Fact & Spin

Deadly China quake, Meta fact-checking end and new Nvidia chips

France’s Jean-Marie Le Pen passes away, the report on Donald Trump’s classified docs probe is temporarily blocked, the UK’s anti-corruption minister refers herself to an ethics probe, the UN estimates that 900 executions took place in Iran last year, Israel launches raids across the West Bank, a powerful earthquake in China kills over 100, Meta decides to end its fact-checking program, Joe Biden names two new national monuments in California, sugary drinks are attributed to over 3M diabetes and heart disease cases in 2020, and Nvidia unveils its new AI-powered gaming chips.
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Trudeau Resignation, Trump Victory Certification and Major US Winter Storms

Justin Trudeau resigns as Canada’s prime minister, Congress certifies Donald Trump's 2024 election victory, Over 60M Americans face weather alerts amid major winter storms, South Korea seeks to extend the arrest warrant for its impeached president, Joe Biden proposes an $8B arms sale to Israel, President Biden bans offshore drilling on 625M acres of US waters, Former French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy stands trial over Libya cash allegations, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer feuds with Elon Musk, New Zealand overhauls work visa rules amid a labor shortage, A study suggests climate change is affecting the global water cycle, and a UK health official warns that antimicrobial-resistant bacteria could kill 40M people by 2050.
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Venezuela Candidate Bounty, Biden-Iran Plans and Siri ‘Eavesdropping’ Case

Venezuela sets a $100K bounty on an opposition candidate, German and French foreign ministers meet with Syria’s new leadership, Anti-corruption officials quit their bid to arrest South Korea’s impeached president, Slovakia threatens to cut benefits to Ukrainian refugees, The Biden admin. reportedly discussed Iran strike options, While a $20K diamond from India's Modi tops Biden's 2023 gift list, A plane crash at a California factory claims two lives and injures 19, China is reportedly experiencing an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), A mother killer whale near Seattle is observed mourning after the passing of her second calf, and Apple proposes a $95M payout to settle a Siri 'eavesdropping' case.
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Exploding Cybertruck attack, Gaza negotiations progress and ‘Gen Beta’ debut

A Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel, a truck-ramming attack in New Orleans leaves 15 dead, a senior Hamas official expresses optimism regarding ongoing Gaza negotiations, the Palestinian Authority temporarily suspends Al Jazeera operations in the West Bank, Joe Biden names Liz Cheney among 20 recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal, 337 metric tons of toxic waste from India’s 1984 Bhopal disaster is moved, England hits a record early cancer detection benchmark, a driver deliberately runs over and kills a New Zealand officer, US jobless claims hit their lowest level since March, and 2025 brings the debut of 'Generation Beta'
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Jimmy Carter Passing, Syria Election Timeframe and Bird Egg Bust

Former US Pres. Jimmy Carter passes away at 100, Syria's de-facto leader says elections could take four years, Zoran Milanović will face Dragan Primorac in Croatia’s presidential run-off election, Vladamir Putin makes a second call to Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev over the downed passenger jet, Trinidad and Tobago declares an emergency as its murder rate soars, A UK poll projects that the Labour Party would lose 184 seats in a hypothetical election, Pres.-elect Trump affirms his support for Mike Johnson’s continued House speakership, Donald Trump loses his appeal of the E. Jean Carroll $5M verdict, 71 are dead following a tragic roadway accident in Ethiopia, and UK authorities conduct multiple raids to recover 6K wild bird eggs.
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Sara Netanyahu probe, US news fatigue and quantum teleportation breakthrough

South Korea impeaches acting Pres. Han Duck-soo, former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passes away, Israel strikes Yemen’s Sanaa airport as the WHO’s chief prepares to board a flight, Israel’s attorney general opens a probe in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, a new poll finds that two-thirds of American adults are experiencing news fatigue, an Australian bushfire destroys an area the size of Singapore, Peru declares a 90-day emergency following an oil spill, Donald Trump’s border czar outlines plans to revive family detention centers, the NFL’s Christmas Day games on Netflix break streaming records, US researchers pull off quantum teleportation over the internet for the first time ever.
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Bald eagle recognition, Azerbaijan Airlines crash and Mozambique prison break

The bald eagle is officially designated the US’ national bird, Russia is accused of causing an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger crash, 14 Syrian security forces are reportedly killed in an attack by Assad loyalists, an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia experiences an outage, Japan Airlines is temporarily hit by a cyberattack, thousands of inmates escape from a high-security prison in Mozambique, a dead body is found in the plane wheel of a United Airlines plane, and bird flu kills 20 felines at a Washington wildlife sanctuary.
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Romanian Government, Trump Greenland Push and Japan Bear Attacks

Marcel Ciolacu will lead a new coalition government in Romania, New Zealand opposes a Cook Islands' plan for a separate passport, Guatemalan officials raid the Lev Tahor compound, President Elect Trump renews his push for Greenland, Donald Trump’s statements about the Panama Canal leads to heated rhetoric, President Biden commutes 37 of 40 federal death row sentences, A woman is killed after being set on fire on a New York subway, The University of Michigan faces a lawsuit over its pro-Palestinian protest response, The UK’s economic growth figures are revised to zero for Q3 2024, Nordstrom goes private in a proposed $6.25B family-led buyout deal, and Japan will ease bear-hunting laws amid rising attacks.
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Kyiv Missile Attacks, Drone Flight Restrictions and Aquatic Mouse Discovery

Russia attacks Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles, Israeli forces fire on Syrian protesters, The White House calls Pakistan’s ballistic missiles a threat to the US, Brazil’s congress approves most of a fiscal package, Peter Mandelson is named the UK’s ambassador to the US, The House rejects a Pres.-elect Trump spending bill with the government shutdown looming, Pres. Biden cancels $4.28B in student loan debt for 55K borrowers, Drone flight restrictions are implemented over areas of New Jersey and New York, Rwanda declares an end to its first Marburg Virus disease outbreak, and an aquatic mouse is among 27 new species discovered in Peru.
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US House spending bill, Nigeria fair tragedy and Amazon strike

the US House agrees on a short-term funding bill, an Abkhazian lawmaker is fatally shot during parliamentary discussions, dozens of children are killed in a stampede at a Nigerian Christmas fair, a French man is sentenced to 20 years over the mass rape of this wife, a New York resident pleads guilty to running an alleged secret Chinese police station, a group of Kenyan Facebook moderators sue Meta, Amazon workers strike across several US locations, the US confirms its first severe case of bird flu, the US Federal Reserve cuts rates by a quarter point, and Apple faces a complaint over its new AI feature.
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