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LONDON/DUBAI, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have tightened their grip on the country’s oil industry and control up to half the exports that generate most of Tehran’s revenue and fund its proxies across the Middle East, according to … Read More

The stock market swooned Wednesday in response to a piece of news that might not seem all that dire on first read: The Federal Reserve could cut interest rates fewer times than experts had predicted, in 2025. The Dow Jones … Read More

NAJHA, Syria (AP) — Bones are visible here and there among the mounds of earth in a field south of Damascus, one of the mass graves around Syria believed to hold the bodies of tens of thousands of people killed … Read More

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared on stage Saturday in her one-time-only debut in Broadway’s & Juliet, a reimagined queer musical production of Romeo and Juliet. Jackson strutted her stuff, dancing, singing, and acting in the production on December 14 at the Stephen … Read More

A gun-toting teenage student at a Christian school in Madison Wis., shot dead another teen student and a teacher Monday morning, police said. Six more people were injured — including two students who were critically hurt with “life-threatening” wounds, authorities … Read More

LA PAZ, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Housewife Yola Chura worried about high food prices while shopping at a market in Bolivia’s highland city of El Alto, where she and many others are struggling with rising prices, stagnant wages and a … Read More

Putin warned that Western help for Ukraine is reaching a “red line” for Russia. Russia has to prepare for war with NATO as well as complete its war against Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov told the Defense Ministry on … Read More

The Syrian Islamist leader whose group led the offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad met Sunday with UN envoy Geir Pedersen, who was visiting Damascus, said a statement on the rebels’ Telegram channel. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, … Read More

French political veteran François Bayrou, a long time ally of President Macron has been named as the head of the new French government after the last collapsed in record time. French President Emmanuel Macron is unable to dispose of his three-way-split … Read More

A drone fell out of the sky and crashed into a New Jersey homeowner’s backyard Thursday night — prompting the town’s mayor to even drive to the scene to survey the site himself. The aircraft smashed down in a residential … Read More

Rishi Sunak has announced a collaboration between the UK, Italy and Japan to develop a new fighter jet that uses artificial intelligence. The prime minister says the joint venture aims to create thousands of UK jobs and strengthen security ties. … Read More

Greetings from Tyler, Everybody’s concerned about the drones.  You mean our military command can’t figure it out?  People who should know claim to be baffled.  We can come up with explanations, but none quite satisfy.  For now, unbelievably, the government … Read More

Investing.com – The European Central Bank cut interest rates at its meeting on Thursday, as widely expected, and signaled the likelihood of further easing in 2025 as the eurozone’s economy is struggling and inflation is nearly back at target. The … Read More

A judge was shot dead Wednesday in Mexico’s once-thriving beach city of Acapulco, local media and the state prosecutor’s office said. Local press identified the slain judge as Edmundo Roman Pinzon, president of the Superior Court of Justice in Guerrero … Read More

Syrian insurgents toppled President Bashar al-Assad’s on Sunday after a stunning, two-week offensive that saw major cities slip from the regime’s fingers one by one, until rebel forces captured the capital Damascus almost without a fight. More than 50 years of … Read More