World News: 19 December 2022

Russian 'kamikaze' drones hit Kyiv as Putin heads for Belarus
Ukraine’s air force said it had shot down 30 out of 35 Iranian-made kamikaze drones that were launched from the eastern coat of the Sea of Azov overnight.
The heads of central Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region and southern Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region said their territories had been targeted by the Shahed-131/136 drones.

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Messi, Mbappe give Qatar the perfect World Cup ending
The power of money was on full display in the Qatari city of Lusail on Sunday as Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties to become world champion for the third time and end Lionel Messi's pursuit of the one major trophy that had eluded him in his storied career.

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Twitter poll closes, users vote in favor of Musk exit as CEO
More than half of 17.5 million users who responded to a poll that asked whether billionaire Elon Musk should step down as head of Twitter voted yes when the poll closed on Monday.
There was no immediate announcement from Twitter, or Musk, about whether that would happen, though he said that he would abide by the results.

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Canada's polar-bear capital Churchill warms too fast for bears
By 2050, conservation scientists now say, the length of the season during which there is no ice could push bears to the point of starvation.

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Singapore's crypto ambitions shaken by FTX collapse
It is thought that the closures of key market players this year has wiped out $1.5 trillion in crypto market capitalisation.

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Egypt discovers large gas field in Mediterranean, minister says
The find was in Nargis, one of four offshore exploration blocks in which Chevron holds operating interests along with Egypt’s Tharwa Petroleum Co, the US oil company’s website says.
The latest find could provide a boost to Egypt's efforts to position itself as an energy hub in the eastern Mediterranean following the 2015 discovery by Italian energy company Eni of the vast Zohr gasfield.

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