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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
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
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
In a year-end roundup published on Kotaku, Kenneth Shepard lists his ten favorite games of 2025, framed by a return of creative energy after difficult seasons in 2022–24. The selection spans big franchises and smaller indie experiments, from Pokémon Legends: Z-A to the sprawling visual novel The Hundred Line. Shepard says these titles helped restore … 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
Lead: Nintendo is reissuing a selection of avatar icons from its 2025 Switch Online “Missions and Rewards” program for a short window that ends on 11 January 2026. The offer is available through the Switch Online app on both Switch and Switch 2 consoles and prices each icon at 10 Platinum Points, with borders and … Read more
Lead: On December 25, Mario Rodriguez — an actor who appeared in 2016’s Boo! A Madea Halloween — filed a $77 million complaint alleging sexual assault and sexual battery by Tyler Perry and naming Lionsgate as a defendant. The suit, lodged in Los Angeles Superior Court, includes screenshots of text messages and a detailed account … Read more
Lead Two weeks after the birth of her daughter on December 12, 2025, model Elsie Hewitt posted a selfie showing a visibly toned abdomen and an adult postpartum diaper. The image — shared publicly on Friday, December 26, 2025 — prompted discussion about postpartum recovery, incontinence management and body-image expectations for new mothers. Hewitt also … Read more
Lead On 27 December 2025, Thailand and Cambodia signed a joint ceasefire aimed at halting 20 days of intense clashes along their shared border that have killed more than 100 people and displaced over 500,000 civilians. The agreement, signed by Thai Defence Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit and Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Seiha, took effect at noon … Read more
Someone who bought a Powerball ticket at a Murphy USA station in Cabot, Arkansas, matched all five numbers plus the Powerball on Wednesday, Christmas Eve, to claim a jackpot worth more than $1.8 billion. The ticket produced the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history, ending a three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. The win was … Read more
Lead Residents of Jabo, a farming village in Tambuwal district of Sokoto state, were left frightened and bewildered after parts of a US-fired missile fell near their only medical facility late Thursday, around 10 p.m. Villagers say there is no local history of ISIS activity in Jabo and reported no casualties, though debris landed about … Read more
