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Instagram is launching a U.S.-only app for Amazon Fire TV to bring Reels to the living room, following a Verge report by Jay Peters that Meta was testing an Instagram TV app.The pilot supports most Fire TV Stick devices, Fire TV Series 2 and Omni TVs, lets households link up to five accounts, features a homescreen of personalized horizontal rows and Channels for topic browsing, and Aidan Marcuss welcomed the test while Instagram spokesperson Christine Pai said the company will evaluate results before deciding whether to expand.
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Venezuela

Trump ordered a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers to and from Venezuela, following a recent US seizure of the tanker Skipper that officials say exposed a clandestine shadow fleet; the move...

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USA

Susie Wiles said recent US bombings of fast boats aim to force Nicolás Maduro from power, following a Vanity Fair profile that already drew intense scrutiny of her role in the White House. Wiles said the campaign has...

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USA

Massachusetts State Police are leading the investigation after Nuno Loureiro, director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was found fatally shot in his Brookline apartment and was pronounced dead the next...

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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...

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USA

Dr. Mark Chavez was sentenced in federal court in Los Angeles to eight months of home confinement, three years of supervised release and 300 hours of community service after pleading guilty in October to one count of...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Italy

Rome has opened several newly designed underground stations that officials present as functioning museums, inviting passengers to "get on, be amazed, experience history" after a long, archaeologically complex Line C...

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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...

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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...

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USA

FIFA announced $60 Supporter Entry Tier tickets available for all 104 matches, including the final, after sustained criticism that its original 2026 prices would lock out travelling and disabled supporters. The tickets...

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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...

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USA

NYPD Lieutenant David Leonardi testified about surveillance footage, the crime scene and evidence recovered as Judge Gregory Carro pressed to finish the pretrial hearing this week into the Dec. 4, 2024, killing of...

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USA

California and a coalition of states asked a federal court to force the administration to resume about $3 billion in EV charger funding after the Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration suspended...

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Argentina

The Presidential Spokesperson said the main line of investigation points to suicide after a soldier was found dead at the Quinta Presidencial de Olivos on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado...

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Belgium

An investment platform has been set up with the European Investment Bank to mobilise funds, and EU Commissioner Dan Jørgensen addressed the housing crisis that leaves nearly one million people homeless following the...

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Colombia

The US designated the Gulf Clan as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, saying it finances violence through cocaine trafficking after earlier Treasury actions named alleged...

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USA

Donald Trump will travel to Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday for a dignified transfer of two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert, and a US civilian interpreter was identified as Ayad...

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USA

Arch Manning will return to the University of Texas for the 2027 season, forgoing the 2026 NFL draft, after his father Cooper Manning earlier confirmed to ESPN that Arch planned to play at Texas next year. Manning...

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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...

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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...

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USA

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Donald Trump will review his accomplishments and outline plans for the next three years in a prime-time address Wednesday, after he announced on Truth Social that he...

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USA

HBO Max released the season two trailer for The Pitt, opening on a chaotic Fourth of July shift as the trailer teases fireworks injuries, newborns and a surge of patients after the first season finale ten months...

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USA

Iraq earned its first-ever placement on the Academy's 15-film shortlist for Best International Feature as The President’s Cake — which debuted at Cannes and won the Audience Award and the Camera d'Or — joined the list...

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Palestine

Members of the al-Hosari family searched rubble after a Gaza City house collapse killed at least one person and left several injured, as authorities reported that torrential rains and high winds have now killed at least...

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USA

The Combs family honored Kim Porter with Instagram tributes amid renewed public attention after Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced in October to 50 months in prison. The twins D’Lila Combs and Jessie Combs, 18, posted a...

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USA

Ken Paxton sued five television manufacturers, saying they used ad-targeting spyware that records viewers via Automated Content Recognition and matches short content fingerprints to target ads, following earlier...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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USA

Instagram is launching a U.S.-only app for Amazon Fire TV to bring Reels to the living room, following a Verge report by Jay Peters that Meta was testing an Instagram TV app. The pilot supports most Fire TV Stick...

7h
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USA

The US Capitol unveiled a bronze statue of Barbara Rose Johns, following Virginia's removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in 2020. The bronze, sculpted by Steven Weitzman and approved earlier this year by the...

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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...

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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...

28h/7h
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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...

16h/6h
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Fox

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Trump designates Venezuelan regime a foreign terrorist organization”
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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...

30h/2h
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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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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...

9h
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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...

13h/8h
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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....

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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...

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CNN

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Is the US on the wrong track?”
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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...

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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....

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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

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...

28h/16h
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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...

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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...

16h/13h
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TheJoeRoganExperience

“
Cameron Hanes & Adam Greentree”
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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...

29h/7h
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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...

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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...

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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...

18h/13h
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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...

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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...

21h/2h
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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...

32h/8h
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TEDTalks

“
The pattern we're missing in the AI job panic”
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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...

21h/8h
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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...

25h/14h
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CNN

“
New footage shows start of Bondi Beach shooting”
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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...

16h
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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...

28h/13h
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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...

17h
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USA

ICE carried out a special operation in the Twin Cities after President Donald Trump's xenophobic attack and following a New York Times investigation that alleged roughly $1 billion in COVID-19 relief fraud and prompted...

26h/6h
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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...

22h/16h
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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...

22h/10h
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USA

Court filings show the FBI relied heavily on a long‑time paid informant and at least one undercover agent in a Southern California counterterrorism probe that led to arrests, after prosecutors said they disrupted a plot...

33h/4h
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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...

24h/9h
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USA

This week Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced that his office will charge Nick Reiner with two counts of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbings of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michelle...

47h/2h
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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...

23h/15h
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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,...

27h/18h
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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...

21h
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Russia

SBU said a domestically produced Sub Sea Baby underwater drone struck and critically damaged a Kilo-class submarine in the port of Novorossiysk, releasing video that appears to show a large explosion and smoke column....

32h/15h
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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...

27h/15h
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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...

21h
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TheVergecast

“
Everything is gambling now”
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USA

Representative Mike Lawler opposes Donald Trump's reported plan to reclassify marijuana under federal drug law, following White House reports that the administration is considering moving cannabis from Schedule I to...

27h/4h
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TheDaily

“
Inside the tech company powering Trump's most controversial policies”
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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...

27h/24h
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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...

24h
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CNN

“
MTG engaged to pro-Trump pundit”
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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...

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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...

31h/20h
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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...

23h
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SouthKorea

Samsung has announced a lineup of much smaller Micro RGB LED televisions — 55, 65, 75, 85, 98 and 100 inches — after LG unveiled its Micro RGB evo models for CES, signaling that the RGB LED format is moving from giant...

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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...

30h/11h
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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...

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Fox

“
Jesse Watters discusses the continued manhunt following the Brown University shooting”
20h
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HongKong

Jimmy Lai, 78, founder of Apple Daily, was convicted by a three-judge panel in Hong Kong of sedition and of conspiring to collude with foreign forces, a verdict that exposes him to a potential life sentence after a...

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Iran

Iranian authorities are refusing an independent medical examination for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi after her violent arrest at a memorial for Khosrow Alikordi earlier this week. Her family and support...

33h/7h
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UK

Manchester United and Bournemouth produced an eight-goal classic at Old Trafford that finished 4–4 after a second half of frantic, end-to-end action that saw the lead change several times. Sky Sports pundit Jamie...

28h
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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...

34h/29h
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Italy

The Court of Auditors published reasons saying the Transport Ministry’s decree approving changes to the Strait of Messina Bridge contract is incompatible with EU procurement rules, after the government filed a late...

33h/4h
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NewYorkTimes

“
Man Who Tackled Sydney Gunman Is Praised as a Hero”
21h
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USA

Meta Platforms faces scrutiny after a Reuters investigation found internal documents showing the company allowed large volumes of fraudulent and banned ads originating in China to run on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp...

28h
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USA

Macquarie Dictionary named “AI slop” Word of the Year and Euronews reports that 2025 was dominated by cheaply produced, AI-generated content that flooded the internet, after Merriam‑Webster earlier put “slop” at the top...

39h/11h
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CNN

“
New video shows person of interest in Brown shooting”
23h