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• 3rd LD Writethru: U.S. Fed cuts interest rate by 25 basis points

  11-12-2025 01:58 via article.wn.com
  By Xie Zheshu, Liu Yanan WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to lower the target range for the federal funds interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.5 to 3.75 percent, marking its third rate cut this year. The decision was approved by a 9-3 majority vote of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), marking the first three-dissent meeting since September 2019, which highlighted the committee's internal divisions on the pace of monetary easing. WIDELY ANTICI
  
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• Trump touts his economic agenda in rambling North Carolina rally speech after partial release of Epstein files

  20-12-2025 04:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump did not mention the Justice Department’s partial release of the Epstein files as he stopped at a North Carolina rally before heading off on vacation
  
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• Video: Moment when Taiwan attacker unleashed smoke bombs, went on killing spree

  20-12-2025 03:53 via article.wn.com
  Video: Moment when Taiwan attacker unleashed smoke bombs, went on killing spree ......
  
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• US Launches 'Operation Hawkeye Strike' in Syria; Hegseth Vows Vengeance | US News

  20-12-2025 03:53 via article.wn.com
  US Launches 'Operation Hawkeye Strike' in Syria; Hegseth Vows Vengeance | US News ......
  
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• No quick peace on Ukraine or Gaza, Marco Rubio says at year-end briefing

  20-12-2025 03:53 via article.wn.com
  No quick peace on Ukraine or Gaza, Marco Rubio says at year-end briefing ......
  
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• Justice Department releases limited set of files tied to Epstein investigations

  20-12-2025 03:53 via article.wn.com
  The release included photographs, call logs, grand jury testimony and some documents and records that already were public. ......
  
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• How H-1B curbs are adding to teachers crisis in US

  20-12-2025 03:53 via article.wn.com
  How H-1B curbs are adding to teachers crisis in US ......
  
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• US denies visa to Honduran electoral official as election results delay

  20-12-2025 03:50 via article.wn.com
  Dec 19 (Reuters) - ‌U.S. Secretary of State ‌Marco Rubio said on Friday ‌that the State Department has refused the visa application of Marlon ‍Ochoa, a member ‍of the Honduran ‌National Electoral Council. Read full story ......
  
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• Sri Lanka tea workers struggle in poverty. Flooding cost many their lives

  20-12-2025 03:50 via article.wn.com
  After Sri Lanka struggled through one of the worst storms in its history, tea...
  
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• Legal challenge to Trump’s H-1B fee faces tough questioning from judge

  20-12-2025 03:50 via article.wn.com
  Washington: A federal judge signaled that US President Donald Trump may have sweeping authority under immigration law, even as she questioned a legal challenge to his administration’s decision to impose a $100,000 fee on companies seeking new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. US District Judge Beryl Howell pressed attorneys for the US Chamber of Commerce and other plaintiffs who are asking the court to block enforcement of the presidential proclamation or strike it down outrig
  
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• In Antarctica, photos show a remote area teeming with life amid growing risks from climate change

  20-12-2025 03:50 via article.wn.com
  Antarctica, one of the most remote places on Earth, teems with life. For tourists who make it...
  
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• Climate Sri Lanka Cyclone Displacement

  20-12-2025 03:50 via article.wn.com
  Displaced tea plantation workers and their families queue for aid at a safety center after Cyclone Ditwah led to floods and landslides at Craighead Estate in Nawalapitiya, Sri Lanka, Friday, Dec.12, 2025. ......
  
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• Life changed for Jews in Australia this week. Will it ever be the same?

  20-12-2025 03:48 via article.wn.com
  By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Bondi Beach, Sydney (CNN) — For Australia’s tiny Jewish population, Bondi Beach was a refuge within a vast country that offered sanctuary to families fleeing a seething hate that killed six million of their kind within the lifetime of some of their oldest members. For decades, they laid roots in a Sydney suburb built around a white sandy beach where each year millions of tourists kick off their shoes to be transported to a postcard world of beautiful people an
  
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• Zelensky says battlefield situation complicated

  20-12-2025 03:47 via article.wn.com
  WARSAW, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that the situation on the battlefield is complicated and increasingly difficult. Zelensky, who...
  
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• Why your business credit score isn\u2019t going up \u2014 even if you\u2019re paying on time

  20-12-2025 03:44 via article.wn.com
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• Review: \u2018Wake Up Dead Man\u2019 keeps the audience guessing

  20-12-2025 03:44 via article.wn.com
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• Man accused of lighting woman on fire on CTA train faces new charge in arson ...

  20-12-2025 03:44 via article.wn.com
  Jason Meisner Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — A man accused of lighting a woman on fire on the CTA Blue Line last month has been indicted on additional federal charges alleging he lit a fire outside City Hall three days earlier. kAm{2HC6?46 #665[ d_[ H2D 492C865 :? 2 EH@\4@F?E :?5:4E>6?E >256 AF3=:4 %9FCD52J H:E9 E6CC@C:D> 282:?DE 2 >2DD EC2?DA@CE2E:@? DJDE6> 2?5 2CD@? :?G@=G:?8 2 AF3=:4 3F:=5:?8]k^Am kAm%96 32C6\3@?6D :?5:4E>6?E 5@6D ?@E AC@G:56 2?J 56E2:=D :?E@ E96 r:EJ w2==
  
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• C.J. Nitkowski explains why Bo Bichette’s free agency has moved more slowly than expected

  20-12-2025 03:44 via article.wn.com
  C.J. Nitkowski has spent years inside major league clubhouses, and he knows when a quiet market is part of a plan rather than a problem. The former MLB pitcher believes teams this offseason are operating with patience, shaped by depth and long-term thinking. Speaking on Toronto Sports Rush, Nitkowski framed the current free-agent landscape as one defined by options, not urgency.His...
  
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• Aerial photo of EIU, Old Main featured on Rotary jigsaw puzzle

  20-12-2025 03:44 via article.wn.com
  CHARLESTON — The Rotary Club of Charleston is in the final stage of its initial Rotary Jigsaw Picture Puzzle project. kAmy:8D2H AFKK=6D >256 7C@> 2 A9@E@ @7 t2DE6C? x==:?@:D &?:G6CD:EJ’D “~=5 |2:?” 2?5 A2CE @7 E96 42>AFD 2C6 ?@H 2G2:=23=6 :? =@42= DE@C6D 2?5 @? E96 r92C=6DE@? #@E2CJ H63D:E6]k^Am kAm%96 AC@;64E 3682? :? E96 DAC:?8 H96? r92C=6DE@? #@E2C:2? %@55 ':=2C5@ =62C?65 @7 2 D:>:=2C A:4EFC6 AFKK=6 AC@;64E 4@>A=6E65 3J 2 #@E2CJ 4=F3 :? E96 r9:428@ 2
  
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• Trump administration wants to ensure Mexican crews operating trains in the US can speak English

  20-12-2025 03:32 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration has urged two...
  
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• Minnesota jury says Johnson & Johnson owes $65.5 million to woman with cancer who used ...

  20-12-2025 03:32 via article.wn.com
  A Minnesota jury has awarded $65.5...
  
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• Judge issues final judgment in Illinois River poultry pollution lawsuit

  20-12-2025 03:32 via article.wn.com
  The judge's order includes an injunction limiting the use of poultry waste as fertilizer, $350,000 in penalties and a special master to oversee a phased, 30-year cleanup of the eastern Oklahoma watershed. ......
  
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• Civilisation started with a good hard rub

  20-12-2025 03:29 via article.wn.com
  In the 1960s, Prof Peter Jost ran a study for the British govt that showed better engine lubricants could save over £500mn each year by cutting friction losses. That’s £8.5bn in today’s money. By the early 2000s, engine design, vehicle aerodynamics and, of course, lube formulation had advanced significantly, yet a 2009 study found cars consumed 360mn tonnes of fuel – petrol and diesel combined – every year just to overcome friction. Even today, roughly 28% of
  
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• Why Elise Stefanik is leaving politics: Trump ally ends New York governor bid and congressional career

  20-12-2025 03:26 via article.wn.com
  Elise Stefanik announced she is stepping away...
  
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• Voters may be rethinking everything: 2028 US Presidential polls reveal a stunning shift

  20-12-2025 03:26 via article.wn.com
  US Presidential 2028 polls: Early 2028 presidential polling...
  
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• US Epstein files release highlights Bill Clinton, makes scant reference to Trump

  20-12-2025 03:26 via article.wn.com
  Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files, heavily...
  
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• Stock market today: S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq rise as AI stocks rebound – here's why ...

  20-12-2025 03:26 via article.wn.com
  S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq today: US stocks climbed on...
  
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• Bitcoin price target: Why analysts predict BTC USD will hit $1.42 million with a bull ...

  20-12-2025 03:26 via article.wn.com
  Bitcoin price prediction 2035: A new price model suggests...
  
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• Bangladesh set to hold funeral of youth leader whose death sparked unrest in country

  20-12-2025 03:26 via article.wn.com
  Dhaka prepares for the funeral of a prominent youth...
  
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• Australian lifesavers return to duty at Bondi Beach after massacre

  20-12-2025 03:26 via article.wn.com
  Surf lifesavers returned to Bondi Beach six days...
  
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