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Donald Trump's recent executive order seeks to preempt state AI laws and create a single national standard, following earlier analysis that Europe could use ASML's lithography monopoly and EU data rules to check U.S. AI dominance.The order tasks Attorney General Pam Bondi with an AI Litigation Task Force, threatens to withhold federal broadband funding from states with their own rules, and faces legal uncertainty as OpenAI and legal experts say congressional approval would likely be required.
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Venezuela

Brent crude jumped 2.2 percent to $60.24 a barrel and gold and silver rose after Donald Trump announced on social media that Venezuela is "completely surrounded" by the largest armada ever assembled in South American...

9h/18m
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Australia

Naveed Akram has been charged with 15 counts of murder after waking from a coma and becoming able to be questioned, following the Bondi Beach attack that killed 15 people and injured dozens. Hundreds of people mourned...

2h/1h
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USA

Warner Bros. Discovery's board recommended owners reject Paramount Skydance's hostile bid and accept a deal with Netflix, and Jared Kushner's firm Affinity Partners said it is withdrawing from Paramount's financing...

4h/1h
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UK

Liberal Democrats and university groups welcomed the government’s announcement that the UK will rejoin the EU’s Erasmus+ programme from January 2027, following a four-year absence after Brexit. Ian Sollom praised the...

1h/51m
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USA

Stephen Colbert mocked Susie Wiles after Vanity Fair revealed she kept a monitor in her West Wing office showing a live feed of Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts, following Vanity Fair’s broader profile that attributed...

17h/1h
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USA

Norfolk District Attorney confirmed a homicide investigation after Nuno F. G. Loureiro was shot and later died in his Brookline home, following a deadly attack at Brown University two days earlier. Massachusetts State...

10h/1h
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USA

Marjorie Taylor Greene said in a CNN interview that Donald Trump faces growing internal opposition and is disconnected from voters on affordability, following her earlier warning that 'the dam is breaking' after a...

3h/1h
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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

California's Department of Motor Vehicles postponed enforcement for 60 days after a court recommended a 30-day sales suspension, giving Tesla a compliance window to fix marketing that regulators say overstates the...

7h/4h
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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...

7h/6h
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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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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...

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USA

Their son, Nick Reiner, was charged in the fatal stabbing of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman confirmed two days after the couple were found dead in...

5h/3h
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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...

5h/4h
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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...

11h/56m
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USA

Donald Trump's recent executive order seeks to preempt state AI laws and create a single national standard, following earlier analysis that Europe could use ASML's lithography monopoly and EU data rules to check US AI...

2h
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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...

2h
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Belgium

EU regulators stepped up enforcement last year and this month, opening a Google probe and levying major fines after the USTR posted on X warning the USA would respond to what it called "a continuing course of...

7h/2h
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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...

30h/13h
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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...

4h
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USA

Jeanne Marrazzo sued the Trump administration, alleging she was illegally fired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after she blew the whistle on internal clashes over vaccine research at the NIH, following her earlier complaint...

5h
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Brazil

Authorities now suspect Maria Katiane Gomes da Silva's husband, Alex Leandro Bispo dos Santos, threw her from a tenth-floor balcony and arrested him on suspicion of murder after police reviewed surveillance footage...

5h
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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...

28h/17h
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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...

36h/9h
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CNN

“
Trump’s blockade could lead to regime change in Venezuela”
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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...

15h/31m
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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...

5h
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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...

24h/14h
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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...

12h/11h
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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...

7h
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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...

10h/7h
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TheHill

“
Unemployment Hits 4-Year High, Trump Announces National Address”
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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...

7h
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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...

36h/15h
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Syria

Donald Trump vowed serious retaliation after an ambush in eastern Syria killed two Iowa National Guard soldiers and a US civilian interpreter, following earlier reports identifying the attacker as an ISIS-linked lone...

11h/5h
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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...

13h/9h
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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...

38h/10h
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Belgium

Marie Linder warned that the European Commission's first joint Affordable Housing Plan, presented in Brussels, lacks binding tenant protections after the Commission unveiled a package to mobilise billions and add...

16h/23m
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Fox

“
Death penalty question looms as Rob Reiner's son faces double murder charges”
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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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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...

8h
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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...

16h/12h
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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...

14h/1h
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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

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

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...

9h
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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...

10h
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USA

All four US broadcast networks will carry Donald Trump's live primetime address at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday after he posted on Truth Social that he would speak from the White House. Networks said the announcement arrived...

13h/7h
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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....

32h/10h
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CNN

“
Trump condemns antisemitism after Bondi Beach shooting”
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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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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...

24h/21h
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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...

17h/8h
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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...

12h
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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...

36h/24h
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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...

26h/21h
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USA

The Academy unveiled Live Action and Animated Shorts shortlists that highlight a wide range of festival-tested and award-winning films, following its earlier announcement that reduced 86 eligible international...

13h/7h
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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...

13h
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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...

13h
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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...

37h/15h
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USA

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns was unveiled and placed in the US Capitol Crypt and displayed in Emancipation Hall, following Virginia’s decision to remove a Robert E. Lee statue in 2020 and replace it with Johns’s...

21h/5h
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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...

19h/15h
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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...

18h/14h
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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...

17h/14h
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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...

24h
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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...

29h/16h
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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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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...

29h/10h
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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...

25h
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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...

15h
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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...

15h
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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...

40h/16h
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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...

16h
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Fox

“
Trump designates Venezuelan regime a foreign terrorist organization”
10h
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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...

33h/22h
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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...

36h/21h
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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...

30h/18h
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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...

30h/24h
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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...

34h/14h
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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...

31h/23h
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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...

21h/16h
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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...

17h
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CNN

“
Is the US on the wrong track?”
13h
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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...

18h
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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...

41h/12h
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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...

29h
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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...

29h
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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...

32h/17h
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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...

20h
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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....

23h/15h
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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...

20h
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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...

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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,...

35h/26h
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TheVergecast

“
Everything is gambling now”
24h
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CNN

“
MTG engaged to pro-Trump pundit”
25h
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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...

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....

40h/23h
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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...

35h/23h
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TheJoeRoganExperience

“
Cameron Hanes & Adam Greentree”
16h
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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...

35h/12h