Simple English News Daily Friday 12th December 2025. Thailand Cambodia displaced. US Venezuela tanker. Bulgaria PM resigns. Ukraine update. France Picasso raffle...
Dec 11, 2025
Cross-border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia has displaced 500,000 people, while Thailand's PM plans to dissolve parliament. Japan enforces stricter drunk-cycling laws, and Myanmar faces tragedy as airstrikes hit a hospital. In the US, a tanker linked to Venezuela was seized amidst sanctions. Former Bolivian President Arce was arrested for corruption. In Europe, Bulgaria's PM resigns after protests, while a Picasso raffle raises funds for Alzheimer's research, making headlines alongside Iceland's Eurovision boycott.
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Border Violence Causes Mass Displacement
- Fighting on the Thailand–Cambodia border has displaced about half a million people since July.
- High-level claims of conflict resolution, like Donald Trump saying he 'settled eight wars', contrast with recurring local violence.
Cycling Laws Tighten For Road Safety
- Japan has started applying stricter rules that suspend driving licenses for almost 900 people who rode bicycles while drunk.
- Countries are expanding road-safety laws to include cyclists, not only motor vehicle drivers.
Hospital Strike Highlights Myanmar War Toll
- Burmese military airstrikes hit a hospital in Myanmar, killing at least 34 people according to locals.
- The country remains in civil war with ethnic militias and pro-democracy groups fighting the military since 2021.