Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Today’s Lead News Stories

Russia says ‘ball is in France’s court’ on detained French researcher Vinatier

Russia says it has made a proposal to France regarding Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher jailed for violating Russia’s foreign agent laws and who faces charges of espionage that carry a possible 20-year prison sentence.

Radio France Internationale

Japan’s cabinet approves record defence budget amid escalating China tensions

Japanese strike-back capabilities and coastal defences to be boosted while Beijing accuses Tokyo of fuelling a ‘space arms race’

The Guardian - AU

Shock And Outrage In Melbourne As Hanukkah Car Targeted In Suspected Antisemitic Firebombing

A car bearing a 'Happy Chanukah' sign was firebombed outside a rabbi's home in St Kilda East, Melbourne. Police are treating it as a suspected antisemitic attack. Senior leaders and government officials condemn the act and call for decisive action.

International Business Times UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Remains of missing Nebraska mother found a year later as police narrow in on person of interest

Authorities had been desperately searching for Jerica Hamre, 30, for nearly 18 months after she went missing from Lincoln in July 2024

The Independent UK

Putin critic sentenced to six years in prison by Russian court

Sergei Udaltsov was sentenced to six years in jail

The Independent UK

These are the states seeing the biggest impact from the flu tearing across the nation

The virus is particularly serious for children, with one doctor warning parents too look out for three key symptoms

The Independent UK

U.S. Beefing Up Military Presence In The Caribbean To Further Escalate Pressure On Venezuela's Maduro

The U.S. military deployed more equipment to the Caribbean as it further escalates pressure on the Maduro regime in Venezuela, according to a new report.

Latin Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Texas A&M System declines to reinstate fired lecturer despite faculty panel’s findings

A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”

The Texas Tribune

National Guard members killed in Syria return home to families on Christmas Eve

Mirroring the solemn transfer ritual at Dover, white-gloved Iowa National Guard members carried the caskets

The Independent UK

Two hospitalized after ICE agents shot at person who tried to ‘run them over’ in Maryland neighborhood

Federal agents have been involved in at least nine shootings this year during immigration enforcement

The Independent UK

The DOJ Assails D.C.'s 'Assault Weapon' Ban As an Arbitrary, Historically Ungrounded Gun Law

The department's lawsuit notes that the prohibited firearms are "in common use" for "lawful purposes," meaning they are covered by the Second Amendment.

Reason

Grand jury declines to indict man in shooting that killed teen at Kentucky State University

A grand jury has declined to indict a father of two Kentucky State University students who was charged with murder in an on-campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured another

The Independent UK

US Justice Department finds million more potential Epstein files

The delay of the release of all Epstein files comes after the Justice Department had already missed the original congressionally mandated deadline set for last Friday.

Euronews

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy open to creating demilitarised zone in country’s east

The proposal pushes Washington and Kyiv closer to a jointly agreed formula to end the war. What we know on day 1,401

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Falling price of cocaine forces drug traffickers to reuse narco-submarines, say Spanish police

Previously vessels would be sunk once they had completed their cargo runs from South America to Europe

The Guardian - UK

Trump-backed candidate Asfura declared new president of Honduras

Winning margin of 28,000 votes announced a month late but before review of all ‘inconsistent’ ballots was completed

The Independent UK

Tributes to ‘loving’ state trooper killed at DMV in ‘act of pure evil’

Authorities have not yet publicly identified the gunman or disclosed a possible motive for the shooting

Latin Times

ICE Reportedly Planning To Overhaul Detention System And Hold Over 80,000 People In Warehouses

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking contractors to renovate industrial warehouses and hold more than 80,000 migrants, according to a new report.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

We Got This Covered

‘All I know is that they have been on and off’: Married teacher’s affair turns deadly after girlfriend makes one decision he didn’t want

This affair ended in absolute tragedy

The Guardian - US

Democratic lawmaker sues Trump over Kennedy Center’s name change

Joyce Beatty seeks to remove the president’s name from the newly minted ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’

The Guardian - US

US justice department says it may need ‘a few more weeks’ to process 1m more Epstein documents for release

DoJ says more documents have been uncovered amid criticisms for missing 19 December deadline for full release

The Guardian - US

Federal judge blocks White House’s reductions of homeland security funding to states

Judge said cuts were ‘another example’ of Trump administration tying state assistance to its immigration crackdown

The Independent UK

Argument over turning off NFL game ends with husband and wife murder-suicide and daughter, 13, wounded

Jason Kenney, 47, had been drinking when he got into the argument with his wife that turned deadly, cops say

The Guardian - US

Republicans aim to exempt major polluters from Pfas cleanup costs

Water treatment and landfill companies given chance to make case that EPA rules should not apply to them

The Guardian - US

Trump’s claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ‘resource imperialism’, experts say

Critics compare offensive to Iraq war, citing familiar mix of regime-change rhetoric, security pretexts and oil interests

1 … 34 35 36 37

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Department of Homeland Security

597 stories

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

420 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.