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USA
The
White House
launched immediate crisis management and senior officials rallied to defend
Susie Wiles
after a widely read
Vanity Fair
profile quoted her calling
Donald Trump
"an alcoholic's personality" and saying he...
6h
/33m
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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...
2h
/54m
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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
...
6h
/2h
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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...
9m
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Belgium
An investment platform has been set up with the
European Investment Bank
to mobilise funds, and EU Commissioner
Dan Jørgensen
addressed the housing crisis that leaves nearly one million people homeless following the...
5h
/2h
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Colombia
The US State Department has designated
Clan del Golfo
as a foreign terrorist organization and says the group is responsible for terror attacks against public employees, police, the military and civilians, following US...
6h
/1h
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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
...
55m
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USA
FIFA
introduced a
Supporter Entry Tier
priced at about 600 kronor (roughly $60) following heavy criticism of 2026 World Cup ticket prices and accessibility measures outlined in an earlier complaint from supporter...
4h
/3h
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USA
Donald Trump
will travel to
Dover Air Force Base
on Wednesday for a dignified transfer of two
Iowa National Guard
members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert, and a US civilian interpreter was identified as Ayad...
32m
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USA
Mark Chavez
was sentenced in Los Angeles to eight months of
home confinement
, three years of
supervised release
and 300 hours of
community service
after pleading guilty in October to conspiracy to distribute
ketamine
...
42m
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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...
2h
#
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...
2h
#
USA
White House
press secretary
Karoline Leavitt
said
Donald Trump
will review his accomplishments and outline plans for the next three years in a prime-time address Wednesday, after he announced on
Truth Social
that he...
3h
#
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...
20h
/3h
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USA
Iraq earned its first-ever placement on the
Academy
's 15-film shortlist for Best International Feature as
The President’s Cake
— which debuted at Cannes and won the Audience Award and the Camera d'Or — joined the list...
2h
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USA
Mick Foley
announced on
Instagram
that he is cutting ties with
WWE
following
Donald Trump
's social-media post blaming the killings of
Rob Reiner
and
Michele Singer Reiner
on what he called "TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,"...
3h
#
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...
3h
#
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...
9h
/4h
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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...
6h
/4h
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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...
3h
#
Palestine
Members of the
al-Hosari family
searched rubble after a Gaza City house collapse killed at least one person and left several injured, as authorities reported that torrential rains and high winds have now killed at least...
3h
#
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...
7h
/3h
#
USA
The
Pulitzer Prize
Board has asked a Florida court to compel
Donald Trump
to turn over years of tax, financial and full medical and psychological records as part of discovery tied to his defamation lawsuits, following...
25h
/1h
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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...
18h
/6h
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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...
4h
#
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...
14h
/4h
#
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...
5h
#
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...
5h
#
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...
25h
/4h
#
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...
7h
#
USA
A
Washington Post
report says the Reiners had long tried to curb their son
Nick Reiner
’s drug addiction after prosecutors filed murder charges in the stabbing deaths of
Rob Reiner
and
Michele Singer Reiner
earlier this...
27h
/25m
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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...
10h
/6h
#
USA
An 11-foot bronze statue of
Barbara Rose Johns
was unveiled in Emancipation Hall at the US Capitol Visitor Center, following Virginia’s decision to replace a Confederate statue of Robert E. Lee and honoring the teenager...
11h
/4h
#
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...
8h
#
CNN
“
Is the US on the wrong track?
”
2h
#
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....
13h
/5h
#
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...
9h
#
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...
9h
#
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...
10h
#
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...
14h
/11h
#
France
Brigitte Macron
issued a partial apology after footage showed her using a derogatory slur about feminist protesters, saying she is "sorry if I hurt women victims" but refusing to regret the words. The remarks came after...
11h
#
Italy
Circulation has resumed with heavy delays after a body was found on the tracks near Chiusi, which earlier forced suspension of Rome–Florence high-speed and conventional services for judicial investigations.
Trenitalia
...
11h
#
USA
Widespread condemnation followed
Donald Trump
's remark that
Rob Reiner
's death was linked to "Trump Derangement Syndrome", after a weekend that included a Providence campus shooting and a mass killing near Bondi Beach....
21h
/1h
#
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
...
27h
/4h
#
TheJoeRoganExperience
“
Cameron Hanes & Adam Greentree
”
6h
#
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...
25h
/14h
#
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...
16h
/11h
#
France
An explosion tore through a four-story residential building in Trévoux in the Ain department of eastern France, heavily damaging the ground floor and killing two children aged three and five. Authorities deployed 50...
12h
#
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...
19h
/16m
#
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...
19h
/5h
#
TEDTalks
“
The pattern we're missing in the
AI
job panic
”
7h
#
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...
14h
#
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...
14h
#
CNN
“
New footage shows start of Bondi Beach shooting
”
8h
#
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...
23h
/12h
#
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...
29h
/5h
#
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...
26h
/10h
#
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...
24h
/4h
#
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...
19h
/8h
#
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...
19h
/14h
#
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...
20h
/13h
#
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...
30h
/2h
#
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...
18h
#
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...
19h
#
TheDaily
“
Inside the tech company powering Trump's most controversial policies
”
13h
#
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,...
25h
/15h
#
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...
22h
/7h
#
USA
Prosecutor
Nathan Hochman
announced formal murder charges against
Nick Reiner
and said the defendant faces life without release or the death penalty, following the killings of
Rob Reiner
and
Michele Reiner
earlier this...
44h
/49m
#
TheVergecast
“
Everything is gambling now
”
13h
#
CNN
“
MTG engaged to pro-Trump pundit
”
14h
#
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...
21h
#
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...
21h
#
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...
24h
/1h
#
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...
24h
/12h
#
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...
24h
/21h
#
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....
30h
/13h
#
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...
22h
#
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...
29h
/17h
#
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...
23h
#
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...
23h
#
Fox
“
Jesse Watters discusses the continued manhunt following the
Brown University
shooting
”
17h
#
Austria
Spain, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Iceland and Ireland announced they will not take part in next year’s Eurovision in Vienna and, except in Iceland, their public broadcasters will not air the show, leaving about 74...
27h
/9h
#
NewYorkTimes
“
Man Who Tackled Sydney Gunman Is Praised as a Hero
”
18h
#
Italy
The
Court of Auditors
published reasons saying the Transport Ministry’s decree approving changes to the Strait of Messina Bridge contract is incompatible with EU procurement rules, after the government filed a late...
31h
/2h
#
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
...
26h
#
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...
31h
/27h
#
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...
25h
#
Iran
Iranian authorities are refusing an independent medical examination for Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Narges Mohammadi
after her violent arrest at a memorial for
Khosrow Alikordi
earlier this week. Her family and support...
31h
/5h
#
HongKong
Jimmy Lai
, 78, founder of
Apple Daily
, was convicted by a three-judge panel in Hong Kong of sedition and of conspiring to collude with foreign forces, a verdict that exposes him to a potential life sentence after a...
46h
/15h
#
CNN
“
New video shows person of interest in Brown shooting
”
20h
#
USA
Macquarie Dictionary
named “
AI
slop” Word of the Year and
Euronews
reports that 2025 was dominated by cheaply produced,
AI
-generated content that flooded the internet, after Merriam‑Webster earlier put “slop” at the top...
36h
/8h
#
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...
28h
#
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...
35h
/14h
#
Fox
“
Three new videos released of suspected
Brown University
gunman
”
23h
#
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...
29h
#
Australia
Newly released dashcam footage shows a Jewish couple in their 60s trying to stop a terror attack at a
Hanukkah
celebration on Bondi Beach after attackers earlier killed at least 15 people and wounded many. The footage...
Sun
/5h
#
USA
Analysts say tariffs, a delayed shift to
LiDAR
navigation and fierce low-cost competition pushed
iRobot
into
Chapter 11
as it arranges a sale of substantially all assets to its primary supplier,
Picea Robotics
, after...
41h
/6h
#
Japan
Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao will be returned to China at the end of January, with their final public viewing scheduled for January 25, ending a continuous Japanese presence of
giant pandas
that began with animals sent in...
34h
/12h
#
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...
38h
/32h
#
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...
31h