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Another China Rare Earth Firm Gets Export License
Chinese rare earth producer Ningbo Jintian Copper said on Wednesday it had secured streamlined licenses for magnet product exports. The new "general licenses" are designed to allow more exports under year-long permits for individual customers following an agreement after a...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:32:26 EDT
Pope: Europe Essential to Any Ukraine Peace Deal
Pope Leo XIV insisted Tuesday that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal and criticized what he said was the Trump administration's effort to "break apart" the long-standing U.S.-European alliance.
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:21:14 EDT
China's Tencent Quits Paramount's Bid for Warner Bros
Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings has withdrawn from Paramount Skydance Corp.'s bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery, according to a revised filing of its takeover bid by Paramount with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing seen Wednesday...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:20:49 EDT
US Threatens New ICC Sanctions Unless Court Pledges Not to Prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:07:23 EDT
Fed Likely to Cut Rates, Signals Fewer Reductions Coming
The Federal Reserve will almost certainly reduce its key interest rate Wednesday, but the bigger question for financial markets and the economy is what signals Chair Jerome Powell may send regarding the central bank's next steps. It would be the third cut in a row and bring...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:57:41 EDT
Lebanon Foreign Minister Declines Tehran Visit, Proposes Talks in Neutral Country
Lebanon's foreign minister Youssef Raji said on Wednesday he had declined an invitation to visit Tehran for now, proposing instead talks with Iran in a mutually agreed neutral third country, Lebanese state news agency NNA reported.
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:57:37 EDT
Louvre Thieves Escaped With 30 Seconds to Spare
The thieves who stole priceless crown jewels from the Louvre in October escaped with just 30 seconds to spare due to avoidable security failures at the Paris museum, a damning investigation revealed on Wednesday. The probe, ordered by the culture ministry after the...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:51:24 EDT
Nobel Peace Laureate Machado on Her Way to Oslo Now
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said on Wednesday she was currently on her way to Oslo, on the day the award ceremony is taking place. "I will be in Oslo, I am on my way to Oslo right now," Machado said.
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:43:28 EDT
Ga. Ordered to Allow Hormone Therapy for Trans Inmates
A federal judge has permanently ordered Georgia's prison system to keep providing some kinds of gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners, although the state plans to appeal. U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert last week ruled that a new state law denying...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:42:23 EDT
Trump to Make Phone Call to Stop Renewed Thai-Cambodia Fighting
Thailand and Cambodia accused each other of targeting civilians in border attacks on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump said he would make a phone call to stop the fighting and salvage a ceasefire he brokered in July.
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:00:59 EDT
Zelenskyy: Ukraine Can Hold Elections Within Months If Security Ensured
Ukrainian officials were expected to hand their latest peace proposals to United States negotiators Wednesday, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who also said Ukraine would be ready for elections within three months...
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:14:53 EDT
Former VP Kamala Harris: Place in History Secure
In a new profile in The New York Times, former Vice President Kamala Harris continued to demur when asked if she will run for president in 2028.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:10:34 EDT
Zelenskyy Signals Openness to Elections After Trump Criticism
President Donald Trump on Tuesday pressed Ukraine to hold a presidential election despite its war with Russia, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to say he is prepared to hold a vote within months if parliament and Western allies make it feasible.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:41:18 EDT
Canada's Ambassador to US to Step Down Next Year
Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the United States and the chief negotiator with the Trump administration on trade, has announced that she will step down next year.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:37:46 EDT
Feds Use Pepper Spray on Crowd in Minn. Somali Community
Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:04:21 EDT
Dem Elected Miami Mayor for the 1st Time in Nearly 30 Years
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 three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:22:25 EDT
Missouri Democrats Work to Block New Congressional Map
Democrats in Missouri are one step closer to freezing the new congressional maps drawn by the state legislature, designed to give Republicans more seats in Congress, Politico reported.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:21:39 EDT
Exclusive: Suit to Allege US Parts 'Found Inside Russian Weapons' Used to Kill Ukrainians
A lawsuit to be announced Wednesday alleges U.S.-made technologies were used in Russian missile and drone strikes that killed Ukrainian civilians, Newsmax has exclusively learned.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:36:44 EDT
Rep. Hinson Backs Law Making Fathers Pay Half of Birth Costs
A new bill from Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, would require states to make biological fathers cover at least half of pregnancy- and childbirth-related out-of-pocket medical costs, a move supporters say could ease financial burdens on expectant mothers.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:07:34 EDT
Bipartisan House Plan Would Extend Healthcare Subsidies
A group of bipartisan lawmakers, led by moderate House Republicans, introduced a long-shot bill that would extend the expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, The Hill reported.