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Venezuela
A US strike at sea killed four people, the US
Southern Command
said, posting video on
X
that described a kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization after the
Pentagon
disclosed that...
3h
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USA
The USA admitted in a court filing this week that it breached its duty of care, following the January midair collision near Reagan National that killed 67 people. The filing said Army Black Hawk pilots and American...
6h
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USA
Donald Trump
announced in a national address the night before that nearly 1.5 million service members will receive a one-
time
"warrior" bonus of about 16,000 SEK (roughly $1,776) after first unveiling the idea in June....
3h
/21m
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USA
Dan Bongino
confirmed this week that he will step down as
FBI
deputy director in January, following reports that he had privately told confidants he planned to leave early in the new year. In a social‑media statement...
7h
/3h
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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...
7h
/3h
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USA
YouTube
will stream the Oscars exclusively beginning in 2029 after the Academy ended its broadcast relationship with
ABC
following the 100th ceremony. Reports say
YouTube
won global rights with a nine-figure bid that...
11h
/49m
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USA
Reporters and critics condemned the
White House
unveiling this week of marble plaques called a
Presidential Walk
of Fame as a partisan stunt after an earlier installation used an autopen signature instead of a portrait...
10h
/2h
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USA
The Trump administration announced a more than $11.15 billion arms package for Taiwan, including medium‑range missiles, howitzers,
drones
and military software, following earlier US approval that formalized details...
1h
/35m
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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administrator, ending a monthslong nomination saga that included an earlier withdrawn nomination and a November renomination by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...
8h
/4h
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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
,...
10m
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Belgium
Italy joined France in calling for a postponement of the EU‑
Mercosur
trade deal, with
Giorgia Meloni
calling a signature in the coming days "premature", after the EU had planned to vote and sign the long‑negotiated pact...
1h
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USA
The White House announced that
TrumpRx
and a most-favored-nation pricing approach will start in January 2026, following agreements the administration says link US drug prices to lower foreign prices and...
1h
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Brazil
Congress approved a law that could cut
Jair Bolsonaro
's sentence to two years and four months following the
Senate
's earlier move to change how multiple sentences are counted. The measure, backed by a conservative...
5h
/3h
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USA
Kevin Warren
said the Bears have expanded their stadium search beyond Chicago to include the club's 326-acre Arlington Heights property and sites in Northwest Indiana after state leaders told the team the project would...
1h
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Venezuela
Venezuelan navy began escorting ships out of its ports after
Donald Trump
ordered a full blockade of sanctioned tankers that enter or leave Venezuela, following an earlier campaign of interdictions and a tanker seizure...
29h
/6h
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USA
Senators
Elizabeth Warren
and
Richard Blumenthal
asked Attorney General
Pam Bondi
to recuse herself from the
DOJ
review of potential deals for
Warner Bros. Discovery
after disclosing that her former employer Ballard...
24h
/7h
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USA
House Republicans passed a conservative health-care bill that does not extend enhanced
Affordable Care Act
tax credits set to expire at the end of the month, following a discharge petition by four moderate Republicans...
5h
/4h
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Russia
Vladimir Putin
warned this week that Russia will try to expand the territory it controls in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western supporters reject Russian demands during upcoming peace talks, following an earlier freeze of...
14h
/5h
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USA
Dolby
and
LG
unveiled the modular
LG Sound Suite
using
Dolby FlexConnect
, following earlier reports that
LG
planned an
H7
soundbar as part of a new Sound Suite. The collection—centered on the
H7
and including
M7
and
M5
...
2h
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Germany
Sam Kerr
scored a late header and became the first Australian—and only the second Chelsea player—to reach 20 Champions League goals as Chelsea came from behind to beat Wolfsburg 2-1 and advance directly to the Women's...
6h
/3h
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USA
A
New York Times
Magazine investigation published this week finds that
Jeffrey Epstein
built wealth and protection through scams, romantic relationships and social networking, following fresh
House Oversight
disclosures...
3h
#
USA
Jennifer Lawrence
admitted on a recent episode of Variety and CNN's
Actors on Actors
that she accidentally took Ambien while filming The
Hunger Games
: Catching Fire, hallucinated during a 2013 dance scene with Philip...
4h
#
USA
In her final days in Congress,
Marjorie Taylor Greene
secured passage of
H.R. 3492
after she agreed to advance the National Defense Authorization Act, marking the first time a federal ban on gender‑affirming care for...
4h
#
USA
Jane's Addiction
announced it is breaking up after
Perry Farrell
apologized following an onstage altercation in Boston last year that set off the group's collapse.
Dave Navarro
,
Eric Avery
and
Stephen Perkins
filed a...
7h
/5h
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USA
Carr defended his actions and denied intending threats at a Dec. 17 hearing after he pressed broadcasters to punish
Jimmy Kimmel
following Kimmel’s Sept. 15 monologue about the fatal shooting of
Charlie Kirk
. Senators...
7h
/5h
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UK
Peter Lawwell
announced he will step down following threats and insults amid renewed fan protests after
Celtic
lost 2-1 at
Dundee United
, adding to
Wilfried Nancy
's fourth straight defeat since taking charge early this...
4h
#
USA
Susan Illston
will block the Trump administration from laying off hundreds of federal workers following unions' lawsuit to stop more than 4,000 cuts announced during the 43-day government shutdown. Illston said she will...
4h
#
USA
Players and coaches were scheduled to depart at 8:25 p.m. ET after their team plane was delayed by an equipment issue,
Adam Schefter
reported, following earlier accounts that the Rams were seeking alternate travel to...
4h
#
VirginIslandsUS
The US government sued the US Virgin Islands, its police department and Police Commissioner
Mario Brooks
, alleging the territory’s gun‑permit rules unlawfully block Americans from exercising their
Second Amendment
...
5h
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USA
The
Pittsburgh Penguins
are being sold to the
Hoffmann family
in a deal reported to be worth roughly SEK 15.8–16.7 billion, following earlier reports that
Fenway Sports Group
had reached an agreement to sell the club....
5h
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Australia
Anthony Albanese
pledged to tighten hate-speech and radicalization laws after the mass shooting at a Hanukkah event near Bondi Beach left 15 people dead. The youngest victim, 10-year-old
Matilda
, was buried in Sydney...
22h
/1h
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China
A
Reuters
report says a Chinese prototype extreme ultraviolet lithography machine built by former
ASML
engineers is now undergoing testing in Shenzhen after
Reuters
revealed the project used ex-
ASML
staff working under...
5h
#
USA
The Senate required Defense Secretary
Pete Hegseth
to hand over unedited footage of US strikes near Venezuela and withheld a quarter of his travel budget, following final approval of the 3,000-page National Defense...
11h
/9h
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Italy
The
Court of Cassation
has confirmed
Matteo Salvini
’s acquittal in the
Open Arms
case, after the
Palermo tribunal
cleared him last year. The decision closes proceedings over the August 2019 episode in which the NGO ship...
5h
#
Fox
“
Near miss: Vehicle crashes through the front of a hardware store
”
27m
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USA
Investigators say they have physical evidence, DNA, surveillance video and witness statements as they continue to search for a suspect after a gunman killed two students and wounded nine at
Brown University
. Police...
18h
/2h
#
USA
Nick Reiner
appeared in Los Angeles court on two counts of first-degree murder and agreed to a new arraignment date after his parents,
Rob Reiner
and
Michele Singer Reiner
, were found dead in their Brentwood home....
25h
/6h
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Israel
Donald Trump
is pressing for a summit between Israeli and Egyptian leaders after
Benjamin Netanyahu
announced a $35 billion deal to export Israeli
natural gas
to Egypt. Netanyahu will travel to the USA later this month...
9h
/8h
#
USA
Rogers' family confirmed to
TMZ
that
Lane V. Rogers
died two days earlier after a motorcycle collision near Oxnard, following initial reports that he was pronounced dead at the scene. The 31-year-old, known online as...
6h
#
USA
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a
Velocity V-Twin
crashed shortly after departing
Nashua Airport
and came to rest upside down in a snow bank in the
Cannongate Condominiums
parking lot at about...
6h
#
USA
Negotiations to fund
Oracle
's planned $10 billion, 1-gigawatt Michigan data center have stalled, rattling markets and drawing scrutiny from investors and US lawmakers after earlier reports said
Blue Owl
would not back...
10h
/7h
#
Italy
Giorgia Meloni
urged postponing the EU-
Mercosur
trade agreement signature, calling a signing in the coming days premature after she avoided mentioning arms deliveries to Kyiv in a parliamentary resolution to keep her...
10h
/9h
#
CNN
“
CNN among first on site of Bondi Beach massacre
”
2h
#
USA
Melania Trump
announced that the documentary
MELANIA
will open exclusively in theaters on Jan. 30 after an earlier trailer and reports that the film was shot over a concentrated 20-day period around the presidential...
14h
/9h
#
USA
Researchers at
NASA
’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory say Titan likely lacks a single global underground ocean and instead contains deep layers of ice and slush with isolated pockets of liquid water, following a reanalysis of...
11h
/7h
#
USA
Young Thug
proposed to
Mariah the Scientist
during a hometown benefit concert in Atlanta, following a relationship that began in 2021 and a brief split in October that ended in reconciliation. Footage from State Farm...
15h
/8h
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Belgium
EU leaders met in Brussels on 18 December to decide how to raise at least €90 billion for Ukraine for 2026 and 2027, after weeks of debate about using frozen Russian central bank assets as the main collateral. European...
20h
/9m
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Palestine
Multiple people were wounded after Israeli troops fired a mortar over the Oct. 10 ceasefire
Yellow Line
into a residential area in central Gaza City, following earlier reports that a mortar strike had wounded 10 people....
9h
#
USA
Police intensified their search for a suspect after Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor
Nuno F.G. Loureiro
was shot outside his Brookline apartment and died at a hospital, following initial reports that a...
30h
/6h
#
France
The
European Parliament
voted 358–202 to back the citizens' initiative
My Voice, My Choice
to create an EU-funded scheme covering travel and abortion procedures for people from member states with restrictive laws,...
16h
/6h
#
Fox
“
Emily Compagno: This is colossal incompetence
”
5h
#
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...
17h
/14h
#
USA
A federal appeals court ruled that the
National Guard
deployment in Washington can continue while it reviews a lower-court order that had directed troops to leave, after US District Judge
Jia Cobb
ordered their removal....
11h
#
USA
The California Department of Motor Vehicles gave
Tesla
90 days to correct marketing for its driver-assist systems or face a 30-day suspension of both its manufacturing and dealer licenses, following an earlier finding...
27h
/7h
#
USA
Jack Smith
told
House Judiciary Committee
members in a closed-door deposition that his team developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that
Donald Trump
criminally conspired to overturn the 2020 election, after...
12h
#
USA
New reporting says
Susie Wiles
spoke at length with a
Vanity Fair
journalist and made candid remarks about
Donald Trump
, including calling him "the personality of an alcoholic," after a longer
Vanity Fair
profile...
37h
/8h
#
Qatar
Real Madrid
congratulated
PSG
after Paris Saint-Germain beat
Flamengo
on penalties to win the
Intercontinental Cup
, praising "a well-deserved title" and naming president
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi
, coach
Luis Enrique
, the...
18h
/7h
#
USA
iRobot
filed for bankruptcy this week, underscoring critics' view that the
Roomba
failed to deliver on the promise of everyday home robotics after the device launched the market in 2002 and lost ground to cheaper...
12h
#
USA
Amazon
is negotiating to invest more than $10 billion in
OpenAI
, offering access to its
Trainium
chips, data-center capacity and potentially an enterprise version of
ChatGPT
, following earlier moves by
Google
and Meta...
18h
/2h
#
UK
Charles James Spencer-Churchill
is due to appear at
Oxford Magistrates' Court
on Thursday after being charged with three counts of intentional strangulation linked to alleged incidents between November 2022 and May last...
17h
/12h
#
USA
Cedric Lodge
was sentenced to eight years in federal prison in Williamsport, Pennsylvania after prosecutors said he stole and sold body parts taken from cadavers donated to
Harvard Medical School
. Prosecutors said the...
19h
/3h
#
UK
Tuition fees for EU students in the UK will be the same as those paid by British students following an agreement to rejoin the EU
Erasmus+
exchange programme, building on the earlier decision to withdraw after Brexit....
21h
/6h
#
CNN
“
Jack Smith
testifies he decided to charge Trump based on the president’s actions
”
8h
#
Ukraine
Ukrainian forces struck a tanker in Rostov-on-Don and Russian air strikes wounded at least 32 people in and around Zaporizhzhia, as
Volodymyr Zelensky
pressed EU leaders in Brussels to use frozen Russian assets to...
15h
/3h
#
BBC
“
Who is
Susie Wiles
”
9h
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Belgium
Jamieson Greer
, the USA Trade Representative, warned Washington could impose tariffs and other restrictions on European companies after the
European Commission
’s recent fines and probes and after
Donald Trump
began...
27h
/12h
#
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...
25h
/24h
#
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...
19h
/16h
#
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...
25h
/17h
#
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...
27h
/26h
#
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...
31h
/20h
#
USA
Donald Trump
joined a dignified transfer on Wednesday for three Americans killed in an ambush in eastern Syria after two
Army National Guard
soldiers and a civilian interpreter were identified earlier by the
Pentagon
....
31h
/6h
#
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...
16h
#
Brazil
Alex Leandro Bispo dos Santos
was placed under a temporary detention order last week as investigators probe the death of his wife, influencer
Maria Katiane Gomes da Silva
, after security footage reportedly contradicted...
25h
/9h
#
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...
23h
/18h
#
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...
17h
#
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...
18h
#
TheJoeRoganExperience
“
Bret Weinstein
”
12h
#
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...
18h
#
USA
The White House said
Donald Trump
will deliver a live address from the White House at 9 p.m. Eastern and the Associated Press will provide a livestream, after he announced the speech on social media on short notice that...
33h
/6h
#
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...
24h
#
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...
19h
#
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...
22h
/13h
#
USA
Nevada Attorney General
Aaron Ford
announced that Nevada joined a multistate settlement with
Hyundai
and
Kia
after regulators said about 9 million US cars sold from 2011 through 2022 lacked industry-standard anti-theft...
29h
/6h
#
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...
20h
#
TEDTalks
“
This movie never ends the same way twice
”
14h
#
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...
25h
#
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...
35h
/20h
#
CNN
“
Journalist behind Wiles interview responds to criticism
”
14h
#
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...
36h
/16h
#
TheHill
“
FBI
argued no probable cause for
Mar-a-Lago
raid
”
15h
#
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...
30h
/27h
#
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...
20h
#
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...
32h
/31h
#
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...
27h
#
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...
27h
#
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...
34h
/21h
#
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...
21h
#
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...
22h
#
Fox
“
Susie Wiles
sets record straight on
Vanity Fair
hit piece
”
16h