Donald Trump announced Wednesday night in a live White House address that he will be sending all active duty troops a $1,776 check before Christmas.

The Hollywood legend and his photographer wife died on Sunday, the same day they were discovered in their $13.5 million mansion.

President Trump is delivering an address to the US from the White House touting the “historic accomplishments” of his administration Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukrainian drones have attacked multiple cities in Russia’s Rostov Region, killing civilians and damaging residential and port infrastructure Read Full Article at RT.com

A growing practice known as wa visa, in which sex workers engage in unprotected sex with trusted, higher-paying clients, is emerging as a key driver of Malawi’s HIV epidemic, health experts and advocacy groups have warned. The practice is common along major transport corridors and trading centres, including Zalewa, a busy junction linking Malawi to […] The post ‘Wa Visa’: High-Pay Unsafe Sex Driving HIV Risk Nationwide appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, travelled to the south-east Asian country in November for a break, before allegedly carrying out their atrocity at a Hanukkah event on Sunday.

Matilda Britvan, ten, was celebrating the first day of Hannukah at Bondi Beach with her family on Sunday evening when she was allegedly gunned down by father and son terrorists.

People have been spotted taking photos on the doomed footbridge used by the gunmen accused of shooting into a crowd gathered to celebrate Hunakkah on Sunday.

Travolta has been mentioned in a Presley family courtroom war after a newly-amended lawsuit made sensational - and unproven - claims about the parentage of the actor's teenage son.

The 31ft speedboat mowed Kirsty down as she paddled in the warm water with her and Lillywhite's two sons Jamie and Louis, then aged 15 and 14.

Ashwagandha took center stage at the 2nd WHO Global Traditional Medicine Summit in Delhi, where international experts discussed its safe integration into modern healthcare. Discussions focused on its global use for stress, brain health, and immunity, emphasizing the need for rigorous research, standardized formulations, and strong safety monitoring to ensure its wider acceptance and credibility.

West Bengal's electoral roll reveals over 1.6 crore «logical discrepancies,» including electors claiming multiple siblings from the same parent and significant father's name mismatches. Notices will be issued to these individuals seeking explanations and proof of eligibility for enrollment.

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[New Times] In the last piece in the series, we realised that rather than addressing the socio-economic issues inherited from the colonialists and the First Republic, the new regime continued dividing Rwandans by ethnicity, enforcing the continued persecution and discrimination of the Tutsi.

[New Times] The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) released the 2025 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS) on December 17 in Kigali, showing progress as well as challenges in a number of areas.

[New Times] Rwanda has recorded a reduction in child undernutrition, with stunting declining from 33 per cent in 2020 to 27 per cent in 2025, according to the (2021-2025) Demographic and Health Survey (DHS).

Two Thai soldiers were killed in armed hostilities in the Sisaket and Sa Kaeo provinces on December 17

«It is much easier to spend other’s money than one’s own,» Tino Chrupalla, co-chair of Alternative for Germany (AfD) party noted

In a significant legal development, Maharashtra minister Manikrao Kokate is on the brink of disqualification following a court's affirmation of his 1995 conviction for fraud related to housing quotas. He and his brother received a two-year rigorous imprisonment sentence for deceitfully inflating their income to obtain EWS flats.

In a speech shorter than his usual hour-plus events, and which was full of false statements, the president promised a better economy in 2026.

The president’s approval ratings reached their lowest numbers in late November. Even some supporters say he has done too little to improve their lives.

Supporters said they’d never seen Trump like this before, and wondered if he’d achieved his purpose of assuaging concerns about the economy.

The US House of Representatives has voted down efforts to rein in President Donald Trump’s military actions against Venezuela Read Full Article at RT.com

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the United States of seeking to overthrow his government and turn Venezuela into a colony Read Full Article at RT.com

President Donald Trump is delivering an address to the nation from the White House touting “historic accomplishments” of his administration Read Full Article at RT.com

Canada's legally binding climate target seems to be out of reach, according to new data released from Environment and Climate Change Canada.

The Nova Scotia RCMP says it's not aware of any fentanyl-laced cannabis being sold by unauthorized cannabis retailers in the province, after the premier made this claim in a news conference last week. The claim raises tensions with Mi'kmaw communities amid a province-wide crackdown aimed largely at on-reserve cannabis dispensaries.

At the same time, Christian Stocker stated that Austria is set to remain committed to the principle of neutrality

The Republican-majority House voted 216 to 210 against this resolution

No oil has been split

According to the Southern Command, the Joint Task Force Southern Spear «conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters»