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• Disney to invest $1.29b in OpenAI and bring iconic characters to Sora

  11-12-2025 15:55 via article.wn.com
  The deal involves 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters. ......
  
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• U.S. Rabbis React to Deadly Hanukkah Attack in Sydney

  14-12-2025 22:27 via article.wn.com
  After gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, rabbis across the United States reflected on how to protect their congregations during their own events. ......
  
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• The Bondi Beach Shooting Is What ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Looks Like

  14-12-2025 22:27 via article.wn.com
  When a slogan’s real meaning comes true. ......
  
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• Pope Leo XIV criticizes prison overcrowding during special Mass for inmates, guards and families

  14-12-2025 22:27 via article.wn.com
  ROME — Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year. The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from big detention facilities in Italy and prison volunteers, wardens...
  
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• Bondi Beach shooting victims in full including young girls and Holocaust survivor

  14-12-2025 22:27 via article.wn.com
  At least 16 were killed and dozens injured in terror attack on Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, including a British rabbi and a Ukrainian Holocaust survivor. ......
  
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• Bondi Beach shooters were father and son as police release new details

  14-12-2025 22:27 via article.wn.com
  A total of 16 people were killed in the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney, Australia, with 42 injured people taken to hospitals across the city ......
  
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• Zelensky Offers To Drop NATO Bid In Exchange For Western Security Guarantee

  14-12-2025 22:26 via article.wn.com
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country's bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the US push for ceding territory to... ......
  
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• Two Colossal Statues Of Pharaoh Restored In Luxor After 2 Decades

  14-12-2025 22:26 via article.wn.com
  Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the government's archaeological events that aim at drawing more tourists... ......
  
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• Social Media Screening Of H-1B, H-4 Visa Applicants To Begin From Monday

  14-12-2025 22:26 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration will begin on Monday enhanced screening and vetting of H-1B and its dependent H-4 visa applicants, including checks of their social media profiles. ......
  
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• Donald Trump Hints At Possible 2026 Midterm Election Loss

  14-12-2025 22:26 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump hinted that Republicans could lose the 2026 midterm elections, despite touting the "greatest economy in history," in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published... ......
  
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• Ban On Roblox Gaming Platform Sparks Rare Protest In Russia

  14-12-2025 22:26 via article.wn.com
  Russia's communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said on December 3 it had blocked Roblox because it was "rife with inappropriate content that can negatively impact the spiritual and moral development of... ......
  
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• Candlelight Vigil Held in Tel Aviv for Sydney Shooting Victims

  14-12-2025 22:24 via article.wn.com
  A candlelight vigil is held at Frishman Beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, at 3 p.m. ET on Dec. 14 for the Australia shooting victims. ......
  
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• At Least 16 Killed in Terrorist Attack Targeting Jewish Festival in Sydney

  14-12-2025 22:24 via article.wn.com
  At least 16 people, as well as a suspected gunman, have been confirmed dead following a mass shooting at a Sydney...
  
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• Who is Adnan Hirsi? Ilhan Omar claims son pulled over by ICE in Minnesota

  14-12-2025 22:23 via article.wn.com
  Minnesota Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar claimed that her son had been pulled over by ICE on Saturday, and he was asked to prove his citizenship. Ilhan Omar claimed that her son had been pulled over by ICE.(AP) The lawmaker said “Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by agents, and once he was able to produce his passport ID, they did let him go,” as per CBS News. Also Read | Laura Ingraham...
  
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• West African bloc rejects Guinea-Bissau's military transition plan

  14-12-2025 22:23 via article.wn.com
  ABUJA, Dec 14 - West African bloc...
  
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• Flash floods kill seven people in Morocco's Safi

  14-12-2025 22:23 via article.wn.com
  RABAT, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Flash floods...
  
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• Death toll climbs to 16 after mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach

  14-12-2025 22:23 via article.wn.com
  WELLINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The death toll from Sunday's mass shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration�on Sydney's Bondi Beach rose to 16, police said early on Monday. Read full story ......
  
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• Israel issues warning for citizens abroad after deadly shooting in Australia

  14-12-2025 22:21 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Israel issued a security warning on Sunday for its citizens abroad following a deadly shooting attack in Australia, urging them to...
  
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• China to strengthen strategic communication with GCC, safeguard common interests: FM

  14-12-2025 22:21 via article.wn.com
  RIYADH, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- China stands ready to strengthen strategic communication with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), safeguard common interests, and jointly respond to a turbulent and changing international landscape, so as to make new contributions to the collective self-reliance of the Global South, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Sunday. During a meeting with Secretary General of the GCC Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communi
  
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• Australian Jewish leader says mass shooting ‘logical conclusion to what’s been simmering’

  14-12-2025 22:20 via article.wn.com
  Alex Ryvchin, the co-CEO of the executive council...
  
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• Syria, coalition forces chasing Isis 'sleeper cells' after attack on US troops

  14-12-2025 22:17 via article.wn.com
  Syrian forces and a United States-led coalition launched an operation against Isis sleeper cells today, a Syrian Interior Ministry official said, a day after a deadly attack on US troops in the country. Two US troops and a civilian interpreter were killed in what the Syrian Government described as a “terrorist attack”, while Washington said it had been carried out by an Isis militant who was subsequently killed. The ministry official, who requested anonymity, told AFP that a “s
  
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• NYS Gaming Commission set to vote Monday on final approval for three NYC casino sites

  14-12-2025 22:17 via article.wn.com
  The New York State Gaming Commission will hold a Monday meeting that is expected to finalize the approval for all three full-scale NYC casino sites. The meeting will take place at the Robert F. Smith Center for the Performing Arts at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park in Manhattan. It will also be livestreamed. State officials said on the agenda will be the...
  
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• Bondi beach terror attack: 15 killed in ‘evil antisemitic’ shooting at park hosting Jewish festival

  14-12-2025 22:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  One suspected shooter has been killed and another is in critical condition
  
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• Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski describes Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release

  14-12-2025 22:14 via article.wn.com
  Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski has been released from a Belarusian prison after more than four years. He was freed on Saturday as part of a deal with the U.S., which lifted some of the sanctions on Belarus. Bialiatski, ......
  
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• Joy to the world: Find Jesus’ joy at Christmas

  14-12-2025 22:14 via article.wn.com
  Isaac Watts is a great hymn writer in the Christian faith, but did you know that his beloved hymn, “Joy to the World,” was not originally a Christmas hymn? ......
  
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• Guatemala declares state of emergency after armed attacks kill at least 5

  14-12-2025 22:14 via article.wn.com
  GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Guatemalan...
  
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• Girl, 10, among 16 dead after gunmen target Jewish celebration at Bondi Beach in horror ...

  14-12-2025 22:14 via article.wn.com
  A ten-year-old girl and British-born rabbi were among those killed in the terror attack, with 40 others still in hospital ......
  
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• Bondi Beach father and son terrorists: All we know after police reveal new details

  14-12-2025 22:14 via article.wn.com
  Two gunmen who shot dead 16 people in Bondi Beach were father and son ......
  
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• Death toll climbs to 16 after mass shooting at Sydney

  14-12-2025 22:12 via article.wn.com
  The death toll from Sunday...
  
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• Shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach comes amid rising antisemitism in Australia

  14-12-2025 22:11 via independent.co.uk
  Australian PM Anthony Albanese called the shooting an act of antisemitism and terrorism
  
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