Shona Murray
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Europe Correspondent Euronews. Based in Brussels. Edward R. Murrow alum. Euronews.com
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šØ Scoop by me. EU to propose reimposing duties on israeli trade over war in Gaza
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EU Commission to slap duties on Israeli goods, Kallas tells Euronews
The European Commission is proposing to reimpose duties on Israeli goods in response to the war in Gaza and ongoing violations in the West Bank, Euronews can exclusively reveal. #EuropeNews
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/09/16/eu-to-propose-suspending-trade-agreement-with-israel-over-gaza
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How the deal to get Ukraine a ā¬90 billion EU loan was sealed
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Exclusive: How the deal to get Ukraine a ā¬90 billion EU loan was made
It was branded as a make-or-break summit for Ukraine and the EU, and it was. But the night didn't go according to plan. Based on conversations with diplomats involved in the deal, Euronews brings you ...
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/12/23/exclusive-how-the-deal-to-get-ukraine-a-90-billion-eu-loan-was-sealed
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āMr Landry said it was an honour to take the voluntary role āto make Greenland part of the USā Donald Trump names special envoy for Greenland
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Donald Trump names special envoy for Greenland
Jeff Landry says it is an honour to take the voluntary role 'to make Greenland part of the US'
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/12/22/donald-trump-names-special-envoy-for-greenland/
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Ken Early: The Saipan film makes the conflict between Keane and McCarthy less interesting
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Ken Early: The Saipan film makes the conflict between Keane and McCarthy less interesting
Itās frustrating to think a new audience might assume the fake parts of the filmās account are true
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2025/12/22/ken-early-the-saipan-film-makes-the-conflict-between-keane-and-mccarthy-less-interesting/
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Around August/September every year my parents start asking what date the amazing
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donations event for children in emergency accommodation is on. Dignity, respect and decency for all children, no matter their nationality, race, ethnicity. The essence of Christmas.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski
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Can't think of a stronger endorsement for Erasmus.
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Dave Keating
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šŗš¦President Zelenskyy presser at
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summit now after speaking with šŖšŗ Says he agrees with šµš±PM Tusk that if Europe doesn't pay now with money it will pay later with blood "I don't want to intimidate anybody, but it speaks for itself" Says he had good talk with š§šŖPM De Wever
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Dave Keating
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The Christmas Tree at Plux outside the šŖšŗParliament is no more after farmers protesting against
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free trade with South America set a giant blaze.
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āneglect, physical abuse and little point in disclosing the abuse they were suffering at the hands of their brother.ā Where are all the āconcerned citizensā these days?
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Man who raped sisters, daughters and niece appeals conviction over victims giving evidence via video link
Richard OāBrien denied all the offences but was convicted unanimously by a jury following a trial in 2023.
https://www.thejournal.ie/man-who-raped-sisters-daughters-and-niece-appeals-conviction-over-victims-giving-evidence-over-video-link-6906000-Dec2025/
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IDF Hannibal Brigade
6 days ago
Exhibit number one billion that Israelis consider all Palestinians to be militants and celebrate when their children are killed
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Bruce Little
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āOur investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of powerā¦ā
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Jack Smith Tells Lawmakers Donald Trump Brought Charges On Himself
The former special counsel came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a high-stakes deposition.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-smith-donald-trump_n_6942c0d7e4b03e7c8e35d659
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Chris Grey
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The 'betrayal of Brexit' response to rejoining Erasmus is obviously predictable, and stupid (Brexit = leaving EU). But what's more striking is how *dated* it seems, like someone still waving a 'Thatcher out' placard.
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UK to rejoin EU's Erasmus+ student mobility fund in 2027
The deal is being hailed in London as a step towards greater EU-UK relations, but the recent failure to agree on UK involvement in the SAFE defence fund has critics complaining about a "piecemeal" app...
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/12/17/uk-to-rejoin-eus-erasmus-student-mobility-fund-in-2027
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Liam Thorp
8 days ago
When Charlie Kirk, a commentator who stirred up hatred and prejudice was killed, the Trump government led a purge against anyone who commented on it in a way they didnāt like. When a beloved director & actor is brutally murdered, Trump mocks and criticises him just hours later. Revolting hypocrisy.
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Patrick De Klotz
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An Administration utterly contemptuous of the idea that every human life is of inherent value.
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āUS officials were becoming increasingly frustrated with the UKās lack of willingness to address so-called non-tariff barriers, including rules and regulations governing food and industrial goods.ā
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Sophie in't Veld
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For those who are in "peace talks" right now: a good reminder of what a signature is worth these days...
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Jay Nordlinger
7 days ago
I ask my multitude of Trump-supporting friends, colleagues, and acquaintances: Can you honestly say that this man is decent, and fit for leadership in a great country, or any?
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Dave Keating
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She's gone and done it. šŖšŗPresident von der Leyen has yielded to German pressure and just proposed to scrap the EU's 2035 combustion engine phase-out. "This will divert investment away from electrification at a time when European manufacturers urgently need to catch up with Chinese EV," says T&E.
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Commission takes action for clean and competitive automotive sector
The Commission today presented the Automotive Package to support the sector\'s efforts in the transition to clean mobility.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_3051
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Josh Goldstein
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One of the biggest moments of my career: USCIS canceled my clientās naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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Catalina Fernandes
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The Israeli government has approved the transfer of funds from civil development programmes for Palestinian citizens of the country to the police and the internal intelligence agency, the Shin Bet. The move involves around 220 million shekels ($68.6m) and was approved on Sunday.
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Israel diverts Palestinian citizensā development funds to police
Government redirects 220 million shekels from social programmes aimed at tackling high crime, sparking criticism from leaders of Palestinian community and rights groups
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-diverts-palestinian-citizens-development-funds-police?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social_traffic
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āVictim blamingā: refugee council criticises OāCallaghanās asylum seeker comments
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āVictim blamingā: refugee council criticises OāCallaghanās asylum seeker comments
Fears about āa breakdown in social cohesionā are prompting Government to seek cut in asylum seeker numbers, Minister tells The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/12/16/victim-blaming-refugee-council-criticises-ocallaghans-asylum-seeker-comments/
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Guilty as charged š®šŖšš¶
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Pictures of Nixon
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not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
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How Rob Reinerās political activism led to Shock and Awe, his film about the US invasion of Iraq | The National
The 2017 drama was screened at Dubai International Film Festival
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2025/12/15/how-rob-reiners-political-activism-led-to-shock-and-awe-his-film-about-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/
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Patrick De Klotz
8 days ago
Sickening and heartbreaking. Heard today about a girlās father getting pulled from his car after they bashed the window. Current student at my old Catholic high school. I donāt understand how Americans have accepted this, how so many are OK with it. This is inhuman.
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Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?
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Liam Herrick: Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?
Precedent could have far-reaching consequences. Who is to say the rights of gay citizens wonāt be the next target by a coalition of hostile states?
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/12/16/why-has-ireland-abruptly-decided-the-european-convention-on-human-rights-goes-too-far/
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Amanda Becker
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In Springfield, Ohio ā a city transformed by Haitian immigrants ā Casey Rollins says she feels like the ātown crierā warning of a looming family separations crisis.
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The Ohio grandmaĀ racing to help Haitian parents protect childrenĀ asĀ more deportations near
In Springfield, a city transformed by Haitian immigrants, Casey Rollins says she feels like the ātown crierā warning of a looming family separation crisis.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/springfield-ohio-haitian-family-separation/
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Chris DeLeon ā DevPods.gg gamedev community
8 days ago
unironically this is an illustration of what we mean when we say AI cannot write like humans can. you could feed it all his rambling speeches, unhinged posts, life history of crimes for training, and AI would still be incapable of producing output this awful, bad every day in new and innovative ways
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Aaron Rupar
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Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up? TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
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Excellent and clear-eyed analysis of the US openly hostile relations with the EU
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Mehdi Hasan
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āLet me state the obvious: Antisemitism is always wrong. Islamophobia is always wrong. Intentionally killing civilians is always wrong, whether on a beach in Sydney or a beach in Gaza. Can we not all agree on all of the above? Is that really so hardā - my take for Zeteoās First Draft newsletter:
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The (Muslim) Hero of Bondi
Mehdi on the Islamophobes' response to the brutal killing of Jews in Australia; how the DOGE folks are headed for Gaza; and the fallout from the Bari Weiss/Erika Kirk CBS town hall.
https://zeteo.com/p/the-muslim-hero-of-bondi
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Denise Wheeler
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It's genuinely staggering, after all the things Trump has said and done, that he can still say and do things that make my jaw hit the floor. A grown man, the president of the United States, wrote this and felt compelled to actually hit post. It's unconscionable. Rob Reiner
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Judd Legum
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1. Measles is ravaging South Carolina. Over 100 people infected, and hundreds more in quarantine. In response, RFK Jr., the nation's top public health official, has been SILENT But it's much worse than that. RFK Jr. and his allies are undermining confidence in the vaccine
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As measles ravages South Carolina, RFK Jr. undermines the vaccine
There is a massive measles outbreak spreading rapidly in Upstate South Carolina.
https://popular.info/p/as-measles-ravages-south-carolina
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Jack Jenkins
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Rob Reiner religion note: One of his last film projects was āGod & Country,ā a documentary released last year based on Katherine Stewartās book. The film turned a critical lens toward Christian nationalism. Disclosure: I know this, because Iām in it.
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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Rob Reiner's 'God & Country' explores the politicization of Christianity
The new documentary looks at the rise of Christian Nationalism as a political movement through the eyes of theologians and conservative thinkers.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/02/15/god-country-rob-reiner
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āTicking Time Bombā: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldnāt Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldnāt access abortions.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-tierra-walker-preeclampsia
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UK Politics
8 days ago
Lewis Goodall had gulping Tory MP Philp on and absolutely skewered him. The Tories want to ditch a Boris Johnson era EV policy, now whining it is ākilling jobsā. Goodal pointed out the obvious flaw: they bloody introduced it. Own goal, again.
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Chris Morran
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The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Topās mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died. New,
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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan
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Scott Horton
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyoneās papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/10/federal-agents-use-chemical-irritant-in-somali-neighborhood-of-minneapolis?fbclid=IwY2xjawOr1PRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTWEVTa2ZlS2FkWFZNQWE5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHl4qGlPNS7GUSxiMuOvQiVIOug9SdP19GYVCMHPjeFwe722mDEamuPOA6lYo_aem_vry1VgAUbqcapoEeU8LArg
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
8 days ago
What a terrible news day: Bondi Beach, Brown, the Reiners, Jimmy Lai, Chile. What a terrible world we're building.
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Tess Hall
9 days ago
The information environment is so cooked right now. Hereās a thread for anyone wanting or needing to combat far-right extremist propaganda in either real-time or real life.
#bondi
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#medialiteracy
š§µ Letās start with genocidal maniac Netanyahu falsely claiming Ahmed el Ahmed was a Jew:
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Olga Nesterova
8 days ago
It doesnāt seem like the US side is meeting with Ukraine/EU/NATO today
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NOELREPORTS
8 days ago
Zelensky met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb ahead of key meetings in Berlin. They discussed recent diplomatic efforts and coordinated joint positions with EU partners. Next steps have also been agreed as Ukraine pushes for stronger support and unity in ongoing peace talks.
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John Simpson
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Jimmy Lai, the media tycoon and brave defender of democracy in Hong Kong, has been found guilty of āforeign collusionā. His family expect heāll die in jail. HKās national security law, imposed by Beijing after huge pro-democracy protests, has claimed its most prominent victim.
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Anton Gerashchenko
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Kaja Kallas
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: Countries want to be in NATO because they don't want Russia to invade them, to attack them. And that's why Sweden and Finland joined NATO. That's why the Baltic states joined NATO, to have this defense umbrella, really.
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Simon Nixon
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Decisions take in the coming days and week may define Europe for a generation. My latest with thoughts on the looming Battle of Brussels, Starmerās dangerous dithering, Irelandās neutrality fetish, Chinaās industrial siege warfare, plus have we passed peak human?
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Europe Under Attack
Thoughts on next week's Battle of Brussels, Starmer's dangerous dithering, how Ireland's neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege, and why we are past peak human
https://open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p/europe-under-attack?r=2rn9s0&utm_medium=ios
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Oversight Dems
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šØ BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world. Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
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Noah Shachtman
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Look at these two buddies taking a selfie. You'd never know one of them is currently sitting on hours of video of the other.
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Chris Geidner
9 days ago
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008. Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
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The Irish Times
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Chile elects far-right JosƩ Antonio Kast as next president
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Chile elects far-right JosƩ Antonio Kast as next president
Son of Nazi party member and admirer of Pinochet, Kastās campaign was built on promise to expel thousands of migrants
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2025/12/15/chile-elects-far-right-jose-antonio-kast-as-next-president/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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