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Venezuela

A US strike at sea killed four people, the US Southern Command said, posting video on X that described a kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization after the Pentagon disclosed that...

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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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Taiwan

The USA announced an $11.1 billion proposed arms package to Taiwan through the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, following earlier US approvals in Donald Trump’s second term that consolidated multiple separate deals...

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USA

Dan Bongino is leaving the FBI in January amid disagreements over the Epstein files, after a short and tumultuous tenure that began earlier this year. Appointed by Kash Patel and close to Donald Trump, Bongino's...

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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

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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USA

Critics denounced a row of insulting plaques on a partisan "Presidential Walk of Fame," which Donald Trump installed along the West Wing colonnade after the display drew attention earlier this year. The display replaces...

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USA

YouTube will stream the Oscars exclusively beginning in 2029 after the Academy ended its broadcast relationship with ABC following the 100th ceremony. Reports say YouTube won global rights with a nine-figure bid that...

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Belgium

Italy joined France in opposing the EU‑Mercosur free‑trade deal, raising the prospect that the European Council summit in Brussels could fail to approve the pact after the European Commission spent days pressing member...

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USA

Peter Arnett died in Newport Beach, California, at 91, his son Andrew Arnett said, after a battle with prostate cancer, following a long career as a Pulitzer Prize–winning war correspondent. He won the 1966 Pulitzer...

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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

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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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

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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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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Brazil

Congress approved a law that could cut Jair Bolsonaro's sentence to two years and four months following the Senate's earlier move to change how multiple sentences are counted. The measure, backed by a conservative...

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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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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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Russia

Vladimir Putin warned this week that Russia will try to expand the territory it controls in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western supporters reject Russian demands during upcoming peace talks, following an earlier freeze of...

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USA

House Republicans passed a conservative health-care bill that does not extend enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits set to expire at the end of the month, following a discharge petition by four moderate Republicans...

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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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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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Australia

Matilda was buried in Sydney after she was killed at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach that left 15 people dead. Her parents, Valentyna and Michael, who left Ukraine before Russia’s invasion, and mourners released...

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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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USA

Jane's Addiction announced it is breaking up after Perry Farrell apologized following an onstage altercation in Boston last year that set off the group's collapse. Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins filed a...

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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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

Investigators say they have physical evidence, DNA, surveillance video and witness statements as they continue to search for a suspect after a gunman killed two students and wounded nine at Brown University. Police...

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USA

The Senate required Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to hand over unedited footage of US strikes near Venezuela and withheld a quarter of his travel budget, following final approval of the 3,000-page National Defense...

13h/10h
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USA

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Velocity V-Twin crashed shortly after departing Nashua Airport and came to rest upside down in a snow bank in the Cannongate Condominiums parking lot at about...

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Fox

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

Negotiations to fund Oracle's planned $10 billion, 1-gigawatt Michigan data center have stalled, rattling markets and drawing scrutiny from investors and US lawmakers after earlier reports said Blue Owl would not back...

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Italy

Giorgia Meloni urged postponing the EU-Mercosur trade agreement signature, calling a signing in the coming days premature after she avoided mentioning arms deliveries to Kyiv in a parliamentary resolution to keep her...

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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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USA

Rogers' family confirmed to TMZ that Lane V. Rogers died two days earlier after a motorcycle collision near Oxnard, following initial reports that he was pronounced dead at the scene. The 31-year-old, known online as...

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Belgium

Bart De Wever has refused to hand over frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine, deepening a diplomatic standoff after Elisabeth Svantesson told EU colleagues the bloc intends to use immobilized Russian securities to...

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USA

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory say Titan likely lacks a single global underground ocean and instead contains deep layers of ice and slush with isolated pockets of liquid water, following a reanalysis of...

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CNN

CNN among first on site of Bondi Beach massacre
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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

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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Palestine

Multiple people were wounded after Israeli troops fired a mortar over the Oct. 10 ceasefire Yellow Line into a residential area in central Gaza City, following earlier reports that a mortar strike had wounded 10 people....

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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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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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Fox

Emily Compagno: This is colossal incompetence
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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

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

A federal appeals court ruled that the National Guard deployment in Washington can continue while it reviews a lower-court order that had directed troops to leave, after US District Judge Jia Cobb ordered their removal....

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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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USA

Amazon is negotiating to invest more than $10 billion in OpenAI, offering access to its Trainium chips, data-center capacity and potentially an enterprise version of ChatGPT, following earlier moves by Google and Meta...

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USA

iRobot filed for bankruptcy this week, underscoring critics' view that the Roomba failed to deliver on the promise of everyday home robotics after the device launched the market in 2002 and lost ground to cheaper...

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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

Jack Smith told House Judiciary Committee members in a closed-door deposition that his team developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump criminally conspired to overturn the 2020 election, after...

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USA

Cedric Lodge was sentenced to eight years in federal prison in Williamsport, Pennsylvania after prosecutors said he stole and sold body parts taken from cadavers donated to Harvard Medical School. Prosecutors said the...

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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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CNN

Jack Smith testifies he decided to charge Trump based on the president’s actions
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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...

28h/13h
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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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BBC

Who is Susie Wiles
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USA

Jeanne Marrazzo filed a federal lawsuit in Maryland naming Matthew Memoli and Jay Bhattacharya, alleging she was illegally fired after blowing the whistle on sweeping NIH funding cuts and research cancellations. The...

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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...

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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...

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Ukraine

Ukrainian forces struck a tanker in Rostov-on-Don and Russian air strikes wounded at least 32 people in and around Zaporizhzhia, as Volodymyr Zelensky pressed EU leaders in Brussels to use frozen Russian assets to...

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USA

Donald Trump joined a dignified transfer on Wednesday for three Americans killed in an ambush in eastern Syria after two Army National Guard soldiers and a civilian interpreter were identified earlier by the Pentagon....

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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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Brazil

Alex Leandro Bispo dos Santos was placed under a temporary detention order last week as investigators probe the death of his wife, influencer Maria Katiane Gomes da Silva, after security footage reportedly contradicted...

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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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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

The White House said Donald Trump will deliver a live address from the White House at 9 p.m. Eastern and the Associated Press will provide a livestream, after he announced the speech on social media on short notice that...

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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...

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TheJoeRoganExperience

Bret Weinstein
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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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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

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

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced that Nevada joined a multistate settlement with Hyundai and Kia after regulators said about 9 million US cars sold from 2011 through 2022 lacked industry-standard anti-theft...

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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...

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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...

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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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TEDTalks

This movie never ends the same way twice
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Italy

Two new archeostations have opened in Rome, extending Line C and showcasing archaeological finds unearthed during more than a decade of construction after repeated delays and interruptions. Colosseo-Fori Imperiali sits...

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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...

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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...

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CNN

Journalist behind Wiles interview responds to criticism
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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...

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TheHill

FBI argued no probable cause for Mar-a-Lago raid
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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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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...

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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...

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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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Belgium

Dan Jørgensen said the Commission will analyse speculative behaviour and present conclusions next year after unveiling the EU's first Affordable Housing Plan, which was first published last week. The plan aims to add...

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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...

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