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Russia’s Medvedev: We’d have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success
Medvedev, who has cast himself as one of Moscow’s most hawkish voices, appeared to be referring to part of Russia’s nuclear doctrine.
- by Andrew Osborn
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Freighter ship loaded with cars burns off Dutch coast
Smoke billowing from the Fremantle Highway eased enough to allow tugboats to move in, Dutch authorities said.
Worms get a wriggle on after 46,000 years frozen in Siberian permafrost
The creatures, which have a lifespan measured in days, died in the lab – but not before they had reproduced another several generations, researchers said.
- by Orlando Mayorquin
Drones strike Moscow buildings in latest wave of attacks, says Russia
The attacks upended the assumption of people in Moscow, 800 kilometres from Ukraine, that the fighting would never touch them.
- by Andrés R. Martínez
Russia extends campaign against Ukraine ports, striking another grain terminal
“In two or three months, we may not have a single port left,” said a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military southern command. “They want to have a monopoly on grain.”
- by Marc Santora and Victoria Kim
Ukraine to celebrate Christmas on December 25 and ‘abandon the Russian heritage’
A day before visiting special forces troops in the partially occupied Donetsk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law bringing the country’s official Christmas holiday forward by 14 days.
- by Felipe Dana and Dasha Litvinova
How dangerous is it having Europe’s largest nuclear reactor in the middle of a war zone?
The Zaporizhzhia power plant has become a chess piece in the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, a prized chip it is unwilling to relinquish.
- by Lucy Cormack
Archaeologists find theatre where ‘Nero fiddled’ while Rome burnt
The imperial theatre, referred to in ancient Roman texts but never found, has been discovered under the garden of a future Four Seasons Hotel, steps from the Vatican.
- by Nicole Winfield
‘Our South! Our Guys!’ Ukraine recaptures Staromaiorske village in southeast, says Zelensky
Ukraine has committed thousands of troops in the region in recent days as part of a long-awaited counteroffensive to reclaim territory.
- by Tom Balmforth
Australian at centre of Farage ‘debanking’ controversy resigns as Coutts boss
Peter Flavel has stepped down following the growing scandal around the private bank’s decision to close the account of the populist politician.
- by Rob Harris
Prince Harry’s lawsuit against publisher of British tabloid to go to trial
A London High Court judge has ruled that the Duke of Sussex’s lawsuit accusing the publisher of The Sun of unlawfully snooping on him can go to trial, but not on claims of phone hacking.
- by Brian Melley