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Lead In 2025, a shift in U.S. policy under the Trump presidency has accelerated the weakening of the post-1945 international legal framework, producing a cascade of institutional ruptures and diplomatic isolation. Key decisions—ranging from public denunciations of the rules-based order to targeted sanctions against international judges—have left the United Nations, the International Criminal Court and … Read more
Christmas services resumed in Bethlehem on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, as morning mass took place at the Church of the Nativity and limited crowds gathered on Manger Square after a two-year pause. The return of public celebrations followed a suspension observed in solidarity with Palestinians affected by the Gaza war, but the festivities were muted … Read more
Lead: The Denver Broncos visit the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday, Dec. 25 for a Christmas Day prime-time matchup, kickoff 6:15 p.m. MT at Arrowhead Stadium. Denver (12-3) pursues a divisional season sweep and can clinch the AFC West as early as Week 17 with a Broncos win combined with a Chargers loss. Kansas City … Read more
In April 2025, sweeping U.S. import duties threw leather makers and retailers into disarray, prompting immediate cost shocks for boots, handbags and other leather goods. Small manufacturers such as Twisted X converted a Decatur, Texas conference room into a makeshift “tariff war room” after shipments stalled, invoices swung and margins had to be recalculated hourly. … Read more
December 25, 2025, 7:36 AM — A major winter storm moving across the northern United States is expected to spread freezing rain, ice and snow from the Upper Midwest into the Lower Northeast this week. Forecasters say the system will primarily affect the upper Midwest on Thursday, reach much of the Lower Northeast on Friday … Read more
On Dec. 25, 2025, at 6:00 a.m. ET, The New York Times Games published Connections Companion No. 929 to accompany the Dec. 26, 2025 Connections puzzle. The companion summarized the day’s solutions and provided spoiler warnings, hints and community guidance for solvers worldwide. Testers rated the puzzle 2.7 out of 5 for difficulty, and the … Read more
The research team led by scientists from Harvard and Oxford has developed a simple blood test that may predict which people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) face the greatest risk of serious complications. In a study of 700 patients, higher levels of the heart-derived protein N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) were linked with poorer blood flow, … Read more
In December at St Peter’s Catholic Church in San Francisco’s Mission District, families gathered for an immigrant-rights mass as one household faced a quiet, constrained holiday: Roxana and her 10-month-old daughter will spend Christmas without the child’s father, Joel, who was detained by federal immigration agents in June. The couple, both from Honduras, lived in … Read more
In his first Christmas address on 25 December in St Peter’s Square, Pope Leo urged Ukraine and Russia to summon the “courage” to enter direct talks to end the war, and called for a halt to conflicts worldwide. Delivering the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing in Vatican City, he appealed for international commitment to facilitate … Read more
Lead In mid-20th-century New York City, Marty Reisman emerged as a flamboyant and formidable table-tennis player who mixed championship success with streetwise hustling. From the 1940s into the 1960s he competed nationally and internationally, capturing more than 20 major titles including the 1949 English Open and two U.S. Opens. He made a living and a … Read more
Lead On Thursday morning, Saudi Arabia publicly demanded that Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council forces withdraw from the Yemeni governorates of Hadramout and Mahra. The appeal, issued by the Saudi Foreign Ministry on Christmas morning, seeks to defuse a move Riyadh called an escalation that threatens the cohesion of the fragile anti-Houthi coalition. Riyadh asked that … Read more
Lead In Honolulu on Wednesday night, backup quarterback Luke Weaver threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Nick Cenacle with 10 seconds remaining to lift Hawaii to a 35-31 victory over California in the Hawaii Bowl. Weaver had entered after Micah Alejado sustained a hard hit on the previous play, and head coach Timmy Chang elected … Read more
Lead On Thursday, December 25, 2025, the moon sits in Pisces and there is no Moon Alert — meaning no special restrictions on shopping or major decisions. Overall energy tilts toward pleasant, social interactions and easier emotional flow for many signs during the holiday. Several signs report particularly favorable contacts and supportive personal dynamics, while … Read more
Dec. 25, 2025 — Nvidia has reached a non-exclusive licensing agreement with AI-chip startup Groq and is bringing several senior Groq engineers, including founder Jonathan Ross, into Nvidia’s ranks. Groq said it will continue to operate independently while licensing its Language Processing Unit (LPU) inference technology to Nvidia. The move follows a pattern of targeted … Read more
Backup quarterback Drew Weaver delivered a 22-yard touchdown pass to Nick Cenacle with 10 seconds remaining, lifting Hawaii to a 35-31 comeback win over California in the 2025 Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl in Honolulu on Wednesday night. Weaver was inserted after starter Micah Alejado absorbed a hard hit on the previous snap, and head coach Timmy … Read more
