POLITICS * Bulgaria joins Eurozone despite pro-Russian disinformation - (Financial Times) * Federal ruling blocks Hawaii's climate change tourist tax on cruise ships - (ABC News) * Trump will drop push for National Guard deployments in Chicago, LA and Portland, Ore. - (NPR) * Alleged drug smugglers jumped overboard in latest boat
POLITICS * Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers as ceasefire holds - (Al Jazeera English) * Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes - (Associated Press) * Guinea elections: Gen Mamady Doumbouya wins controversial election - (BBC News) TECHNOLOGY * The phone is dead. Long
POLITICS * Somaliland: Why has Israel recognised the breakaway African state as independent? - (BBC News) * Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 29, 2025 - (Understandingwar.org) * China flexes blockade capabilities near Taiwan on second day of military drills - (Associated Press) * Trump, top aides asked Netanyahu to change policy in occupied
POLITICS * Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he targeted U.S. political parties, memo says - (NPR) * US-Nigeria strikes: Living in fear of Lakurawa - (BBC News) * Kosovo's ruling party wins election after months of political deadlock - (BBC News) * Guineans vote in first election since 2021 coup with
POLITICS * EU backs Somalia after Israel recognizes Somaliland - (DW (English)) * UK unveils paid armed forces ‘gap year’ for young people - (CNN) * Jeffrey R. Holland, next in line to lead Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 85 - (NPR) * War-torn Myanmar votes in widely criticised '
POLITICS * Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago this weekend - (Financial Times) * Thailand and Cambodia sign new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting - (Associated Press) * Saudi strikes UAE-backed faction in Yemen as Gulf rift deepens - (Financial Times) * With airstrike in Nigeria, Trump inserts U.S. into
POLITICS * $1.8 billion Powerball winner could remain anonymous for some time under Arkansas law - (CNN) * The Trump-class battleship faces a large obstacle in its way: reality. - (CNBC) * Jimmy Kimmel jokes about fascism in an 'alternative Christmas message' for Britain - (NPR) * US launches 'powerful
POLITICS * National Guardsmen shooting suspect's case moved to federal court, where death penalty can be weighed: Pirro - (ABC News) * Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building - (CBS News) * Trump tells kid in Christmas call he wants to ensure "bad
POLITICS * Emails believed to be between ex-Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell surface in latest Epstein files batch - (ABC News) * Iran and US reaffirm commitment to diplomacy at UN, but gap on a nuclear deal remains wide - (ABC News) * US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social
POLITICS * Husband and 5 other men charged with sex offences against ex-wife - (BBC News) * Mexican Navy plane crashes off US coast, killing five - (Al Jazeera English) * Brown University put police chief on leave after deadly shooting - (BBC News) * Second big batch of Epstein files includes many mentions
POLITICS * If Congress is going to avoid another shutdown, lawmakers need to start talking - (Politico) * Russian general killed by bomb under his car in Moscow - (Associated Press) * Bondi Beach shooting suspect conducted firearms training with his father, Australian police say - (Associated Press) * Two lawmakers seek to find
POLITICS * Manhunt under way after gunmen kill nine near South Africa’s Johannesburg - (Al Jazeera English) * Thousands gather at Bondi Beach to mourn victims of antisemitic attack - (Associated Press) * Russia says talks on US peace plan for Ukraine 'are proceeding constructively' - (ABC News) * Trump says
