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• Heathrow Terminal 3 on lockdown after pepper spray attack

  08-12-2025 11:51 via article.wn.com
  A serious incident triggered an alert at London’s Heathrow Airport on Sunday morning, forcing Terminal 3 into lockdown. The incident unfolded in the multi-storey car park of Terminal 3, drawing police, fire crews, and ambulances to the scene. Footage from...
  
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• Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew released from ICE detention

  08-12-2025 18:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  White House press secretary’s brother is the father of Bruna Ferreira’s child
  
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• Alex Murdaugh court clerk who wrote book pleads guilty to leaking sealed crime scene photos

  08-12-2025 18:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Judge Heath Taylor sentenced Becky Hill to three years of probation
  
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• Tanzania declares Dec. 9 protests illegal

  08-12-2025 18:30 via article.wn.com
  DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's Minister of Home Affairs George Simbachawene on Monday urged citizens to avoid planned demonstrations scheduled for Dec. 9, declaring them...
  
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• Netanyahu Highlights Strategic Value of His Direct Dialogue With Putin

  08-12-2025 18:30 via article.wn.com
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he maintains regular communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling the relationship essential for...
  
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• How to maximize your EV's range in cold weather

  08-12-2025 18:30 via article.wn.com
  CarMax reports that cold weather can reduce EV range by nearly 30%. Tips include preconditioning the battery, using heaters wisely, and checking tire pressure. ......
  
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• How gas prices have changed in the U.S. in the last week Dec. 8, 2025

  08-12-2025 18:30 via article.wn.com
  CheapInsurance.com compiled statistics on gas prices in the U.S. using data from AAA. ......
  
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• Feature: Chinese experts bring relief to medicine-starved South Sudan communities

  08-12-2025 18:30 via article.wn.com
  JUBA, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Agness Alison Nunu, a 38-year-old mother of six, had suspended her small business of selling snacks due to her child's condition, until the arrival of a Chinese medical team in her residential suburb in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. On Dec. 6, a medical outreach program at Gurei Primary Health Care Center (PHCC) by the 13th batch of the Chinese medical team gave Nunua a glimmer of hope as she sought urgent treatment for her child, who was in...
  
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• Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President Ouattara sworn in for new 5-year term

  08-12-2025 18:30 via article.wn.com
  ABIDJAN, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Alassane Ouattara, incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, was sworn in before the Constitutional Council on Monday in the capital, Abidjan, for a fourth five-year term, after winning the election...
  
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• UN committee urges UK, Mauritius to respect Chagossians’ right to return to Diego Garcia Island

  08-12-2025 18:28 via article.wn.com
  A UN committee on the elimination of racial discrimination has urged the UK and Mauritius to respect the right of displaced Chagossians to return to their ancestral home on Diego Garcia Island, the largest of the Chagos Archipelago. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial...
  
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• WNBA Champion Sabrina Ionescu Becomes Global Brand Ambassador for Ant International

  08-12-2025 18:27 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 8, 2025-- ......
  
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• The European Union moves ahead with toughening its migration system

  08-12-2025 18:27 via article.wn.com
  By SAM McNEIL BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials on Monday were finalizing a major overhaul of its migration system, including streamlined deportations and increased detentions, after years of fierce debate on the issue has seen the rise of far-right political parties. Related Articles Magnitude 7.6 quake triggers a tsunami on Japan’s northern coast Greenland hosts annual talks with US at end of a year when Trump revived talk of takeover EU leader warns of US interference in Eu
  
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• Which economy did best in 2025?

  08-12-2025 18:26 via article.wn.com
  It could have been a lot worse. In April, as President Donald Trump started his trade war, investors and many economists braced for a steep global recession. In the end, global gdp will probably grow by around 3% this year, the same as last. Unemployment remains low almost everywhere. Stockmarkets have logged another year of respectable gains. Only inflation is really a worry. Across the oecd it remains above central banks’ 2% targets. PREMIUM Representational image.(Representational Image
  
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• Syria uneasily celebrates a year of liberation

  08-12-2025 18:26 via article.wn.com
  THE Crackle of explosions echoes across the Damascus sky. A year ago such blasts were the soundtrack to rebel forces bearing down on the capital. Today they come from celebratory fireworks. Syrians are preparing for the first anniversary of their liberation from the regime of Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s blood-soaked dictator who fled on December 8th 2024. Billboards celebrating their freedom plaster the city. Syrians have travelled to the capital from all over the country in anticipation of t
  
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• Surging satellite numbers threaten to dazzle even space telescopes

  08-12-2025 18:26 via article.wn.com
  One of the reasons astronomers like to put telescopes in space is that the “seeing” is better. With no turbulent atmosphere in the way the stars shine steadily, rather than twinkling as they do when seen from the ground. PREMIUM Representational image. (Representative image) But it is not just an atmosphere that can ruin the seeing. The rapidly growing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit is already causing problems for ground-based telescopes, which find their images contaminated
  
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• Putin Wanted AI Supremacy. Now Russia Is Struggling to Stay in the Race.

  08-12-2025 18:26 via article.wn.com
  President Vladimir Putin has often proclaimed that Russia must lead the world in artificial intelligence. In reality, the country is stuck on the sidelines as others pull ahead. PREMIUM Russian President Vladimir Putin, in red tie, at an AI forum in Moscow with Sberbank CEO Herman Gref. The state-owned lender leads Russia’s AI efforts. As the U.S. and China race to dominate AI models and applications and countries in Europe and the Middle East pour resources into building computing infrast
  
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• Europe’s Foolish War on X.com

  08-12-2025 18:26 via article.wn.com
  The European Union’s decision Friday to impose a fine on Elon Musk’s social-media platform X.com raises a question: What the heck is wrong with these people? Even in Brussels, it’s unusual for a single policy move to create so much economic self-sabotage and diplomatic harm at one go. PREMIUM Elon Musk The €120 million ($140 million) fine is for breaches of Europe’s Digital Services Act (DSA), the first time Brussels has enforced that law in this way since it came in
  
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• A crisis over using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine

  08-12-2025 18:26 via article.wn.com
  London is the setting of this week’s first important meeting in the interminable succession of summits that now attend the war in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky is flying in to meet, on December 8th, Friedrich Merz of Germany, Emmanuel Macron of France and Sir Keir Starmer of Britain. The leaders of the so-called e3 have of late become . But this week’s most pressing choices regarding Ukraine’s future are being made in Brussels—not in its capacity as the seat of the European
  
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• Thailand launches air strikes against Cambodia in border clash

  08-12-2025 18:24 via article.wn.com
  Thailand launched air strikes on Monday on its neighbour, Cambodia, with both sides trading blame for renewed fighting on their disputed border that has killed four Cambodian civilians and a Thai soldier. Around 35,000 people in Thailand have been evacuated from border areas, the country's Second Army Region said. Five days of combat between Thailand and Cambodia this summer killed 43 people and displaced around 300,000 on both sides of the border before a truce took effect. But last month, Thai
  
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• Ray Dalio reveals the next ‘Silicon Valley’ investors must invest in

  08-12-2025 18:23 via article.wn.com
  Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio has identified the Middle East as the world’s next great technology hub, likening its momentum in artificial intelligence to the early days of Silicon Valley. Speaking in Abu Dhabi, Dalio emphasized that the region’s combination of capital, talent, and long-term planning is creating a fertile environment for innovation. With sovereign wealth funds backing multibillion-dollar projects and global technology leaders establishing a presence, he be
  
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• Doggett bows out after Supreme Court backs new Texas map favoring Republicans

  08-12-2025 18:23 via article.wn.com
  Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Tex., has announced he will not be seeking re-election next year in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Texas GOP’s newly redrawn congressional map created in favor of Republicans will go into effect. “I will continue working with the same urgency and determination as if next year were my last, which in public office it will be,” Doggett said in a news release. “After that, I will seek new ways to join...
  
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• Battle for WBD not over: Paramount goes directly to shareholders with $108.4B all-cash hostile bid

  08-12-2025 18:23 via article.wn.com
  In a dramatic escalation of the battle for one of Hollywood’s most storied studios, Paramount Skydance on Monday unveiled a $108.4 billion all-cash hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), just days after Netflix struck a $72 billion agreement to acquire the company’s film studios and streaming operations. In a statement on Monday, Paramount confirmed it had launched a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of WBD at $30 per share in cash, covering the entirety of the com
  
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• Virulent Trump and MAGA foe Jasmine Crockett expected to jump into Texas Senate race as Allred drops out

  08-12-2025 18:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Democrat, 44, is one of her party’s young stars on the Hill known for fiery media appearances and clashes with Republicans
  
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• Zelenskyy meets European partners, seeks convergence with U.S. on truce

  08-12-2025 18:20 via article.wn.com
  If there is a cessation of hostilities...
  
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• Wisconsin Cinnabon worker fired after racist tirade against couple

  08-12-2025 18:20 via article.wn.com
  A woman who was recorded shouting racist slurs at a couple in Wisconsin has been fired from the Cinnabon franchise where the outburst occurred. Video showed the woman telling the couple — described in an online fundraiser as a “black Somali Muslim couple" — "I am racist" and directing the N-word at them. A TikTok user who uploaded the video said the interaction happened...
  
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• More parents refusing vitamin K shots for newborns, study finds

  08-12-2025 18:20 via article.wn.com
  More parents are refusing vitamin K shots for their newborns, a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found. It’s a trend that experts worry could have deadly consequences. Babies are born with very low levels of vitamin K, a nutrient the body needs for blood to clot, leaving them at risk for severe bleeding early in life. In the early 1960s, hospitals in the United States began giving newborns shots of the vitamin within the first six hours of birth to
  
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• China vows to defend sovereignty over Taiwan as Trump unveils security strategy

  08-12-2025 18:20 via article.wn.com
  Taiwan is the first red line that must not be crossed in China-U.S. relations and China brooks no external interference, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said ......
  
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• 3-year-old boy becomes world's youngest rated chess player

  08-12-2025 18:20 via article.wn.com
  At the age of 3 years, 7 months and 20 days, a kindergartener from India has become the youngest chess player to earn an official rating from the sport’s international governing body. Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, born in 2022, was rated 1572 in rapid chess by FIDE after beating opponents many times his age. The rating is considerably higher than the minimum 1400 required. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are...
  
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• Trump Says He Will Weigh Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal as Paramount Mounts Rival $108 Billion Bid

  08-12-2025 18:19 via article.wn.com
  United States President Donald Trump said Sunday he would be “involved” in determining whether Netflix’s $72 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery should be allowed to proceed, a declaration that injected fresh political uncertainty into a deal already facing a pitched bidding war and likely regulatory scrutiny. Trump, speaking on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors, called the proposed combination “a lot of market share” and warned the merger “cou
  
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• Under fire from MAGA, Indian IT lobbying group aligns with Trump

  08-12-2025 18:17 via article.wn.com
  TOI correspondent from Washington: A resurfaced video of an Indian-American immigration attorney unleashing a profanity-laced attack on President Donald Trump at an Indian IT lobbying group conference has ignited a furious MAGA backlash, intensifying scrutiny of the H-1B visa system and prompting entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to drop out of the group’s 2025 conference in Puerto Rico this past weekend.What began as a routine motivational address to immigrant tech workers has now snowballed o
  
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