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USA

Economists warn the November inflation reading may be understated after a federal shutdown halted October price checks, following a Labor Department report that consumer prices rose 2.7 percent year‑over‑year and 0.2...

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USA

The merger of Trump Media & Technology Group and TAE Technologies will create a company aiming to build the world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant after the firms said they will seek a suitable site and begin...

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France

The Season 5 soundtrack and Ashley Park’s multiple musical performances are central to the new Netflix release, following the show’s return that sends Lily Collins’s Emily Cooper between Paris and Rome and into a Venice...

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France

Frederic Pechier was sentenced to life in prison, ordered incarcerated immediately and banned from practising medicine after a French court found he poisoned 30 patients between 2008 and 2017, 12 of whom died....

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USA

Kristin Cabot says she and Andy Byron maintained contact through the summer following the viral kiss‑cam appearance at a Coldplay concert, after which both resigned from Astronomer. She said they last met in September...

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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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UK

William and Kate Middleton released their 2025 holiday card featuring a photograph by Josh Shinner following an April photoshoot that supplied several family images used across the year. Kensington Palace shared the...

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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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Russia

Russia has frozen negotiations after Vladimir Putin insulted Western leaders as “little European pigs,” demanded a change of leadership before talks resume and threatened to seize the Donbas, following earlier reports...

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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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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...

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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...

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Australia

The Australian government will introduce new legislation against anti‑Semitism following the terrorist attack at a Hanukkah celebration near Bondi Beach that killed 15 people. Deputy Immigration Minister Matt...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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USA

Alan Dershowitz said the US Constitution is unclear about whether Donald Trump could serve a third presidential term after meeting Trump at the White House this week and giving him a draft of his forthcoming book....

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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...

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USA

The US government for the first time acknowledged direct responsibility in a court filing responding to the first civil lawsuit, after a mid‑January collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport killed 67...

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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...

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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...

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Belgium

Violent clashes erupted as thousands of farmers in tractors blocked roads around the EU quarter and fought with police during an EU leaders summit, after organizers had earlier said the mobilisation involved nearly...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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USA

Witness descriptions match the images police released as the search entered its fifth day after a weekend shooting last week that killed two Brown University students, Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, and wounded...

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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,...

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USA

Critics including Kamala Harris denounced the partisan plaques after images showed Donald Trump had installed insulting captions and an autopen image under Joe Biden's portrait along a new Presidential Walk of Fame in...

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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...

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Denmark

The European Court of Justice has sent the case back to Denmark for a national court to decide whether the policy’s “non‑Western” residency criterion constitutes unequal treatment, following a challenge to Denmark’s...

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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,...

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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...

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Belgium

Thousands of European farmers staged large tractor blockades and clashed with police in Brussels as EU leaders met to debate whether to delay, amend or sign the EU–Mercosur free‑trade pact, escalating pressure after...

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TEDTalks

Why are people starting to sound like ChatGPT
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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...

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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...

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Belgium

EU leaders will meet Thursday in Brussels to decide whether to unlock frozen Russian assets after officials and media cited a higher aggregate of about $246 billion, reviving a Commission proposal to use immobilized...

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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....

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Germany

The German Defence Ministry says the initiative involves approximately 545 billion kronor in military purchases spread over about 30 procurements, following a parliamentary defence committee approval of nearly €50...

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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...

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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....

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CNN

Inflation cooled in November to 2.7%
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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...

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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...

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USA

Lawmakers and industry say a retroactive fix and a special enrollment period could provide relief in 2026 after two Senate votes to extend ACA enhanced subsidies failed and the House advanced a GOP alternative that...

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BBC

Parents of teenage sextortion victim sue Meta
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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...

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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....

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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...

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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....

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Brazil

Congress passed a bill late this week that would sharply reduce Jair Bolsonaro's prison term, following his Supreme Court conviction to more than 27 years for leading an attempted coup to overturn the 2022 election. The...

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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...

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USA

Google is working with Meta to accelerate adoption of its AI chips, and OpenAI is in talks to raise at least $10 billion from Amazon and to use Amazon's chips after earlier reports said Amazon was discussing roughly a...

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UK

Hulcan co-founders Mario Maher and Joe Wilkinson have bought the intellectual property of defunct London e-tailer Matches and its label Raey and said they will relaunch both next year, after acquiring the brands from...

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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,...

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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,...

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UK

The UK has given Roman Abramovich a final 90-day deadline to transfer £2.5 billion from the 2022 sale of Chelsea FC into a new foundation to fund humanitarian relief in Ukraine, after the proceeds were frozen in a...

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USA

Cedric Lodge was sentenced to eight years in federal prison in Williamsport after new court proceedings detailed that he and his wife, Denise Lodge, trafficked body parts taken from cadavers donated to Harvard Medical...

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UK

Celtic sit second in the Scottish Premiership, six points behind Hearts, amid a deepening crisis after Wilfried Nancy lost his fourth match in as many games when Dundee United beat Celtic 2-1. Daizen Maeda put Celtic...

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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...

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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...

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USA

Two Teamsters-affiliated unions announced opposition to Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s proposed $85 billion merger, saying months of talks left them unconvinced and raising fresh safety and cost concerns after...

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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...

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TheDaily

Congress failed to extend health care subsidies
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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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CNN

Woman marries ChatGPT character
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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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TheHill

NewsNation panel discusses Trump's Oval Office address
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USA

Oracle shares fell another 5%, dragging the Nasdaq down about 1.8%, after investors reacted to fresh signs of financial strain including stalled financing for a planned $10 billion, 1‑gigawatt data centre in Saline...

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USA

Norman Podhoretz died peacefully overnight, his son John Podhoretz confirmed, following a decades-long career as a leading and controversial neo-conservative editor. As editor of Commentary from 1960 to 1995, Podhoretz...

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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...

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TEDTalks

This movie never ends the same way twice
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CNN

Journalist behind Wiles interview responds to criticism
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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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Fox

Near miss: Vehicle crashes through the front of a hardware store
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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...

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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...

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