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Lead On Thursday, 26 December 2025, Ukrainian forces said they used British Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery inside Russia, producing multiple explosions at the site. Kyiv’s general staff said the plant is a major supplier of petrol products in southern Russia and directly supports Russian military logistics. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy … Read more
Lead: On December 25, 2025 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, the Denver Broncos beat the Kansas City Chiefs 20-13 after a decisive late touchdown by Bo Nix to R.J. Harvey. With under two minutes remaining and the ball inside the Chiefs’ 10, coach Sean Payton intentionally let the clock run to draw a delay-of-game; … Read more
Lead: On Dec. 25, 2025, Louisville officials announced that a man who had been critically hurt in the Nov. 4 UPS Flight 2976 crash died, bringing the confirmed fatalities from the Louisville International Airport accident to 15. The victim was identified by Mayor Craig Greenberg as Alain Rodriguez Colina. The MD-11F cargo jet went down … Read more
Lead: A US federal judge on Thursday granted a temporary restraining order preventing the detention and possible deportation of British social media campaigner Imran Ahmed after the US government moved to revoke his visa. Ahmed, founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate and a US lawful permanent resident, had sued senior officials including Secretary … Read more
Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a draft fiscal 2026 defense budget exceeding 9 trillion yen (about $58 billion), a 9.4% increase from 2025 that advances the government’s five-year plan to double arms spending to 2% of GDP. The package accelerates investments in long‑range cruise missiles, Type‑12 surface‑to‑ship systems and expanded unmanned air, surface and underwater … Read more
Lead: In late December 2025, Matt and Ross Duffer discussed the final stretch of Stranger Things in an interview following the release of Vol. 2 of season 5. The three supersized episodes — “Shock Jock,” “Escape From Camazotz” and “The Bridge” — delivered major reveals about the Upside Down, returning characters and where the story … Read more
Lead In the summer of 2025, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula unleashed a Pacific tsunami that was imaged in unprecedented detail by NASA’s SWOT satellite. The event, recorded across deep-ocean DART buoys and by SWOT during a 75-mile-wide overpass, allowed researchers to map a roughly 250-mile rupture and seafloor uplift up to 13 … Read more
On Dec. 25, 2025, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, a holiday-themed halftime segment for Netflix’s Christmas Day telecast of the Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings game mixed hip-hop, country and classical music. Snoop Dogg led a medley of his hits and Christmas standards, joined by Huntr/x and Lainey Wilson, with Andrea and Matteo Bocelli … Read more
On Dec. 25, 2025, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the federal government will create a special national bravery award to honor civilians and first responders who confronted attackers at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah gathering on Dec. 14. The assault, described by officials as antisemitic and inspired by ISIS, left 15 people dead and dozens injured … Read more
A Russian archaeologist, Alexander Butyagin, has been detained in Warsaw and is awaiting a Polish court decision on a Ukrainian extradition request. Butyagin, a senior researcher tied to the Hermitage Museum, has led excavations at the ancient Crimean site of Myrmekion since 1999, continuing work after Russia’s 2014 seizure of the peninsula. Kyiv accuses him … Read more
Lead: With the second batch of Season 5 episodes released on Christmas Day, only the series finale of Stranger Things remains. The final episode, titled The Rightside Up, is set to premiere on Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT simultaneously on Netflix and in more than 350 North American theaters. Runtime details … Read more
Lead: On the night of December 25, 2025, President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces had carried out a “deadly strike” against Islamic State fighters in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto State. The president posted the claim on Truth Social, saying the operation targeted militants he accused of killing Christians in the region. U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) … Read more
Lead: An autonomous submarine mapping the underside of West Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf detected unexpected geomorphic features and then lost contact while operating roughly ten miles beneath the ice. The vehicle, named Ran, logged weeks of surveys during a 2022 campaign and returned high-resolution sonar maps of about 54 square miles before one mission ended … Read more
Lead: On Dec. 25 in Green Bay, the Packers secured a spot in the NFL playoffs after the Detroit Lions fell 23-10 to the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium. Detroit committed six turnovers in that game, finishing the regular season 8-8 and eliminating themselves from contention. Green Bay, now 9-5-1, is guaranteed at least … Read more
December 25, 2025 — Elon Musk and Tesla AI Director Ashok Elluswamy posted firsthand accounts and video from Robotaxi trips in Austin that ran without a safety monitor or occupant in the driver’s seat. Musk said the car drove him around Austin with “perfect driving,” while Elluswamy shared a two‑minute back‑seat video calling the ride … Read more
