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Netflix will add more than 15 iHeartMedia video podcasts to its U.S. service in early 2026, and Netflix spokesperson Jenn Powers confirmed the agreement will remove full video episodes of those shows from YouTube following the companies’ earlier licensing arrangements.The deal gives Netflix exclusive video rights to new episodes and selected back-catalog episodes while iHeartMedia retains audio distribution on iHeartRadio, and Lauren Smith and Bob Pittman said the partnership will expand reach and introduce the shows to new audiences.
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Wiles sharply criticized Donald Trump and allies in a Vanity Fair interview, following earlier candid conversations she gave to Chris Whipple that appear in his book The Gatekeepers. She called Trump "an alcoholic’s...

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USA

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were discovered slain at their Brentwood home after LAFD and LAPD crews responded to a medical-aid call and found severe throat lacerations consistent with stab wounds....

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Netherlands

Anthony Geary died in Amsterdam at age 78, his husband Claudio Gama confirmed, saying complications followed a planned medical operation and that the family has asked for privacy while they mourn. Geary created the role...

24h/19h
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Italy

Rome opened the new Colosseo-Fori Imperiali station on metro Line C and the nearby Porta Metronia stop, unveiling on-site archaeological displays and a paid underground museum after decades of delays caused by complex...

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USA

Audrey Illeene Carroll and three alleged co-conspirators were arrested in the Los Angeles area after federal agents said they disrupted a coordinated plot to place backpacks containing improvised explosive devices at...

25h/22h
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USA

The USA designated Clan del Golfo as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, tightening legal and financial pressure after Washington had earlier added the group to sanctions lists...

1h/54m
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USA

Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will not release the full, unedited top‑secret video of a Sept. 2 strike that killed two people who survived an earlier attack, allowing only House and Senate Armed Services Committee...

15h/26m
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USA

Legal experts say it is unlikely Donald Trump will win his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC and many expect a settlement as rising legal costs strain the broadcaster, after Trump filed a 33-page suit in Florida...

20h/44m
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Russia

Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said a domestically produced Sub Sea Baby underwater drone struck and critically damaged a Project 636.3 Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine in the port of Novorossiysk, leaving the...

25h/21h
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USA

James Woods paid an emotional tribute on Fox News, condemning insults directed at Rob Reiner after Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found fatally stabbed in their Brentwood home. Their younger son, Nick...

12h/1h
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Belgium

The European Commission unveiled a plan to loosen state aid rules and mobilise more than €150 billion a year to add roughly 650,000 affordable homes, after activists warned the draft mirrored private-led redevelopment...

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USA

Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow reunited in Los Angeles for a Vanity Fair conversation about their decades-long friendship and careers, following an Envelope Oscar Actresses Roundtable that gathered six leading...

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Russia

Germany and Deutsche Welle say the listing aims to stifle independent journalism after Russia added Deutsche Welle to its official list of "undesirable organisations". The justice ministry placed DW on the list after...

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UK

Paul Doyle has been sentenced to 21.5 years in prison after driving his mini-van into crowds at Liverpool’s Premier League title parade in May, injuring more than 130 people. The sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court...

3h
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Germany

Analysts say Russia is likely to reject European proposals after world leaders met in Berlin to discuss a U.S.-negotiated peace plan that delegates had narrowed toward a draft. European officials proposed a European-led...

20h/33m
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Mexico

PAN deputy Claudia Susana Pérez Romero was injured and the Mexico City Congress session was suspended after a physical fight erupted amid debates over a plan to dissolve the city’s Institute of Transparency, following...

1h
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Palestine

A fragile ceasefire now holds in Gaza, but Hamas refuses to be disarmed and Israeli strikes continue, and investigators say suitcases of cash were driven into Gaza that helped keep both Hamas and Prime Minister Benjamin...

1h
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Ukraine

TASS reported that Russian forces claim full control of Kupiansk a few days after Volodymyr Zelensky visited frontline troops near the city, while Kyiv says it recently pushed back Russian units there. Leonid Charov, a...

5h/1h
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USA

Netflix will add more than 15 iHeartMedia video podcasts to its US service in early 2026, and Netflix spokesperson Jenn Powers confirmed the agreement will remove full video episodes of those shows from YouTube...

2h
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Russia

Pussy Riot was declared an extremist organization by a Moscow court after a closed hearing requested by the General Prosecutor, a move that bans the collective's activities across the Russian Federation and places it on...

26h/21h
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HongKong

Jimmy Lai, 78, was convicted in Hong Kong in a national security trial after a three-judge panel found prosecutors had proven he conspired to collude with foreign forces and published seditious materials, a verdict that...

41h/18h
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France

Doriane Pin plans to return to endurance racing in 2026 with the 24 Hours of Le Mans as her main target, following reports that she has started F1 simulator work with Mercedes and could secure an F1 test if conditions...

3h
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USA

Donald Trump Jr. confirmed his engagement to Bettina Anderson after his father, Donald Trump, announced the news at a White House holiday party and a video of the moment circulated on social media. The couple were first...

8h/2h
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Italy

Giancarlo Giorgetti announced a €3.5 billion package to be added to Italy's 2026 budget that aims to support businesses with measures such as Transizione 5.0, Industry 5.0 support, hyper-amortization incentives and tax...

26h/21h
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Poland

Polish security services detained 19-year-old Mateusz W. on suspicion of contacting the Islamic State and charged him with preparing a Christmas market attack that could have caused mass casualties, following earlier...

4h
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France

A French labor court ordered PSG to pay Kylian Mbappé up to €61 million in unpaid wages and holiday pay, following a long-running dispute over payments that dates to the 2023–24 season. The court said about €55 million...

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USA

Nick Reiner was arrested and booked on murder charges after his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner, were found dead inside their Los Angeles home, and prosecutors are reviewing evidence as detectives prepare...

22h/14m
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Australia

A Sydney judge sentenced 51-year-old taekwondo instructor Kwang Kyung Yoo to life without the possibility of parole following his guilty plea for the February 2024 murders of a 7-year-old student and the child’s...

8h/6h
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Venezuela

A vertebral fracture was confirmed after Maria Corina Machado’s clandestine escape from Venezuela, and former fighter Bryan Stern provided a dramatic account of the extraction he called "Golden Dynamite," saying Machado...

5h
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USA

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns was installed in the US Capitol to replace a statue of Robert E. Lee, following plans to honor the teenager who led a 1951 student strike against segregated school conditions. The bronze...

5h
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France

Brigitte Macron issued a partial apology after footage showed her using a derogatory slur about feminist protesters, saying she is "sorry if I hurt women victims" but refusing to regret the words. The remarks came after...

6h
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USA

Merriam-Webster chose "slop" as its 2025 Word of the Year, defining it as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of AI," and saying the selection reflects a surge in searches that...

31h/23h
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TheJoeRoganExperience

“
Cameron Hanes & Adam Greentree”
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USA

Donald Trump recently signed an executive order designating illicit fentanyl and precursor chemicals as a weapon of mass destruction while explicitly excluding legally prescribed medical fentanyl and defining illicit...

20h/8h
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Italy

Circulation has resumed with heavy delays after a body was found on the tracks near Chiusi, which earlier forced suspension of Rome–Florence high-speed and conventional services for judicial investigations. Trenitalia...

6h
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France

Louvre staff launched a renewable strike after roughly 400 workers voted unanimously to cease operations, and the museum has remained closed with employees gathered outside the glass pyramid carrying placards and...

33h/26h
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France

An explosion tore through a four-story residential building in Trévoux in the Ain department of eastern France, heavily damaging the ground floor and killing two children aged three and five. Authorities deployed 50...

7h
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USA

Leading political figures praised Rob Reiner’s decades of activism after it emerged that he and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were murdered, following initial reports that their son Nick Reiner had been arrested and...

22h/17m
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USA

David Remnick criticized Donald Trump's response to a weekend of mass violence and the killings of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner after Trump posted on Truth Social linking Reiner to "TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME"...

16h/1h
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USA

The FDA posted warning letters after telling Walmart, Target, Kroger and Albertsons they failed to promptly remove recalled ByHeart infant formula tied to a botulism outbreak, following earlier findings that the product...

10h/5h
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France

Annie Genevard defended the French government’s containment strategy for Lumpy Skin Disease on national television and in meetings with breeders in Toulouse, saying depopulation, vaccination and movement restrictions...

29h/21h
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Australia

Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram attacked a crowded Hanukkah celebration on the Bondi Beach promenade at about 18:47 local time, killing 15 people and wounding dozens as bystanders and police moved to stop them. New...

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Iran

Narges Mohammadi has been rearrested this month and has been taken to hospital after being beaten in detention, her family and news reports citing AFP say, prompting calls for her release. The Norwegian Nobel Committee...

25h
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USA

JD Vance will appear in Pennsylvania to promote what he calls Trump's economic success as the White House escalates an affordability campaign amid persistent reports of rising housing and grocery costs and weak public...

7h
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TEDTalks

“
The pattern we're missing in the AI job panic”
2h
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Belgium

Jörgen Warborn, a Member of the European Parliament for Sweden’s Moderate Party (Moderaterna), faces a complaint to the European Parliament’s Committee on Harassment and Conflicts of Interest over his role as chairman...

26h
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USA

Customers queued at Hawthorne stores as the Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.25 billion, following the most recent drawing that produced no jackpot winner and marked the 43rd consecutive rollover. The...

14h/29m
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Belgium

EU adopted a twentieth sanctions package while foreign ministers met in Brussels, tightening measures that target 40 additional ships in the so-called "shadow fleet", five businessmen linked to Lukoil and Rosneft and...

26h
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CNN

“
New footage shows start of Bondi Beach shooting”
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USA

iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the USA and announced a court-supervised plan for Picea Robotics to buy substantially all assets and 100 percent of shares, a transaction that would take the company...

35h/18h
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USA

Kering and Ardian have completed a joint venture for the building at 715–717 Fifth Avenue in New York in a deal valued at $900 million that gives Ardian a 60 percent stake, leaves Kering with a 40 percent stake and...

8h
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China

Ministry of Commerce announced that it has concluded a year-long anti-dumping probe into pork and pig by-product imports from the EU and will impose reduced duties ranging from 4.9 percent to 19.8 percent on dozens of...

9h
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Mexico

A Cessna Citation III that had taken off from Acapulco crashed while attempting an emergency landing near Toluca Airport in the State of Mexico, killing all ten people on board. Video showed the jet nose-diving onto a...

17h/7h
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USA

Grand Canyon National Park has reopened overnight lodging on the South Rim after crews repaired multiple breaks in the Transcanyon Waterline and restored enough service for guests to return to El Tovar, Bright Angel...

14h/8h
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Japan

Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao, the only giant pandas at Ueno Zoo and offspring of Shin Shin, will be returned to China at the end of January and their last day on display will be January 25, after which China, which retains...

29h
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USA

Ford is shifting its electric-vehicle battery factories into large-scale energy storage for AI data centers, repurposing its Glendale, Kentucky plant and investing $2 billion to scale a business it expects will deploy...

20h/5h
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Australia

Tasmania Police said an independent search party found Celine Cremer’s mobile phone at Philosopher Falls on Saturday, the first new physical lead more than two years after she disappeared in June 2023. Police will...

14h/3h
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USA

Rian Johnson returns with "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story", a third installment that centers Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, as he investigates a murder during a church service amid religious agitators and a...

28h
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Italy

F.A., a 45-year-old Peruvian man who worked at a restaurant in Rome's historic center, has been arrested and charged with rape and kidnapping after investigators linked him to an attack reported recently. The...

28h
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USA

Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell pressed Congress to remove Section 373 from the National Defense Authorization Act because the provision would permit military aircraft to obtain waivers to stop broadcasting locations via...

15h/7h
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UK

Blaise Metreweli used her first public speech as head of MI6 at the agency's London headquarters to warn that the UK is already on the frontline of an expanding Russian campaign that uses disinformation, sabotage,...

41h/18h
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China

China's economy slowed again in November as retail sales rose only 1.3 percent year on year, industrial production advanced 4.8 percent and fixed-asset investment contracted 2.6 percent in the January–November period,...

30h
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UK

Cliff Richard, the 85-year-old British singer, said he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer after it was discovered at an early stage during a health check ahead of a planned tour of Australia and New Zealand,...

30h
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TheDaily

“
Inside the tech company powering Trump's most controversial policies”
7h
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USA

Death Penalty Information Center said executions in the USA have nearly doubled compared with the previous year, totaling 46 so far and driven largely by a surge in Florida that has accounted for 19 executions, roughly...

13h
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USA

Democratic leaders and civil rights groups condemned Republican lawmakers after Tommy Tuberville and Randy Fine called for mass deportations and other harsh measures against Muslims following a mass shooting in...

16h/1h
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CzechRepublic

Andrej Babiš took office last week after forming a majority coalition led by his ANO movement that replaces the pro‑Western government and controls a 16‑member Cabinet. The coalition, which includes the right‑populist...

31h
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USA

Jamie Raskin plans to introduce legislation requiring White House renovations to undergo Section 106 historic‑preservation reviews following the privately financed, roughly 90,000‑square‑foot ballroom project that...

13h/6h
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Australia

Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram appear to have opened fire at a public Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in an attack investigators now treat as motivated by Islamic State ideology, killing 15 people and wounding dozens...

Sun/18h
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TEDTalks

“
The trap of win-lose thinking and how to escape it”
26h
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Curaçao

JetBlue said a passenger jet operating as Flight 1112 nearly collided with a US Air Force KC-135R tanker while climbing out of Curaçao and that the crew stopped their climb, levelled off and then continued to New York...

45h/19h
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USA

Mark Kelly appears in a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders, and the Pentagon said Pete Hegseth has escalated a preliminary review into a formal command investigation that officials say could allow...

13h
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Australia

Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram opened fire during a recent Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people and wounding more than 40 as emergency services and police responded to the scene. Ahmed al-Ahmed...

Sun/18h
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UK

Cameron Menzies lost in the first round of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, suffering a narrow 3–2 defeat to 20-year-old debutant Charlie Manby, who sealed victory on his sixth match dart. Menzies,...

20h/10h
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TheVergecast

“
Everything is gambling now”
8h
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CNN

“
MTG engaged to pro-Trump pundit”
9h
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Spain

In last week episode of Below Deck Mediterranean, Joe Bradley shoved a production camera so he could kiss Kizzi Kitchener while Victoria SanJuan was off the yacht recovering and emotionally fragile, and neither Bradley...

15h
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USA

Ilhan Omar says Donald Trump’s repeated public attacks have increased threats and put her and her community at risk, after ICE agents recently stopped her U.S.-born son in Minnesota and asked him to show proof of...

19h/5h
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USA

LG will debut the Micro RGB evo at CES 2026, a set that replaces white LED backlights with individually controlled red, green and blue micro-LED clusters to deliver a wider color gamut and finer dimming control while...

16h
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USA

Jayden Daniels was shut down for the remainder of the season after a team re-evaluation found he was not medically cleared for contact, with Dan Quinn saying there were no structural setbacks but that medical staff...

19h/16h
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USA

Jason Fuchs says the first season of “It: Welcome to Derry” reimagines Pennywise’s origin in 1962 Derry while tying the terror to Cold War anxieties, racism and the civil rights struggle, and he defends the show’s...

38h/25h
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USA

Prime Video will start releasing the second season of Fallout on December 17, 2025, moving the premiere up by one day and making the first episode available at 9:00 PM Eastern Time. Amazon said the eight-episode season...

19h/7h
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Palestine

Donald Trump privately rebuked Benjamin Netanyahu after an Israeli drone strike recently killed veteran Hamas commander Raed Saad in Gaza, Axios reported, citing two anonymous US officials who said the White House sent...

17h
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USA

Patrick Mahomes suffered a season-ending torn anterior cruciate ligament in a recent home loss that also eliminated the Kansas City Chiefs from playoff contention for the first time since 2014, ending a decade of...

43h/27h
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Morocco

Safi on Morocco’s Atlantic coast suffered sudden flash floods after an hour of exceptionally heavy rain that authorities and Reuters say killed at least 37 people and injured 32, sweeping away cars and flooding homes...

38h/31h
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USA

The DHS and US Customs and Border Protection have proposed new rules that would expand digital vetting of tourists, students, workers and journalists to include up to ten years of email addresses and five years of...

38h/27h
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USA

Janelle Brown says that after Kody Brown apologized on TLC’s “Sister Wives,” she briefly wondered whether they could repair their relationship, but she is now prioritizing closure over reconciliation. With the family...

35h
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USA

Mark Latino described how Lee Display, a US maker founded in 1902, is producing about 10,000 artificial trees a year while import taxes and tariff volatility push prices up and shrink margins for small manufacturers and...

23h/12h
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Fox

“
Jesse Watters discusses the continued manhunt following the Brown University shooting”
12h
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USA

Patrick Mahomes suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee late in the Kansas City Chiefs' home game against the Los Angeles Chargers, an injury that ended the club's long playoff streak and will...

44h/21h
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USA

Russell Simmons has publicly accused his ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons of blocking his access to their daughters Ming Lee and Aoki Lee and allegedly using them as leverage to deter him from suing her over a disputed stock...

36h
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USA

Carl Carlton, born Carlton Hudgens, has died at age 73, his son Carlton Hudgens II announced on Facebook, saying, “RIP Dad, Legend Carl Carlton, singer of ‘She’s a Bad Mama Jama,’” and adding that his father can finally...

17h
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Italy

Angelucci’s conservative media empire and the party machinery of Fratelli d’Italia are portrayed as two interconnected pillars of a right-wing system that rewards loyalty, manages public money and contracts, and shapes...

36h
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Austria

Spain, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Iceland and Ireland announced they will not take part in next year’s Eurovision in Vienna and, except in Iceland, their public broadcasters will not air the show, leaving about 74...

22h/3h
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France

Thomas Coville set off from Lorient recently aboard the maxi‑trimaran Sodebo Ultim 3 to attempt the Trophée Jules‑Verne, the nonstop, unassisted round‑the‑world sailing record. His seven‑person crew crossed the official...

18h
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USA

AI is rapidly evolving from a futuristic concept into the operational backbone of fashion and many other industries, with companies such as Ralph Lauren Corp., Levi Strauss & Co., Walmart and Lululemon Athletica...

37h
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USA

Donald Trump said the White House is seriously considering signing an executive order to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, which the Drug Enforcement Administration defines as a lower federal...

19h
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TheDaily

“
How Biden Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration”
31h
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Colombia

A school excursion bus from Liceo Antioqueño crashed off a mountain road in Antioquia, Colombia, plunging into a ravine and killing at least 17 people, most of them teenagers. Authorities, including Andrés Julián Rendón...

43h/35h
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USA

Donald Trump used a year-end White House reception to tout an ambitious plan for a giant triumphal arch in Washington DC, assigning Domestic Policy Council chief Vince Haley to make the monument his top priority and...

36h