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Ilhan Omar said her U.S.-born son was recently stopped by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota, asked to show proof of citizenship and released after he produced his passport.Her account, reports of ICE arrests and hate mail to mosques have coincided with Donald Trump's public attacks on Somali-Americans, prompting protests, neighborhood warnings and a satirical online response using AI images on platforms such as TikTok and X.
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Pete Hegseth said US forces struck and destroyed three small vessels in international waters of the eastern Pacific, killing eight people in operations he and commanders placed inside Operation Southern Spear. SOUTHCOM...

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USA

Donald Trump filed a federal civil defamation lawsuit in US District Court in Miami against the BBC and the Panorama documentary "Trump: A Second Chance?", seeking at least $10 billion for two counts that allege...

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USA

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found murdered in their Los Angeles home, and investigators say their son Nick Reiner has been booked on murder charges as the LAPD continues an active probe. Jim...

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Netherlands

Volodymyr Zelensky met high-level envoys including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Berlin to review USA-presented security guarantees intended to deter further Russian attacks and to spur negotiations toward a...

11h/8m
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USA

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were discovered slain at their Brentwood home after LAFD and LAPD crews responded to a medical-aid call and found severe throat lacerations consistent with stab wounds....

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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...

12h/26m
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USA

Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner, were found dead recently in their Brentwood home in Los Angeles, and their youngest daughter, Romy Reiner, is reported to have discovered the bodies. LAPD detectives arrested the...

13h/1h
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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...

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USA

Donald Trump Jr. announced his engagement to Bettina Anderson at a White House Christmas party, and the moment was widely shared on social media in a video posted by Laura Loomer and an X post by Matthew Boyle. Trump...

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Australia

Kwang Kyung Yoo was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole by the New South Wales Supreme Court for the murders of a 7-year-old student and the child’s parents after he pleaded guilty to three...

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USA

Donald Trump posted on Truth Social connecting the killings of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner in their Brentwood home to what he called "TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME," and he refused to retract the comment when...

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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...

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USA

Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found stabbed to death recently in their Brentwood home in Los Angeles, and LAPD investigators arrested their son, Nick Reiner, 32, on a murder charge and set bail at...

13h/4h
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USA

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters to Walmart, Target, Kroger and Albertsons after investigators found recalled ByHeart infant formula still being sold or displayed well after a nationwide...

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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...

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HongKong

Jimmy Lai, 78, was convicted in Hong Kong in a national security trial after a three-judge panel found prosecutors had proven he conspired to collude with foreign forces and published seditious materials, a verdict that...

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Netherlands

Anthony Geary died in Amsterdam at age 78 a few days after a planned surgical procedure, ABC and his husband Claudio Gama confirmed while the family asked for privacy and said they will provide further information when...

15h/2h
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Mexico

A small private jet that departed Acapulco crashed while attempting an emergency landing in San Mateo Atenco, an industrial district about 50 kilometers west of Mexico City, killing at least seven people and starting a...

9h/8h
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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...

4h
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USA

Powerball drew winning numbers 23, 35, 59, 63 and 68 with a Powerball of 2 in the most recent drawing, producing an advertised jackpot of $1.14 billion and a one-time lump-sum option estimated at $503.4 million before...

5h
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USA

Audrey Illeene Carroll, Zachary Aaron Page, Dante Gaffield and Tina Lai were arrested after federal agents say they disrupted a coordinated plot to detonate improvised explosive and incendiary devices at multiple...

16h/6h
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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...

5h
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USA

Donald Trump announced plans for a roughly $300 million, 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom that the National Park Service has assessed as causing no significant impact while acknowledging major visual and...

5h
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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,...

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Australia

Celine Cremer, a 31-year-old Belgian tourist who has been missing since June 2023 while hiking near the Philosopher Falls trail in Tasmania, had a mobile phone recovered over the recent weekend in scrubland close to the...

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USA

Ford announced a sweeping overhaul of its electric vehicle program that will scrap several planned battery models, convert the all-electric F-150 Lightning to an extended-range plug-in configuration and shift investment...

12h/8h
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CNN

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MTG engaged to pro-Trump pundit”
1h
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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...

7h
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USA

Ted Cruz is urging fast approval of a measure that would bar military aircraft from obtaining waivers to stop broadcasting positions via ADS-B, saying the rollback contributed to the January collision near Washington...

6h
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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...

24h/18h
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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...

11h/7h
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USA

LG will debut the Micro RGB evo at CES 2026, a set that replaces white LED backlights with individually controlled red, green and blue micro-LED clusters to deliver a wider color gamut and finer dimming control while...

7h
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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...

8h
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Australia

Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram attacked a crowded Hanukkah celebration on the Bondi Beach promenade at about 18:47 local time, killing 15 people and wounding dozens as bystanders and police moved to stop them. New...

43h/9h
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USA

Tommy Tuberville and Randy Fine publicly called for the mass expulsion of Muslims from the USA after a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, and the calls came amid separate demands by Tuberville to ban...

8h
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Russia

Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said a domestically produced Sub Sea Baby underwater drone struck and critically damaged a Project 636.3 Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine in the port of Novorossiysk, leaving the...

16h/12h
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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...

15h/3h
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USA

iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the USA and announced a court-supervised plan for Picea Robotics to buy substantially all assets and 100 percent of shares, a transaction that would take the company...

27h/10h
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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...

9h
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Fox

“
Jesse Watters discusses the continued manhunt following the Brown University shooting”
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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...

9h
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USA

Prime Video moved the premiere of Fallout Season 2 up by one day and the first episode will be available at 9:00 PM Eastern Time, with the season containing eight episodes and new installments arriving weekly on...

10h
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USA

Ilhan Omar said her U.S.-born son was recently stopped by ICE agents in Minnesota, asked to show proof of citizenship and released after he produced his passport. Her account, reports of ICE arrests and hate mail to...

10h
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NewYorkTimes

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

Donald Trump said the White House is seriously considering signing an executive order to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, which the Drug Enforcement Administration defines as a lower federal...

10h
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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...

17h/13h
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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...

11h
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UK

Blaise Metreweli used her first public speech as head of MI6 at the agency's London headquarters to warn that the UK is already on the frontline of an expanding Russian campaign that uses disinformation, sabotage,...

33h/10h
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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...

12h
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CNN

“
New video shows person of interest in Brown shooting”
6h
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Austria

EBU published an official list confirming that 35 countries will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May 2026, down from 37 participants in Basel, and said only five broadcasters — Spain, the...

13h
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Italy

Giancarlo Giorgetti announced a €3.5 billion package to be added to Italy's 2026 budget that aims to support businesses with measures such as Transizione 5.0, Industry 5.0 support, hyper-amortization incentives and tax...

17h/13h
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Australia

Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram appear to have opened fire at a public Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in an attack investigators now treat as motivated by Islamic State ideology, killing 15 people and wounding dozens...

45h/9h
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Curaçao

JetBlue said a passenger jet operating as Flight 1112 nearly collided with a US Air Force KC-135R tanker while climbing out of Curaçao and that the crew stopped their climb, levelled off and then continued to New York...

37h/11h
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Australia

Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram opened fire during a recent Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people and wounding more than 40 as emergency services and police responded to the scene. Ahmed al-Ahmed...

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USA

The DOJ sued to block Proposition 50, Californias newly approved congressional map, arguing that mapmaker Paul Mitchell and state leaders used race to create Latino-majority districts and asking a federal panel to bar...

15h
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USA

Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge Hannah Dugan is on trial in federal court on charges that she concealed a person from arrest and obstructed federal proceedings after prosecutors say she diverted ICE agents, guided...

15h
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France

Annie Genevard defended France's three-part strategy of culling, vaccination and movement restrictions on national television and in meetings with breeders in Toulouse, saying the discussion is open and that no...

21h/18m
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USA

Merriam-Webster chose "slop" as its 2025 Word of the Year, defining it as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of AI," and saying the selection reflects a surge in searches that...

22h/14h
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USA

Jason Fuchs says the first season of “It: Welcome to Derry” reimagines Pennywise’s origin in 1962 Derry while tying the terror to Cold War anxieties, racism and the civil rights struggle, and he defends the show’s...

30h/16h
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Fox

“
Three new videos released of suspected Brown University gunman”
10h
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Iran

Narges Mohammadi has been rearrested this month and has been taken to hospital after being beaten in detention, her family and news reports citing AFP say, prompting calls for her release. The Norwegian Nobel Committee...

17h
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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...

34h/19h
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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...

29h/22h
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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...

29h/18h
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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...

26h
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USA

Patrick Mahomes suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee late in the Kansas City Chiefs' home game against the Los Angeles Chargers, an injury that ended the club's long playoff streak and will...

36h/12h
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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...

17h
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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...

27h
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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...

18h
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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...

27h
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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...

28h
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UK

Cliff Richard said he was diagnosed with prostate cancer after an insurance health check carried out before a planned tour of Australia and New Zealand and that he has been treated and is now all-clear, telling...

22h/3h
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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...

34h/26h
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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...

28h
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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...

20h
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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...

20h
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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...

20h
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Brazil

Ursula von der Leyen is pressing to initial an EU–Mercosur trade agreement at a summit in Brazil even as opposition from member states and farm unions grows and threatens to delay or reshape the pact. France has...

35h/14h
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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...

30h
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USA

Philip Rivers returned from retirement at age 44 to start for the Indianapolis Colts in his first NFL game since 2020, answering a late call while he was coaching high school and stepping into a thin quarterback room...

39h/12h
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CNN

“
Jury finds Brian Walshe guilty of murdering his wife”
15h
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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...

29h
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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...

29h
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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...

30h/22h
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Chile

José Antonio Kast won the presidential runoff with 58.1 percent to Jeannette Jara's 41.8 percent, an official count that followed an election held under compulsory voting for the first time and marked by a rise in blank...

Sun/13h
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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,...

21h
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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...

31h
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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...

35h/26h
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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...

22h
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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....

35h/34h
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CNN

“
Hong Kong media tycoon convicted in national security trial”
27h
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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...

36h/34h
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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....

37h/24h
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TEDTalks

“
The trap of win-lose thinking and how to escape it”
17h
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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...

33h
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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...

36h/34h
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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...

33h
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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...

39h/35h
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USA

Brown University canceled the remainder of its semester after a gunman entered a crowded classroom earlier this month, discharging more than 40 rounds and killing two students while wounding nine others as investigators...

Sat/9h