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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: 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

Eleven days after collapsing late in Seattle while leading 30–14, the Los Angeles Rams again fell short Monday night, losing 27–24 at Atlanta and handing the Falcons an unexpected victory. Matthew Stafford threw three interceptions and Bijan Robinson totaled 229 yards, the combination that tipped a game the Rams needed to keep control of their … Read more

On Tuesday, China’s People’s Liberation Army conducted a second consecutive day of large-scale exercises around Taiwan, staging live-fire sea, air and ground drills under the banner “Justice Mission 2025.” The Eastern Theater Command deployed destroyers, frigates, fighters, bombers and long-range artillery to waters north and south of the island to practice coordinated sea‑air operations and … 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

Lead On December 29, 2025, the Kremlin accused Ukraine of launching a long‑range drone strike against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in Novgorod Oblast, a claim Moscow says occurred overnight on December 28–29 and that prompted President Putin to raise the matter with U.S. President Donald Trump. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted up to … Read more

Bangladesh and international leaders offered widespread condolences after former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia died in Dhaka on 30 December 2025 at the age of 79 following a prolonged illness. The three-time prime minister and long-time leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was celebrated by supporters as a pioneer for women in Bangladeshi politics, while … Read more

Erica Fox, a well-known open-water swimmer from Pacific Grove, was found dead on Dec. 27, six days after she disappeared from Monterey Bay on Dec. 21 during a group swim off Lovers Point. Rescue teams and volunteers had searched for days across roughly 84 square nautical miles before law enforcement recovered remains several miles north … Read more

Lead Monday’s Powerball drawing on Dec. 29, 2025 produced five white balls and a red Powerball, with the advertised jackpot at $33 million and a cash option of $15.2 million. The numbers drawn were 11, 19, 34, 48 and 53, and the Powerball was 21; the Power Play multiplier for the drawing was 2x. The … Read more

On Monday Night Football in Week 17, the Los Angeles Rams lost to the Atlanta Falcons, a result that left their playoff fate largely unchanged. The Rams entered the game needing a win to put themselves in position to claim the No. 5 seed with a Week 18 victory over the Arizona Cardinals; that scenario … Read more

Who: US President Donald Trump; When: one day into a surprise People’s Liberation Army (PLA) live-fire exercise; Where: waters and airspace around Taiwan; What: Chinese forces launched missiles, naval and air operations dubbed “Justice Mission 2025”; Result: Trump said he was “not worried” and that Chinese leader Xi Jinping had not told him about the … Read more