but reactions are muted
[sha] => 3775696271
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/africa-donald-trump-united-states-mali-south-sudan-b2886675.html
[description] => Africa has been the hardest hit by the Trump administration's expanded travel ban that includes 20 more countries
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1766011976
[extra] => 0
)
[21] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Why young people are the big losers in Europe’s dysfunctional housing system
[sha] => 996913682
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/17/this-is-europe-young-people-dysfunctional-housing-system-renting
[description] => The EU has unveiled its first-ever housing strategy, but is it enough to see off the far right and rescue a generation shut out of affordable living?Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereDonald Trump may rage about Europe being a multicultural hell facing “civilisational” collapse. As a proud real estate guy, however, he must be impressed by one feature of European life: the house prices, and the extent to which even progressive governments have abandoned housing to the markets.Since 2010, average sale prices in the EU have surged by close to 60%. In some countries, such as the Netherlands, house prices have doubled in a decade. Rents, meanwhile, have increased by almost 30% on average in the last 15 years. The rent average masks dramatic spikes experienced in some countries: 208% in Estonia, 177% in Lithuania, 108% in Ireland and 107% in Hungary. If property has been a lucrative bet for wealthy investors, the cost of a home is a financial ordeal for millions...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765988110
[extra] => 0
)
[22] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Donald Trump expands travel bans to more countries as 40 nations now affected
[sha] => 409506682
[url] => https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/donald-trump-expands-travel-bans-36417188
[description] => The United States has imposed further restrictions on more than 20 countries, with President Donald Trump making the changes 'to protect the security' of the country
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765986707
[extra] => 0
)
[23] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => World's shortest bridge between connects two time zones but is crossed in seconds
[sha] => 2544031089
[url] => https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/europe/worlds-smallest-international-bridge-spain-36417306
[description] => The El Marco/La Codosera bridge is a short wooden bridge that crosses the Abrilongo River, connecting two countries in different time zones.
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765986460
[extra] => 0
)
[24] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Donald Trump issues travel BAN on two more World Cup countries leading to fan concern
[sha] => 3480299474
[url] => https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/donald-trump-fifa-world-cup-36415264
[description] => Donald Trumps latest proclamation means fans from the two FIFA World Cup countries may face restrictions upon entering the United States of America for next summer's tournament
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765979310
[extra] => 0
)
[25] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Fifa announces 50% increase in World Cup prize money with $50m for 2026 winners
[sha] => 1254009902
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/17/fifa-50-per-cent-increase-2026-world-cup-prize-money-50m-dollars-winners
[description] => All 48 competing nations to get minimum of $10.5mFifa Council approval comes amid ticket price rowFifa has announced a 50% increase in World Cup prize money for next year’s tournament, with the champions set to take home $50m (£37.5m) as a reward for their success.The news comes days after there was widespread public outrage over the price of seats at the tournament, to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Fifa this week announced a limited number of discount tickets for fans of participating countries. Continue reading...
[category] => 3
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765978273
[extra] => 0
)
[26] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => World Cup prize money increased by 50% as Fifa offers $50m for 2026 winners
[sha] => 3855389575
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/17/fifa-50-per-cent-increase-2026-world-cup-prize-money-50m-dollars-winners
[description] => All 48 competing nations to get minimum of $10.5mFifa Council approval comes amid ticket price rowFifa has announced a 50% increase in World Cup prize money for next year’s tournament, with the champions set to take home $50m (£37.5m) as a reward for their success.The news comes days after there was widespread public outrage over the price of seats at the tournament, to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Fifa this week announced a limited number of discount tickets for fans of participating countries. Continue reading...
[category] => 3
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765978273
[extra] => 0
)
[27] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Trump’s tariffs are choking small US manufacturers – even those making music magic
[sha] => 1995959020
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/music-manufacture-industry-trump-tariff
[description] => EarthQuaker Devices has served Smashing Pumpkins, PJ Harvey and Radiohead but says tariffs add costs up to 30%Julie Robbins and her team at EarthQuaker Devices have made guitar pedals for some of the biggest names in the world of music. The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, PJ Harvey and others have sought out the company’s bespoke, handmade pedals for their unique sounds and designs. Its most popular model, Plumes, has sold over 67,000 devices.Their made-from-scratch effects petals use more than 1,000 components, many which are imported directly from countries such as China and Vietnam or are bought from companies that bring them in from overseas. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765976407
[extra] => 0
)
[28] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => New flu strain putting severe pressure on healthcare across Europe, says WHO
[sha] => 3972907509
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/17/new-flu-strain-sweeping-across-europe-is-putting-pressure-on-healthcare-says-who
[description] => At least 27 of 38 countries in WHO’s European region are reporting high or very high influenza activity, body saysEurope live – latest updatesAn intense surge in flu cases driven by a newly dominant virus strain is sweeping across Europe, placing healthcare systems in several countries under severe pressure, the World Health Organization has said.The WHO said on Wednesday that at least 27 of the 38 countries in its European region were reporting “high or very high influenza activity”, with more than half of patients with flu-like symptoms testing positive in six countries including Ireland, Serbia, Slovenia and the UK. Continue reading...
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765975135
[extra] => 0
)
[29] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Fans of Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire may be excluded from World Cup due to Trump’s travel ban
[sha] => 3639168836
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/trump-us-travel-ban-world-cup-senegal-cote-divoire-b2886065.html
[description] => The countries join Haiti and Iran as tournament participants facing restrictions
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765973399
[extra] => 0
)
[30] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Donald Trump bans 20 more countries from visiting US ahead of mystery announcement
[sha] => 1422994103
[url] => https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news/donald-trump-bans-20-more-36413831
[description] => Donald Trump has shared that he has banned 20 more countries from visiting the US in his latest scheme to crack down on immigration ahead of a mystery announcement
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765963734
[extra] => 0
)
[31] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Eurovision host announces it will not censor boos against Israel at 2026 song contest
[sha] => 2128785091
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/eurovision/eurovision-israel-boycott-2026-song-contest-b2885533.html
[description] => Israel’s participation in Eurovision has sparked boycotts from five countries
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765959000
[extra] => 0
)
[32] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Beautiful country just three hours from the UK is one of the world's most mountainous
[sha] => 2227247210
[url] => https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/europe/beautiful-country-just-three-hours-36410851
[description] => North Macedonia is a little-known country that sits north of Greece - and it's one of the most mountainous countries in the world, with stunning views and a rich history
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765953300
[extra] => 0
)
[33] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Kidnapped, married off, robbed of hope: US aid cuts contribute to exploitation of Rohingya children
[sha] => 1867585750
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/rohingya-donald-trump-mohammed-myanmar-bangladesh-b2885985.html
[description] => Severe foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of schools and youth training centers in camps for Rohingya in Bangladesh and crippled child protection programs
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765949160
[extra] => 0
)
[34] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => A visual guide to the historical maps and temples at the heart of the Thailand
[sha] => 1889362670
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/17/a-visual-guide-to-the-historical-maps-and-temples-at-the-heart-of-the-thailand-cambodia-conflict
[description] => Border conflict has roots in colonial maps and long-standing ‘sibling rivalry’Thailand and Cambodia have been locked in a border dispute for more than a century, which exploded again in the summer of 2025. Peace efforts have had mixed results and fighting continues.A historical dispute over lines drawn on colonial maps is often used as a pretext for simmering nationalism. The two countries have had what one historian called a “sibling rivalry” for decades, fanned by competing claims to the region’s rich cultural heritage, including ancient temples in disputed areas. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765936820
[extra] => 0
)
[35] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => How the top 10 richest tech tycoons have more wealth than majority of world's economies
[sha] => 4278068279
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15389035/How-10-richest-tech-tycoons-wealth-majority-worlds-economies-Elon-Musks-net-worth-24-countries.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => Teslaboss Elon Muskhas a net worth of $676billion which puts him above all but 24 nations in the world - and close to Argentina's gross domestic product of $684billion.
[category] => 3
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765933846
[extra] => 0
)
[36] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => World Cup countries Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire among additions to Trump travel ban
[sha] => 3131441209
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/16/world-cup-travel-ban-senegal-cote-divoire
[description] => The two African nations join Haiti and Iran on ban listFans may face restrictions when entering USA proclamation signed by President Trump widened his administration’s ongoing travel restrictions on Tuesday to include 2026 World Cup participants Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.The two African nations were added to the travel ban list with what the White House statement said were “partial restrictions and entry limitations,” currently the least restrictive category among the full group of nations covered, which now numbers 18 after Tuesday’s announcement. The sweeping travel ban already includes two countries who will participate in the World Cup: Haiti and Iran, both of whom are subject to the most stringent restrictions. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765928070
[extra] => 0
)
[37] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => UK insists US tech deal not dead as Trump threatens penalties against European firms
[sha] => 916026272
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/16/uk-us-tech-prosperity-deal-trump-europe
[description] => Keir Starmer’s office claims UK still in ‘active conversations’ about deal for tech industries in both countries to cooperateDowning Street insists the $40bn Tech Prosperity Deal between the US and UK that is on hold is not permanently stalled. The BBC reported on Tuesday evening that the prime minister’s office claimed that the UK remains in “active conversations with US counterparts at all levels of government” about the wide-ranging deal for the technology industries in both countries to cooperate.The agreement, previously billed as historic, was paused after the US accused the UK of failing to lower trade barriers, including a digital services tax on US tech companies and food safety rules that limit the export of some agricultural products. The New York Times first reported British confirmation that negotiations had stalled. Continue reading...
[category] => 3
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765927232
[extra] => 0
)
[38] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Donald Trump extends travel ban & restrictions to 20 MORE countries after shooting of National Guard troops
[sha] => 3037401671
[url] => https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/15697075/donald-trump-extends-travel-ban-restrictions/
[description] => THE White House has announced an expansion of its travel ban, adding 20 more countries and imposing new restrictions on others. The move is part of broader efforts to tighten U.S. travel and immigration standards. On Tuesday, the Trump administration confirmed that the updated restrictions would include 20 additional countries, as well as the Palestinian...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765927037
[extra] => 0
)
[39] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Russia amasses 360,000 troops near NATO border as Putin plots 'next move'
[sha] => 1747048011
[url] => https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/russia-amasses-360000-troops-near-36412789
[description] => A former NATO official has warned 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most critical years in recent history, as Russia continues to mass troops in Belarus near the border with NATO countries.
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765922846
[extra] => 0
)
[40] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => President Trump expands travel ban to include five more countries
[sha] => 2167596221
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-travel-ban-white-house-immigration-b2885844.html
[description] => The administration also fully restricted travel for people with Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765919566
[extra] => 0
)
[41] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Trump expands travel ban to FIVE more countries after National Guard shooting
[sha] => 2570167059
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15390081/Trump-expands-travel-ban-FIVE-countries-National-Guard-shooting.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => Donald Trump has expanded his travel ban to include five more countries after the National Guard shooting.
[category] => 1
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765919094
[extra] => 0
)
[42] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Trump expands travel ban, adding 5 more countries and imposing new limits on others
[sha] => 1697053526
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-washington-afghan-national-guard-b2885816.html
[description] => The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765915489
[extra] => 0
)
[43] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Eurovision makes fresh decision on Israel ahead of 2026 song contest
[sha] => 701488547
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/eurovision/eurovision-israel-boycott-2026-song-contest-b2885533.html
[description] => Israel’s participation in Eurovision has sparked boycotts from five countries
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765895147
[extra] => 0
)
[44] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo claims three countries tried to buy his citizenship
[sha] => 3431868537
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/letsile-tebogo-citizenship-botswana-qatar-uae-tunisia-b2885340.html
[description] => The sprinter, who is from Botswana, revealed that he received citizenship offers from Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Tunisia
[category] => 4
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765884068
[extra] => 0
)
[45] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Zelenskyy and some 30 countries to approve compensation body for Ukraine damages
[sha] => 1688769604
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ukraine-council-of-europe-netherlands-donald-trump-friedrich-merz-b2885276.html
[description] => Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and about 30 other countries are expected to approve plans to create a compensation body for damages caused by the Russian invasion
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765876218
[extra] => 0
)
[46] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson review – startlingly original
[sha] => 3121333531
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/16/noopiming-the-cure-for-white-ladies-by-leanne-betasamosake-simpson-review-startlingly-original
[description] => The Indigenous Canadian author brilliantly captures the interdependence of humans and the natural world, in a darkly satirical critique of colonialismNoopiming, the first of Canadian writer-musician Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s books to be published in the UK, means “in the bush” in the language of the Ojibwe people. The title of this startlingly original fiction is an ironic reference to Roughing It in the Bush; or, Forest Life in Canada, an 1852 memoir about “the civilisation of barbarous countries” by Susanna Moodie – Simpson’s eponymous “white lady” – a Briton who settled in the 1830s on the north shore of Lake Ontario, where Simpson’s ancestors resided and she now lives.That 19th-century settlers’ guidebook went on to be hailed as the origin of Canadian women’s writing; Margaret Atwood adopted the Suffolk-born frontierswoman’s voice in her 1970 poetry collection, The Journals of Susanna Moodie. Though she mentions Moodie’s book only in an afterword, Simpson’s perspective is di...
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765868414
[extra] => 0
)
[47] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Man who travelled to every country in the world issues warning about eating out in foreign countries
[sha] => 2229635620
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-15384915/Man-travelled-country-world-warning-eating-foreign-countries.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => Henrik Jeppesen, from Denmark, became the youngest person to have travelled to all 193 nations at the age of 27. He warns of the dangers of eating at restaurants abroad.
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765848111
[extra] => 0
)
[48] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => DANIEL HANNAN: Why are we giving asylum to young men from countries we'd love to visit on our holidays?
[sha] => 1015148924
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-15386673/DANIEL-HANNAN-asylum-young-men-countries-holidays.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => Crimes by illegal immigrants no longer shock us. Their very frequency has a numbing effect.
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765846879
[extra] => 0
)
[49] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Europe ready to lead ‘multinational force’ in Ukraine as part of US peace plan
[sha] => 1792195383
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/15/ukraine-talks-european-leaders-meet-berlin-starmer-macron-zelenskyy-merz-us-witkoff
[description] => Proposal is part of new package of security guarantees, backed by the White House, that could mark breakthrough in reaching agreementEurope is ready to lead a “multinational force” in Ukraine as part of a US proposal for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, European leaders have said.In a statement, the leaders of the UK, France, Germany and eight other European countries said that troops from a “coalition of the willing” with US support could “assist in the regeneration of Ukraine’s forces, in securing Ukraine’s skies, and in supporting safer seas, including through operating inside Ukraine”. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765834005
[extra] => 0
)
[50] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => The Guardian view on birth influencers: the public need protecting from bad advice | Editorial
[sha] => 2166568776
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/15/the-guardian-view-on-birth-influencers-the-public-need-protecting-from-bad-advice
[description] => Our investigation of the Free Birth Society points to problems with maternity care and the role played by technologyDespite all the proven advances of modern medicine, some people are drawn to alternative or “natural” cures and practices. Many of these do no harm. As the cancer specialist Prof Chris Pyke noted last year, people undergoing cancer treatment will often try meditation or vitamins as well. When such a change is in addition to, and not instead of, evidence-based treatment, this is usually not a problem. If it reduces distress, it can help.But the proliferation of online health influencers poses challenges that governments and regulators in many countries have yet to grasp. The Guardian’s investigation into the Free Birth Society (FBS), a business offering membership and advice to expectant mothers, and training for “birth keepers”, has exposed 48 cases of late-term stillbirths or other serious harm involving mothers or birth attendants who appear to be linked to FBS. Whil...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765826641
[extra] => 0
)
[51] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => The Guardian view on combating Europe’s national populists: protect the less well
[sha] => 2435077652
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/15/the-guardian-view-on-combating-europes-national-populists-protect-the-less-well-off-from-the-winds-of-change
[description] => As EU countries face multiple challenges in a new era, they must fight to preserve the continent’s social model. That means a new economic approachMore than a year after the election that handed Donald Trump a decisive comeback victory, the Democratic party has still not released its postmortem analysis. But last week, an influential progressive lobby group published its own. Kamala Harris’s campaign, its authors argued, failed to connect with core constituencies because it did not focus enough on addressing basic economic anxieties. By prioritising the menace to democracy that Maga authoritarianism represented, progressives neglected the bread-and-butter issues that were uppermost in many people’s minds.As the EU braces for a tumultuous period of politics between now and the end of the decade, that is a lesson that needs to be fully absorbed in Brussels, Paris and Berlin. The White House, as its recently published national security strategy makes clear, is hopeful that “patrio...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765826599
[extra] => 0
)
[52] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Premier League Darts 2026 tickets: Watch Luke Littler with packages to 17 nights across Europe from £125pp
[sha] => 2052727397
[url] => https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/15478731/premier-league-darts-2026-ticket-hotel-travel-packages/
[description] => PREMIER League Darts is set to make a highly anticipated return in February. Next season's edition of darts' biggest roadshow will be played at 17 venues across 17 cities in seven countries. Eight of the sport's finest throwers, including big-name players such as Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen, will all have their...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765819718
[extra] => 0
)
[53] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => New index reveals Reeves’ Budget has downgraded the value of a British passport
[sha] => 2520122040
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/budget-reeves-passport-value-index-fall-g7-b2884900.html
[description] => The fall is the biggest of any of the G7 countries with the UK overtaken by a string of European counterparts including Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, Italy and Hungary
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765818297
[extra] => 0
)
[54] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Putin 'open' to Ukraine joining EU in peace deal but offer won't be on table 'forever'
[sha] => 2400882146
[url] => https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-putin-open-ukraine-joining-36405997
[description] => Russia has reportedly said it is open to allowing Ukraine to join the European Union as part of a potential peace deal, according to US officials working with both countries
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765817066
[extra] => 0
)
[55] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => ‘It’s a timebomb’: Ghana grapples with mass exodus of nurses as thousands head to the west
[sha] => 3735426861
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/15/health-why-ghana-losing-nurses-emigration-who-medics
[description] => An estimated 6,000 nurses left in 2024 for roles in countries including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Three nurses explain what made them decide to leave or stayWhen Bright Ansah, a nursing officer in Accra, goes searching for colleagues who have failed to show up for a shift at the overstretched hospital where he works, he knows where to look. “When you see ‘In God we trust’ on their WhatsApp status, that’s when you know they’re already in the US,” he says.The motto of the US has been co-opted by Ghanaian medical professionals who are leaving the west African nation in droves. Many believe their faith has finally been rewarded when, after years of planning, they reach the promised land of the well-equipped, well-resourced hospitals of the US. Continue reading...
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765803601
[extra] => 0
)
[56] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Myanmar calls on countries to take back citizens held in crackdown on scam centers
[sha] => 492602655
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/myanmar-thai-bangkok-yangon-chinese-b2884184.html
[description] => Myanmar has called on foreign governments to take back their nationals who have been detained in a crackdown on scam hubs in eastern Kayin, state near the Thai border
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765715302
[extra] => 0
)
[57] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Peter Andre 'fully supports' social media ban as he issues chilling warning
[sha] => 2847964914
[url] => https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/peter-andre-fully-supports-huge-36397600
[description] => Peter Andre has backed Australia's social media ban for teenagers and warned that the 'dangers are so real' online for children as he hopes that other countries will follow suit
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765695600
[extra] => 0
)
[58] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Taylor Swift's crew break down in tears as they find out she is giving them '$197million' in bonuses for their work on the Eras Tour
[sha] => 3040393032
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15380807/Taylor-Swifts-crew-break-tears-giving-197million-bonuses-work-Eras-Tour.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => The superstar, 36, made history after grossing a record $2billion in ticket sales for her career-spanning, 21-month Eras Tour - which consisted of 149 shows in 21 countries.
[category] => 3
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765644038
[extra] => 0
)
[59] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
[sha] => 3701537600
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/13/ethnic-cleansing-racism-us-trump-ilhan-omar-somalia
[description] => Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nationA rally on affordability in Pennsylvania on 9 December devolved into a racist tirade when Donald Trump said to the crowd: “We only take people from shithole countries. Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few? From Denmark. Do you mind sending us a few people? Send us some nice people. But we always take people from Somalia, places that are a disaster, right? Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime.”Referring to the US representative Ilhan Omar’s hijab as a “little turban”, Trump continued: “She should get the hell out. Throw her the hell out.” His supporters erupted in chants of: “Send her back.” Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765627234
[extra] => 0
)
[60] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => The world goes nuclear: Countries that are next in line to arm themselves with nukes as superpowers teeter on the brink of WW3
[sha] => 3203627749
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15377561/world-goes-nuclear-countries-line-arm-nukes.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => Coupled with intensifying tensions in global geopolitics, countries like Japan and Saudi Arabia are seriously exploring the acquisition of nuclear weapons,
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765620984
[extra] => 0
)
[61] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => ‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts
[sha] => 3018266562
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/13/europe-echr-rethink-moral-retreat-say-human-rights-experts
[description] => As 27 European countries urge changes to laws forged after second world war, human rights chief says politicians are playing into hands of populistsThe battle had been brewing for months. But this week it came to a head in a flurry of meetings, calls and one heady statement. Twenty-seven European countries urged a rethink of the human rights laws forged after the second world war, describing them as an impediment when it came to addressing migration.Amnesty International has called it “a moral retreat”. Europe’s most senior human rights official said the approach risked creating a “hierarchy of people” where some are seen as more deserving of protection than others. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765605627
[extra] => 0
)
[62] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Will other countries follow Australia’s social media ban for under
[sha] => 553632734
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/13/will-other-countries-follow-australia-social-media-ban-under-16s
[description] => Several European nations are already planning similar moves while Britain has said ‘nothing is off the table’Australia is taking on powerful tech companies with its under-16 social media ban, but will the rest of the world follow? The country’s enactment of the policy is being watched closely by politicians, safety campaigners and parents. A number of other countries are not far behind, with Europe in particular hoping to replicate Australia, while the UK is keeping more of a watchful interest. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765602023
[extra] => 0
)
[63] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia continues despite Trump claim of renewed ceasefire
[sha] => 400957731
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/12/thailand-and-cambodia-agree-to-restart-ceasefire-brokered-by-us-says-trump
[description] => Trump announced the agreement after calls with Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian prime minister Hun ManetThailand-Cambodia fighting explainedCambodia said Thai forces including fighter jets continued to strike targets across their disputed border hours after Donald Trump said both countries leaders had agreed to renew a truce brokered in October that has been strained by days of deadly clashes.“Thai forces have not stopped the bombing yet and are still continuing the bombing,” the Cambodian ministry of information said. Thailand’s military countered with accusations that Cambodia was committing “repeated violations of international rules” by targeting civilian locations and laying landmines. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765591821
[extra] => 0
)
[64] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Thailand deny Trump ceasefire claim as battles with Cambodia continue at border
[sha] => 2563292044
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/12/thailand-and-cambodia-agree-to-restart-ceasefire-brokered-by-us-says-trump
[description] => Thai PM says military will keep fighting and Cambodia suspends border crossings as casualties riseThailand-Cambodia fighting explainedThailand’s caretaker prime minister has denied the existence of a ceasefire with Cambodia, despite US president Donald Trump announcing that both countries had agreed to halt fighting, as heavy clashes continued along the border between the two countries.Prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Saturday that Thailand had not agreed to a ceasefire with Cambodia and that its forces would continue fighting. Cambodia, meanwhile, announced it had suspended all border crossings with Thailand. Continue reading...
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765591821
[extra] => 0
)
[65] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Putin's reluctant foreign legion: Inside Ukrainian PoW camp where a Brazilian software engineer and Kenyan athlete are among scores tricked into signing up for Russia's meat grinder
[sha] => 1569441922
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15379787/Putin-foreign-legion-Ukraine-PoW-camp-Russia.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => What will be the fate of these foreign mercenaries? Ukraine has warned they could be stuck in limbo, even if a peace deal is struck between the warring countries.
[category] => 1
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765584470
[extra] => 0
)
[66] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Australia’s social media ban launched with barely a hitch – but the real test is still to come
[sha] => 3365459014
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/12/australia-teen-social-media-ban-launch-test-to-come
[description] => The policy to cut off social media access for more than 2 million under-16s remains popular with Australians, while other countries look to follow suitOn the lawns of the prime minister’s Kirribilli residence in Sydney, overlooking the harbour, Anthony Albanese said he had never been prouder.“This is a day in which my pride to be prime minister of Australia has never been greater. This is world-leading. This is Australia showing enough is enough,” he said as the country’s under-16s social media ban came into effect on Wednesday. Continue reading...
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765540802
[extra] => 0
)
[67] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => The Paris climate treaty changed the world. Here’s how | Rebecca Solnit
[sha] => 3980757790
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/12/paris-climate-treaty-anniversary
[description] => There’s much more to do, but we should be encouraged by the progress we have madeToday marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris climate treaty, one of the landmark days in climate-action history. Attending the conference as a journalist, I watched and listened and wondered whether 194 countries could ever agree on anything at all, and the night before they did, people who I thought were more sophisticated than me assured me they couldn’t. Then they did. There are a lot of ways to tell the story of what it means and where we are now, but any version of it needs respect for the complexities, because there are a lot of latitudes between the poles of total victory and total defeat.I had been dreading the treaty anniversary as an occasion to note that we have not done nearly enough, but in July I thought we might be able celebrate it. Because, on 23 July, the international court of justice handed down an epochal ruling that gives that treaty enforceable consequences it never had before. I...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765537234
[extra] => 0
)
[68] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Funding to fight the climate crisis is failing the countries that need it most
[sha] => 1675395080
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/africa-climate-crisis-funding-somalia-b2883279.html
[description] => For Somalia — and countries like it — transparent, accessible and predictable climate finance is the difference between resilience and ruin, writes the country's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765536823
[extra] => 0
)
[69] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Europe must be ready to deter Russia as ‘shadow of war’ looms, minister warns
[sha] => 1591135736
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/europe-russia-war-nato-ukraine-b2883184.html
[description] => Warning comes after head of Nato called Europe ‘Russia’s next target’ and said countries must prepare for ‘scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured’
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765530189
[extra] => 0
)
[70] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Donald Trump wants a Europe in chaos – a sure sign for Britain to shore up its democracy | Polly Toynbee
[sha] => 2458012547
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/12/donald-trump-europe-britain-democracy-political-donations
[description] => With the US threatening to support ‘patriotic’ parties here, we need better defences, starting with tough new rules about political donationsThe new threat is so dizzyingly bizarre that Europe, and especially Britain, is slow to believe it. The US declares itself our enemy. Europe emerges as its main adversary in the US national security strategy. Russia is its friend, not us. Everything that looked solid since the second world war is turned upside down; the land of the free becomes the destroyer of democratic values. Appeasement fails.He may ramble, but Donald Trump speaks plainly. He means what he says, and he hates everything European. Except its emerging “patriotic” parties, which he wants to support. His strategy warns of “civilizational erasure”, claiming Europe will soon “become majority non-European” and parroting the racist conspiracy known as the great replacement theory. Describing Europeans as “weak”, “decaying” and “destroying their countries”, with “real stupid” leader...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765526438
[extra] => 0
)
[71] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot
[sha] => 2058329129
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/12/europe-migrants-birth-rates-immigration-countries
[description] => Plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapseI know what “civilisational erasure” looks like: I’ve seen the graph. The European Commission published it in March. It’s a chart of total fertility rate: the average number of children born per woman. After a minor bump over the past 20 years, the EU rate appears to be declining once more, and now stands at 1.38. The UK’s is 1.44. A population’s replacement rate is 2.1. You may or may not see this as a disaster, but the maths doesn’t care what you think. We are gliding, as if by gravitational force, towards the ground.Civilisational erasure is the term the Trump administration used in its new national security strategy, published last week. It claimed that immigration, among other factors, will result in the destruction of European civilisation. In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it.George Monbiot is a Guard...
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765519238
[extra] => 0
)
[72] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => South Korea to drop cosmetic surgery tax incentives that have fuelled wave of medical tourism
[sha] => 1795865629
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia/south-korea-vat-refund-medical-tourism-b2882544.html
[description] => Lobby group warns price-conscious foreign patients could start looking to other countries
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765516084
[extra] => 0
)
[73] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Planning to visit the US? Take it from this American citizen – don’t | Eleanor Limprecht
[sha] => 3750018499
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/12/usa-tourist-visit-trump-visas-american-citizen-opinion
[description] => I love many things about the land of my birth but Donald Trump’s America has become an unwelcoming country of deep divisions and waning trustI’m in the US right now, but if I didn’t have family here (and a US passport), I wouldn’t be. My teenagers and I flew over the week of Thanksgiving from Australia, preparing ourselves for long lines and extra questions at customs. It took less than five minutes in the US citizens’ line.With the news this week of the Trump administration planning to implement new invasive requirements for travellers from 42 countries, including Australia, that would require five years of social media history for visas, I would simply not travel here on another passport. There are plenty of places which welcome visitors without trawling their political opinions and family history. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765514650
[extra] => 0
)
[74] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => 'Trump wants to push Austria into Auxit': Europe up in arms over 'leaked US plan to pull countries away from EU'
[sha] => 257504269
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15375731/Trump-wants-push-Austria-Auxit-Europe-arms-leaked-US-plan-pull-countries-away-EU-New-York-Times-admits-Donald-defending-continent.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => The file, reported by Defense One, supposedly claims Trump intends to pull Austria, Italy , Hungary and Poland away from the EU and closer in to Washington's circle of influence.
[category] => 1
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765501227
[extra] => 0
)
[75] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => England fans FUMING as cheapest FIFA World Cup final tickets on sale for £3,120
[sha] => 1456211425
[url] => https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/england-fans-fuming-cheapest-fifa-36388144
[description] => Fury across the world as supporters from all participating countries in the FIFA World Cup Finals discover the cheapest tickets will set you back a staggering £3,120
[category] => 3
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765477451
[extra] => 0
)
[76] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Fifa urged to halt World Cup ticket sales after ‘monumental betrayal’ of fans
[sha] => 586117349
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/11/world-cup-2026-ticket-prices-fifa
[description] => Prices five times more than 2022 Qatar World CupFA to confirm cost for England matches on ThursdayFifa has been urged to halt World Cup ticket sales after it emerged countries’ most loyal fans faced paying “extortionate” prices for tickets, with the cheapest for the final coming in at more than £3,000.The Croatian federation published details of prices in its participant member association (PMA) allocation early on Thursday, designed to be made available to fans who attend the most matches, with tickets at fixed rather than dynamic prices. It listed the cheapest tickets for the final on 19 July as costing $4,185 (£3,120, €3,563). The Football Association subsequently confirmed those prices in emails to members of the England Supporters Travel Club. Continue reading...
[category] => 4
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765471223
[extra] => 0
)
[77] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => ‘Censorship pure and simple’: critics hit out at Trump plan to vet visitors’ social media
[sha] => 3624604247
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/11/trump-plan-vet-us-visitors-social-media-tourism
[description] => Some warn proposal will decimate US tourism industry as free speech advocates say it will lead to people self-censoringFree speech advocates have accused Donald Trump of “shredding civil liberties” and “censorship pure and simple” after the White House said it planned to require visa applicants from dozens of countries to provide social media, phone and email histories for vetting before being allowed into the US.In a move that some commentators compared to China and others warned would decimate tourism to the US, including the 2026 Fifa World Cup, the Department for Homeland Security said it was planning to apply the rules to visitors from 42 countries, including the UK, Ireland, Australia, France, Germany and Japan, if they want to enter the US on the commonly used Esta visa waiver. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765468818
[extra] => 0
)
[78] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => I’m a travel expert. These will be the seven hottest destinations to visit in 2026
[sha] => 301763823
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/best-holiday-destinations-mallorca-mozambique-kyrgyzstan-b2882705.html
[description] => From South Korea to Kyrgyzstan, these are the countries tipped to be trendy next year
[category] => 8
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765467207
[extra] => 0
)
[79] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Interpol seizes 30,000 live animals in global crackdown on wildlife trade
[sha] => 3314630001
[url] => https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/interpol-seizes-30-000-live-animals-in-global-crackdown-on-wildlife-trade-b1262183.html
[description] => Operation Thunder 2025 saw officers from 134 countries make 4,640 seizures between September and October
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765466217
[extra] => 0
)
[80] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Thai navy release video of missile strike on Cambodian ‘drone control centre’
[sha] => 1709933185
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/thailand-cambodia-drone-attack-border-casino-video-b2882671.html
[description] => Aerial footage released by the Thai navy shows what appears to be a missile strike on a Cambodian “drone control centre”, as clashes between the two bordering countries enter their fourth day.
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765465855
[extra] => 0
)
[81] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => 'Leaked document shows US wants to pull four countries "away from the EU" as part of Make Europe Great Again strategy'
[sha] => 3461566354
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15374197/Leaked-document-shows-US-wants-pull-four-countries-EU-Make-Europe-Great-strategy.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => The secret file, reported by Defense One, supposedly claims Washington intends to withdraw Austria, Italy , Hungary and Poland from the EU altogether.
[category] => 6
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765455921
[extra] => 0
)
[82] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => 'Pandemic potential' superflu warning issued by World Health Organization
[sha] => 3840686833
[url] => https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/pandemic-potential-superflu-warning-issued-36385463
[description] => While current activity remains within the usual seasonal range, the WHO notes that “early increases and higher activity” have already been recorded in some countries
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765453563
[extra] => 0
)
[83] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => 'Leaked document shows US wants to pull four countries out of the EU as part of Make Europe Great Again strategy'
[sha] => 3558687426
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15374197/Leaked-document-shows-US-wants-pull-four-countries-EU-Make-Europe-Great-strategy.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => The secret file, reported by Defense One, supposedly claims Washington intends to withdraw Austria, Italy , Hungary and Poland from the EU altogether.
[category] => 6
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765452022
[extra] => 0
)
[84] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => WHO issues urgent 'pandemic potential' superflu warning as virus sweeps globe
[sha] => 1201744420
[url] => https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/who-issues-urgent-pandemic-potential-36385122
[description] => While current activity remains within the usual seasonal range, the WHO notes that “early increases and higher activity” have already been recorded in some countries
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765451055
[extra] => 0
)
[85] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Trump plan for World Cup tourists to reveal social media activity described as ‘chilling’
[sha] => 3704143711
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/11/trump-plan-for-world-cup-tourists-to-reveal-social-media-activity-described-as-chilling
[description] => UK tourists would be among those affected by US policy‘Unacceptable’ and ‘chilling’, says European fan groupA plan to require supporters travelling to the United States for the World Cup to disclose information about their social media accounts has been described as “profoundly unacceptable”.Tourists from 42 countries, including the UK, which use the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (Esta) as part of the visa waiver programme would be obliged to provide information about accounts they have held in the last five years in their applications. Previously it had been optional to provide the information. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765450033
[extra] => 0
)
[86] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Zelenskyy will hold urgent talks with 30 countries as Trump pushes for swift peace deal with Russia
[sha] => 2413311149
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/donald-trump-russia-kyiv-kremlin-sergey-lavrov-b2882450.html
[description] => Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to hold urgent talks with leaders from about 30 countries
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765446085
[extra] => 0
)
[87] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => ‘Like a rock star’: the global reverence for Martin Parr’s class
[sha] => 1772132093
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/11/martin-parr-photography-british-life-class
[description] => Unfettered love for late photographer in France and elsewhere stands in contrast to occasional reservations in UK The death of Martin Parr, the photographer whose work chronicled the rituals and customs of British life, was front-page news in France and his life and work were celebrated as far afield as the US and Japan.If his native England had to shake off concerns about the role of class in Parr’s satirical gaze before it could fully embrace him, countries like France have long revered the Epsom-born artist “like a rock or a movie star”, said the curator Quentin Bajac. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765432858
[extra] => 0
)
[88] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Trump admin releases video of US seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker amid buildup of forces in region: Live updates
[sha] => 1478789971
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-updates-affordability-health-b2881879.html
[description] => Trump announced the seized tanker Wednesday, marking the latest move amid growing tensions between the two countries
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765406752
[extra] => 0
)
[89] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Trump confirms US seized ‘largest tanker ever’ off Venezuela coast amid escalating tensions: Live updates
[sha] => 3126112029
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-updates-affordability-health-b2881879.html
[description] => Trump announced the seized tanker Wednesday, marking the latest move amid growing tensions between the two countries
[category] => 5
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765398295
[extra] => 0
)
[90] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => ‘It’s a breach of trust’: fear and frustration over countries’ push to return Syrians home
[sha] => 1143288530
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/10/countries-push-to-return-syrians-home-fall-of-assad
[description] => Syrians who have rebuilt their lives abroad face uncertainty over their futures amid hardening of attitudesTears of joy streamed down Abdulhkeem Alshater’s face as he joined thousands of other Syrian nationals in central Vienna last year. The moment they were marking felt like a miracle: after more than five decades of brutality and repression, the Assad regime had fallen.A day later, however, the ripple effects of what had happened 2,000 miles away in Syria were laid bare. A dozen European states announced plans to suspend asylum applications from Syrians, in a show of how western states are increasingly treating refugees as transients. As the fall of Bashar al-Assad collided with politicians’ quest to be seen as taking a hard line on migration, the lives of Syrians around the globe were plunged into uncertainty. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765385177
[extra] => 0
)
[91] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Keir Starmer joins 26 European countries in demanding right to sign Rwanda
[sha] => 3671641684
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15371609/Keir-Starmer-joins-26-European-countries-demanding-right-sign-Rwanda-style-migrant-deals-ECHR-overhaul-18-months-scrapped-Tory-scheme.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => A total of 27 nations, including the UK, delivered a joint statement to a Council of Europe meeting on Wednesday to demand reform of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
[category] => 1
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765384118
[extra] => 0
)
[92] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => US politics live: most Americans blame Trump for high prices, poll shows
[sha] => 2369938972
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/10/trump-us-politics-live-updates
[description] => New poll shows 55% of Americans hold Trump administration accountable for cost of living rises – a day after Trump makes false claims on economyTrump rails on affordability ‘hoax’ and flings racist attacks in rally-style speechFact-checking Trump’s speechMy colleague, David Smith, notes that Trump’s speech on Tuesday was the latest instance of the president repeating a racist rant against congresswoman Ilhan Omar and countries he’s previously denigrated.“Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch. She’s always complaining,” Trump said. “We ought to get her the hell out! She married her brother Therefore she’s here illegally.” Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765376302
[extra] => 0
)
[93] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => UK joins call for Europe’s human rights laws to be ‘constrained’
[sha] => 3652866841
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/10/uk-joins-call-for-europes-human-rights-laws-to-be-constrained
[description] => Britain aligns with some of Europe’s hardline governments in calling for change to allow Rwanda-style migration dealsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK has joined some of Europe’s hardline governments in calling for human rights laws to be “constrained” to allow Rwanda-style migration deals with third countries and more foreign criminals to be deported.Twenty-seven of the 46 Council of Europe members including the UK, Hungary and Italy have signed an unofficial statement that also urges a new framework for the European convention of human rights, which will also narrow the definition of “inhuman and degrading treatment”. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765376025
[extra] => 0
)
[94] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
[sha] => 3065007053
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/tourists-social-media-trump
[description] => Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the USAll tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans.Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), would also require any email addresses and telephone numbers visitors have used in the same period, and the names and addresses of family. Continue reading...
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765374810
[extra] => 0
)
[95] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Sophie Kinsella dead: Sophie Kinsella, author of Shopaholic series, dies aged 55
[sha] => 4103794840
[url] => https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/sophie-kinsella-author-of-shopaholic-series-dies-aged-55-5437393
[description] => Her novels have sold more than 45 million copies in more than 60 countries
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765373671
[extra] => 0
)
[96] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Where is hot in January? Best holiday destinations for winter sun in 2026
[sha] => 2825366225
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/inspiration/january-where-hot-weather-countries-places-sun-b2881777.html
[description] => Beat the post-Christmas blues with these sun-drenched destinations that promise winter warmth
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765370979
[extra] => 0
)
[97] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Eurovision used to be a campy joy – but it has become a cynical way to whitewash war | Arwa Mahdawi
[sha] => 3638014896
[url] => https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/10/eurovision-campy-joy-now-cynical-way-whitewash-war
[description] => The song contest continues with its mission of ‘unity and cultural exchange’ by rolling out the red carpet for Israel, even though at least four countries have pulled out in protest A new acronym emerged a couple of months into Israel’s bombardment of Gaza: WCNSF. “Wounded child, no surviving family”. That acronym is unique to Gaza, experts like paediatrician Dr Tanya Haj-Hasan with Médecins Sans Frontières have said. Normally it’s rare for doctors to treat a child who has lost their entire family. But there has been nothing “normal” about the genocide in Gaza, where whole bloodlines have been wiped out and there are more child amputees than anywhere else in the world. Nothing normal about scores of doctors coming back from a landscape of rubble with reports of kids being deliberately targeted by Israeli snipers.Despite a supposed ceasefire being in place, Gaza remains hell on earth. Essential medical supplies are not getting in and Amnesty International has said Israel is still com...
[category] => 5
[featured] => 1
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765364405
[extra] => 0
)
[98] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Congresswoman Ilhan Omar calls Trump a ‘national embarrassment’ after president’s ‘bigoted’ rant about ‘hellhole’ countries
[sha] => 1384582247
[url] => https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ilhan-omar-donald-trump-minnesota-b2881601.html
[description] => Donald Trump also revived old conspiracy theories about Ilhan Omar marrying her brother to gain citizenship to the US
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765362082
[extra] => 0
)
[99] => Array
(
[iso] => GB
[title] => Man who travelled to 140 countries reveals the destination he goes back to every year
[sha] => 3332225989
[url] => https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-15367565/Man-travelled-140-countries-reveals-destination-year.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
[description] => Anyone who's visited more than 140 countries is sure to have a strong opinion on which is the best. Now, one jet-setter has shared his thoughts on the spot he returns to time and time again.
[category] => 1
[featured] => 0
[sentiment] => 0
[date] => 1765328436
[extra] => 0
)
)
[results] => 1459
[page] => 1
[activecountry] => GB
)