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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Friday is expected to be the UK’s busiest day on the roads for festive travel with an estimated 23.7 million journeys planned for the day

The tourist attraction's 109 staff have been made redundant with immediate effect.

Two men on the board of directors for Epic Games have stepped down from their positions after the US Department of Justice investigated the board under antitrust laws. The pair of directors were originally appointed to Epic's board by Tencent (who slurp upon a minority stake in the Unreal Engine company) but the United States government took a look at this and said: ah-ah-ah, you're not allowed to have a director in your boardroom if they're already fingers-deep in the pie of a competing company. Читать дальше...

The councils of two municipalities in Ida-Viru County, Toila and Jõhvi, approved a merger this week. However, during the Toila council meeting, the question arose as to whether it would still be possible to halt the merger after the councils' decisions. According to the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, it is possible but would be complicated.

1. The Fed’s go-to inflation gauge just heated up again  CNN
2. Key Fed inflation measure shows 2.4% rate in November, lower than expected  CNBC
3. Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures eased last month  The Hill
4. The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Sped Up in November  The New York Times
5. Fed’s Preferred Inflation Metric Better Than Expected As Wavering Over Interest Rate Cuts Spooks Markets  Forbes

Adorable video of elderly couple dancing to Punjabi song Kala Sha Kala goes viral

The family-owned companies told employees this week how much extra would be in their year-end checks.

"Ask Elon Musk," Elizabeth Warren declared when asked whether there would be a government shutdown.

Mayotte, a French overseas territory, is facing “open-air mass graves,” a local representative told the president
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This photograph shows parcels awaiting delivery at a Collissimo platform in Le Thillay, Paris’ suburb, on December 5, 2024. La Poste is on the front foot for Christmas, a key period for the French company, a veritable multinational whose core business is parcels, which generate more than half of its turnover. (Photo by Grégoire CAMPIONE / AFP) (Photo by GREGOIRE CAMPIONE/AFP via Getty Images)

The Home Ministry has stated this in affidavit filed in Manipur HC though the cases were handed over to the NIA

KIERAN GILL: Enzo Maresca wants Chelsea's hat-trick hero Marc Guiu, along with Tyrique George and Josh Acheampong, to stay in January rather than go out on loan.

The Polish opposition politician is wanted on suspicions of defrauding the state out of millions of zlotys.

BJP MLC C T Ravi, arrested for using derogatory language against Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, has been granted interim release by the Karnataka High Court. The court ordered Ravi to cooperate with the ongoing investigation. The arrest followed an altercation in the Legislative Council, leading to charges under sections related to sexual harassment and insulting a woman's modesty.

On December 2, President of Northern Cyprus Ersin Tatar expressed his belief that Ankara will not allow the Republic of Cyprus to join NATO until the Cyprus problem is resolved

Forks at dawn.... but it's not great sign for open source

Opinion  I am so sick of this. I've been a happy WordPress user since it rolled out the door in 2003, and I kissed Vignette (since acquired by OpenText) goodbye. WordPress was just so much easier to use than the alternatives; it was open source; and it was free. It was such a win!…

COMMENT: This week's Labour betrayal is to the Waspi women

(Telecompaper) Russian industry group Open Net Technologies has stopped its activities, after launching a liquidation procedure in October, reports Comnews.ru...

She had been carrying coats when the accident happened.

This is, in a word, insane. More anticipatory compliance, or is something larger going on? We already see signs of a bad flu season, and Louisiana just announced the first serious case of human bird flu. WTF? Via NPR:

A MAJOR fashion chain with 458 stores is the latest to reveal that it will not open on Boxing Day.