Sat 20 December 2025: The UK’s £100 (nearly $134) limit on contactless card payments is set to be scrapped next year, potentially allowing shoppers to spend unlimited amounts without entering their pin, after the financial regulator announced major changes to the rules. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Friday that from March 19, banks […]
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Former President Bill Clinton was seen in photos with Jeffrey Epstein as part of a DOJ Epstein files release on Friday, Dec. 19. (Department of Justice) Sat 20 December 2025: The US Department of Justice released a portion of the vast trove of documents related to the federal government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, […]
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Sat 20 December 2025: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating the return of American astronauts to the Moon by 2028, accelerating plans to establish a permanent US presence on the lunar surface and reassert Washington’s dominance in space. According to the White House, the directive signed on Thursday calls for astronauts […]
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Sat 20 December 2025: WikiLeaks founder said awarding Venezuela’s opposition leader is a ‘gross misappropriation’ of funds and risks facilitating war crimes. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed a criminal complaint in Sweden against the Nobel Foundation, challenging the organisation’s decision to award its Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Assange said this year’s awarding […]
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Fri 19 December 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the EU is “not succeeding in carrying out” the expropriation of the frozen Russian assets. Commenting on discussions about expropriation of Russian frozen assets in the EU at an annual news conference in Moscow, Putin said this effort is faltering due to the […]
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Fri 19 December 2025: Seven men detained overnight following a dramatic arrest by heavily armed tactical police—amid suspicions they were en route to Bondi—have described the incident as a “misunderstanding,” alleging they were profiled simply for being Muslim, local media reported. The seven Muslim men, held in custody after a high-intensity tactical operation sparked by […]
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Thu 18 December 2025: Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin will be regulated in a similar way to other finance products under new UK laws coming into force in 2027. The Treasury announced legislation which will mean crypto firms have to meet a set of standards and rules overseen by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). It follows efforts to overhaul […]
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Thu 18 December 2025: On Wednesday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made an urgent call to Colombia’s political leaders, social movements, ordinary citizens, and armed forces, urging a “perfect union” and military solidarity with Venezuela to protect both nations’ sovereignty amid intensifying tensions with the United States. Speaking to supporters, Maduro said regional “union” was the […]
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Thu 18 December 2025: Reuters/Ipsos survey suggests Americans are increasingly unhappy with Trump’s handling of the economy A new poll suggests that the number of people in the United States who approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president has dropped to 39 percent as concerns grow over the state of the economy. The […]
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Wed 17 December 2025: Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits surged about 700% during their market debut in Shanghai on Wednesday, following the company’s almost $600 million first public offering. MetaX shares began trading at 700 yuan ($99.4) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Star Market index, which is heavily weighted towards technology companies, 569% […]
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