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The United States has intensified its effort to intercept tankers carrying sanctioned Venezuelan crude, a campaign that now threatens to entangle China after the weekend seizure of the Panama-flagged Centuries east of Barbados. The vessel was stopped on 20 December 2025, days after President Donald Trump announced a “blockade” on ships entering or leaving Venezuela […]
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) moved further into the spotlight on December 22 after a new analyst note from Morgan Stanley lowered the investment bank’s stance on the digital payments firm. The report cut the stock’s rating to Underweight from Equal Weight and trimmed the 12-month price target to $51 from $74, citing slower adoption of PayPal’s […]
Washington, D.C. — Nineteen women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein allege the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) violated federal law when it released only part of the investigative records on the late financier and failed to safeguard victims’ identities. The department faced a congressional deadline on Friday, 19 December 2025, to disclose […]
A shoplifting investigation escalated abruptly on December 22, 2025, when a suspect brandished a firearm at a law-enforcement officer. The confrontation occurred after authorities were called to address an alleged retail theft. Although the video segment released publicly lasts just over one minute, it captures the critical moment in which the individual under suspicion for shoplifting […]
Lucid Motors is racing to scale production of the three-row Gravity sport-utility vehicle, a model the company considers its most important launch to date. The Arizona-based electric-vehicle manufacturer says shipments of the high-end SUV reached “thousands” by the fourth quarter of 2025, though third-party data indicate only a few hundred units had been registered through […]
Carnival Corporation’s stock advanced 10% in Friday trading after the cruise operator released fiscal fourth-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street projections and confirmed the return of a cash dividend suspended at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Miami-based company, listed under the tickers CCL and CUK on the New York Stock Exchange, said it […]
Washington, D.C. — A new holiday video released under the title “TSA Hits High Note for Christmas” coincided with one of the busiest travel periods of the year, as millions of passengers crowded airports already coping with severe weather, widespread flood alerts and an unexpected power failure in Northern California. Live camera feeds from three […]
The federal court handling the immigration case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia will convene on Monday to decide if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can place the Salvadoran native back in detention while the government pursues his removal to Liberia or another nation. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis scheduled the hearing less than two weeks after […]
Chinese technology group Baidu has reached separate agreements with ride-hailing platforms Uber and Lyft to deploy autonomous vehicles in London, marking one of the most significant moves yet in the United Kingdom’s emerging driverless-car sector. Both U.S. companies confirmed that Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxis are scheduled to appear on their apps in the British capital, […]
Morgan Stanley has trimmed its technology buy list for the coming year, underscoring continued faith in artificial-intelligence semiconductors while flagging a bumpier growth path after two years of outsized market returns. In a research note dated December 22, the bank told clients that AI chips remain the sector’s key engine, but it advised against assuming the […]
British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, whose steady baritone and melodic guitar work made “Driving Home for Christmas” a perennial holiday favorite, has died at the age of 74. His family reported that he passed away in a hospital after a short illness on Monday, confirming the news through Britain’s Press Association. Rea’s career spanned five decades […]
A spirited clip of a middle school principal costumed as the popular holiday figure “Elf on a Shelf” opened today’s lineup on ABC News Live, setting a lighthearted tone for a broadcast otherwise dominated by travel updates and severe-weather coverage across the United States. The video, presented simply as “Middle school principal transforms into Elf […]