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• HitPaw VikPea V5.1.0 Launched: Unveiling AI Video Generator, AI Generative Model, and Enhanced Frame Interpolation ...

  09-12-2025 23:45 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK, N.Y., Dec. 10, 2025 (SEND2PRESS...
  
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• What to know about bidding war between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Bros.

  18-12-2025 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Warner Bros. is telling shareholders...
  
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• To boost birth rate: China imposes tax on condoms

  18-12-2025 14:36 via article.wn.com
  China has imposed a value-added tax (VAT) on condoms and other contraceptives for the first time in three decades as part of its efforts to boost the birth rate and modernize its tax laws. The measure takes effect on January 1, when condoms and contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT – a levy this product has been exempt from since China introduced its national VAT system in 1993. The move is included in a VAT law approved in 2024, designed to update China's tax system. VAT accounts fo
  
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• Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died

  18-12-2025 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist...
  
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• PHOTO ESSAY: Grassroots groups tackle social isolation

  18-12-2025 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Josh Pyles grew up on the farm where he now lives in Port Royal, Kentucky. His wife, Ashley Pyles, had never farmed before. But both are fully committed at their Blue Meadow Beef farm, where they and their three children ......
  
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• Israel launches intense airstrikes in Lebanon as deadline looms to disarm Hezbollah

  18-12-2025 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Israel has carried out airstrikes on...
  
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• California threatens Tesla with 30-day suspension of sales license

  18-12-2025 14:36 via article.wn.com
  California regulators are threatening...
  
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• Bank of England cuts key interest rate to 3.75%, the first reduction in 4 months

  18-12-2025 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Bank of England cuts key interest rate to 3.75%, the first reduction in 4 months. ......
  
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• Why I have a financial planner

  18-12-2025 14:35 via article.wn.com
  Hiring a financial planner can...
  
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• Trump team is pushing to yank American citizenship from more foreign-born people

  18-12-2025 14:35 via article.wn.com
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• Trump administration moves to dissolve national climate research lab

  18-12-2025 14:35 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration is moving to dissolve the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado. The center is a leading hub for climate science research, but a top White House official describes it as "one of the largest sources of ......
  
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• Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as archbishop of New York in most important ...

  18-12-2025 14:35 via article.wn.com
  Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as archbishop of New York in most important US appointment to date. ......
  
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• One Tech Tip: Spend quality time with loved ones, not a screen, over the holidays

  18-12-2025 14:35 via article.wn.com
  The holiday season is a great time...
  
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• Morgue manager who sold body parts gets 8-year prison term

  18-12-2025 14:35 via article.wn.com
  A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston has been sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts. A prosecutor says Cedric Lodge treated the parts “as if they were baubles.” Authorities say ......
  
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• Inflation spikes 2.7 percent despite Trump’s claims ‘prices are down’

  18-12-2025 14:35 via article.wn.com
  Prices on numerous goods spike as the labor market continues to be sluggish...
  
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• AP News Summary at 8:02 a.m. EST

  18-12-2025 14:35 via article.wn.com
  US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, angering China ......
  
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• Urgent: ECB keeps interest rates unchanged

  18-12-2025 14:32 via article.wn.com
  FRANKFURT, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) --...
  
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• Urgent: 6.1-magnitude quake hits off east coast of Kamchatka -- GFZ

  18-12-2025 14:32 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a...
  
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• 2nd LD Writethru: Bank of England cuts interest rate to support economy

  18-12-2025 14:32 via article.wn.com
  LONDON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of England (BoE) announced a 25-basis-point cut to its benchmark interest rate on Thursday, bringing it down to 3.75 percent, the lowest level since early 2023, as policymakers assessed easing inflation pressures alongside subdued economic conditions. The BoE's Monetary Policy...
  
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• Heartbreaking details of how Rob and Michele Reiner's bodies were discovered after brutal murders

  18-12-2025 14:31 via article.wn.com
  Harrowing details about how exactly Rob and Michele Reiner's bodies were found have emerged. ......
  
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• Discounted 'extra large' Cadbury Daily Milk chocolate bar branded 'great gift'

  18-12-2025 14:31 via article.wn.com
  Anyone looking for an extra stocking filler have several options to browse through ......
  
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• NYC World Cup committee chief: Travel to MetLife Stadium will improve after Club World Cup issues

  18-12-2025 14:29 via article.wn.com
  Alex Lasry, CEO of the NYNJ Host Committee for next summer’s World Cup, has “all the faith in the world” in his team’s transportation plans that when fans arrive in the Big Apple, they will experience nothing but “safe, efficient, and seamless” commutes around the city and to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The home of the NFL's New York Giants and Jets is set to host eight matches for next year’s tournament,...
  
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• Detoxing behind bars poses a risk to some jail inmates

  18-12-2025 14:29 via article.wn.com
  Families, sheriffs and providers agree: jail is often the default response to addiction, even as withdrawal can become a medical emergency. ......
  
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• Venezuela reacts defiantly to US oil blockade, says exports okay

  18-12-2025 14:27 via article.wn.com
  CARACAS – Venezuela...
  
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• Brazil Congress OKs bill to cut Bolsonaro jail term

  18-12-2025 14:27 via article.wn.com
  BRASLIA – Brazil’s...
  
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• Germany and Spain urge EU to back Mercosur trade deal as France resists

  18-12-2025 14:25 via article.wn.com
  BRUSSELS, Dec 18 - German Chancellor...
  
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• Families of jailed pro-Palestinian activists on hunger strike urge UK government to act

  18-12-2025 14:25 via article.wn.com
  LONDON, Dec 18 - Families, lawyers...
  
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• EU court says Denmark's ethnic-based 'ghetto law' may be discriminatory

  18-12-2025 14:25 via article.wn.com
  COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 - The EU's top...
  
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• Albanian parliament erupts over corruption allegations against deputy PM

  18-12-2025 14:25 via article.wn.com
  TIRANA, Dec 18 - Opposition...
  
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• UK police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters as authorities toughen hate speech law enforcement

  18-12-2025 14:20 via article.wn.com
  Police in London have arrested two people who called for "intifada’' during a pro-Palestinian protest ......
  
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