Georgia’s president urges stronger EU pressure for new election
Salome Zourabichvili told European lawmakers that visa restrictions were insufficient as protesters challenged the Georgian government’s suspension of EU accession talks.
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Mangione indicted in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
A Manhattan grand jury indictment escalates the case against Luigi Mangione with first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism and multiple weapons charges tied to Brian Thompson's killing on December 17, 2024.
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Denmark frees Paul Watson after rejecting Japan extradition request
On Dec. 17, 2024, the anti-whaling activist was released from custody in Greenland after Danish authorities said Japan had not provided enough assurance about how any future sentence would be handled.
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House Intelligence Committee holds closed-door drone briefing as sightings draw scrutiny
ABC News reported that lawmakers were briefed in private on mystery drone sightings across the United States.
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Air operations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio were suspended for almost four hours after drone activity was reported over the installation.
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New York gets federal drone-detection help after mysterious sightings
Federal officials are sending New York a drone-detection system after repeated sightings raised alarms across the northeast, though authorities say there is no sign of foreign involvement.
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Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence Vote, Clearing Path for Early German Election
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote, opening the way for an early federal election on 23 February.
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Bolivia seeks arrest of Evo Morales in sexual abuse investigation
Prosecutors are pursuing the former president in a case tied to allegations that he fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl, a claim Morales denies.
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ABC settles Trump defamation suit over Stephanopoulos remarks
The network resolved the case after the president-elect sued over comments made on air about the civil case involving writer E. Jean Carroll.
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Drone sighting briefly shuts runways at Stewart International Airport
The FAA alerted the airport to a drone in the area, prompting an hour-long runway closure and fresh pressure on federal authorities to respond to the sightings.
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Georgia elects Mikheil Kavelashvili as president amid opposition boycott
Lawmakers voted in the former footballer as the next president while the opposition stayed away and anger over the EU accession pause continued to grow.
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Salome Zourabichvili rejects Georgia’s presidential election as legitimate
The Georgian president said she would not leave office and insisted the vote should not be recognised because it was not a direct election.
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South Korea impeaches President Yoon after martial law shock
Parliament voted to remove Yoon Suk Yeol, but the impeachment still has to be tested by the Constitutional Court.
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Dnipro explosion kills one and wounds police officers in central district
Police in Dnipro said an explosion killed one person and injured others, including two officers, in the city center.
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French Police Detain 22-Year-Old After Five People Are Shot Dead Near Dunkirk
2024-12-14 event: Authorities said a suspect surrendered after five people were killed in shootings spread across the Dunkirk area in northern France.
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Former China coach Li Tie gets 20-year prison sentence in corruption case
State media said the ex-player and national team coach was convicted of bribery and match-fixing.
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Thailand festival bombing kills three and wounds dozens in Umphang district
Thai PBS reported that a grenade attack at the Umphang Red Cross fair left three people dead and 48 injured, including a 14-year-old, and that police later detained two suspects.
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Macron appoints François Bayrou as France’s new prime minister
French President Emmanuel Macron names François Bayrou prime minister after Michel Barnier’s government falls, handing the centrist veteran a difficult budget and coalition test.
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Danish court sentences Sanjay Shah to 12 years in cum-ex tax fraud case
On 2024-12-12, a Danish court sentenced British hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty in a multibillion-krone dividend tax fraud case.
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Biden commutes about 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in largest single-day clemency act
The AP said the move covers people released from prison during the pandemic and adds to a late-term push for mercy.
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Venezuela frees 103 jailed after contested election crackdown
The Maduro government released 103 prisoners over three days after the disputed July election, but pressure on the opposition continued.
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Serbian students rally outside state broadcaster over protest coverage
Hundreds demonstrated in Belgrade as university blockades continued over accountability for the Novi Sad railway station disaster.
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Hundreds of tractors flood Westminster in protest over UK farm inheritance tax changes
Farmers and campaigners drove through Whitehall as the government held firm on plans that would bring inheritance tax to some farms worth more than £1m from April 2026.
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Karin Keller-Sutter elected Swiss president for 2025
The Swiss Federal Assembly chose the Finance Minister with 168 valid votes, continuing the country’s routine rotation into the presidency next year.
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