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Lead: A senior Russian official issued personal threats against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday after Moscow alleged a Ukrainian drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin’s state residences in Novgorod on the night of Dec. 29. Russia’s foreign minister made the accusation without presenting evidence, and Kyiv rejected the claim as false. Russian … Read more

Lead: In Monday’s win in Brooklyn, Stephen Curry moved past Kevin Garnett on the NBA’s career scoring ladder with a fourth-quarter 3-pointer that gave him sole possession of the No. 21 spot. Curry finished the game with 27 points as the Golden State Warriors beat the Nets 120-107. The milestone came days after Curry became … Read more

On Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continued large-scale drills around Taiwan in a second day of operations that included live-fire exercises, naval maneuvers and airborne patrols. The Eastern Theater Command deployed destroyers, frigates, fighters, bombers and ground-based long-range artillery to waters north and south of the island to practice sea‑air coordination … Read more

Lead A nonprofit, the Legal Accountability Project, filed a misconduct complaint earlier this month alleging that U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sarah Merriam bullied and mistreated law clerks in the Second Circuit. The filing, based on conversations with multiple former clerks who said they feared retaliation, says one clerk resigned after a month in 2025 … Read more

Scientists reported on Dec. 30, 2025, that human-driven warming made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record and—for the first time since preindustrial times—pushed the three-year global temperature average above the 1.5°C threshold in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) analysis, released in Europe, links continued fossil fuel combustion to … Read more

Dec. 30, 2025 — South Korea’s breakout girl group NewJeans moved into deeper uncertainty this week after its management company, Ador, said it had terminated the contract of member Danielle Marsh. Ador announced that three members — Haerin, Hyein and Hanni — will continue to work with the label while it remains “in discussions” with … Read more

Lead On Dec. 30, 2025, France formally granted citizenship to actor George Clooney, his wife Amal Clooney and their 8-year-old twins via government decrees published by the Ministry of Justice. The orders confirm naturalization for the family while noting that Mr. Clooney, born in Kentucky, retains U.S. nationality under French law. The couple’s move follows … Read more

Los Angeles fell short in a late comeback on Monday night, losing 27–24 at Atlanta despite erasing a 21-point deficit. The defeat drops the Rams to 11–5 entering Week 18 and leaves them positioned to enter the playoffs as the NFC No. 6 seed unless the San Francisco 49ers lose to the Seahawks in the … Read more

Lead: On December 14, the bodies of filmmaker Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 70, were found in their Brentwood home. Los Angeles authorities arrested their 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, hours after the discovery; death certificates released near Christmas listed the cause as multiple sharp‑force injuries and the manner as homicide. On … Read more

Lead: After Brigitte Bardot died on Sunday aged 91, right‑wing leader Éric Ciotti has urged the French state to hold a national homage to the film star, launching a petition that has gathered more than 23,000 signatures. The call has won backing from some on the far right and the mayor of Nice, but drawn … Read more

Lead Who: 23-year-old content creator Nick Shirley. When: late December 2025, with his Minnesota video posted on December 26 and amplified widely on December 27–29. Where: footage shot in Minnesota and spread across X and YouTube. What: Shirley published an investigation-style clip alleging federally funded child-care centers operated without children, a claim tied to broader … Read more

Lead: Khaleda Zia, the first woman to serve as prime minister of Bangladesh and a central figure in the country’s post-independence politics, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Dhaka. She was reported to be 80. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which she led as chairperson, announced her passing on its official social media channel … Read more

Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson produced a historic Monday night performance in Los Angeles, totaling 229 yards from scrimmage and two long touchdowns. Robinson carried 22 times for 195 rushing yards and one 93-yard rushing score, while adding five receptions for 34 yards and a receiving touchdown. His 229 yards in the game brought … Read more

Carnegie Mellon University researchers this month unveiled an experimental “computational lens” that can bring every region of an image into sharp focus at once. The team combined a Lohmann-style tunable lens, a phase-only spatial light modulator and two autofocus strategies to enable what they call spatially-varying autofocus. The prototype was developed at CMU and demonstrated … Read more

Lead: OnePlus has revealed its new Turbo 6 series of gaming phones and confirmed an unusually large 9,000 mAh battery for the lineup, ahead of a January 8 launch in China. The series includes two models — the OnePlus Turbo 6 and the Turbo 6V — shown in a short teaser posted on Weibo. The … Read more