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On Dec. 6, 2025, NASA lost radio contact with the MAVEN orbiter while it passed behind Mars; when the spacecraft reappeared from occultation, ground teams could not reestablish a link. The agency announced on Dec. 9 that engineers are actively searching for any signal and investigating the communications anomaly. MAVEN has been in Mars orbit … Read more

Sony has greenlit development on a third 28 Years Later film, and Cillian Murphy is in negotiations to rejoin the franchise, industry outlets reported on Dec. 10, 2025. Alex Garland, who wrote earlier installments, is scripting the project while Danny Boyle has indicated he would direct if the picture proceeds. The announcement follows the studio’s … Read more

Lead The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered its key policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to a 3.50%-3.75% target range, marking the third cut this year. Policymakers remain divided over whether further easing is appropriate amid a softening labour market and inflation above the Fed’s 2% target. The Fed’s updated projections point to one … Read more

Lead Thirteen players — 12 right-handed pitchers and one catcher — found immediate big-league opportunities in the 2025 Rule 5 Draft held Wednesday, forcing adjustments across ten MLB clubs’ Top-30 prospect lists. Each selection was Rule 5-eligible because those players were not protected on their clubs’ 40-man rosters. To remain with their new teams, most … Read more

Lead: Michael Oberlies, the documentarian who spent two years filming Sean “Diddy” Combs, says a short-term freelancer — not he or anyone authorized — provided the clip that surfaced in Netflix’s four-episode series. The footage was recorded at Combs’ Park Hyatt hotel room on September 10, 2024, six days before Combs was arraigned on federal … Read more

Dec. 10, 2025 — President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions with President Nicolás Maduro’s government escalated. The administration says the vessel carried roughly 2 million barrels of heavy crude, about half reportedly tied to a Cuban state importer, and that the operation … Read more

British novelist Sophie Kinsella, best known for creating Becky Bloomwood in the Shopaholic series, died Wednesday in London at age 55, her family said. Kinsella—who also published under her birth name Madeleine Wickham—had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer first identified after symptoms in November 2022 and publicly disclosed in April 2024. Her … Read more

Dec. 10, 2025 — María Corina Machado, the 58-year-old Venezuelan opposition leader who spent more than a year in hiding inside Venezuela, surfaced in Oslo in the early hours after missing the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. She appeared on the balcony of the Grand Hotel around 2:30 a.m., greeting a crowd that had gathered and … Read more

Lead: Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson are confirmed to appear in the upcoming prequel film The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, with Lionsgate scheduling the theatrical release for Nov. 20, 2026. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed both actors will return to their franchise roles, reportedly in a flash-forward sequence; no further scene details have been … Read more

Lead President Donald Trump unveiled a paid, fast-track US residency programme that requires a minimum $1 million payment (£750,000) from individual applicants and larger sums from sponsoring employers. Announced on social media and described on the scheme’s official pages, the so-called “Trump Gold Card” promises an expedited route to permanent residency and eventual citizenship for … Read more

Lead: Sherrone Moore, 39, was taken into custody on Dec. 10, 2025, and lodged at the Washtenaw County Jail after local police say they responded to an alleged assault in Pittsfield Township and Saline, Michigan. Earlier the same day the University of Michigan terminated Moore “with cause” following an internal investigation that found what the … Read more

Lead: Coca-Cola announced late Wednesday that Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Henrique Braun will become chief executive on March 31, 2026, while current CEO James Quincey will move into the role of executive chairman. The company said Braun will be nominated for the board and will stand for election at next yearâs annual … Read more

A fresh round of fighting has erupted along the Thailand–Cambodia frontier after a US-brokered ceasefire collapsed in July. Artillery, rockets and air strikes have forced the evacuation of communities on both sides of a long, disputed border corridor, with civilians sheltering again weeks after the truce. Both capitals accuse the other of reigniting violence following … Read more

The Pacific Northwest was soaked by a prolonged chain of atmospheric rivers that dropped almost 5 trillion gallons (19 trillion liters) of rain over the past seven days, centered on Washington state and raising the risk of record floods, officials said. The heaviest, most persistent downpours were expected to linger through late Thursday into early … Read more

Fresh clashes along the Thailand–Cambodia frontier on Wednesday forced more than 500,000 people into temples, schools and ad hoc shelters after fighting involving jets, tanks and drones erupted near contested temple sites. Officials from both countries reported at least 15 dead, a figure that includes Thai soldiers and Cambodian civilians, as evacuation convoys streamed away … Read more