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• AI’s $517 billion problem: Are chips getting old too fast?

  11-12-2025 04:51 via article.wn.com
  Chip makers are releasing new, more powerful processors much faster than before. ......
  
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• Illinois becomes 12th state to let terminally ill residents choose to end their lives

  12-12-2025 21:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Catholic Conference of Illinois blasted Pritzker's move, saying the law puts Illinois ‘on a dangerous and heartbreaking path’
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: EU agrees indefinite freeze on £184bn of Russian assets

  12-12-2025 20:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukraine’s ambassador to Washington insisted the meeting ‘only covered national security related issues’
  
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• Noem confronted by deported veteran after insisting no former military forced out of country

  12-12-2025 20:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kristi Noem was confronted by a deported veteran after she insisted that no former US military personnel had been removed from the country under the Trump administration.
  
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• Baby locked inside hot car rescued as temperatures hit 85F

  12-12-2025 20:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police officers rescued a baby locked inside a hot car in Florida as temperatures hit 85F (29C) on Friday, 5 December.
  
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• Tunisian court sentences opposition figure Moussi to 12 years in prison

  12-12-2025 20:41 via article.wn.com
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• Donald Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from California, other states

  12-12-2025 20:41 via article.wn.com
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• Watch: Skydiver dangles at 15,000 feet after parachute catches on plane’s tail in Australia

  12-12-2025 20:40 via article.wn.com
  By ROD McGUIRK MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian accident investigators on Thursday released dramatic images of a skydiver’s parachute becoming entangled on an airplane’s tail, leaving him dangling at 4,500 meters (15,000 feet.) The skydiver, Adrian Ferguson, used a hook knife to cut himself free and sustained minor leg injuries during the incident on Sept. 20 that began at Tully Airport in Queensland state. The pilot and 16 other parachutists on board the Cessna Caravan t
  
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• Russian lugers plan to race in Lake Placid next week. Ukrainian sliders say it shouldn’t ...

  12-12-2025 20:40 via article.wn.com
  By TIM REYNOLDS PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Russian athletes have told the International Luge Federation that they obtained visas and are coming to the U.S. for a World Cup race next weekend, a move that Ukrainian athletes believe is simply unfair. Related Articles IOC president Coventry sets early 2026 target for new Olympic policy on gender eligibility Nine Russian and Belarusian skiers get neutral status to compete in Olympics qualifying events Hockey at the Winter Olympics will be played on
  
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• Ramit Sethi Wants You to Spend Less Time on Money and More on Life — ...

  12-12-2025 20:40 via article.wn.com
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• More photos from Epstein estate show Trump, Clinton and former prince Andrew

  12-12-2025 20:40 via article.wn.com
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• Jason Collins: NBA

  12-12-2025 20:40 via article.wn.com
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• Europeans demand US 'security guarantees' before Ukraine territorial concessions: Elysee

  12-12-2025 20:40 via article.wn.com
  Europeans and Ukrainians are asking the United States to provide them with "security...
  
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• Trump says Thailand, Cambodia have agreed to stop border clashes

  12-12-2025 20:39 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to halt fighting along their disputed border, which has killed at least 20 people this week. The latest fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbours, which stems from a long-running dispute over the colonial-era demarcation of their 800-kilometre (500-mile) frontier, has also displaced around half a million on both sides. Each side had blamed the other for reigniting the conflict. "I had a very good conversation th
  
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• Which safety features actually lower your car insurance rate?

  12-12-2025 20:37 via article.wn.com
  CheapInsurance.com reports that not all safety features reduce car insurance rates equally; foundational features like airbags offer the best discounts. ......
  
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• US removes Brazilian Supreme Court justice and his wife from sanctions list

  12-12-2025 20:37 via article.wn.com
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. removed Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list on Friday after initially adding him over his role in leading the trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. De Moraes’ wife and the Lex Institute,...
  
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• Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew a ceasefire after days of deadly clashes, Trump says

  12-12-2025 20:37 via article.wn.com
  By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes had threatened to undo a ceasefire the U.S. administration had helped broker earlier this year. Trump announced the agreement to restart the ceasefire in a social media posting following calls with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet. “They have agreed to CEASE all sh
  
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• Minnesota nursing home workers will have to wait for raises because state dropped ball on paperwork

  12-12-2025 20:37 via article.wn.com
  Unprecedented minimum wages for thousands of workers in Minnesota nursing homes had been set to go into effect Jan. 1. ......
  
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• Kosovo receives first deported migrant from US under agreement with Trump administration

  12-12-2025 20:37 via article.wn.com
  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo said on Friday that the first of several dozen third-country migrants has arrived from the United States under an agreement reached earlier this year with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. Kosovo agreed in June to temporarily...
  
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• Justice Department asks appeals court to block judge's contempt inquiry in mass deportation case

  12-12-2025 20:37 via article.wn.com
  The Justice Department has asked an...
  
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• Usain Bolt vs Justin Gatlin net worth comparison in 2025: Salaries, sponsorships, and lifetime earnings

  12-12-2025 20:36 via article.wn.com
  Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin excelled as sprinters. However, as we enter 2025, most people know more about their off-the-track careers than their athletic accomplishments. Bolt's estimated personal wealth is approximately $90 million; his income from sponsorships and endorsements when he was active continues today, though at a smaller scale than when he was competing...
  
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• This holiday season isn't very merry for consumers, an AP-NORC poll finds

  12-12-2025 20:36 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — This holiday season isn't quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump, a new AP-NORC ......
  
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• Teachers asked to report stray dogs, outrage in J&K

  12-12-2025 20:36 via article.wn.com
  SRINAGAR: Political parties and teachers’ unions in Jammu & Kashmir have slammed education department’s recent directives mandating teachers to report stray dog populations and take part in “management of stray dogs”, and demanded their immediate withdrawal and strict action against officials responsible for...
  
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• Ukraine says it hit Yaroslavl oil refinery, sources say output suspended

  12-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  Units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces have struck the capacity of the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, the Ukrainian military’s General Staff wrote on Facebook ......
  
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• 2026 World Cup: Bay Area ticket prices currently among the ‘lowest’ in the tournament

  12-12-2025 20:34 via article.wn.com
  On Thursday, FIFA, the global soccer body, opened a new lottery window for a chance to buy tickets to the 2026 World Cup. Thanks to the recent draw that defined the 12 groups of four national teams (with some pending) and the full schedule for the tournament — and unlike the two prior lottery rounds — fans can now select individual matches. Starting Dec. 18, fans can access the FIFA ticket platform to see the prices for each of the 104 matches in the tournament, the biggest in histor
  
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• Nearly 795,000 displaced Gazans face flood risk

  12-12-2025 20:33 via article.wn.com
  GENEVA: Hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans face flooding of their tents and shelters by heavy rains; and materials for shelters and sandbags are not being allowed to enter t ......
  
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• The U.S. Seizes an Oil Tanker. What’s Next?

  12-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  Readers react to developments in the U.S.-Venezuela confrontation. Also: A group of six women with decades of connection. ......
  
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• Taylor Swift cries over terrorist plot, dance class attack in new doc

  12-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour”...
  
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• Social media ban: Should you enforce your own mini-Australia at home?

  12-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  Sydney — Australia has introduced...
  
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• Russia rejects Zelenskyy's proposal for Donbass referendum

  12-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW — Russia has rejected President...
  
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