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BOJ raises key rate to 30-year-high of 0.75%

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025, following the second day of a two-day policy-setting meeting at which the BOJ raised its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent from 0.50 percent.

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BOJ raises key rate to 30-year-high of 0.75%

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025, following the second day of a two-day policy-setting meeting at which the BOJ raised its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent from 0.50 percent.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.015 percent, its highest in about 26 years and four months, on Dec. 19, 2025, following a Bank of Japan raise earlier in the day in its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.015 percent, its highest in about 26 years and four months, on Dec. 19, 2025, following a Bank of Japan raise earlier in the day in its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.015 percent, its highest in about 26 years and four months, on Dec. 19, 2025, following a Bank of Japan raise earlier in the day in its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.015 percent, its highest in about 26 years and four months, on Dec. 19, 2025, following a Bank of Japan raise earlier in the day in its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.015 percent, its highest in about 26 years and four months, on Dec. 19, 2025, following a Bank of Japan raise earlier in the day in its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent.

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BOJ raises key rate to 30-year-high of 0.75%

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025, following the second day of a two-day policy-setting meeting at which the BOJ raised its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent from 0.50 percent.

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BOJ raises key rate to 30-year-high of 0.75%

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025, following the second day of a two-day policy-setting meeting at which the BOJ raised its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent from 0.50 percent.

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BOJ raises key rate to 30-year-high of 0.75%

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025, following the second day of a two-day policy-setting meeting at which the BOJ raised its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent from 0.50 percent.

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BOJ raises key rate to 30-year-high of 0.75%

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025, following the second day of a two-day policy-setting meeting at which the BOJ raised its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent from 0.50 percent.

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Japan PM Takaichi, JIP leader Yoshimura hold talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, following their talks on a bill to slash the number of House of Representatives seats by 10 percent.

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Japan PM Takaichi, JIP leader Yoshimura hold talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, following their talks on a bill to slash the number of House of Representatives seats by 10 percent.

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Japan PM Takaichi, JIP leader Yoshimura hold talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, following their talks on a bill to slash the number of House of Representatives seats by 10 percent.

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Japan PM Takaichi, JIP leader Yoshimura hold talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, following their talks on a bill to slash the number of House of Representatives seats by 10 percent.

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Japan PM Takaichi, JIP leader Yoshimura hold talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, following their talks on a bill to slash the number of House of Representatives seats by 10 percent.

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Japan PM Takaichi, JIP leader Yoshimura hold talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, following their talks on a bill to slash the number of House of Representatives seats by 10 percent.

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Japan PM Takaichi, JIP leader Yoshimura hold talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R, back) and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura (L) hold talks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, on a bill to slash the number of House of Representatives seats by 10 percent.

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Japan PM Takaichi, JIP leader Yoshimura hold talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R, back) and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura (L, back) hold talks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, on a bill to slash the number of House of Representatives seats by 10 percent.

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An aerial drone photo taken on on December 14, 2025 shows the production base of an ocean shipping heavy industry company in Jiangdu high-tech industrial development zone in east China's Jiangsu Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Ren Fei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An aerial drone photo taken on on December 15, 2025 shows Chinese-made vehicles waiting for export in Yantai Port of Yantai, east China's Shandong Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - Workers assemble a tunnel boring machine at a manufacturing base of China Railway Science & Industry Group in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on December 15, 2025. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Zhao Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - A drone photo taken on on December 15, 2025 shows a worker cleaning wind turbine hubs at a wind power equipment industrial park in Binzhou, east China's Shandong Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Wang Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - Workers are seen on a pet food production line of a pet food industrial park in Linyi, east China's Shandong Province, on December 15, 2025. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Wang Yanbing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - Workers are seen on a pet food production line of a pet food industrial park in Linyi, east China's Shandong Province, on December 15, 2025. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Wang Yanbing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An employee conducts welding work at a wind power equipment manufacturing company in Qingzhou, east China's Shandong Province, on December 15, 2025. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Wang Jilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An aerial drone photo taken on on December 15, 2025 shows vessels loading and unloading containers at a container dock of Tangshan Port in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An aerial drone photo taken on on December 14, 2025 shows the production base of an ocean shipping heavy industry company in Jiangdu high-tech industrial development zone in east China's Jiangsu Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Ren Fei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An aerial drone photo taken on on December 15, 2025 shows vessels under construction at a shipbuilding company in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An aerial drone photo taken on on December 15, 2025 shows a cargo ship loading and unloading containers at Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An aerial drone photo taken on on December 14, 2025 Chinese-made vehicles waiting for export at a container dock of Nanjing Port in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - A worker makes embroidered clothing at a company in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on December 15, 2025. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Liang Xiaopeng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An aerial drone photo taken on on December 15, 2025 shows a container dock at Tangshan Port in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An aerial drone photo taken on on December 15, 2025 shows staff members examining intelligent aerial work platforms for export at a machinery company in Leidian Town, Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Xie Shangguo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An aerial drone photo taken on on December 15, 2025 shows a container vessel sailing into Yantai Port in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Sun Wentan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - A worker makes guitar at a guitar company in Mengzhuang Town of Zaozhuang, east China's Shandong Province, on December 15, 2025. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Sun Zhongzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - A worker makes moulds at a workshop of a mould company in Xingren Town of Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, on December 15, 2025. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Zhai Huiyong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - Workers are seen at a workshop of a heavy industrial equipment company in Jiangdu high-tech industrial development zone in east China's Jiangsu Province, on December 15, 2025. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Ren Fei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Of Cote D'Ivoire Sworn-In - Abidjan

Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President Alassane Ouattara (R) attends the inauguration ceremony together with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 8, 2025. Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election with 89.77 percent of the votes. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Of Cote D'Ivoire Sworn-In - Abidjan

Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President Alassane Ouattara (R) attends the inauguration ceremony together with Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 8, 2025. Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election with 89.77 percent of the votes. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Of Cote D'Ivoire Sworn-In - Abidjan

Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President Alassane Ouattara (R) attends the inauguration ceremony together with Liberian President Joseph Nyumah Boakai in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 8, 2025. Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election with 89.77 percent of the votes. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Of Cote D'Ivoire Sworn-In - Abidjan

Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President Alassane Ouattara (R) attends the inauguration ceremony together with Gambian President Adama Barrow in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 8, 2025. Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election with 89.77 percent of the votes. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Of Cote D'Ivoire Sworn-In - Abidjan

Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President Alassane Ouattara (R) attends the inauguration ceremony together with Comorian President Azali Assoumani in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 8, 2025. Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election with 89.77 percent of the votes. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Of Cote D'Ivoire Sworn-In - Abidjan

Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President Alassane Ouattara (L) shakes hands with Chantal Camara, President of the Constitutional Council, during the inauguration ceremony in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 8, 2025. Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election with 89.77 percent of the votes. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Of Cote D'Ivoire Sworn-In - Abidjan

Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President Alassane Ouattara (R) attends the inauguration ceremony together with President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 8, 2025. Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election with 89.77 percent of the votes. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Of Cote D'Ivoire Sworn-In - Abidjan

Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President Alassane Ouattara (R) attends the inauguration ceremony together with Angolan President Joao Lourenco in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 8, 2025. Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election with 89.77 percent of the votes. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Of Cote D'Ivoire Sworn-In - Abidjan

Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President Alassane Ouattara (C) attends the inauguration ceremony together with Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema (L) in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 8, 2025. Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election with 89.77 percent of the votes. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Of Cote D'Ivoire Sworn-In - Abidjan

Incumbent President Alassane Ouattara (L) is sworn in for a new term in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 8, 2025. Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election with 89.77 percent of the votes. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Of Cote D'Ivoire Sworn-In - Abidjan

Incumbent President Alassane Ouattara attends the inauguration ceremony in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Dec. 8, 2025. Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election with 89.77 percent of the votes. Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Situation in Thai-Cambodian Border

Civilians gather in an evacuation center in Buriram province, Thailand on Dec. 8, 2025. As of 6:00 a.m. local time on Monday, approximately 70 percent of civilians in four provinces along the Thai-Cambodian border had already been evacuated, Thailand's Second Army Region said in a statement. According to the statement, 35,623 people were registered at temporary shelters, adding that those not in shelters were likely staying with relatives or were still in transit. It also confirmed one civilian death during the evacuation, attributing it to a pre-existing illness. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM