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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

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Indonesian rescuers struggle against heavy rain to reach tsunami-hit villages

Indonesian rescue teams on Wednesday struggled to reach remote areas on the western coast of Java amid an "extreme weather" rain warning after a tsunami killed more than 400 people last week.

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Syria state media says Israeli planes attack targets near Damascus

Israeli war planes attacked with missiles unspecified targets near Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Tuesday and injured three Syrian soldiers, Syrian state media quoted a military source as saying.

U.S.

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Trump says U.S. government shutdown to last until agreement on border wall

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the partial shutdown of the federal government was going to last until his demand for funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is met.

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Guatemalan boy becomes second child to die in U.S. custody in December

An 8-year-old Guatemalan migrant boy died early on Christmas Day after being detained by U.S. border agents, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said, the second migrant child to die in U.S. detention this month.

BUSINESS

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Trump praises Treasury Secretary Mnuchin but hits Fed again on rate rises

President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed confidence in Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin amid worries over a weakening economy and a stock market slump, but repeated his criticism of the U.S. Federal Reserve, saying it has raised interest rates too quickly.

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Nissan's Kelly examined at Japanese hospital after securing bail

Nissan director Greg Kelly was being examined in a hospital on Wednesday, a source said, a day after he was released on bail from a Tokyo jail where his former boss Carlos Ghosn is still being detained.

ENTERTAINMENT

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Lebanese bakers with special needs master German rye and Stollen

When Ali Kerdi, who has impaired speech and hearing, was a teenager, he would look on curiously as his mother kneaded and baked their homemade bread.

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U.S. military tracking Santa despite partial government shutdown

The partial U.S. government shutdown is not preventing the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from tracking Santa Claus as he embarks on his global trek to deliver Christmas gifts to children across the world, the command said on Monday.

SPORTS

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Raiders win what could be final Oakland game

Dwayne Harris recorded the second-longest punt return in NFL history Monday night, a 99-yarder in the first quarter that propelled the Oakland Raiders to a 27-14 victory over the Denver Broncos in what might be the Raiders' final game at the Oakland Coliseum.

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Jazz hammer Blazers for second time in four days

Donovan Mitchell scored 19 points to lead seven players in double figures as the host Utah Jazz breezed to a 117-96 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.

UPCOMING

DISASTERS / ACCIDENTS

INDONESIA-TSUNAMI/ (TV) (GRAPHIC)

Survivors struggle after Indonesian tsunami kills hundreds

Indonesians struggle to recover from Saturday's tsunami that killed hundreds.

27 Dec 19:00 ET / 00:00 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

RUSSIA-PUTIN/BUSINESSMEN (PIX) (TV)

Putin meets Russia's top businessmen

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets the country's top business leaders to discuss current situation in the world economy including U.S. and EU sanctions.

26 Dec 08:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

VENEZUELA-PDVSA/MILITARY (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)

Special Report: Oil output goes AWOL in Venezuela as soldiers run PDVSA

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro turned heads when he named a National Guard general with no business experience to lead PDVSA, the national oil company. Manuel Quevedo's actions since have raised even more doubts that he and the other military brass now running the company have a viable plan to rescue it from crushing debt, an exodus of workers and withering production now at its lowest in almost seven decades.

26 Dec 08:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

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Tesla adds two new independent directors to its board

By this date, Tesla is to have added two independent directors to its board of directors, part of a settlement with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Tesla appointed Robyn Denholm to be its new chairwoman in November after another requirement by the SEC to separate Chief Executive Elon Musk from his dual role as chairman.

27 Dec

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Venezuelan state's incursion into cocoa spooks buyers of legendary beans

With Venezuela's government increasingly desperate for hard currency as oil output plummets and sanctions impede financing, the state is seeking a piece of one of the few export sectors it has left more or less alone during 20 years of socialism: cocoa.

27 Dec

EGYPT-ECONOMY/RATES

Egypt's central bank announces interest rates

The Central Bank of Egypt's Monetary Policy Committee is due to meet and decide if Egypt's interest rates will change or remain the same.

27 Dec

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

FRANCE-ENVIRONMENT/RHINOCEROS (PIX) (TV)

French tech firm develops bite-size rhino trackers

A French tech company develops small and affordable trackers for rhinoceroses that uses 'the internet of things' to transmit information that they hope would prevent poaching in a Zimbabwe reserve. The foundation is looking to work with the Jane Goodall Foundation to develop similar technologies for other wildlife reserves.

27 Dec