## [2025-12-27](/feed/2025/12/27/index.md)

##### Italian Parliament
### [The Italian Parliament approves a reform that reduces the powers of the Court of Audit over public spending, caps financial penalties for negligent administrators at 30% of losses or two years of salary, and introduces automatic approval if the court does not respond within 30 days. ](/feed/2025/12/27/the-italian-parliament-approves-a-reform-that-reduces-the-powers-of-the-court-of-audit-over-public-spending-caps-financ.md)
##### 2025 Ivorian parliamentary election
### [Citizens of the Ivory Coast vote for the 255 members of the National Assembly despite the opposition Democratic Party boycotting due to alleged election fraud by the ruling RHDP party. ](/feed/2025/12/27/citizens-of-the-ivory-coast-vote-for-the-255-members-of-the-national-assembly-despite-the-opposition-democratic-party-bo.md)
##### Italian
### [A joint operation between the Italian state police and the financial police results in the arrest of nine people for allegedly raising about {{Euro}}7 million (US$8.2 million) through charities and diverting most of the funds to Hamas following the 2023 attack on Israel. ](/feed/2025/12/27/a-joint-operation-between-the-italian-state-police-and-the-financial-police-results-in-the-arrest-of-nine-people-for-all.md)
##### Oil smuggling in Iran
### [The Iranian justice ministry seizes a foreign-flagged oil tanker carrying 25,000 barrels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz and detains its sixteen crew members on allegations of carrying illegal items. ](/feed/2025/12/27/the-iranian-justice-ministry-seizes-a-foreign-flagged-oil-tanker-carrying-25000-barrels-traveling-through-the-strait-of.md)
##### Earthquake
### [A w.0 earthquake, rated intensity four on the Central Weather Administration seismic intensity scale, strikes 32 km off the coast of Yilan, Taiwan, causing a temporary power outage for over 3,000 households. ](/feed/2025/12/27/a-w0-earthquake-rated-intensity-four-on-the-central-weather-administration-seismic-intensity-scale-strikes-32-km-off.md)
##### Padar
### [Three of five members of a Spanish tourist family are killed after a boat carrying eleven people sinks near Padar, Indonesia. ](/feed/2025/12/27/three-of-five-members-of-a-spanish-tourist-family-are-killed-after-a-boat-carrying-eleven-people-sinks-near-padar-indon.md)
##### Charity workers
### [At least nine people are killed and eight others are injured when a bus carrying 19 charity workers overturns on a mountain in Phình Hồ, Lào Cai province, Vietnam. ](/feed/2025/12/27/at-least-nine-people-are-killed-and-eight-others-are-injured-when-a-bus-carrying-19-charity-workers-overturns-on-a-mount.md)
##### Overtaking
### [An accident involving two cars after an improper overtaking kills eleven people on the BR-101 highway near Mucuri, Bahia, Brazil. ](/feed/2025/12/27/an-accident-involving-two-cars-after-an-improper-overtaking-kills-eleven-people-on-the-br-101-highway-near-mucuri-bahia.md)
##### Ravine
### [Fifteen people are killed and 19 more injured as a bus plunges in to a ravine while driving on the Inter-American Highway in Sololá Department, Guatemala. ](/feed/2025/12/27/fifteen-people-are-killed-and-19-more-injured-as-a-bus-plunges-in-to-a-ravine-while-driving-on-the-inter-american-highwa.md)
##### Trade policy of China
### [The National People's Congress of China passes a revised trade law that will expand the government's authority to counter trade restrictions, regulate exports of strategic goods, and update provisions on digital, green, and intellectual-property trade from March 1, 2026. ](/feed/2025/12/27/the-national-people-s-congress-of-china-passes-a-revised-trade-law-that-will-expand-the-government-s-authority-to-counte.md)
##### Lithium mining in Chile
### [Chilean state-owned mining company Codelco and private miner SQM create a joint venture to develop lithium in the Atacama salt flat until 2060, with the Chilean state set to receive the majority of operating margins. ](/feed/2025/12/27/chilean-state-owned-mining-company-codelco-and-private-miner-sqm-create-a-joint-venture-to-develop-lithium-in-the-atacam.md)
##### Cross-strait relations
### [China sanctions 20 United States defense-related companies and ten executives for providing weapons to Taiwan last week. ](/feed/2025/12/27/china-sanctions-20-united-states-defense-related-companies-and-ten-executives-for-providing-weapons-to-taiwan-last-week.md)
##### 2025 Cambodia–Thailand conflict
### [Cambodia and Thailand sign a new ceasefire agreement, calling for a pause in military movements and airspace encroachment for military purposes. ](/feed/2025/12/27/cambodia-and-thailand-sign-a-new-ceasefire-agreement-calling-for-a-pause-in-military-movements-and-airspace-encroachmen.md)
##### 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
### [The Nigerien government declares a nationwide mobilization that authorizes the conscription of citizens and the requisition of property and services to support operations against jihadist insurgent groups. ](/feed/2025/12/27/the-nigerien-government-declares-a-nationwide-mobilization-that-authorizes-the-conscription-of-citizens-and-the-requisit.md)
##### Sudanese civil war
### [The Rapid Support Forces kill over 200 civilians in ethnically motivated attacks targeting non-Arabs in West Darfur and during advances in North Darfur, according to the Sudan Doctors Union. ](/feed/2025/12/27/the-rapid-support-forces-kill-over-200-civilians-in-ethnically-motivated-attacks-targeting-non-arabs-in-west-darfur-and.md)
##### Russo-Ukrainian war
### [Denis Kapustin, leader of the Ukraine-aligned neo-Nazi Russian Volunteer Corps, is reported to have been killed in a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. It is later revealed that Kapustin had faked his death in order to thwart an assassination attempt. ](/feed/2025/12/27/denis-kapustin-leader-of-the-ukraine-aligned-neo-nazi-russian-volunteer-corps-is-reported-to-have-been-killed-in-a-rus.md)
### [Two people are killed and 32 are injured during a Russian missile and drone strike on Kyiv, Ukraine. Damage to critical infrastructure leaves 40% of Kyiv's residential areas and surrounding districts without heating. ](/feed/2025/12/27/two-people-are-killed-and-32-are-injured-during-a-russian-missile-and-drone-strike-on-kyiv-ukraine-damage-to-critical.md)
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