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WATCH: Smoke from wildfire creates eerie haze shrouding Los Angeles skyline

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Southern California residents awoke to a hazy sunrise over the Los Angeles skyline choked by smoke from multiple nearby wildfires.
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Judge agrees to delay George Santos' sentencing in federal fraud case

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Calling it a “one-time courtesy,” the judge granted George Santos' request to push his sentencing -- but not by as much as the former New York representative requested.
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'Trump 2.0' looms large over the global economy

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Donald Trump's planned tariffs are expected to greatly impact international trade in 2025.
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'I thought I was going to die': Jailed Venezuelan activist details brutality of prison life

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Hundreds were arrested in protests after Nicolás Maduro claimed victory in last year's contested presidential election.
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Visa row fuels anxiety for Indians eyeing American dream

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Visa woes and an immigration row are sparking uncertainty for Indians who want to work in the US.
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Jimmy Carter's funeral is Thursday. Here's what to know and where to watch

  • News source: Sanjesh Singh
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, will be laid to rest Thursday following his death on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.

Carter's state funeral began Saturday morning at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. After lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center, Carter's remains were was transported to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

Carter continued to lie in state Wednesday with a military guard of honor, with members of the public able to visit to pay their respects.

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Mexico's President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump's ‘Gulf of America' comment

  • News source: Megan Janetsky | The Associated Press
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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum responded sarcastically on Wednesday to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Standing before a global map in her daily press briefing, Sheinbaum proposed dryly that North America should be renamed “América Mexicana,” or “Mexican America,” because a founding document dating from 1814 that preceded Mexico's constitution referred to it that way.

“That sounds nice, no?” she added with a sarcastic tone. She also noted that the Gulf of Mexico had...
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Apocalyptic scenes described by survivors as multiple blazes erupt across LA County

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Survivors of multiple massive wildfires that simultaneously erupted in Los Angeles County described apocalyptic scenes.
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Longshoremen reach tentative agreement with ports, shippers, averting a potential strike

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U.S. longshoremen reached a contract agreement with ports and shippers Wednesday, averting a potential strike that could have damaged the American economy
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WATCH: Wildfire scientist on cause of Southern California wildfires

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Wildfire scientist and fire ecologist Chad Hanson discusses the factors that led to the historic and devastating Southern California wildfires and how climate change played a role.
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Chadian government plays down gunshots in capital

  • News source: BBC News - World
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According to an unconfirmed report, 19 people were killed in an incident near the presidential palace.
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Joe Biden says he could have defeated Donald Trump

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The outgoing president also says he is considering pardons for Trump foes.
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Russian shelling kills 13 in Zaporizhzhia - Ukraine

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ukraine says Russia deliberately hit the city with guided aerial bombs knowing that civilians will be hurt.
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Italian journalist Cecilia Sala returns home, freed from Iranian jail

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Sala is said to have been held in solitary confinement in Tehran's notorious Evin prison.
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A politician was shot dead in Bangkok. Did another country do it?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Lim Kimya's killing had all the hallmarks of a cold-blooded, professional assassination.
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