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USA
The
White House
launched immediate crisis management and senior officials rallied to defend
Susie Wiles
after a widely read
Vanity Fair
profile quoted her calling
Donald Trump
"an alcoholic's personality" and saying he...
24h
/18h
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Russia
Vladimir Putin
signaled he will press military advances and expand a
buffer zone
after Ukraine talks in Berlin, reiterating in a Defense Ministry speech that he will seize "historical lands" if diplomacy fails. Putin...
1h
/13m
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Venezuela
The U.N. is being urged to prevent bloodshed in Venezuela after Caracas accused the USA of "war-mongering" amid Washington's blockade and seizure campaign against oil ships. Mexico's president
Claudia Sheinbaum
called...
16h
/11m
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Australia
Ahmed al Ahmed
has received more than AU$2.3 million in donations after tackling a gunman during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, following the mass-casualty attack that killed 15 people. The 44-year-old...
9h
/1h
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USA
Warner Bros. Discovery
urged shareholders to reject
Paramount Skydance
’s hostile $30-per-share tender, calling the proposal “unsolicited, inferior and illusory” after the company favored a separate $27.75-per-share...
11h
/1h
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USA
Young Thug
proposed onstage at
State Farm
Arena in Atlanta, dropping to one knee as a giant screen flashed “WILL YOU MARRY ME?” and sliding a large diamond ring onto
Mariah the Scientist
’s left ring finger, capping a...
2h
/50m
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Germany
The German Defence Ministry says the initiative involves approximately 545 billion kronor in military purchases spread over about 30 procurements, following a parliamentary defence committee approval of nearly €50...
4h
/2h
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Belgium
A Euronews podcast explained that the EU holds about €210 billion in frozen Russian sovereign assets—€185 billion at
Euroclear
in Brussels and €25 billion in private banks—and that those totals and the Commission's...
7h
/1h
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USA
Mayor
Brett Smiley
sang “Amazing Grace” at a St. Stephen’s Church vigil and urged community healing as a manhunt entered its fifth day after a late‑afternoon shooting at
Brown University
that killed two students. Brown...
6h
/1h
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France
A
LIBE committee
vote pushed new EU rules on returning asylum seekers through the Parliament with 384 votes in favor, a result that follows the plenary's approval of a non-binding resolution urging cross-border access...
4h
/3h
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UK
European Commission
Trade Commissioner
Maroš Šefčovič
and British minister
Nick Thomas‑Symonds
announced that the UK will rejoin the EU's
Erasmus+
programme starting in 2027 under a formal agreement worth about £570...
8h
/3h
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Colombia
The US State Department has designated
Clan del Golfo
as a foreign terrorist organization and says the group is responsible for terror attacks against public employees, police, the military and civilians, following US...
24h
/19h
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UK
The UK has given
Roman Abramovich
a final 90-day deadline to transfer £2.5 billion from the 2022 sale of
Chelsea FC
into a new foundation to fund humanitarian relief in Ukraine, after the proceeds were frozen in a...
2h
#
Qatar
Critics say
FIFA
has hollowed the
Intercontinental Cup
after reinstating it alongside a new four-year
Club World Cup
, and the final between Paris Saint-Germain and
Flamengo
is contested amid questions over the trophy's...
5h
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UK
Hulcan
co-founders
Mario Maher
and
Joe Wilkinson
have bought the intellectual property of defunct London e-tailer
Matches
and its label
Raey
and said they will relaunch both next year, after acquiring the brands from...
6h
/4h
#
USA
A cinematic, high‑budget trailer frames
Melania Trump
as an epic heroine and signals global distribution after she announced an autobiographical documentary for
Amazon Prime Video
and a limited US theatrical run. The...
2h
#
USA
Police intensified their search for a suspect as the homicide investigation continued this week following the fatal shooting of
MIT
professor
Nuno F.G. Loureiro
at his Brookline apartment earlier in the week....
17h
/2h
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UK
Paul Doyle
was jailed for 21 years and six months on 16 December after pleading guilty to 31 counts over driving into crowds at Liverpool’s championship parade in May, following earlier reports of more than 130 injured...
27h
/22h
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Venezuela
Pete Hegseth
has come under fire and was questioned by the Senate and House after US forces carried out a second strike following an initial September attack that left two survivors; a 29-second
Pentagon
video released...
38h
/21h
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Mexico
Both
PAN
and Morena condemned the brawl and traded accusations after a debate over a transparency oversight reform degenerated into a physical fight during a Mexico City legislative session, following widely circulated...
24h
/21h
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USA
Two
Teamsters
-affiliated unions announced opposition to
Union Pacific
and
Norfolk Southern
’s proposed $85 billion merger, saying months of talks left them unconvinced and raising fresh safety and cost concerns after...
3h
#
USA
Greene warned on
CNN
’s
The Source
that
Donald Trump
’s hold on the
Republican Party
appears to be loosening and predicted Republicans could face a poor showing in the 2026 midterm elections after she first warned that...
10h
/6h
#
UK
Charles James Spencer-Churchill
has been charged with three counts of intentional strangulation following a
Thames Valley Police
investigation, after alleged offences in November 2022 and in January and May 2024 in...
4h
#
Belgium
Economists and European officials are disputing White House claims that continental Europe is falling behind the USA, after the National Security Strategy and recent US statements portrayed Europe as declining while...
5h
#
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...
36h
/24h
#
USA
Donald Trump
has sued the
BBC
for allegedly altering his January 6, 2021 remarks and is seeking $10 billion, following a separate
Pulitzer Prize
Board filing that asked a Florida court to compel wide discovery in his...
43h
/17h
#
USA
Netflix
will begin streaming video podcast episodes after reaching a licensing deal with
iHeartMedia
that adds more than 15 shows to its US service and will remove full video episodes from
YouTube
. The agreement makes...
25h
/21h
#
USA
The California Department of Motor Vehicles ordered
Tesla
to fix marketing of
Autopilot
and
Full Self-Driving
within 60 days or face a 30-day suspension of its California sales license, following an administrative...
15h
/5h
#
USA
A
McKinsey Global Institute
analysis finds that tasks filling more than half of US work hours could, in theory, be automated with existing technologies, following earlier warnings that
AI
can be both stunningly capable...
5h
#
USA
Amazon
is in talks to invest about $10 billion in
OpenAI
, potentially valuing the company at more than $500 billion after earlier reports said
OpenAI
was discussing an investment and chip deal. The talks are fluid and...
5h
#
USA
Donald Trump
last week signed an executive order directing the
Justice Department
to form an
AI
Litigation Task Force to sue states and asking the
Department of Commerce
to consider withholding federal broadband...
10h
/32m
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USA
Donald Trump Jr.
announced his engagement to
Bettina Anderson
at a
White House
event, following earlier confirmations that a weekend proposal had taken place. Video of the moment was shared online by
Laura Loomer
as...
32h
/22h
#
Italy
A draft decree from the
Environment Ministry
would eliminate in-person inspections for boilers under 70 kilowatts, affecting about 20 million units, and replace them with remote checks every four years after earlier...
6h
#
Myanmar
Kim Aris
warned that "For all I know, she could be dead already" as he urged politicians in Tokyo to press for his mother’s release, after the
Myanmar junta
insisted she is "in good health".
Aung San Suu Kyi
, a Nobel...
6h
#
USA
FBI
Philadelphia Special Agent in Charge
Wayne A. Jacobs
called the eight-year sentence for
Cedric Lodge
a step toward justice after Lodge was found to have stolen and sold body parts donated for research between 2018...
6h
#
CNN
“
Journalist behind Wiles interview responds to criticism
”
1h
#
USA
A full statement from close friends was released to the
Associated Press
after
Rob Reiner
and his wife
Michele Singer Reiner
were found dead in their California home and their son
Nick Reiner
was charged in the fatal...
13h
/3h
#
TEDTalks
“
This movie never ends the same way twice
”
1h
#
Netherlands
Representatives of 34 countries and the EU signed an international convention in The Hague to create a
Claims Commission
that will enable compensation for Ukrainians, following Berlin talks this week that narrowed a...
43h
/22h
#
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...
25h
#
USA
A felony complaint has been filed charging
Nick Reiner
with two counts of first-degree murder after his parents,
Rob Reiner
and
Michele Singer Reiner
, were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. The complaint...
45h
/17h
#
USA
An 11-foot bronze statue of
Barbara Rose Johns
was unveiled in Emancipation Hall at the US Capitol Visitor Center, following Virginia’s decision to replace a Confederate statue of Robert E. Lee and honoring the teenager...
28h
/22h
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USA
Norman Podhoretz
died peacefully overnight, his son
John Podhoretz
confirmed, following a decades-long career as a leading and controversial neo-conservative editor. As editor of
Commentary
from 1960 to 1995, Podhoretz...
8h
#
USA
Terence Crawford
announced his immediate retirement, saying he was walking away with nothing else to prove after earlier social media posts and reports had signaled his decision. The Omaha-born fighter finished his...
14h
/13h
#
TheHill
“
FBI
argued no probable cause for
Mar-a-Lago
raid
”
2h
#
SouthAfrica
South Africa will expel seven Kenyans who worked for the US program to resettle Afrikaners,
home affairs
officials said, after intelligence indicated some Kenyan nationals entered on tourist visas and allegedly took...
8h
#
USA
Niall Horan
was placed on vocal rest and could not perform during
The Voice
Season 28 Holiday Spectacular finale, after which
Aiden Ross
was crowned the season winner on
NBC
. The two-night finale featured...
12h
/11h
#
Italy
The triptych by
Michael Triegel
has been loaned for two years to the
Teutonic chapel
at the
Vatican
and was publicly displayed there last week after
UNESCO
concerns and a July decision to move the panel from its planned...
9h
#
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...
28h
/24h
#
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...
26h
#
USA
Jeanne Marrazzo
filed a federal lawsuit in Maryland naming
Matthew Memoli
and
Jay Bhattacharya
, alleging she was illegally fired after blowing the whistle on sweeping
NIH
funding cuts and research cancellations. The...
12h
/5h
#
USA
Mark Chavez
was sentenced to eight months of house arrest and three years of supervised release following his guilty plea in the
federal probe
into
Matthew Perry
's death, after earlier reports detailed his role...
18h
/8h
#
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...
27h
#
Fox
“
Susie Wiles
sets record straight on
Vanity Fair
hit piece
”
3h
#
China
A Chinese chip company,
MetaX Integrated Circuits
, surged over 700 percent in its Shanghai debut after the firm raised nearly $600 million at listing, following earlier broad declines across Asian markets. The rally...
10h
#
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...
27h
#
USA
Conservative lawmakers and columnists denounced
Donald Trump
's public attacks on
Rob Reiner
after the actor-director and his wife,
Michele Singer Reiner
, were killed and Los Angeles police said their son was arrested....
39h
/17h
#
Belgium
EU regulators stepped up enforcement last year and this month, opening a
Google
probe and levying major fines after the
USTR
posted on
X
warning the USA would respond to what it called "a continuing course of...
14h
/9h
#
USA
JD Vance
urged Americans to be patient as food and housing costs remain high in a speech in Allentown, following a
White House
push to soften economic messaging after
Donald Trump
's blunt appearance in Mount Pocono....
31h
/22h
#
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...
31h
/29h
#
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...
28h
#
BBC
“
Bondi shooting suspect
Naveed Akram
charged with murder
”
5h
#
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...
29h
#
USA
Donald Trump
praised the enduring resilience of the Jewish people and condemned rising antisemitic attacks at a
White House
Hanukkah event, offering condolences after a recent Bondi Beach attack near Sydney that left 15...
11h
#
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
...
29h
#
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...
43h
/32h
#
USA
FIFA
cut the price of a small number of 2026
World Cup
tickets to $60 and left distribution to
national associations
after public outrage over soaring official and resale prices. The governing body said the $60...
22h
/7h
#
TheDaily
“
The tragic death and enduring legacy of
Rob Reiner
”
7h
#
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...
30h
#
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...
33h
/29h
#
USA
Donald Trump
will witness the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base for two
Iowa National Guard
members killed in an ambush in eastern Syria, following the attack that also killed a US civilian interpreter and...
18h
/1h
#
USA
Traders left odds of a January interest‑rate cut largely unchanged after the November jobs report showed nonfarm payrolls rose by 64,000 but the unemployment rate unexpectedly climbed to 4.6%, following a delayed...
13h
#
USA
A new jobs report and polls show a more fragile labor market as
Donald Trump
prepares a live
White House
address at 9 p.m., after he announced the speech on
Truth Social
that forced networks to alter primetime...
20h
/52m
#
Brazil
Authorities now suspect
Maria Katiane Gomes da Silva
's husband,
Alex Leandro Bispo dos Santos
, threw her from a tenth-floor balcony and arrested him on suspicion of murder after police reviewed surveillance footage...
13h
#
Switzerland
Tina Weirather
said
Mikaela Shiffrin
and
Lindsey Vonn
do not get along after Shiffrin produced an authoritative slalom win in Courchevel. Shiffrin dominated both runs, starting with bib seven and posting a near‑flawless...
20h
/18h
#
USA
An opinion piece this week argues
Luigi Mangione
might be acquitted because a public spectacle and his growing folk-hero image could overwhelm evidence, after a pretrial suppression hearing in Manhattan where...
17h
/14h
#
USA
Anthony Geary
died after complications from surgery, and
Nick Reiner
was arrested and is being held without bail following reports that Rob and Michele Reiner were found stabbed in their Brentwood home. The
LAFD
...
45h
/22h
#
Italy
Two new archeostations have opened in Rome, extending
Line C
and showcasing archaeological finds unearthed during more than a decade of construction after repeated delays and interruptions. Colosseo-Fori Imperiali sits...
23h
/4h
#
CNN
“
Trump’s blockade could lead to regime change in Venezuela
”
7h
#
TEDTalks
“
The pattern we're missing in the
AI
job panic
”
25h
#
TheHill
“
Unemployment Hits 4-Year High, Trump Announces National Address
”
8h
#
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...
32h
#
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...
37h
/23h
#
USA
X Corp.
, owned by
Elon Musk
, sued
Operation Bluebird
this week, saying the startup is brazenly attempting to steal the
Twitter
trademarks after Bluebird petitioned the US Patent and Trademark Office to cancel X’s rights...
14h
#
USA
Judge
Richard J. Leon
denied the
National Trust
's request to temporarily halt construction of a new White House ballroom but barred crews from building below-ground structures for two weeks and ordered plans submitted...
37h
/18h
#
USA
The
CDC
voted to remove the universal newborn dose of the
hepatitis B vaccine
following an advisory-panel recommendation, after earlier guidance allowed parents and health care providers to decide whether infants born...
15h
#
Fox
“
Death penalty question looms as
Rob Reiner
's son faces double murder charges
”
9h
#
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...
32h
#
Palestine
A two-week-old baby died of hypothermia in Gaza as heavy rains and floods overwhelmed tents and damaged hospitals, following reports that storms had flooded makeshift camps and collapsed war-weakened buildings. Aid...
21h
/8h
#
CNN
“
New footage shows start of Bondi Beach shooting
”
26h
#
USA
Mick Foley
said he is cutting ties with
WWE
after
Donald Trump
’s comments about
Rob Reiner
’s death, calling the remarks the "final straw" following months of concern about the company’s closeness to the president. Foley...
21h
/17h
#
Ukraine
European negotiators are trying to shift responsibility onto Moscow and USA actors are seeking to corner
Volodymyr Zelensky
, following Ukrainian forces' recapture of Kupiansk aided by a mysterious drone-jamming system...
15h
#
Netherlands
A column by
Amy Argetsinger
this week reflected on why
Anthony Geary
— who died in the Netherlands after complications from a planned surgical operation — became an unlikely soap-opera sex symbol, citing his rough...
47h
/23h
#
USA
Hyundai
and
Kia
will provide free repairs to about 9 million vehicles and install
engine immobilizers
in all future US models under a nationwide settlement announced by
Keith Ellison
, after states said the automakers...
16h
#
USA
WHP Global
announced that it has signed a licensing deal with
Pure Cotton Global
Group to design, manufacture and distribute
Lotto
’s new
Starting 11
lifestyle apparel line across the USA and Canada, following the...
15h
#
Belgium
Dan Jørgensen
said the Commission will analyse speculative behaviour and present conclusions next year after unveiling the EU's first Affordable Housing Plan, which was first published last week. The plan aims to add...
23h
/6h
#
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...
41h
/30h
#
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...
44h
/28h
#
UK
Alejandro Garnacho
scored his first brace for Chelsea to seal a 3-1 win and send Chelsea into the
Carabao Cup
semi-finals after Cardiff briefly levelled following a lively tie.
Facundo Buonanotte
set up the opener, Joao...
16h
#
USA
Whitney Leavitt
has officially announced she is filming All For Love for
Ninth House
Productions, after earlier reports that she would make her feature-film debut as star and executive producer. Leavitt plays Winona, a...
17h