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Lead Police in Sydney say two people are in custody after shots were reported and several people were hurt at Bondi Beach on Sunday evening. The incident occurred as a Hanukkah gathering was taking place at the shoreline; witnesses and broadcasters showed scenes of people on the sand and nearby areas. New South Wales police … Read more

Lead: Victor Wembanyama returned from a three-week absence to help the San Antonio Spurs defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-109 in the Emirates NBA Cup Semifinal in Las Vegas on Tuesday, snapping OKC’s 16-game winning streak. Wembanyama played 21 minutes and finished with 22 points and nine rebounds, supplying an emotional lift that swung the … Read more

Lead: The Indiana Senate voted 31-19 on Thursday to defeat a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan backed by former President Donald Trump and national GOP operatives, prompting threats of political and financial retaliation. Twenty-one Republican senators joined all 10 Democrats to block the bill, ensuring it cannot be revived until the 2027 session. National Republican leaders, … Read more

Lead: On 14 December 2025, Thailand’s military launched a fresh operation along the Trat province frontier, saying it moved to reclaim sovereign territory after recent skirmishes. Cambodia responded by closing all border crossings the previous day as violence continued across several sectors of the 800km shared boundary. Officials from Thailand say forces have seized and … Read more

Lead: Demand for imported luxury cars in China has weakened in 2024–2025 as the country’s slower economic growth, a prolonged property slump and shifting buyer preferences push consumers toward lower-priced domestic models, often electric or hybrid. The trend — visible across both new and used markets — is reducing market share and sales volumes for … Read more

Actor Josh O’Connor used his Saturday Night Live monologue to push back on fan-driven casting chatter that he would star in a live-action Ratatouille. Speaking on the Dec. weekend show, he framed the story as a press-fed exaggeration after he praised the Pixar film — and said the president of Disney-Pixar publicly ruled out a … Read more

LAS VEGAS — Victor Wembanyama returned from a 12-game absence and supplied a timely lift, finishing with 22 points and nine rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs edged the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-109 on Dec. 13, 2025. The victory sent San Antonio into the NBA Cup final, where they will meet the New York Knicks … Read more

Lead On Dec. 13, 2025, United Airlines Flight 803 returned to Washington Dulles International Airport shortly after takeoff when part of an engine cover separated and caught fire, the F.A.A. said. The Boeing 777-200ER, carrying 275 passengers and 15 crew members, landed safely at about 1:20 p.m. No injuries were reported and a small brush … Read more

Lead: On December 13, 2025, a drone strike struck a United Nations logistics base in Kadugli, Kordofan, killing six U.N. peacekeepers and wounding eight others, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said. The victims were serving with the U.N. Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and were all Bangladeshi nationals. The Sudanese military blamed the Rapid Support … Read more

Belarusian authorities freed 123 political detainees on Saturday after talks between President Alexander Lukashenko and U.S. Special Envoy John Cole. Among those released were Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and protest leader Maria Kolesnikova. The move was followed by a U.S. announcement that some economic sanctions — including measures on Belarus’s potash sector — … Read more

The Geminids meteor shower is expected to reach its peak over Colorado on the night of Dec. 13, 2025, offering observers the chance to see as many as 120 meteors per hour under dark skies. The shower will remain active through Dec. 24, with peak activity beginning after sunset and intensifying a couple of hours … Read more

Lead Blue Origin is midway through a four-flight certification campaign that could clear its New Glenn rocket to carry U.S. national security payloads. Company test flights in 2025 produced two launches, including a successful first-stage recovery of Glenn Stage 1 (GS1) on the second mission, and officials say two more flights remain. The progress was … Read more

On Dec. 13, 2025, six Bangladeshi U.N. peacekeepers were killed when a drone struck a United Nations base in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, according to U.N. officials. The attack, which also wounded seven peacekeepers and set fire to a warehouse, is the deadliest single incident for U.N. personnel in Sudan since the country’s … Read more

Lead World Wrestling Entertainment will stage “WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event” at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Dec. 13, with the broadcast beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The show features John Cena’s announced retirement match against Gunther, plus a champion-vs.-champion meeting between Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and NXT Champion … Read more

US special envoy Steve Witkoff is due to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a string of European leaders in Berlin this weekend, the White House said on 14 December 2025, as Washington urges a concrete plan to end the war in Ukraine. Germany is hosting preparatory talks between US and Ukrainian delegations over the weekend … Read more