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Lead Argentina’s Congress approved on Friday the 2026 budget put forward by President Javier Milei, marking the first time a formal budget bill has cleared the legislature since his election more than two years ago. The measure passed the Senate after earlier approval in the lower Chamber of Deputies and sets total spending at $102 … Read more

Lead Naoya Inoue, 32, outpointed Alan David Picasso Romero in Riyadh over 12 rounds to retain his undisputed super-bantamweight title on a clear judges’ decision. The champions’ cornered scores were 119-109, 120-108 and 117-111, extending Inoue’s record to 32-0 with 27 stoppages. The victory was a controlled, tactical display that neutralised Picasso’s early power and … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 27, 2025, the Saudi-led coalition warned the Southern Transitional Council (STC) to withdraw from territory it seized in recent weeks in southern and eastern Yemen, saying it will intervene to defend the internationally recognized government if the areas are not returned. Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, the coalition spokesman, demanded de-escalation and immediate … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 27, 2025, African regional governance bodies publicly rejected Israel’s decision the previous day to recognize Somaliland as an independent state. Somaliland, a self-governing territory of more than 3 million people in the Horn of Africa that declared independence from Somalia in 1991, had not previously been recognized by any country. The African … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 25, 2025, Volusia County deputies located a 6-year-old nonverbal boy with autism standing in chest-deep water in a pond in Deltona, Florida. A sheriff’s helicopter crew helped guide officers to the child, identified by police as Coco; he was cold but unharmed and returned to his family. The rescue came fewer than … Read more

Lead Phoronix’s year-end roundup looks back at the most-read Linux kernel stories of 2025, summarizing technical shifts and community developments that shaped the year. Key themes included expanded Rust integration into the kernel, Linus Torvalds’ outspoken interventions on code quality and process, and high-profile filesystem and driver changes such as Bcachefs’ removal from mainline. The … Read more

Lead The Sun is classified as a G2V star — a G-type main-sequence object whose spectral label includes the Roman numeral V, shorthand for “dwarf.” Measured at roughly 865,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers) across and more than 100 times Earth’s diameter, the Sun remains enormous by planetary standards yet sits in the “dwarf” category used … Read more

Country music lost one of its long‑standing figures on December 25 when Stu Phillips, the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry, died at 92. The Opry acknowledged his passing on social media and thanked him for his “music, friendship, and 58 years as part of the Opry family.” The Country Music Hall of … Read more

Lead On Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground a fast, wicket-heavy Ashes Test finished inside two days—yet for many it was every bit as compelling as a five-day classic. England secured their first Test victory in Australia for almost 15 years in a match that saw 36 wickets fall in fewer than six sessions … Read more

Earlier in December the QNX project published an initial release of the QNX Self-Hosted Developer Desktop, a developer-focused environment that runs a full desktop on QNX 8.0. The package aims to remove the need for cross-compilation when building QNX-targeted software by providing native build tools and editors inside a QNX guest. The debut release runs … Read more

Lead: A new large-scale study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and published in Cell finds that commonly prescribed stimulant medications for ADHD — including methylphenidate (Ritalin) and amphetamine formulations (Adderall) — do not primarily change brain circuits that control attention. Instead, scans from 5,795 children (ages 8–11) in the ABCD Study … Read more

Lead: On Saturday, Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire at a border checkpoint to halt weeks of fighting over competing territorial claims. The agreement took effect at noon local time (0500 GMT) and prohibits offensive military movements and airspace violations for military purposes. It requires Thailand to return 18 Cambodian soldiers after 72 hours if … Read more

China industrial profits plunge as weak demand and deflation bite Lead: Chinese industrial enterprises reported a sharp downturn in profits in the latest reporting period, driven by subdued domestic and external demand and persistent deflationary pressure. The deterioration was flagged in recent press coverage and official releases, prompting questions about the strength of the recovery … Read more

Lead Skywatchers should mark 2026 as a rich year for celestial spectacle. Highlights include a total solar eclipse on August 12 crossing Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain, and a long total lunar eclipse on March 3 with just over 56 minutes of totality visible across the Americas and the Pacific. The year also brings resumed … Read more

Lead Michigan announced on a Friday night that it has hired Kyle Whittingham, the 66-year-old longtime Utah head coach, on a five-year contract to replace Sherrone Moore, who was fired earlier this month. The move comes as Michigan seeks stability after Moore’s December 10 dismissal and ensuing legal charges two days later. Whittingham, who coached … Read more