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Putin vows 'destruction' on Ukraine after Kazan drone attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday vowed to bring more "destruction" to Ukraine in retaliation for a drone attack on the central Russian city of Kazan a day earlier."Whoever, and however much they try to destroy, they will face many times more destruction themselves and will regret what they are trying to do in our country," Putin said during a televised government meeting on Sunday.
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The year that Wall Street got its swagger back
Big bank bosses have a lot to cheer about as 2024 comes to an end. Dealmaking is surging, and an era of looser regulations looms with a new administration about to take over the White House.
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Young adults are keeping themselves on their holiday gift lists
Consumers are being choosier about their spending this season, but Gen Z and millennial shoppers are still much more likely to treat themselves.
NBC News
The year of newly minted Indian American GOP stars
Indian Americans are the most represented minority in the Trump administration, reflecting a faction of the community's shifting alignment with Trump's values on economic and social issues.
CBS News
NYPD chief resigns amid sexual misconduct claims
NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey has resigned following a bombshell allegation of sexual misconduct on the job.
Associated Press
An architect designed custom clocks for Pennsylvania's Capitol a century ago. They're still ticking
Capitol buildings are almost always an imposing presence. Visitors to Pennsylvania 's Capitol are drawn to its priceless artwork, polished marble and intricate carvings, but hidden behind the doors of some of its most ornate offices and chambers are another treasure: hundreds of antique clocks that were part of its original design. The 273 working clocks include many that are integrated into fireplace mantels and other building features.
USA TODAY
US fighter shot down in 'apparent case of friendly fire' over Red Sea
The U.S. military said it mistakenly shot down one of its own fighter aircraft over the Red Sea early on Sunday, forcing both pilots to eject.
Reuters
Russia to start humanitarian supplies of electricity to breakaway Georgian region
Russia will start humanitarian supplies of electricity to Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region backed by Moscow, from Monday, Russian news agencies quoted local officials as saying. Electricity shortages, common in Abkhazia in the winter months, began in early December when low water levels at the Enguri hydroelectric dam forced an emergency shutdown. The region appealed to Russia for assistance, saying it was facing a "humanitarian catastrophe" due to a critical shortage of power.
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'El Gordo' lottery in Spain spreads Christmas riches worth $2.8 billion
For weeks, Spaniards had anticipated the arrival of “El Gordo” or "The Fat One." El Gordo is the first prize of Spain’s hugely popular national Christmas lottery, which is said to be the world’s largest based on the total prize money involved, even though other lotteries have larger single prizes. The winning tickets were sold in Logroño, a city in northern Spain's La Rioja region that is known for its wines.
AFP
France awaits appointment of new government
France awaited the appointment of a new government to lead the country out of its political crisis, with President Emmanuel Macron expected to hold talks with his new prime minister on Sunday.France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, appointed on December 13, is racing to name a new government by Christmas.
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The Dow gets hit with a sledgehammer — how worried should you be?
Stocks are struggling. How concerned should you be?
USA TODAY
Donald Trump lashes out at Panama, says he might demand the country hand over canal
Trump accused Panama of charging excessive rates for use of the Panama Canal and said that if Panama did not manage the canal in an acceptable fashion, he would demand the hand it over.
Reuters
Turkey's foreign minister meets HTS leader in Damascus, Ankara says
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani - in Damascus on Sunday, Turkey's foreign ministry said, without providing further details. On Friday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey would help Syria's new administration form a state structure and draft a new constitution, adding Fidan would head to Damascus to discuss this new structure, without providing a date.
Reuters
Romanian president 'optimistic' about prospects for pro-European majority government
Romania's outgoing President Klaus Iohannis said on Sunday he was "optimistic" he would soon designate a prime minister from a pro-European governing majority after the ruling Social Democrats returned to coalition talks. Three votes to elect Romania's president and parliament descended into chaos when a little-known far-right pro-Russian politician won the first presidential round on Nov. 24, prompting Romania's top court to annul it on suspicion of Russian meddling. The ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) won the most seats in a Dec. 1 parliamentary election in which three ultranationalist and hard-right groupings, some with overt pro-Russian sympathies, won more than a third of the seats.
CNN
Inside the Trump team’s plans to try to end birthright citizenship
President-elect Donald Trump’s team is assessing multiple options to fulfill his long-promised pledge to end birthright citizenship, according to two sources familiar with the discussions, teeing up a legal fight with the expectation that the Supreme Court would ultimately have to rule on the matter.
Popular Science
Shorter, fatter, and hairier: 5 fun facts about the world’s smallest reindeer
While they won’t be pulling Santa’s sleigh anytime soon, Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) objectively could win a North Pole cuteness contest. This subspecies of reindeer is only found on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago and stands at roughly five-feet long and three-feet tall and about half the size of other reindeer. “They are actually quite morphologically […]
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Pope Francis calls for a ceasefire on all fronts in his prayer ahead of Christmas
Pope Francis called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Sunday Angelus prayer ahead of Christmas, condemning the “cruelty” of bombing schools and hospitals in Ukraine and Gaza. “Let the weapons fall silent and let the Christmas carols ring out!” Francis said, delivering his Sunday blessing from indoors due to a cold and as a precaution ahead of a busy Christmas period.
CNN
Two US Navy pilots eject safely over Red Sea after fighter jet shot down in apparent friendly fire incident
Two US Navy pilots ejected safely after their fighter jet was shot down over the Red Sea on Saturday in an apparent friendly fire incident, US Central Command said in a statement.
Associated Press
Destructive Cyclone Chido unearths tensions between locals and migrants in France's Mayotte
Cyclone Chido not only ravaged Mayotte’s fragile infrastructure but also laid bare deep-seated tensions between the island’s residents and its large migrant population. Authorities in Mayotte, France's poorest territory, said many avoided emergency shelters out of fear of deportation, leaving them, and the shantytowns they live in, even more vulnerable to the cyclone’s devastation. Mayotte, a French department located between Madagascar and mainland Africa, has a population of 320,000, including an estimated 100,000 migrants, most of whom have arrived from the nearby Comoros Islands, just 70 kilometers (43 miles) away.
Reuters
Mozambique's death toll from Cyclone Chido rises to 94, AFP reports
The cyclone had made landfall in northern Mozambique a week ago and Mozambique's institute for natural disasters on Thursday had given the death toll at 73. Officials in Mayotte, which is one of France's poorest overseas territories, have only been able to confirm 35 fatalities from Chido, but some have said they fear thousands could have been killed. Olamide Harrison, the International Monetary Fund's Mozambique resident representative, said on Wednesday that the country's 2024 economic growth is likely to be revised down from a previous forecast of 4.3% due to the impact of the cyclone and post-election civil unrest.

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