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• Will OpenAI be the next tech giant or next Netscape?

  16-12-2025 07:08 via article.wn.com
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• Trump gives federal workers two new days off around Christmas after using Juneteenth to denounce ‘nonworking holidays’

  19-12-2025 03:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump signed an executive order that will see federal agencies close and employees excused from work on Christmas Eve and December 26
  
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• TikTok signs deal to form new US unit with American investors

  19-12-2025 03:11 via article.wn.com
  The deal with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX ends years of uncertainty about the popular video-sharing platform's fate in the U.S. ......
  
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• Trump signs $1tn annual US defense bill without fanfare

  19-12-2025 03:10 via article.wn.com
  National Defense Authorization Act authorizes record $901bn in spending, $8bn more than Trump requested...
  
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• Newsom trolls Trump after president’s eyes seen drooping during afternoon event: ‘NAP TIME FOR THE ...

  19-12-2025 03:10 via article.wn.com
  Trump also recently appeared to fall asleep at a Cabinet meeting open to the press...
  
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• May Britt, Swedish actor and former wife of Sammy Davis Jr, dies aged 91

  19-12-2025 03:10 via article.wn.com
  Britt, whose marriage to Davis in 1960 provoked threats due to racism and anti-miscegenation laws in the US, has died of natural causes in Los Angeles...
  
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• Kennedy Center board member claims she was forcibly muted during call on name change: ‘This ...

  19-12-2025 03:10 via article.wn.com
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• Dashed dreams and land grabs: The rise of rural protests in China

  19-12-2025 03:10 via article.wn.com
  Exclusive: Clashes over rural plots are increasing, as people whose big-city plans have evaporated return home to face local governments groaning under huge debt...
  
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• Australia launches biggest gun buyback in 30 years after Bondi beach terror attack

  19-12-2025 03:10 via article.wn.com
  Prime minister announces first firearm buyback since since Port Arthur massacre, and designates Sunday a national day of reflection in honour of Hanukah shooting victims...
  
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• 1975: World-famous carillon now on record

  19-12-2025 03:10 via article.wn.com
  2000 – 25 years ago Authorities are investigating how a gas pump at Assisi Heights was turned on, pumping more than 800 gallons of gasoline into the city’s storm sewer and creating the potential for a major explosion. Gov. Jesse Ventura has named Rochester City Council member Marcia...
  
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• Receiver Jakobi Meyers and the Jaguars agree to a 3-year, $60M extension, AP source says

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  A person familiar with the negotiations...
  
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• Ole Miss bracing for a better Tulane team in College Football Playoff opener

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  At first glance, Tulane’s visit to...
  
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• Oklahoma State hires 29-year-old Sean Brophy as offensive coordinator

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Oklahoma State has hired Sean Brophy...
  
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• No. 1 Indiana gives offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan a 3-year contract extension, AP source says

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Top-ranked Indiana has given offensive...
  
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• Morocco beats Jordan 3-2 after extra time to win the Arab Cup title

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Abderrazzaq Hamed Allah scored twice to lead Morocco to the Arab Cup title in a 3-2 win over Jordan after extra time. Hamed Allah netted the equalizer in the 88th minute at Lusail Stadium and then the winner in the ......
  
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• Markkanen ruled out for Utah's game against Lakers because of a groin injury

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Utah Jazz leading scorer Lauri Markkanen won’t play against the Los Angeles Lakers due to a right groin strain. Markkanen averages a career-high 27.8 points and his absence will hurt Utah’s chances to win three consecutive games for the first ......
  
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• Maikel Garcia's deal with Royals could be worth $85.3M with escalators

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Maikel Garcia’s $57.5 million, five-year contract with the Kansas City Royals could be worth up to $85.3 million if a 2031 team option is exercised and he has several seasons with at least 525 plate appearances and top-10 finishes in ......
  
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• Left-hander Caleb Ferguson and Reds finalize $4.5 million, 1-year contract

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Left-hander Caleb Ferguson and the Cincinnati Reds have finalized a $4.5 million, one-year contract. The 29-year-old was 5-4 with a 3.58 ERA in a career-high 70 games last season for Pittsburgh and Seattle, which acquired him on July 30 for ......
  
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• Infielder Christopher Morel and Marlins finalize 1-year contract

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Infielder Christopher Morel and the Cleveland Guardians have finalized a one-year contract. Morel, 26, hit .219 with 37 runs, 16 doubles, 11 homers and 33 RBI in 105 games with the Tampa Bay Rays last season. He started 57 games ......
  
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• Getafe stunned by second-tier Burgos in Copa del Rey, Athletic and Real Betis advance

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Getafe has become the latest top-division club to be eliminated in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey after losing 3-1 to second-tier team Burgos. Four other top-flight clubs failed to get past lower-division teams this week. Athletic ......
  
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• Eley's 31 lead Hampton past Jackson State 84-77

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  The Hampton Pirates defeated the Jackson State Tigers 84-77 on Thursday led by Michael Eley's 31 points. The Pirates are now 6-6 on the season, while the Tigers fell to 1-10. ......
  
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• Devon Conway passes 200, New Zealand tops 400 in the 2nd test against the West Indies

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Devon Conway has reached a double century for the first time since his first test innings four years ago, leading New Zealand to 424-3 at lunch on the second day of the third test against the West Indies. New Zealand ......
  
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• Derrick Henry faces his former coach when the Ravens host Mike Vrabel and the Patriots

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Mike Vrabel was Derrick Henry’s coach with the Tennessee Titans from 2018 through 2023. Now he’ll face his former running back Sunday night when the Baltimore Ravens host the New England Patriots. Henry is in his second season in the ......
  
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• Davante Adams ruled out for Rams vs. Seahawks with hamstring injury

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Los Angeles Rams receiver Davante Adams has been ruled out for Thursday night’s game at Seattle because of a hamstring injury. On Tuesday, coach Sean McVay said the Rams would likely wait until game time to make a decision on ......
  
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• Broncos try to keep their winning streak alive against the Jaguars in Week 18 clash

  19-12-2025 03:09 via article.wn.com
  Denver is buzzing with sports excitement as the Nuggets, Avalanche, and Broncos are all off to historic starts. The Broncos are leading the NFL at 12-2 and aim to keep the city's winning tradition alive. On Sunday, they face the ......
  
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• UN: Over 1,000 civilians killed in paramilitary's April attack on Sudan displacement camp

  19-12-2025 03:05 via article.wn.com
  KHARTOUM - More than 1,000 civilians were killed over three days of attacks by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on the Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur in April, according to a United Nations report released Thursday. "At least 1,013 civilians were killed during the offensive from April 11 to 13," the report from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said, pointing to a "consistent...
  
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• Trump again demands Venezuela 'return' assets to US

  19-12-2025 03:05 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded Venezuela return assets that he accused the oil-rich South American country took from US oil companies years ago. "They took our oil rights -- we had a lot of oil there. As you know they threw our companies out, and we want it back," Trump told reporters in the White House, referring to Venezuela's nationalization of its oil sector in the 1970s and under President Nicolas Maduro...
  
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• Renewable energy surge named Science journal's 2025 Breakthrough of the Year

  19-12-2025 03:05 via article.wn.com
  LOS ANGELES - US academic journal Science on Thursday named the renewable energy surge as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year, noting that this global transition is being led by China. Since the Industrial Revolution, human society has run on ancient solar energy -- captured by plants hundreds of millions of years ago, stored in fossil fuels, and dug and drilled from the...
  
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• Qatar: Gaza stabilization force in the making must be neutral

  19-12-2025 03:05 via article.wn.com
  The proposed stabilization force in Gaza should not serve to protect one party at the expense of another, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulraman Al-Thani said, while also pushing for more aid into Gaza, following a meeting with US officials in Washington. Al-Thani made the comments in an interview with Al Jazeera after he met with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other senior US officials on Dec 17 during the seventh Qatar-US Strategic Dialogue, held in the US capit
  
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• China warns about Japan's intended military buildup

  19-12-2025 03:05 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING - A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Thursday urged attention...
  
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