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• Will Trump’s Fed pick slash rates? The market doesn’t think so

  10-12-2025 13:21 via article.wn.com
  Financial pundits seem convinced that the new Federal...
  
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• Videos show 6 Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah in Gaza tunnel months before they were killed

  12-12-2025 03:46 via article.wn.com
  By Dana Karni, Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Newly released videos show six Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah in a tunnel in Gaza months before they were killed by Hamas in August 2024. Two of the clips show the hostages gingerly lighting makeshift candles on a menorah made of disposable cups. The hostages – Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Almog Sarusi, Ori Danino, and Alex Lobanov – say the Jewish blessings before lighting the candles in what
  
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• US sanctions Maduro’s nephews and shipping companies it says move Venezuelan oil

  12-12-2025 03:46 via article.wn.com
  By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The US says it is sanctioning three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, among others, as it ramps up its pressure campaign on the South American country. Two of the sanctioned nephews were previously convicted of drug...
  
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• Trump’s security strategy is making a hard pivot on China. Why now?

  12-12-2025 03:46 via article.wn.com
  By Jessie Yeung, Mike Valerio, CNN (CNN) — When the Trump administration unveiled its new national security strategy (NSS) last week, many experts noticed one major shift: how it talks – or more importantly, doesn’t talk – about China. Gone are the sweeping declarations about China being “America’s most consequential geopolitical challenge,” as articulated by the Biden administration. Nor does it include much of the stronger language in the NSS of Presid
  
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• Reddit challenges Australia’s world-first law banning children under 16 from social media

  12-12-2025 03:46 via article.wn.com
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media platforms. California-based Reddit Inc.’s suit filed in the High Court follows a case filed last month by Sydney-based rights group Digital Freedom Project. Both suits claim the law is unconstitutional because it infringes on Australia’s imp
  
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• Texas Card House organizará el World Series of Poker® Circuit en 2026

  12-12-2025 03:43 via article.wn.com
  AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--dic. 11, 2025-- ......
  
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• TerraUSD creator Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years over $40 billion crypto collapse

  12-12-2025 03:41 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. district judge who handed down the sentence sharply rebuked Kwon for repeatedly lying to everyday investors who trusted him with their life savings. ......
  
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• Who wants to be a billionaire? Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion for second time this year

  12-12-2025 03:40 via article.wn.com
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• Bangladesh president, feeling ‘humiliated’, wants to step down halfway through term

  12-12-2025 03:40 via article.wn.com
  Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin said he plans...
  
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• US wants big territorial concessions: Kyiv

  12-12-2025 03:37 via article.wn.com
  The US is still pushing for Kyiv to make big territorial concessions to Russia to halt the war...
  
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• Trump using a walker? Truth behind viral photo of POTUS in White House

  12-12-2025 03:37 via article.wn.com
  An image allegedly showing President Donald Trump using a walker, has gone viral online. Notably, it has been shared by unverified profiles. People sharing the image claimed that it was taken after Trump had ‘signed the executive order banning states from regulating AI’. President Donald Trump has indicated that raising questions about his health is seditious. (AP) The alleged photo comes amid intense scrutiny of President Trump's health...
  
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• Reddit challenges Australia's socmed ban for under-16

  12-12-2025 03:37 via article.wn.com
  MELBOURNE: Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media platforms. California-based Reddit Inc.’s suit filed in the High Court follows a case filed last month by Sydney-based rights group Digital Freedom Project. Also In This Package Australia socmed ban kicks in, millions U-16 locked out Malaysia mulls social media ban for
  
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• ‘Manslaughter, murder without taking proper care’: Goa police vs Luthra brothers

  12-12-2025 03:37 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI: The Delhi Rohini court on Thursday denied transit anticipatory bail to Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, co-owners of the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub in Goa, noting that the “nature of offence, prima facie, is grave and serious in nature where 25 people have lost their lives.” The court’s decision comes in connection with the deadly fire at the club on 6 December. Accusations and flight The...
  
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• Lula slams Trump's "unilateralism," urges deescalation in South America

  12-12-2025 03:37 via article.wn.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for advocating a...
  
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• Inside Akshaye Khanna’s transformation into Rehman Dakait: Prosthetic artist’s big reveal

  12-12-2025 03:37 via article.wn.com
  The cast of ‘Dhurandhar’ is enjoying the success ride, as the film has already crossed Rs 152.75 crore and is smashing all records at the box office. With every cast member getting applauded for their outstanding work, one character rose above all. It wouldn’t be a hard guess, as people are going gaga over Akshaye...
  
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• Daily Shani Predictions, December 12, 2025: Saturn’s test of time begins, these zodiac signs must endure pressure

  12-12-2025 03:37 via article.wn.com
  Saturn is the planet of our karmas. It teaches us valuable lessons by encouraging us to learn from our mistakes. Saturn wants us to grow, evolve, and continuously improve as we move forward in our life journey. It also wants us to introspect about our actions to avoid repeating the same mistakes. Currently, Saturn is transiting into the sign of Pisces, and from this position, it will be casting its influence on the lives of all zodiac signs. Let us discover Saturn’s cosmic guidelines for y
  
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• The Reject Shop faces a legal threat from a UK artist over a flamingo egg ...

  12-12-2025 03:36 via article.wn.com
  Australian retailer tells ceramic artist Hannah Turner it won’t restock the product amid debate over copyright...
  
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• Papua New Guinea grapples with HIV epidemic as it battles stigma and US aid cuts

  12-12-2025 03:36 via article.wn.com
  Papua New Guinea has one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in the Asia-Pacific region, with many unaware they have the virus...
  
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• Labor wants watchdog to advise on overhauling travel perks for politicians as backlash grows

  12-12-2025 03:36 via article.wn.com
  Sussan Ley offers bipartisan truce to work on reform after a week of damaging headlines about MPs’ largesse...
  
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• Dozens killed in hospital strike in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state

  12-12-2025 03:36 via article.wn.com
  Conflict monitors say the junta has increased airstrikes year-on-year since the start of Myanmar’s civil war...
  
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• Don Farrell charged taxpayers more than $2,200 to travel to Canberra on same weekend he ...

  12-12-2025 03:36 via article.wn.com
  Exclusive: The trade and tourism minister flew with his wife from Adelaide to Canberra, listing official duties as the reason for the travel...
  
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• Changes to polar bear DNA could help them adapt to global heating, study finds

  12-12-2025 03:36 via article.wn.com
  Scientists say bears in southern Greenland differ genetically to those in the north, suggesting they could adjust...
  
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• Americas Deepening Political Divide with Unflinching Honesty and Scientific Insight

  12-12-2025 03:36 via article.wn.com
  At a time when the United States feels more divided than ever, author Ronald Alfred Weitzman steps forward with a compelling, research-driven and deeply personal examination of the nation’s political and cultural fracture. His new book, Chairman Biden and Dr Faucis Monster, confronts some of the most emotionally-charged issues of our time, including abortion, moral...
  
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• Want to go to Disneyland? Maybe rethink those mean tweets about US policy

  12-12-2025 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Mean tweets about US policy might mean no trip to Disneyland, under a new proposal that would see Australians provide their social media history for the past five years. ......
  
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• Bulgaria faces turmoil after anti-corruption protests topple government

  12-12-2025 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Bulgaria's prime minister announced the decision in a televised address saying "ahead of today's vote of no confidence, the government is resigning". ......
  
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• Trump to spend $140bn on deportation jets

  12-12-2025 03:32 via article.wn.com
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• Prince Harry and Meghan producing documentary about girl scout cookies

  12-12-2025 03:32 via article.wn.com
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• Gas explosion destroys San Francisco Bay Area home, injuring six

  12-12-2025 03:32 via article.wn.com
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• Entire Russian column destroyed entering Pokrovsk

  12-12-2025 03:32 via article.wn.com
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• Charlie Kirk's 'assassin' Tyler Robinson smiles in court

  12-12-2025 03:32 via article.wn.com
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