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A Ukrainian official said the response includes proposed amendments “to make the whole thing doable.”

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado secretly left Venezuela in a bid to get to Oslo in time to accept her award but was forced to miss the ceremony because bad weather delayed her journey, a person familiar with the matter said.

Miami’s new mayor, Eileen Higgins, hailed it as “a new day” for the city after the Democrat ended three decades of Republican rule on Tuesday night in a stunning election triumph. In reality, the result is more of a seismic shifting of sands given the magnitude of her victory over the Donald Trump-backed Republican candidate, … Read more

National Guardsmen stand outside of the Edward Roybal Federal Building on June 9, 2025 in downtown Los Angeles. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Vondruska/Getty Images The Trump Administration must end its deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, according to a ruling … Read more

Miami mayor-elect Eileen Higgins celebrates at a watch party after winning the Miami mayoral runoff election, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, in Miami. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption toggle caption Lynne Sladky/AP MIAMI — Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly … Read more

Sydney, Australia  —  For parents and campaigners who’ve long argued that incessant scrolling is damaging young minds, the start of Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s on Wednesday is just the beginning. Wayne Holdsworth, the father of Mac, who took his life at 17 after being targeted by a sexual extortion scam on social … Read more

Australia’s prime minister has warned that implementing the country’s new social media ban for children under 16 – which came into force on Wednesday – will be difficult. Parents across Australia are reported to have found their children distraught after discovering they had been shut out of online platforms. Some children are said to be … Read more

As the US military has undertaken a campaign of attacks against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, at least five people have survived initial strikes ending up in the water after explosions killed fellow crew members and disabled their ships. But what happened next to the survivors varied greatly – … Read more

Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. December 10, 2025 Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement For release at 2:00 p.m. EST Available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Job … Read more

Trump strays from economic policy talk during rally in Pennsylvania In a Pennsylvania speech the White House billed as President Donald Trump’s kickoff event for a tour focused on the economy, Trump passed blame for high costs onto his predecessor. December 10, 2025