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• Wordle Answers and Hints, May 4, 2025: A quick guide to solve the Sunday challenge

  04-05-2025 16:48 via article.wn.com
  Despite launching in late 2021, Wordle continues to captivate millions across the globe. Its minimalistic interface and intellectually stimulating gameplay have ensured its enduring popularity. ......
  
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• Trump again touts his ‘perfect health’ and claims he’s ‘aced’ several cognitive tests in rambling rally speech

  20-12-2025 21:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  President provides insight into the mental fitness test: ‘The first question is like, ‘What is this?’ And they show a lion, a giraffe, a fish, and a hippopotamus’
  
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• Zelenskiy favours US proposal of three-way talks if it produces results

  20-12-2025 21:13 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Ukraine ‍would back a U.S. proposal for three-sided talks with the United States and Russia if it facilitated more exchanges of prisoners and paved the way for meetings of national leaders. Zelenskiy favours US proposal of three-way talks if it produces results Zelenskiy, speaking to local journalists in Kyiv, also said top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov had told him of the latest discussions that took place on Friday with U.S.
  
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• Will Pam Bondi step aside from Luigi Mangione's case? Big twist in UnitedHealthcare row

  20-12-2025 21:13 via article.wn.com
  Luigi Mangione's defense team has escalated their legal battle by urging the U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to step aside from the federal prosecution, citing her past connections with a lobby firm linked to UnitedHealthcare. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi asked to step off the Mangione Case by the Defense Legal Team REUTERS/Jeenah Moon(REUTERS) In the new court filing, Mangione's defense asserted that Bondi's involvement creates a “profound” conflict of interest. The motion was fi
  
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• ‘Where are Randall Spivey, Brandon Billmaier?’: Massive search for missing Fort Myers fishermen

  20-12-2025 21:13 via article.wn.com
  A search is underway off Florida’s Gulf Coast after two fishermen failed to return from a Friday outing, and their boat was later discovered abandoned at sea. The missing men have been identified as 57-year-old Randall Spivey and his nephew, 33-year-old Brandon Billmaier. A search operation was launched for Randall Spivey and Brandon Billmaier(X) According to family members, the pair left early Friday morning to fish near Fort Myers and were...
  
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• US forces stop a second merchant vessel off the coast of Venezuela, American officials say

  20-12-2025 21:13 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — U.S. forces on Saturday stopped a vessel off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. US forces stop a second merchant vessel off the coast of Venezuela, American officials say The move, which was confirmed by two U.S. officials familiar with matter, comes days after Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil...
  
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• Head of Nobel-awarding Swedish Academy resigns

  20-12-2025 21:13 via article.wn.com
  The Swedish Academy said Saturday its permanent secretary, Mats Malm, is stepping down after seven years of heading the prestigious institution that awards the annual Nobel literature prize. Head of Nobel-awarding Swedish Academy resigns As of June 1, 2026, Academy member Ingrid Carlberg, an author and journalist, will take over as permanent secretary. "He has held the position for seven years and now wants to pass it on to Ingrid Carlberg," Academy spokeswoman...
  
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• Flash: 1 killed, 2 injured in explosion in Khimki city of Moscow region: media

  20-12-2025 21:13 via article.wn.com
  Flash: 1 killed, 2 injured in explosion in Khimki city of Moscow region: media Read full story ......
  
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• Epstein files mystery grows after claims of Trump photos taken down from DOJ website

  20-12-2025 21:13 via article.wn.com
  The Department of Justice's latest release of files linked to Jeffrey Epstein has raised several questions - the latest being around a file numbered EFTA00000468. Several commentators on social media on Saturday pointed out that the file, which showed a photo of President Donald Trump, has mysteriously disappeared from the DOJ library. President Donald Trump (C) posing with a group of women wearing Hawaiian-style leis(AFP) Brian Krassenstein, who has over 950K followers on X, posted a video sayi
  
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• After Google, Apple warns visa-holding staff against overseas travel amid US visa delays

  20-12-2025 21:13 via article.wn.com
  After Google, Apple has issued an internal warning advising some of its employees on work visas not to travel outside the United States, as prolonged delays at US embassies and consulates risk leaving workers stranded abroad. US embassies and consulates worldwide have been grappling with appointment backlogs.(AFP) According to a Business Insider report, outside immigration counsels representing both Apple and Google sent emails cautioning visa-dependent employees against international travel if
  
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• EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur

  20-12-2025 21:07 via article.wn.com
  By Sam McNeil and Angela Charlton | Associated Press BRUSSELS — The European Union is delaying a massive free-trade deal with South American countries after fiery protests by farmers and last-minute opposition by France and Italy threatened to derail the pact, seen by its backers as an important geopolitical move for both continents. Related Articles If you’re traveling for Christmas or New Year’s, brace for this How a group tracking sounds beneath Bay Area waters hopes to prot
  
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• Suspect in Taiwan’s Deadly Knife Attack Acted Alone, Police Say

  20-12-2025 21:05 via article.wn.com
  The man suspected of killing at least three people with a knife and discharging smokebombs in Taipei, Taiwan, on Dec. 19,...
  
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• Who's named in the Epstein files and who else was he connected to?

  20-12-2025 21:04 via article.wn.com
  The Epstein files offer another glimpse into the financier's vast network of wealthy and influential figures. Here's what we know about his relationships with some of the world's most powerful people. ......
  
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• U.S. seizing another vessel as Trump’s Venezuela oil blockade takes effect

  20-12-2025 20:58 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. Coast Guard is leading the action, the second to be interdicted by U.S. forces as Trump’s “complete blockade” of oil from Venezuela. ......
  
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• DAVID MARCUS: The 'Jewish question' becomes a needless distraction at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest

  20-12-2025 20:58 via article.wn.com
  The energy in the room was more than a bit nervous Friday night in Phoenix at a Shabbat dinner held for attendees of TPUSA’s AmericaFest. About a mile away in the Convention Center,...
  
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• Australian state weighs ban on 'globalize the intifada' chants, masked protesters in wake of Hanukkah attack

  20-12-2025 20:58 via article.wn.com
  The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) is proposing a ban on chants of the phrase \...
  
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• Australian politician calls country ‘guinea pig’ for censorship amid world-first social media ban

  20-12-2025 20:58 via article.wn.com
  A world-first social...
  
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• 1.6 million exposed toacute food insecurity

  20-12-2025 20:57 via article.wn.com
  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the Gaza Strip is facing a worsening humanitarian catastrophe, noting that 1.6 million people in the Strip are exposed to extreme le ......
  
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• US forces halt second vessel off coast of Venezuela

  20-12-2025 20:56 via article.wn.com
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• Turning Point, Erika Kirk push to close GOP gender gap

  20-12-2025 20:56 via article.wn.com
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• Epstein Files: partial and heavily redacted release criticised

  20-12-2025 20:56 via article.wn.com
  So after all the waiting, thousands of files relating to the...
  
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• ‘DoJ violated the law’ with limited Epstein release – Democrat

  20-12-2025 20:56 via article.wn.com
  We spoke to Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, a Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. ......
  
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• Epstein files offer scant new insight into his crimes or how he avoided serious prosecution

  20-12-2025 20:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Justice Department’s much-anticipated release of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein have done little to quell the long-simmering intrigue
  
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• El-Sisi and Lavrov discuss developments in Libya, Gaza, and Sudan

  20-12-2025 20:52 via article.wn.com
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi discussed with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday the situations in Libya, Gaza, and Sudan, as well as a number of regional and international issues of mutual interest. This came during a meeting between Sisi and Lavrov, attended by Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty,...
  
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• Epstein files live: Democrats cry cover up and claim DOJ has deleted photo of Trump released in tens of thousands of documents

  20-12-2025 20:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Epstein pictured with a host of prominent figures, including Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton, in newly released files
  
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• Survivors and lawmakers voice frustration over Jeffery Epstein file release

  20-12-2025 20:50 via article.wn.com
  US lawmakers who...
  
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• 3 police officers injured after being shot 'at close range'

  20-12-2025 20:50 via article.wn.com
  Violence in 19th Ward; suspect killed, officers hurt Gunfire erupts after active domestic dispute; suspect killed and officers injured. Authorities say a suspect was fatally shot by police after he opened fire on three police officers and another victim in Rochester, New York. The shooting happened as police responded to a domestic incident late Friday, Dec. 19. The officers and other victim faced various injuries. Two officers with the Rochester Police Department, who responded to the report of
  
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• From praise to rage: conservative response to Epstein release is mixed

  20-12-2025 20:49 via article.wn.com
  Republicans such as Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene slam redactions, but others express satisfaction...
  
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• A key piece of Port Arthur-era gun reform remains unfinished. Could it have helped prevent ...

  20-12-2025 20:49 via article.wn.com
  National register would have allowed police to better assess risk posed by alleged Bondi shooters before attack, expert says...
  
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• Russia strikes Ukrainian port as peace negotiations continue in US

  20-12-2025 20:47 via article.wn.com
  The airstrikes on port infrastructure in...
  
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