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Australia

Australian authorities are investigating a terrorist mass shooting at the "Chanukah by the Sea" Hanukkah celebration near Bondi Beach in Sydney, where two gunmen killed sixteen people, including one attacker, and...

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USA

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood home after LAFD responders answered a medical-aid call and firefighters later confirmed the deaths with injuries that authorities said...

13h/19m
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Australia

Benjamin Netanyahu and Anthony Albanese became central figures in an escalating global argument over antisemitism and security after an antisemitic terrorist massacre killed at least eleven Jews at the "Chanukah by the...

31h/17h
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Australia

Australian authorities say Naveed Akram and his father Sajid Akram carried out an antisemitic terrorist attack at a crowded Hanukkah celebration near Bondi Beach in Sydney, killing sixteen people and injuring around...

27h/16h
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HongKong

Jimmy Lai was convicted in Hong Kong last week in a national security trial in which three judges at the West Kowloon court said prosecutors proved he conspired with foreign forces and published seditious material, a...

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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...

6h/32m
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USA

Merriam-Webster named "slop" its 2025 Word of the Year to capture the surge of low-quality digital material produced in quantity by AI that has flooded social feeds and news cycles. Greg Barlow said the spike in...

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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...

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Russia

A Moscow court has designated the protest punk collective Pussy Riot as an "extremist organization" and prohibited its activities across the Russian Federation, announcing on Telegram that it has added the group to the...

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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...

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USA

Brown University in Providence was shattered by a mass shooting in the Barus and Holley building, where 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson allegedly killed two students and wounded nine others during a crowded class,...

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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...

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Chile

José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party has been elected president of Chile with nearly 60 percent of the vote in a compulsory runoff, defeating left-wing rival Jeannette Jara and giving the country its most...

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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...

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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...

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France

Annie Genevard defended the government animal health strategy on national television while protests over government-ordered culls and expanded vaccination programs escalate across south-west France, with roadblocks and...

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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,...

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USA

iRobot, the Massachusetts maker of Roomba robotic vacuums, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and agreed to sell substantially all of its assets to its primary supplier and contract manufacturer, Picea...

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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,...

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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...

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USA

Donald Trump used an Oval Office interview with the "Wall Street Journal" to tout what he called the greatest economy in history while candidly warning Republicans could still lose the 2026 midterm elections,...

28h/21h
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TEDTalks

The trap of win-lose thinking and how to escape it
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USA

It: Welcome to Derry — Winter Fire” and the wider “It: Welcome to Derry” Season 1 finale bring Pennywise’s takeover of Derry High School together with Charlotte Hanlon’s fateful decision to remain in the cursed town,...

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Curaçao

JetBlue Flight 1112 nearly collided with a US Air Force KC-135R tanker while climbing out of Curaçao, forcing the crew to halt their ascent, level off and later land safely in New York. Radio recordings and flight data...

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UK

Blaise Metreweli used her first public speech since taking office this year to warn that the UK is already on the frontline of an aggressive, expansionist Russian campaign targeting NATO and Western societies through...

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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...

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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...

11h/5h
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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...

12h/57m
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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...

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Italy

Milan were held to a 2-2 draw by Sassuolo at San Siro after Koné opened the scoring and a costly Tomori error helped Sassuolo fight back despite Bartesaghi scoring twice. Milan were without Leao because of a minor...

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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...

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USA

Patrick Mahomes said he will fight back after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the Chiefs' game against the Los Angeles Chargers, an injury confirmed by an MRI and described by the club as...

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Syria

Donald Trump threatened very serious retaliation after an Islamic State infiltrator embedded within Syria’s General Security forces killed two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter during a joint patrol near...

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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...

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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...

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USA

Oprah Winfrey curated a high-demand Favorite Things list and the E! Insider shopping piece spotlights many of those beauty, fashion, tech, and home products that are currently discounted. The combined roundup compiles...

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Belarus

Ales Bialiatski, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the human rights group Viasna, was freed in a negotiated exchange that released 123 political prisoners from Belarus in return for an easing of USA sanctions...

37h/18h
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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...

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USA

Donald Trump has repudiated the post-World War II liberal international order and adopted an openly transactional strategy that risks unpicking transatlantic institutions while encouraging anti-liberal regimes...

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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...

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TheDaily

How Biden Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration
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Germany

Authorities in Bavaria arrested five men, including an Egyptian imam, three Moroccans and a Syrian, on suspicion of planning a vehicle ramming attack on a Christmas market near Dingolfing-Landau. Prosecutors are...

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Guatemala

Bernardo Arévalo ordered a 15-day state of emergency covering the Guatemalan municipalities of Nahualá and Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán after armed men attacked security forces and infrastructure, killing at least five...

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France

Emily in Paris” is returning for a fifth season that will see Lily Collins’ character Emily Cooper juggle work, romance and outrageous fashion across Paris, Rome, Venice and possibly even London, with creator Darren...

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USA

Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy in New York after leading No. 1 Indiana to a 13‑0 regular season, the Big Ten title and a top seed in the 12‑team CFP. He threw for 2,980 yards, recorded more than 30 passing...

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USA

The US Geological Survey reports that a series of earthquakes, led by a magnitude 4.0 event near Santa Rosa and Glen Ellen in Sonoma County, produced light to moderate shaking felt across the broader Bay Area and as far...

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USA

Donald Trump has revived abrasive and demeaning language at rallies and on social media, acknowledging his 2018 "s---hole countries" remark and using a slur many view as targeting people with intellectual disabilities....

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USA

Erika Kirk, who now leads Turning Point USA after her husband Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a Utah campus event months earlier, appeared for a televised town hall on CBS News moderated by Bari Weiss. At the town hall...

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USA

Philip Rivers returned to the NFL at age 44 and completed 18 of 26 passes for 120 yards and one touchdown in a narrow 18–16 loss that electrified the Colts and their fans but ended in heartbreak. He had been coaching...

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Mali

Africa Corps fighters, a new Russian military unit that replaced the Wagner group in Mali, are accused by refugees and medical workers of multiple rapes and other brutal sexual assaults, including the gang rape of a...

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USA

Gen Z is driving a broad comeback of physical media such as vinyl, DVDs and CDs, with young collectors treating discs as vintage objects and ways to reclaim offline time from algorithm-driven feeds. Collectors like Dan...

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USA

Patrick Mahomes suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the closing moments of Kansas City’s loss to the Los Angeles Chargers at Arrowhead Stadium last week, a blow that all but ended his decade-long playoff...

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Chile

José Antonio Kast proposed the "Plan Implacable", a security package to expand police and military powers as he leads the runoff against Jeannette Jara. Kast has consolidated endorsements from Johannes Kaiser and Evelyn...

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USA

Vince Gilligan, the creator of "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul", has produced a new sci‑fi series, "Pluribus", that follows author Carol, played by Rhea Seehorn, as she confronts the unusual mission of saving the...

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USA

The merged story concerns generic placeholder articles that instruct the system to translate, extract, and merge main narratives, but they do not contain any concrete real-world events or actors. Because the source...

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Belgium

Ursula von der Leyen is seeking to initial an EU–Mercosur trade agreement at a summit in Brazil while facing formal demands from Emmanuel Macron and France to postpone approval because French farmers and unions say...

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Italy

Inter Milan reclaimed first place in Serie A with a 2-1 away win over Genoa at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, built on goals from Yann Aurel Bisseck and Lautaro Martinez before a late strike from Vitinha revived home hopes....

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Hungary

Peter Magyar led tens of thousands of demonstrators through Budapest in a protest sparked by leaked videos that showed alleged abuse in state-run juvenile homes, with many chanting “Orban, get out!” Protesters and...

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Algeria

Christophe Gleizes, a French sports journalist convicted in Algeria and sentenced to seven years in prison over allegations tied to terrorism glorification, has filed a cassation appeal seeking a new trial before the...

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USA

Hilary Swank is reported to have snapped at Jada Bafus at Los Angeles International Airport while Bafus was preparing to lead her two sons, Mason and Jack, who live with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, on a Make-A-Wish...

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CNN

Hong Kong media tycoon convicted in national security trial
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Palestine

Raad Saad, also reported as Raed Saad, was killed in an Israeli strike near Gaza City, with Israel calling him a key architect of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Gaza health officials and witnesses described multiple...

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USA

Juliette Kayyem reflects on a mass shooting during a Brown University exam review in Providence, where two students were killed and nine injured, colliding with her long work on tragedies caused by gun violence. The...

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Nepal

Simone Moro, a 58-year-old Italian high-altitude climber from Bergamo known for winter ascents of eight-thousand-meter peaks, fell ill while descending Mera Peak and was evacuated to Kathmandu for medical checks....

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USA

Donald Trump paints the EU as a growing economic power that challenges US influence, and a new National Security Strat. frames that rupture as a deliberate redefinition of the transatlantic relationship. Analysis by...

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USA

Bill Cassidy is at the center of an escalating congressional fight over how to prevent rising health care costs from spiking when enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire, as lawmakers juggle short-term extensions...

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USA

Lily Allen returned to "Saturday Night Live" with a highly staged performance of "Madeline" from the breakup album "West End Girl", using the theatrical Madeline persona to process her separation from David Harbour and...

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Sudan

António Guterres condemned a "horrific" drone strike on a UNISFA logistics base in Kadugli that killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and wounded several others, warning that attacks on UN personnel may constitute war...

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France

Jane Birkin had a footbridge over the Saint Martin Canal in Paris named after her, and her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg attended the inauguration. Birkin moved to Paris from London in the 1960s, rose to international...

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Italy

Carlo Conti unveiled the full lineup of thirty established artists and announced that Angelica Bove and Nicolò Filippucci will join the New Proposals section of the Sanremo Festival 2026. During the live broadcast of...

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USA

Victor Wembanyama returned from a calf injury and energized the Spurs in Las Vegas, scoring 22 points (9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks) and delivering key plays that helped San Antonio beat the Oklahoma City Thunder...

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USA

Ice Cube, who first starred in the original 1997 creature thriller, has confirmed a nostalgic cameo in Sony Pictures’ new meta-horror comedy remake of "Anaconda," revealed during its Los Angeles premiere and framed as a...

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NewYorkTimes

Jewish community targeted in deadly Australian shooting
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Australia

Emergency responders in Moffat Beach described how a 17-year-old girl died after climbing over a safety fence with friends to photograph the sunset and falling about 30 metres onto rocks below. Police investigator Peter...

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CNN

Police Bondi Beach shooting a terror attack
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Australia

Grok, the AI chatbot created by xAI, has come under intense scrutiny after it repeatedly spread falsehoods and confused details about the Bondi Beach mass shooting in Australia, badly misidentifying the hero bystander...

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Italy

The Italian government has issued a public health alert warning that so called light cannabis products may be adulterated with the synthetic cannabinoid MdMB-pinaca, which officials say is far more potent than THC and...

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TheHill

Democrats Trying To Mask What A Miserable Failure Obamacare Is
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USA

Blake Horvath threw an 8-yard touchdown to Eli Heidenreich on fourth-and-goal late and recovered two fourth-quarter fumbles as No. 22 Navy rallied for a 17-16 comeback win over Army to secure the Commander-in-Chief...

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Fox

Danny Danon warns of antisemitism after Australia terror attack
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USA

United Airlines said Flight 803, a Boeing 777 with 275 passengers and 15 crew, suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff from Dulles and returned safely after a piece of the engine cowling separated. The...

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TheDaily

The Best Music of 2025
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USA

Khloé Kardashian condemned what she called “gross commentary” about Tristan Thompson’s 19-year-old brother Amari, a nonverbal young man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and epilepsy, after posting videos of him joyfully...

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UK

Erling Haaland scored twice, including a late penalty for his 17th league goal of the season, as Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 3-0 at Selhurst Park to stretch their winning run to five matches and intensify the...

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BBC

Nine killed in shooting at Bondi Beach
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USA

Peter Greene, the New Jersey–born character actor known for villain turns in "The Mask" and as Zed in "Pulp Fiction", has died at 60 in his New York apartment, his manager Gregg Edwards said. Greene had nearly 100 film...

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USA

Dick Van Dyke, who recently reached 100, is the subject of a new documentary, "Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration", now screening in theaters nationwide. His eight-decade career spans Broadway's "Bye Bye Birdie", films...

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NewYorkTimes

At Least Two Killed in Shooting at Brown University
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TheVergecast

The end of OpenAI and other 2026 predictions
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France

Olympique de Marseille beat Monaco 1-0 at the Vélodrome, turning pre-match talk about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Folarin Balogun, Geronimo Rulli, and Monaco playmakers into a tense, error-strewn Ligue 1 battle. The...

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USA

Mark Warner used interviews on "Face the Nation" and "This Week" to denounce Donald Trump’s Venezuela policy, arguing that boat strikes and potential troop deployments lack clear legal and strategic justification. He...

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CNN

What law enforcement sources have disclosed about the detained person of interest
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UK

Manchester United produced a record-breaking attacking display to fight back from three goals down and draw 3-3 with Tottenham Hotspur in the Women’s Super League at Leigh Sports Village, with Fridolina Rolfö scoring...

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USA

Vin Diesel announced that Cristiano Ronaldo will have a role in “Fast X: Part 2”, the 12th and final installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, posting a photo on Instagram and saying, “We wrote a role for him” and...

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Italy

Fiorentina has plunged into a full crisis after a financially ambitious summer, with Paolo Vanoli's side stuck winless at the bottom of Serie A and enduring fierce protests from supporters chanting "You make us laugh"...

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USA

Abraham Quintanilla, father and longtime manager of Selena, has died at 86, his son A.B. Quintanilla III announced on Instagram; the family did not disclose a cause. He founded and managed Los Dinos, led Selena from...

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USA

The USA government announced a coordinated initiative linking the DOGE and the DOJ to oversee new AI systems used across federal agencies, emphasizing transparency and civil rights protections. The plan, developed after...

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USA

Peter Greene, 60, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment after neighbors reported Christmas music playing for hours, and police said they do not suspect foul play while an autopsy will determine the cause. His...

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TheHill

UFO Evidence Files: Classified Reports, Sightings, and Potential Alien Explanations
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Italy

In Fano, Italy, experienced parachutists Violetta Laiketsion and Ermes Zampa died when their parachutes became fatally entangled during a jump near the local airport, sending them crashing from an extremely low altitude...

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