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On 5 December at 17:00 GMT in Washington DC, FIFA will stage the draw that places 48 teams into 12 groups for the 2026 World Cup. The ceremony mixes live entertainment and speeches with a technically complex allocation process: teams are assigned to four pots, confederation rules are enforced and a computer system prevents impossible … Read more

U.S. equity markets were largely unchanged on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2025, as investors positioned for the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 10 policy decision and digested fresh labor-market data. Traders continued to price a high probability of a 25 basis-point cut at the Fed’s final meeting of the year while corporate layoff announcements pushed the 2025 total … Read more

Lead: Two survivors of the U.S. military strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel on Sept. 2, 2025, attempted to climb back onto their boat before it was struck a second time, a person familiar with the matter told CBS News. The source said the survivors appeared to be trying to salvage narcotics and were communicating … Read more

On 14 June in Salt Lake City, a safety volunteer, Matthew Scott Alder, 43, has been charged with one count of manslaughter after he fired at a man carrying a rifle at a No Kings protest and a bystander was killed. Alder told investigators he believed the armed man, identified as 24-year-old Arturo Gamboa, was … Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in New Delhi on Thursday for a compressed, roughly 30-hour visit — his first trip to India since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago. The visit, set against an intermittent US-led push for a negotiated end to the war, comes amid heightened US–India tensions over … Read more

Lead On December 4, 2025 in Beijing, French President Emmanuel Macron met Chinese leader Xi Jinping to seek Beijing’s backing on Ukraine and to press for greater Chinese direct investment into Europe. Macron called for a clearer legal and policy framework to attract more Chinese capital, saying the current imbalance — a growing Chinese trade … Read more

Federal Border Patrol agents began moving into neighborhoods across the New Orleans metro area on Dec. 3, 2025, initiating a new enforcement action announced by the Department of Homeland Security. The administration said the operation is focused on violent criminals believed to be in the country illegally, and distributed a list of 10 people it … Read more

Lead: On December 4, 2025, the People’s Bank of China set the daily yuan fixing at 7.0733 per dollar, a level 164 pips weaker than the Bloomberg survey average, signaling a deliberate push to slow recent yuan appreciation. The fixing, which defines the onshore yuan’s trading band at ±2%, showed the widest gap versus market … Read more

Players finishing Metroid Prime 4: Beyond have discovered a small but notable casting detail: Jason Kelley, known for voicing the Doom Slayer in DOOM: The Dark Ages (released earlier this year), is credited as Sergeant Ezra Duke in Nintendo’s latest entry. The credit appears in the game’s cast list, and Kelley himself responded to a … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 3, 2025, global equity markets advanced as Asian and European stocks led gains and US futures held onto earlier rises, a move traders linked to growing bets on upcoming Federal Reserve rate cuts. Europe’s Stoxx 600 climbed, led by technology and autos, while Asian markets pushed to their strongest levels in over … Read more

Actress Tara Reid says she was incapacitated and hospitalized after a Nov. 23 stay at the DoubleTree Chicago O’Hare Airport — Rosemont, and has publicly maintained she was drugged. On Dec. 3 the Rosemont Public Safety Department said a review of surveillance footage did not show anyone adding a substance to her drink, though officers … Read more

Dec. 3, 2025 — A regional winter storm that moved from the Pacific Northwest into Colorado’s Front Range eased Wednesday night after dropping measurable snow across the Denver metro area and adjacent foothills. The highest official reading was 10.3 inches in Genesee; downtown Denver and many suburbs reported between 4 and 7 inches. Cold temperatures … Read more

President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted clemency to Timothy J. Leiweke, a prominent sports-and-entertainment executive linked to the Climate Pledge Arena development, and to Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, who faced federal bribery and conspiracy charges. The pardons follow indictments and ongoing inquiries: Leiweke was indicted in July for allegedly scheming … Read more

Lead: Quentin Tarantino, speaking on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, singled out Paul Dano’s work in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2007 film There Will Be Blood as a major shortcoming, placing the movie at No. 5 on his list of the best 21st-century films but saying it would rank higher absent what he called a “giant … Read more

Broncos coach Sean Payton said on Wednesday he misses seeing Bill Belichick in the NFL and is “somewhat hopeful” the longtime coach might return. Belichick is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but his path back to an NFL sideline appears uncertain despite a modest reported buyout of $1 million. The debate … Read more