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Greece
Russia vows a response after Ukraine’s Security Service said aerial drones critically damaged the Russian tanker
Qendil
in the Mediterranean more than 2,000 kilometres from Ukraine; Putin made the threat during his...
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USA
DHS
ordered an immediate pause of the
diversity visa
(
DV1
) program after officials identified
Claudio Neves Valente
as a green-card holder who entered the USA through the lottery and was accused of shootings at Brown...
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USA
Kristin Cabot
said in interviews published by The
New York Times
and
The Times
of London that she had been separated before the
Coldplay
concert and that both she and
Andy Byron
have begun divorce proceedings, following...
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Palestine
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification announced Gaza is no longer classified as being in famine after a large increase in humanitarian and commercial aid following an October ceasefire, following its August...
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USA
Trump Media will provide up to $300 million and invest $200 million immediately to fund
TAE Technologies
’ first US fusion plant,
Michl Binderbauer
said, following the all‑stock merger that values the combined company at...
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USA
Russell Brand
rejected comparisons between himself and
Justin Trudeau
after
Katy Perry
confirmed a reported romance with Trudeau. Speaking at a
Turning Point USA
event, Brand said he still loves Perry, said he had been...
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Norway
Mette-Marit
is being prepared for a possible lung transplant after her chronic lung disease worsened this autumn, following earlier tests that showed a clear decline in lung function. She told
NRK
that she had hoped...
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USA
Lawrence Yun
forecasts existing-home sales will jump about 14 percent in 2026 after the National Association of Realtors said November sales rose 0.5 percent from October to a 4.13 million annual pace but remained 1...
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Netherlands
The USA imposed sanctions on two
ICC
judges who rejected Israel’s challenge to the court’s Gaza investigation, following earlier US moves against court officials. The measures, announced by Secretary of State Marco...
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Poland
Karol Nawrocki
said Ukraine has shown a lack of gratitude for Poland’s wartime help, following
Volodymyr Zelensky
’s warning that a Ukrainian defeat would let Russia 'inevitably' move against Poland and deeper into...
1h
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USA
Cassell Falconer says the black-and-gold snakeskin catsuit debuted in Miami because the original
Roberto Cavalli
fabric was exhausted and the team had to recreate and rush a replacement, addressing early fittings that...
1h
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USA
Unemployment climbed to 4.6 percent as core CPI slowed to 2.6 percent in November, raising questions about the 2.7 percent headline that may be biased by missing October price data after the federal funding shutdown....
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Taiwan
Medical and emergency reports updated the death toll to four, including the suspect, as authorities investigate a stabbing spree that struck two
Taipei metro
stations after earlier accounts reported fewer casualties....
2h
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USA
ByteDance
and
TikTok
have signed binding agreements with
Oracle
,
Silver Lake
and Abu Dhabi–based
MGX
to sell most of
TikTok
’s US operations to a new joint venture, avoiding a threatened US ban after months of...
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France
The government will seek a special law to roll over the 2025 budget into 2026 after a joint committee collapsed, leaving lawmakers unable to agree on the 2026 state budget. The committee of seven senators and seven...
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USA
Video of a May immigration raid in Worcester showing officers restraining a 16-year-old has reignited debate over bystander recordings, after The Intercept published an investigation into how
Donald Trump
’s second-term...
3h
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Italy
Pension reforms have been frozen after lawmakers removed the contested pension provisions from a 2026 budget amendment, leaving about €2 billion in business incentives tied to
Transizione 5.0
and the single
ZES
...
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USA
A jury in Milwaukee found
Hannah Dugan
guilty of felony obstruction after prosecutors accused her of interfering with
ICE
agents who tried to arrest
Eduardo Flores‑Ruiz
in her courthouse. Prosecutors say Dugan left the...
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France
Frédéric Péchier
was convicted and sentenced to life by a
French criminal court
after investigators linked a long pattern of deliberate poisonings of 30 patients between 2008 and 2017. Prosecutors said Péchier secretly...
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USA
Lochte clarified his recent remarks and explained why he is auctioning three of his six Olympic gold medals in a recent
Instagram
statement, after he announced the auction and said he was writing a tell-all book last...
3h
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USA
Newly disclosed messages show
Steve Bannon
and
Jeffrey Epstein
discussed using a
Kovel agreement
and other steps to try to shield Bannon’s filmed interviews with Epstein, after the
House Oversight
Committee released...
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USA
Alan Dershowitz
has outlined legal theories in a newly published book that he says could allow
Donald Trump
to remain president for an additional term after he discussed the idea at a
White House
Chanukah event....
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USA
SpaceX
says the
Starlink
35956 satellite likely suffered a small onboard explosion, vented its propulsion tank, dropped about 4 kilometers in orbit and released trackable debris after the company had earlier reported...
5h
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USA
Erika Kirk
said late last night that
Turning Point USA
has already decided it wants
JD Vance
as the next US president, after she publicly endorsed him at Turning Point’s
AmericaFest
in Phoenix. Kirk, who has taken over...
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France
Mindy Chen
accepts Nico's proposal and becomes engaged, creating a friendship rift after Season 5 sent
Emily Cooper
between Paris and
Rome
and closed in
Venice
. The split followed secret sparks between Mindy and Alfie,...
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UK
William
and
Catherine
published their 2025 family Christmas portrait on social media with the caption "Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas," following an April photoshoot that supplied several family images used...
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UK
ONS
figures show UK retail volumes fell 0.1% in November, following earlier signs that
Black Friday
and seasonal discounts underperformed. The drop was driven by a 2.9% monthly pullback in online and other non‑store...
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USA
Justice Department attorneys are racing to redact thousands of pages tied to
Jeffrey Epstein
and
Ghislaine Maxwell
ahead of a congressionally mandated deadline on Friday, following
House Oversight Committee
disclosures...
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Taiwan
The Trump administration announced more than $10 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, including medium-range missiles,
HIMARS
and drones, following earlier US notifications that outlined an eight-part offer. The State...
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TEDTalks
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USA
Barack Obama
released his annual list of favorite books, movies and music for 2025, posting it on social media and linking to his
Medium
page after
USA TODAY
reported his mid-December cultural roundup. He highlighted...
7h
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Italy
The Palermo Juvenile Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation after an 11-year-old boy said he was sexually abused by a group of schoolmates outside his school, following the family report that the child told his...
6h
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USA
Injuries to
Milton Williams
,
Will Campbell
and others leave the New England
Patriots
still positioned to win the
AFC
East and reach the playoffs after collapsing against the Buffalo
Bills
last week. Analysts say New...
7h
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USA
Peter Arnett
died in Newport Beach, California, at age 91 from prostate cancer, his family said, following a long career as a frontline war correspondent who reported from Vietnam and Baghdad. Born in Riverton, New...
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Venezuela
Russia's foreign ministry warned the USA against making a “fatal mistake” after a recent US strike in the eastern Pacific killed four men, a development that follows months of US maritime operations near Venezuela. US...
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/29h
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USA
Thursday’s official weigh-in for
Jake Paul
and
Anthony Joshua
will stream live on
Most Valuable Promotions
and
Netflix
Sports
YouTube
channels, following the matchup announced for the
Netflix
main event at the Kaseya...
29h
/26h
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USA
The US Coast Guard removed wording that had described swastikas and nooses as "potentially divisive," and
Kevin Lunday
said the passages were "completely removed" from the policy manual after
The Washington Post
...
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Belgium
The protests threatened to derail the EU leaders' summit after around 7,000 farmers surrounded EU institutions in Brussels to oppose the
Mercosur
trade deal, following an earlier mobilisation that brought tractors and...
31h
/23h
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USA
University of Michigan
hires law firm
Jenner & Block
and expands an independent review of athletics culture and procedures after interim president
Domenico Grasso
announced a probe following the firing and arrest of...
25h
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USA
Federal investigators have begun examining the wreckage after a Cessna Citation 550 crashed while attempting to return to Statesville Regional Airport and killed all seven people aboard, including retired
NASCAR
driver...
23h
/3h
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Russia
European and Ukrainian intelligence say
Moran Security
operatives have been placed aboard shadow-fleet tankers to conduct espionage and protect sanction-busting oil shipments, following earlier reports of covert Russian...
33h
/26h
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USA
The US government admitted in a court filing that actions by an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilots helped cause the midair collision that killed 67 people near Reagan National Airport, after months of...
41h
/24h
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NewYorkTimes
“
Fani Willis Calls Trump and Allies ‘Criminals’ at Georgia Senate Hearing
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Lebanon
Israel said it carried out airstrikes across southern and northeastern Lebanon that killed a
Hezbollah
operative and struck weapons storage as it sought to disrupt rearmament ahead of a deadline at the end of the month...
26h
#
USA
The
Associated Press
updated that the Ursids meteor shower will peak Sunday night into Monday morning and remain visible in the Northern Hemisphere through Dec. 26, following earlier AP reports that the shower was...
26h
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Belgium
Giorgia Meloni
asked for more time, prompting the
European Commission
to postpone the EU–
Mercosur
trade agreement signing until January after weeks of farmer protests and last‑minute opposition had already threatened...
36h
/18h
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USA
The
Kennedy Center
Board of Trustees voted to rename the John F.
Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts the
Trump-Kennedy Center
, a move announced by
White House
press secretary
Karoline Leavitt
after months in which...
46h
/18h
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Ecuador
Mario Pineida
and his partner were fatally shot and Pineida's mother was wounded in a targeted attack in Guayaquil, following earlier reports that Pineida had been killed in a daytime shooting. Officials said the attack...
34h
/27h
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Spain
The central government will convert government buildings into a nationwide network of climate shelters and expand regional schemes, following Sánchez's earlier announcement of the plan to protect people from intense...
26h
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USA
Reporting that the payment repackages existing housing funds, critics called the one-time $1,776 warrior dividend announced by
Donald Trump
in a prime-time
White House
address a political rebrand rather than a new...
39h
/17h
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Italy
Laura Burdese
will become
Bulgari
’s chief executive officer on July 1 next year, succeeding
Jean-Christophe Babin
after she was named deputy CEO last year. She will report to
Stéphane Bianchi
, and Babin will remain...
27h
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USA
OpenAI
has launched an in-chat app directory inside
ChatGPT
available on iOS, Android and the web, and opened a developer submission process with resources after earlier releases of interactive apps and an
SDK
in...
27h
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USA
Dan Bongino
announced he will leave the
FBI
in January amid disputes over the handling of Epstein files and criticism of
ICE
raids, following his controversial appointment earlier this year. Bongino thanked Donald...
43h
/33h
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USA
Keith Lee
was named
TikTok
's Creator of the Year and accepted the award onstage at the
Palladium Theatre
in Los Angeles, following
TikTok
's first US awards ceremony that honored creators' influence. Lee, who has more...
13h
/10h
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USA
Fact‑checkers disputed claims after
Donald Trump
's year‑end
White House
address, which earlier coverage described as a combative defense of his first 11 months in office and a blame‑the‑opponent strategy. Reporters...
27h
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BBC
“
I was fired by Rockstar games for alleged leaks - I just wanted to join a union
”
4h
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USA
HHS
announced regulatory proposals to cut
Medicare
and
Medicaid
payments to hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to people under 19, following House votes that advanced a federal ban on care for minors. Robert...
40h
/19h
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Bangladesh
Violent protests erupted across Bangladesh after
Sharif Osman Hadi
died late Thursday in Singapore after six days on life support following a gunshot to the head while launching his campaign for national elections,...
11h
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Denmark
The European Court of Justice ruled that Denmark’s 2018 "
ghetto law
" can lead to discrimination on the basis of ethnicity and left it to
Danish courts
to decide whether the numerical "non‑Western" threshold breaches EU...
35h
/19h
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USA
Dr.
Jonathan Reiner
said he was “seriously concerned” about
Donald Trump
's health after watching the president's speech, following a column by
Moira Donegan
that catalogued signs of physical decline and a
New York Times
...
29h
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CNN
“
Trump's Patriot Games spark
Hunger Games
comparisons
”
5h
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TheJoeRoganExperience
“
Michael P. Masters
”
24h
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USA
The
Oscars
will move to
YouTube
from 2029, a symbolic blow to network television after the
Academy
announced
YouTube
would become the exclusive global streaming home beginning with the 101st ceremony. The multi‑year,...
46h
/28h
#
USA
Michael Sykes
highlighted
Nike
’s second-quarter results and said CEO
Elliott Hill
called the company "in the middle innings" of its comeback after
Nike
reported modest revenue growth but steep losses in Greater China....
18h
/4h
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Germany
Birkenstock
forecast annual profit below Wall Street expectations as the Trump administration's 15% US import tariff is set to shave about 100 basis points from gross margins, following a quarter in which revenue rose...
30h
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TheDaily
“
Trump Says the Economy Is Good
”
7h
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USA
Catherine Almonte Da Costa
resigned after old antisemitic social media posts resurfaced, following her announcement as
Zohran Mamdani
’s director of appointments. The
Anti-Defamation League
posted
X
messages from 2011...
16h
/14h
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TheVergecast
“
Brendan Carr discusses regulation before Congress
”
7h
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Italy
Investigators are analysing seized drives and widening the probe after an electrician who installed home surveillance systems was arrested in Trieste when his partner found nude photos of her underage daughters....
31h
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USA
The
CPUC
cut the allowed returns for
PG&E
, Southern California Edison,
San Diego Gas & Electric
and
Southern California Gas
starting in 2026, reducing
PG&E
’s maximum return on equity to 9.98 percent from 10.28 percent...
13h
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NewYorkTimes
“
Nick Reiner
seen before arrest
”
24h
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Japan
Sony
will acquire the
Peanuts
franchise for about $460 million after agreeing to buy
WildBrain
’s 41 percent stake, giving
Sony
an 80 percent ownership share and leaving the
Schulz family
with 20 percent. The deal, which...
13h
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USA
Donald Trump
announced that the White House will host the first-ever Patriot Games next fall as part of
Freedom 250
, following his July preview of the semiquincentennial competition. He said the four-day televised event...
17h
/15h
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TEDTalks
“
Why are people starting to sound like
ChatGPT
”
25h
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USA
Ghislaine Maxwell
filed this week a pro se petition in federal court asking to vacate, set aside or correct her conviction and 20‑year sentence, saying substantial new evidence undermines the 2021 sex‑trafficking...
42h
/38h
#
France
20 Minutes
is following amateur club Lyon La Duchère in a video series ahead of its
Coupe de France
tie with Toulouse, after
Olympique Lyonnais
sealed direct
Champions League
quarterfinal qualification by beating...
31h
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USA
An amended complaint filed in
Los Angeles County court
alleges
Riley Keough
is the biological parent of one of
John Travolta
and the late
Kelly Preston
’s children, following photos showing Keough in her first public...
15h
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USA
Four
House
Republicans, including
Ryan Mackenzie
, signed a Democratic discharge petition that guarantees a
House
vote on a three-year extension of
Affordable Care Act
subsidies in January after earlier votes failed and...
41h
/19h
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Germany
Federal prosecutors charged eight people on Dec. 18 over an alleged right-wing terror cell called
Letzte Verteidigungswelle
, following police raids in May that detained suspects aged 14 to 21. The indictment in Hamburg...
31h
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Waveform
“
WTF Happened in 2025 - Waveform Rewind
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8h
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USA
Florida carried out its 19th execution of the year, executing
Frank Athen Walls
amid new scrutiny of error-prone Florida Department of Corrections records and the rapid pace of state warrants after courts denied his...
15h
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CNN
“
Inflation cooled in November to 2.7%
”
26h
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BBC
“
Brown University
shooting suspect found dead
”
9h
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USA
The Trump administration has ordered a sharp expansion of denaturalization efforts, asking
USCIS
field offices to refer 100 to 200 cases per month to the
DOJ
for fiscal 2026 after earlier reports said the agency would...
33h
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USA
Donald Trump
unveiled new descriptive plaques beneath a gold-heavy display he calls the
Presidential Walk
of Fame, replacing
Joe Biden
’s portrait with an image of an autopen and his signature after earlier reports that...
19h
/17h
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Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
said he will veto a parliamentary bill that would sharply reduce
Jair Bolsonaro
's 27-year, three-month prison sentence after the Senate approved the measure this week and the lower house had...
40h
/22h
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USA
Sean Astin
, chair of
SAG-AFTRA
, praised
Harrison Ford
after the union announced he will receive the
SAG-AFTRA
Life Achievement Award; the union announced the honor this week and Ford will be presented the award at a...
16h
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Italy
Leonardo Apache La Russa
said he was cleared of a revenge-porn charge and revealed he suffered depression and contemplated suicide after a Milan judge declared the charge extinguished following a €25,000 settlement....
33h
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Belgium
ReBirth completed a majority-stake recapitalisation of
Cowboy
, converting legacy obligations into equity and supplying a combined €15 million to clean up the balance sheet and restart production, after earlier reports...
33h
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USA
Elsie Hewitt
announced on
Instagram
that their daughter, Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, was born last week, following the couple’s July pregnancy reveal. Hewitt posted photos and wrote that the baby was “My best work...
17h
/16h
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USA
Charles Fain Lehman
warned that President
Donald Trump
's order to have the Justice Department reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III will chiefly benefit large cannabis companies, following Trump's move to...
17h
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France
The Sun
, in an article by
Harvey Geh
, recalled a similar February death as it updated details about a 24-year-old British skier who fell about 300 metres down a steep off-piste slope at Les Arcs 2000 in the French Alps....
16h
#
BBC
“
Parents of teenage sextortion victim sue Meta
”
27h
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USA
Craig Melvin
visited and interviewed
James Van Der Beek
at his Texas ranch and posted behind-the-scenes photos showing Van Der Beek upbeat, after Van Der Beek publicly revealed last November that he has stage 3...
34h
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USA
The Senate confirmed billionaire
Jared Isaacman
as
NASA
administrator, ending a monthslong nomination saga that included an earlier withdrawn nomination and a November renomination by
Donald Trump
. The Senate approved...
44h
/39h
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Reuters
“
Australia to launch gun buyback scheme after Bondi massacre
”
12h
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USA
Investigators say they have identified a suspect and have interviewed a man who appeared on surveillance video in proximity to the suspect following the
Brown University
shooting that killed two students and wounded...
Wed
/17h
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Italy
Kering
is acquiring
Raselli Franco Group
in a staged deal that values the Valenza-based supplier at about €575 million and begins with a 20 percent purchase for €115 million in early 2026, following earlier...
21h
/18h
#
USA
Jamieson Greer
published a presentation to congressional committees this week saying Canada must change its protected dairy market and its
Online Streaming Act
if the administration is to recommend renewing the
USMCA
,...
35h
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USA
Jane's Addiction
has officially disbanded following a private settlement that resolves lawsuits arising from last year’s onstage altercation in Boston. Navarro, Avery and Perkins had sued seeking at least $10 million,...
43h
/29h