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India is adopting a European Union-style common charger policy for smart devices in the country.
Industry bodies have agreed to a phased rollout – making it eventually mandatory for all smartphones, tablets, and laptops in the country to come with USB-C-type chargers.
Ishan Garg tells us more from New Delhi.
IN: The Indian government...Chinese leader Xi Jingping and Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida are set to meet for the first time on the sidelines of the APEC meeting in Thailand on Thursday night.
The two leaders have only ever spoken one time and are meeting amidst heightened tensions concerning China’s military activity near Taiwan.
Chris Gilbert reports.
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Out: Strained security environment
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The US Senate has voted to enshrine same-sex marriage into federal law.
The senate voted 62-37 in favor of The Respect for Marriage Bill, two votes above the threshold of 60 votes it needed.
Chris Jones has more details from Washington DC.
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The United States says it has “full confidence” in the Polish government’s assessment that an explosion in Poland that killed two people was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile.
Ukraine’s president Vlodimir Zelensky has criticized that conclusion - reasserting that it was a Russian missile - something the Kremlin denies.A U.S. federal judge has lifted Title 42, a policy used to expel people at the border.
But then put it on hold until December 21, after a stay request from the Biden administration.
U.S. Correspondent Caroline Malone reports.
The European Union's landmark social media regulation laws came into force on Wednesday. The Digital Services Act will force large social media companies to increase transparency while better protecting their users from online harms.
Alex Cadier reports from Brussels
After several delays, American space agency NASA has launched its most powerful rocket ever into space.
The 100m-tall Artemis blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida with the aim of releasing an astronaut capsule in the direction of the Moon.
Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the explosion which claimed two lives in Eastern Poland on Tuesday was most likely caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile trying to intercept a Russian strike.
NATO ambassadors met on Wednesday to discuss ongoing investigations into the deadly incident, which Stoltenberg says is not Kyiv's fault.
In: We have no
Out: war against Ukraine
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The UK's rate of inflation has reached its highest level in 41 years.
The latest figures show an increase from 10.1 percent in September to 11.1 percent in October.
Office for National Statistics data shows food, energy and fuel prices are all on the rise.
This comes ahead of Thursday's Autumn Statement, where Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt will present plans he says will bring spiralling price rises under control.
Declan Curry has more.
IN It's a much
OUT Starting to ease
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A court in Nigeria has stopped the nation's government from selling shares of its proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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Representatives of NATO countries are meeting in Brussels after member nation Poland said a Russian-made missile dropped on its territory near the Ukrainian border, resulting in two deaths on Tuesday.
NATO leaders have so far been careful not to lay blame, with alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg stressing that all facts must be established.
Poland's foreign minister has summoned the Russian ambassador, demanding an "immediate and detailed explanation."
Our reporter Rosie Birchard is in Brussels, where NATO is headquartered.