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• Sec. Duffy: Air Traffic Controller Attendance Improving as Shutdown Nears End

  12-11-2025 02:43 via article.wn.com
  SEC. DUFFY: “Today has been a much better...
  
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• What Americans think about giving cash as holiday gifts | Hot off the Wire podcast

  20-12-2025 16:50 via article.wn.com
  🎧 Get a recap of recent financial, health and general interest stories through this special edition of our Hot off the Wire daily news podcast. ......
  
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• Make Sugar Cake Your New Holiday Tradition

  20-12-2025 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Moravian sugar cake is a pillowy cake-bread hybrid with a caramelized crust and, best of all, little pockets of crunchy, buttery sugar. ......
  
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• China Helps Spread Rumors Japan Wants Nuclear Weapons

  20-12-2025 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Chinese state media has been heavily...
  
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• Bowen Yang Is Leaving ‘S.N.L.’ After This Weekend’s Episode

  20-12-2025 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Yang has been part of the NBC sketch show since 2018, earning five Emmy nominations. ......
  
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• Xinhua Commentary: Pro-nuclear rhetorics expose perilous ambitions of Takaichi administration

  20-12-2025 16:49 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- A senior Japanese official, who is involved in devising the Japanese government's security policy, has reportedly told media that Japan should possess nuclear weapons, a controversial stance in opposition to the country's constitutional non-nuclear principles. The shocking openness of a senior official from Prime...
  
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• Iran, U.K. foreign ministers in rare direct contact

  20-12-2025 16:49 via article.wn.com
  Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas...
  
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• Blue Origin sends 1st wheelchair user into space

  20-12-2025 16:49 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space technology company Blue Origin on Saturday launched a wheelchair user into space, marking a historic first. The...
  
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• Australian state plans tougher laws against displaying extremist flags after Bondi shooting

  20-12-2025 16:49 via article.wn.com
  The Australian state of New...
  
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• ‘Reddit Detective Agency’ learned from past mistakes before crucial Brown University shooter tip

  20-12-2025 16:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  The latest AI-powered surveillance was of little use in the early search for the Brown University shooter
  
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• This New Statistic on Kessler Syndrome Will Give Anyone Who Cares About Space Travel an ...

  20-12-2025 16:47 via article.wn.com
  In 1978, NASA researcher Donald Kessler and his colleagues published a titled “Collision frequency of artificial satellites: The creation of a debris belt.” The paper laid down a grim warning: a single collision between satellites that would escalate into a series of followup accidents, “each of which would increase the probability of further collisions, leading to the growth of a belt of debris around the Earth.” “Under certain conditions, the belt could begin to f
  
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• With T20 World Cup as goal, right time to give youngsters chances: Harmanpreet Kaur

  20-12-2025 16:46 via article.wn.com
  With T20 World Cup as goal, right time to give youngsters chances: Harmanpreet Kaur ......
  
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• Why India’s T20 World Cup 2026 Squad Has No Backup Players: BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia ...

  20-12-2025 16:46 via article.wn.com
  When the Board of Control for Cricket in India...
  
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• T20 World Cup: How Kishan's call-up signals BCCI's change in selection mantra

  20-12-2025 16:46 via article.wn.com
  T20 World Cup: How Kishan's call-up signals BCCI's change in selection mantra ......
  
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• Subir Bhaumik On Bangladesh Crisis: 'An Attack On The Very Values That Made 1971 Possible'

  20-12-2025 16:46 via article.wn.com
  Subir Bhaumik On Bangladesh Crisis: 'An Attack On The Very Values That Made 1971 Possible' ......
  
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• Shubman Gill's T20 World Cup 2026 axe decided before Ahmedabad T20I: Report

  20-12-2025 16:46 via article.wn.com
  Shubman Gill's T20 World Cup 2026 axe decided before Ahmedabad T20I: Report ......
  
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• Merry boycotting: US shoppers avoid Trump-aligned businesses amid holiday season

  20-12-2025 16:46 via article.wn.com
  People are supporting economic boycotts to show discontent with businesses capitulating to Trump’s agenda...
  
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• Dinesh Karthik Reacts To Shubman Gill, Jitesh Sharma's Snub From India's T20 World Cup 2026 ...

  20-12-2025 16:46 via article.wn.com
  Dinesh Karthik believes India head into the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026 with a formidable squad on paper, built around match-winners across all skillsets. ......
  
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• Bangladesh Unrest: Experts Debate Radicalism and Attacks on Media as Muktadir Rashid Cites 'Ukraine'

  20-12-2025 16:46 via article.wn.com
  Bangladesh Unrest: Experts Debate Radicalism and Attacks on Media as Muktadir Rashid Cites 'Ukraine' ......
  
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• Presto Research Predicts $160K Bitcoin, $490B Tokenization in 2026

  20-12-2025 16:43 via article.wn.com
  Crypto analytics platform Presto Research this week published its 2026 outlook, projecting Bitcoin (BTC) at $160,000, tokenized assets nearing $490 billion, and confidential decentralized finance (DeFi) climbing past $10 billion as crypto shifts deeper into institutional finance. The report argued that after a messy but formative 2025, the market is shedding hype-driven growth in favor of cash flow, regulation-ready products, and infrastructure built for large allocators rather than retail mania
  
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• Russian strike on Odesa kills 8 as US hosts a Kremlin envoy for talks on ...

  20-12-2025 16:42 via article.wn.com
  A Russian missile strike on port...
  
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• Johnson & Johnson owes $65.5 million to a woman with cancer who used talcum powder

  20-12-2025 16:42 via article.wn.com
  A Minnesota jury awarded $65.5 million on Friday to a mother of three who claimed talcum products made by Johnson & Johnson exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her developing cancer in the lining of her lungs. Jurors determined that plaintiff Anna Jean Houghton Carley, 37, should be compensated by Johnson & Johnson after using its baby powder throughout her childhood and later developing mesothelioma, an...
  
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• Chair of leading Turkish sports club Fenerbahce questioned in a drugs probe

  20-12-2025 16:42 via article.wn.com
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The chair of Fenerbahce, one of Turkey’s leading sports clubs, was called to give testimony Saturday as part of an ongoing drug investigation involving high-profile entertainment and media figures. ......
  
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• Economic Watch: ECB set to leave rates unchanged as economic prospect brightens

  20-12-2025 16:37 via article.wn.com
  FRANKFURT, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Thursday that it will keep interest rates steady, citing signs of an improving economic outlook for the euro area. This marks the fourth consecutive time the ECB has opted to hold interest rates unchanged, following its last rate cut in June, when it reduced the benchmark deposit facility rate to 2 percent. INFLATION SET TO STABILIZE AT TARGET Inflation in the euro area remained stable at 2.1 percent in November, accordi
  
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• Trump rants about First Lady Melania’s ‘panties’ drawer while blasting Mar-a-Lago raid during rambling economy speech

  20-12-2025 16:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump, who has demanded $230 million in compensation after federal probes, increased that figure to $1 billion and weighed giving the sum to charity — or keeping it for himself during campaign-style speech
  
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• Knife-wielding man shot dead by police in Corsica, France after threatening bystanders

  20-12-2025 16:34 via article.wn.com
  A man armed with a knife who...
  
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• Gazans mourn six killed in Israeli shelling on shelter

  20-12-2025 16:34 via article.wn.com
  Dozens of Palestinians gathered...
  
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• Armed conflict in Venezuela would be ‘humanitarian catastrophe’: Lula

  20-12-2025 16:34 via article.wn.com
  Brazilian President Luiz...
  
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• מה קרה לדיוויד הארבור? כוכב "דברים מוזרים" בת

  20-12-2025 16:33 via article.wn.com
  השחקן דיוויד הארבור תועד בבר בקליפורניה כשהוא חוטף כובע מלקוח, בורח החוצה ויוצר מהו
  
  
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• Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 20

  20-12-2025 16:31 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW -- Russia has expressed opposition to discussions in Japan about the possible acquisition of nuclear weapons, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said Saturday. Rudenko told the TASS news agency that Moscow is aware of ongoing discussions in Japan concerning potential changes...
  
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