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☆ Slovakia threatens to reduce aid to Ukrainian refugees in spat over Russian gas
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Slovakia could take retaliatory measures against Ukraine after Kyiv halted the flow of Russian gas through its territory, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico warned. In a video message posted to Facebook Thusday, Fico suggested his Smer party could cut its electricity supplies to Ukraine, as well as reducing aid to Ukrainian refugees. On New Year’s Day, Ukraine made good on its promise to halt the transport of Russian gas to Europe through its territory after a key deal with Moscow expired. Fico had previously argued that the end of the deal would lead to higher gas and electricity prices in Europe. Since returning to power in 2023, Fico has ended his country’s military aid to Ukraine and pledged to block Ukraine from joining NATO.

Persons: Robert Fico, Fico, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Fico, Zelensky, “, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, Ukraine, Facebook, Reuters, European Union, Kremlin, Gazprom, Russian, NATO Locations: Slovakia, Kyiv, Slovak, Ukraine, Europe, Moscow, Brussels, Bratislava, Russia

☆ TikTok and Government Clash in Last Round of Supreme Court Briefs
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The two sides in the momentous clash at the Supreme Court over a measure that could shut down TikTok made their closing written arguments on Friday, sharply disputing China’s influence over the site and the role the First Amendment should play in evaluating the law. The Supreme Court, in an effort to resolve the case before the law’s Jan. 19 deadline, will hear arguments at a special session next Friday. “Rarely if ever has the court confronted a free-speech case that matters to so many people,” a brief filed Friday on behalf of a group of TikTok users said. “170 million Americans use TikTok on a regular basis to communicate, entertain themselves, and follow news and current events. If the government prevails here, users in America will lose access to the platform’s billions of videos.”

Persons: TikTok, ByteDance, ” Organizations: Supreme Locations: United States, America

A major natural gas pipeline supplying Russian energy to Europe ran dry Wednesday after Ukraine stopped Moscow’s six-decade supply in the hopes of hurting its invader financially. Part of that is not renewing the pipeline agreement, which expired having supplied Europe with Russian gas via Ukraine for six decades. “We stopped the transit of Russian gas. This is a historic event,” Ukraine Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said in a statement. — all of whom rely on Russian gas more than most in Europe.

Persons: Moscow’s, Russia —, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine’s, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump, Biden, “, Herman Galushchenko, Radek Sikorski, Putin, Zelenskyy Organizations: Ukraine, Gazprom, Russian, Ukraine Energy, Reuters Locations: Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Moscow, Polish, Eastern Europe, Russia’s, United States, Qatar, Austria, Slovakia, Moldova, Moldovan, Transdniestria, Ukrainian, Turkey, Hungary, Serbia

☆ NFL MVP race: Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson or Joe Burrow? Plus, the case for Saquon Barkley
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Mike Sando | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and Saquon Barkley are superstar talents whose conventional and/or advanced stats match historic standards for MVP consideration. QBs appearing in the middle of the Betrayal Index rank about the same in QB EPA and team defense/special teams EPA, whether good or bad. That’s how Jordan Love (good QB EPA, good team defense/special teams EPA) and Gardner Minshew II (bad, bad) appear in close proximity. Why Barkley should be consideredAnyone arguing for a running back to win MVP risks getting laughed out of Math Club. Jackson, Allen and Burrow have provided more verifiable value to their teams.

Persons: Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Saquon Barkley, Jackson, Burrow, Barkley, Jordan Love, Patrick Mahomes, Peyton Manning’s, Bob Sanders ’, Manning, Mahomes, Allen, We’ll, let’s, QB JACKSON ALLEN, Aaron Rodgers, Steve McNair, Cam Newton, kneeldowns, Jackson Allen Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Derrick Henry, Burrow overtakes Jackson, Lamar Jackson acing, Justin Herbert, San Francisco 49ers ’ Brock Purdy, Miami Dolphins ’ Tua, Gardner Minshew, Houston Texans ’ C.J, frontrunners, Jahmyr Gibbs, Philly, Andy Reid, Chip Kelly, Doug Pederson, Nick Sirianni, Cook, Jalen, A.J . Brown, DeVonta Smith, Kellen Moore, Simpson, Greg Fiume Organizations: Ravens, NFL, Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Super, Indianapolis Colts, Indy, Kansas, Press, Denver Broncos, Cincinnati Bengals, Jackson’s Ravens, Allen’s Buffalo Bills, Bills, Buffalo, Kansas City, Los Angeles Rams, Detroit, EPA, Rush, Allen, Dallas, San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans ’, Stroud, Bengals, Baltimore, Math Club, Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles, NFC, Lions, Eagles, Cook, Getty Locations: Baltimore, Allen, Burrow, Cincinnati, Jackson, Cleveland, Barkley’s, A.J .

Some experts believe that, for this reason, it’s likely that Ukraine, and Europe, will need to prepare for a prolonged war. After more than 1,000 days of war, Ukraine is running short on manpower while the Kremlin has stepped up bombings of cities and infrastructure, launching missiles, drones and artillery rounds at civilian targets. Former President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower in New York City on Sept. 27. On the other hand, Trump has made clear that he does not wholeheartedly support Kyiv’s war against Vladimir Putin’s invading forces. Trump also criticized Ukraine after it launched missiles into Russian territory last month: “I disagree very vehemently with sending missiles hundreds of miles into Russia.

Persons: Donald Trump, “ Trump, ” Justyna Gotkowska, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Julia Demaree Nikhinson, ”, Ann Dailey, Biden, Trump, Vladimir Putin’s, NBC’s Kristen Welker, “, Keith Kellogg, Stanislav Krasilnikov, Kristi Raik, Putin, ” Putin, “ Putin, Natia Seskuria, Dailey, Shamil Zhumatov, REUTERS Putin, Sergei Lavrov, ” Lavrov, Zelenskyy Organizations: Kyiv, Center, Eastern Studies, Trump, RAND Corporation, White House, Time, Sunday, Sputnik, AP, NATO, International Centre for Defence, Security, REUTERS, Russian, TASS, U.S Locations: Ukraine, Russia, “, Kyiv, Europe, Warsaw, Russian, Kursk, Donetsk, Pokrovsk, Moscow, New York City, U.S, California, Istanbul, Crimea, Donbas, Ukrainian, London, British, United States, Brussels

Meanwhile, the incoming Trump administration is eyeing deeper tax cuts along with a rollback of newly built guardrails around consumer finance. Here are a few ways to put yourself in the best financial position for whatever the next 12 months may bring. High-yield savings accounts are still topping out around 4.5%, beating the 2.7% annual inflation rate as of November. Earlier this year a Bankrate survey found about two-thirds Americans were earning suboptimal interest on their savings accounts. Lee said one piece of that puzzle should include government bonds, which “were getting pretty hammered” by the Fed’s interest rate hikes to curb inflation.

Persons: Trump, ”, Kevin Mahoney, Hunt, Malik Lee, “, Lee, “ You’re, ‘, I’m, Donald Trump’s, now’s, Samuel Deane, Deane, they’ve, “ you’re, you’re, there’s, Roth, Kristen Euretig, Euretig, ” Lee Organizations: D.C, Peel Wealth Management, Federal, Trump, Deane Wealth Management, Republicans, Fidelity Investments Locations: Washington, Felton, Atlanta, York, Brooklyn

Natural gas stopped flowing through a pipeline that runs from Russia through Ukraine on Wednesday, according to officials in both countries. The effects of the halt, though long expected, could ripple through Europe’s energy sector and potentially affect Moscow’s ability to fund its war in Ukraine.

Locations: Russia, Ukraine

☆ How to see meteor showers, eclipses and full moons in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-01 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

What’s more, a multitude of bright annual meteor showers will return, so mark your calendars. A crescent-shaped partial solar eclipse is seen above the Statue of Freedom atop the dome of the US Capitol Building in April 2024 in Washington, DC. A "blood moon" lunar eclipse is seen setting behind the US Capitol Building on Election Day in November 2022 in Washington, DC. “2025 will be a better year for meteor observers,” said Bill Cooke, the lead for NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office. Here are the other meteor showers to anticipate in 2025 and their peak dates, according to the American Meteor Society and EarthSky.

Persons: Mathieu Lewis, Rolland, Tayfun, Buck, Andrew Harnik, Kent Nishimura, Joshua, Apu Gomes, ”, Bill Cooke, Robert Lunsford, Capricornids Organizations: CNN, Space, Farmers, Getty, NASA, Building, Los Angeles Times, American Meteor Society, Delta Aquariids, Taurids Locations: Chanticleer, Columbia, Latourell , Oregon, San Francisco Bay, Anadolu, Washington , DC, Europe, Asia, Africa, North, South America, Australia, Antarctica, Western Europe, Alaska, California, AFP

ETChannel: ABCHow to watch: Watch live on ABC, with next-day streaming on Hulu. 'New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash'Time: 8 p.m. Watch the Times Square Ball Drop in personFor those hoping to catch a glimpse of the famous ball drop themselves this New Year's Eve in Times Square, here's how to make it happen. Time: The New Year’s Eve Ball is raised to the top of the pole at One Times Square around 6 p.m. And of course, the special Times Square New Year’s Eve tradition of singing John Lennon’s "Imagine" moments before the Ball Drop will continue this year, according to the Times Square official website.

Persons: Kotb, Jenna Bush Hager, Reba McEntire, Snoop Dogg, George Lopez, Seth Meyers, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Kevin Hart, Dick Clark’s, Rockin, Ryan Seacrest, Rita Ora, Dayanara Torres, Natasha Bedingfield, Kesha, HARDY, DJ Cassidy, Ernest, Cody Johnson, Thomas Rhett, Teddy, Lenny Kravitz, Carrie Underwood, Jonas, Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Richard Quest, Cooper, Cohen, Sting, Meghan Trainor, Shania Twain, Diplo, Lil Jon, Patti LaBelle, Keith Urban, Rachel Smith, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Tyler Hubbard, Miranda Lambert, Post Malone, Shaboozey, Brittney Spencer, Chris Stapleton, Zach Top, Lainey Wilson, Kane Brown, Jelly, Ball, Jonathan Bennett, Jeremy Hassell, Mark Ambor, Mickey Guyton, John Lennon’s Organizations: NBC, ABC, Hulu, Times, Seacrest, CNN, Max, CNN.com, CBS, Paramount, Times Square Locations: Dua Lipa, New York City, Puerto Rico, North America, Nashville , Tennessee

☆ NFL Power Rankings Week 18: Vikings on a roll, but can they beat the Lions?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Josh Kendall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +25 min

Minnesota Vikings (14-2)Last week: 5Sunday: Beat Green Bay Packers 27-25What’s next? Detroit Lions (14-2)Last week: 2Monday: Beat San Francisco 49ers 40-34What’s next? That means he would need only 101 yards against the Giants in Week 18 to break Eric Dickerson’s NFL record of 2,105, set in 1984. ETGO DEEPER What we learned in NFL Week 17: Vikings alive for top seed, Colts ‘embarrassing’6. : Clinch the NFC SouthAll Tampa Bay has to do to win its fourth straight NFC South title is beat New Orleans in Week 18.

Persons: what’s, We’ve, Lou Saban, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, —, Sam Darnold, J.J . McCarthy, Darnold, McCarthy, pEo4aqPHen, Patrick Mahomes, Travis, Kelce, Saquon Barkley, Barkley, Eric Dickerson’s, Barkley’s, Kyle Hamilton, Zach Ertz, Scott Taetsch, Jayden Daniels, Washington’s, Jim Harbaugh’s, Harbaugh, Justin Herbert, Jim Harbaugh, haven’t, Russell Wilson’s, Justin Fields, Mike Evans, Baker Mayfield’s, Mike Ehrmann, Baker Mayfield, he’s, Tee Higgins, it’s, Higgins, they’re, Ja’Marr, Chase, Joe Burrow, Joe Burrow’s, Bobby Slowik, Stroud, Mike Macdonald, Mike McCarthy, McCarthy’s, Dak Prescott, Raheem Morris mismanaged, Tyler Huntley, Jason Miller, Tua Tagovailoa, Tua, Kyler Murray, Murray, hasn’t, Kyle Shanahan, Brandon Aiyuk, Christian McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, Brock Purdy, Purdy, Anthony Richardson, Richardson, TruMedia, Derrick Brown, A’Shawn Robinson, Jadeveon, Dane Brugler, Cam Ward, Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders —, Aidan O’Connell, Cam Jordan, Jordan, Clyde Simmons, aron R odgers, ike V rabel), rian, eason, eahawks,, aguars, ince, hird, rian D aboll, ake, ove, alf, erwin J ames, hite Organizations: NFL, Broncos, Buccaneers, Buffalo Bills, Beat New York Jets, Bills, AFL, New England Patriots, NFC, Lions, Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Vikings, Detroit Lions, pEo4aqPHen — Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs, Beat Pittsburgh Steelers, Chiefs, Denver Broncos, San Francisco 49ers, Ford, 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Beat Dallas Cowboys, Giants, Eric Dickerson’s NFL, Philadelphia, New York Giants, Colts, Baltimore Ravens, Beat Houston Texans, Ravens, AFC, Cleveland Browns, Falcons, Washington, Beat Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, Packers, Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams, Beat Arizona Cardinals, Rams, Atlanta, NFC West, Seahawks, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Chargers, Chargers, Patriots, Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Beat Carolina Panthers, Tampa, New Orleans, Panthers, New, New Orleans Saints, Beat Denver Broncos, Bengals, Kansas City, Dolphins, Houston Texans, Houston, Tennessee Titans, Beat Chicago Bears, Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons, That’s, Carolina Panthers, Browns, Miami Dolphins, Beat Cleveland Browns, Miami, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, NFL Network, Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts, Indianapolis, Jacksonville Jaguars, Beat New Orleans Saints, Raiders, Vegas, Jordan, Sunday, Saints, ets, ards, ust Locations: Detroit, Minnesota, Green, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Seattle, Tampa, Miami, Arizona, San Francisco

☆ Putin faces new test with Trump’s return
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Why stand in his way?”That strong leader was a political unknown: a former KGB officer named Vladimir Putin. Then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin, Moscow, on December 31, 1999. But we have to end that war.”Little wonder that champagne corks did not pop in Moscow following Trump’s reelection. But Trump’s mercurial approach to foreign policy means the Kremlin may need to prepare for an unpredictable negotiation. And in his year-end question-and-answer session, Putin too signaled a readiness for negotiation, saying, “Politics is the art of compromise.

Persons: Boris Yeltsin, ” Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Alexey Navalny, Navalny, AP Putin, Donald Trump, Trump, ” Trump, Court’s, Trump’s, Keith Kellogg, “ You’ve, ”, Donald J, he’s, –, Roman Pilipey, Volodymyr Zelensky, NBC’s Keir Simmons, Bashar al, Assad, “, Hanna Notte, James Martin, Tahrir, Sef, Alexandra Prokopenko, ” Putin, Yeltsin Organizations: CNN, KGB, Kremlin, ITAR, AP, Trump, Fox Business, 43rd Artillery Brigade, Getty, James, James Martin Center, Nonproliferation Studies, United Nations Security Council, UN Security, United Nations, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center Locations: Soviet Union, Ukraine, Donbas, Kremlin, Moscow, Arizona, North Korea, Iran, Helsinki, Russia, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, AFP, platitudes, Syrian, Syria, Afghanistan, Eurasia, United, Anadolu, Berlin

☆ New Year’s Eve 2024: Around the world from the first to last countries to celebrate
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Kendall Trammell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The Pacific Island nation will be followed by Chatham Islands in New Zealand at 5:15 a.m. Here’s when places around the world will be ringing in the New Year, relative to East Coast time. ET Fiji, a small part of eastern Russia, and several more Pacific islands, including the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu8 a.m. ET A small region of Australia including Adelaide9 a.m. ET Much of US minor outlying islands (unincorporated US territories in the Pacific), including Baker Island and Howland Island

Persons: it’ll, “ Auld Lang Syne, Dan Himbrechts, Anusak, Sam Panthaky, Frances ’, Angelos Tzortzinis, Miquelon, Farruko, Dick Clark’s, Rockin, Ryan Seacrest, Rodrigo Varela, Dustin Bradford Organizations: CNN, New York City’s, Chatham, New Zealand, New, Adelaide, Leste, Macao, Getty, United Arab, Puerto Rican, Mobile, D.C, Cayman, Los, Island Denver Broncos, Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, Cook, Pacific Locations: New York, Kiribati, Kiritimati, East Coast, United States, Chatham Islands, New Zealand, New, Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati’s Phoenix Islands, Antarctica, Hawaii, American Samoa, East, Chatham, Fiji, Russia, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Australia, Melbourne, Sydney, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Queensland, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Indonesia, Timor, Palau, China, Philippines, Malaysia, Mongolia, Taiwan, Brunei, Russia’s Irkutsk, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Bangkok, Myanmar, Cocos, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan, British, Ocean Territory, Omsk, India, Sri Lanka, Ahmedabad, AFP, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Maldives, Tajikistan, French Southern, Kerguelen, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Oman, Georgia, Mauritius, Seychelles, Iran, Moscow, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Rwanda, Romania, Athens, Germany, Nigeria, Algeria, Italy, Belgium, Morocco, Albania, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, Iceland, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Cabo Verde, Azores, Greenland, Brazilian, Pernambuco, South Georgia, Sandwich, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, French Guiana, Suriname, Saint Pierre, Falkland, Newfoundland, Labrador, Canada, Venezuela, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Guyana, Puerto, DISTRITO, San Juan , Puerto Rico, Coast, New York City , Washington, Detroit, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Acre, Panama, Mexico, Haiti, Bahamas, Turks, Caicos Islands, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Chicago, Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Denver, Phoenix, Edmonton, Calgary, Los Angeles, San Francisco, British Columbia, Baja California, Pitcairn Islands, Denver , Colorado, Alaska, Polynesia, US, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Niue, Baker, Howland

☆ Spike in Russian flights from Syria to Libyan desert base as Moscow eyes new Mediterranean hub
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —In the weeks since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader, Russia has launched multiple flights to an airbase in the Libyan desert. Now the conflict-riven North African nation of Libya is central to Russian efforts to project power into the Mediterranean. CNN saw imagery of these systems waiting to be flown out of Syria shortly before the Russian flights started. A Russian Ilyushin Il-76MD plane flies over Moscow during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in May 2022. The flights are not consistent with the previous pattern of Russian Africa Corps rotations to Bamako, it added.

Persons: Bashar al, Assad, Antonov, Sefa, Hmeimim, Harchaoui, Khadim, Wagner, Khalifa Haftar, Yunus, Bek Yevkurov, Guido Crosetto, ”, Luciano Portolano, ” Harchaoui, Haftar, Ulf Laessing, Konrad Adenauer, Laessing, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, It’s, Ahmed al, Sharaa, ” Laessing, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, IL, Royal United Services Institute, Africa –, Central African, American Enterprise, Africa Corps, Maxar, NATO, Italian, Tripoli –, Haftar’s United, Maxar Technologies, Tartus Locations: Russia, Libyan, Africa, Libya, Hmeimim, Benghazi, Syria, Russian, Moscow, Anadolu, London, Belarus, Central African Republic, Sudan, Mali, Burkina Faso, al, Bamako, Russian Africa, Tartus, Khadim, Tripoli, Haftar’s United Nations, Tobruk, Ukraine, “ Russia, Turkey, Niger

☆ Incumbents had a bad year. Will 2025 be different?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Billed as “the year of democracy,” 2024 may ultimately be remembered as the year voters sent incumbents packing. What might 2025 bring for incumbents and what factors are at play? It’s the inflation, stupidWhy was 2024 so difficult for incumbents? Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty ImagesOn the horizonA brief survey of upcoming elections suggests 2025 may be equally hard for incumbents in democracies. And so, 2025 may look like a slimmed-down version of 2024, with fewer elections but incumbents continuing to struggle.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump’s, Ben Ansell, “ What’s, they’ve, That’s, ” Ansell, ”, Ansell, Isabella Weber, Claudia Sheinbaum, Sheinbaum, Manuel Velasquez, Weber, it’s, “, ” Roberto Foa, Rishi Sunak, Henry Nicholls, Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte, Hannah McKay, Vicente Valentim, ” Valentim, Narendra Modi, Money Sharma, Cyril Ramaphosa, Boksburg, Anders Pettersson, Olaf Scholz, Justin Trudeau’s, Trudeau, Pierre Poilievre, Labor Party’s Anthony Albanese, Liberals ’ Peter Dutton, Scholz, Markus Schreiber, Kamara Morozuk, Moldova’s Maia Sandu, Calin Georgescu, Daniel Noboa, Luisa Gonzalez, Xiomara Castro, Honduras ’, –, Adam Przeworski, Alexander Lukashenko Organizations: CNN, Financial, ”, Incumbents, University of Oxford, Post, Voters, New York Times, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Centre, Democracy, University of Cambridge, Getty Images, European University Institute, Netflix, Getty, African National Congress, Labor, Liberals, Bloomberg, Kremlin Locations: United States, India, Ukraine, Europe, Mexico, Morena, America, Mexico City, AFP, France, Florence, New Delhi, South, February’s, Australia, Berlin, Ottawa, Moscow, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ecuador, Honduras, Belarus

☆ What’s open and closed on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day 2025?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Many retailers, grocery stores and pharmacies will be open on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, though some have modified hours. Here’s what’s open and closed on New Year’s Eve and on New Year’s Day, 2025. Specialty grocer Trader Joe’s is open until 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and closed on New Year’s Day. Macy’s is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and is open during regular hours on New Year’s Day. Limited UPS locations will be open both days, and UPS Express Critical is available for both.

Persons: Tom Thumb, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Harris Teeter, Jay C, King Soopers, Aldi, Lowe’s, Kohl’s, Nordstrom Organizations: New, New York CNN, Grocery, Companies, ACME, Albertsons, Safeway, Shaw’s, Kroger, Foods Co, Metro, Costco, Sam’s, Retail Walmart, Nordstrom, Walgreens, Federal Reserve, Bank of America, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Air, UPS, FedEx, FedEx Express Locations: New York, Randalls, City, Mariano’s, New, Wells Fargo

☆ These decisions about refugees weren’t popular. Jimmy Carter made them anyway
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Editor’s Note: A version of this story published last year after President Carter entered hospice care. CNN —Steps that Jimmy Carter took during his presidency are still shaping the United States, decades after he left office. A crisis that began before Carter took office was becoming increasingly dire by the day. That respect, Nguyen says, was earned by actions that Carter took that changed the course of her parents’ lives. “They were only able to do so because of the political courage exercised by President Carter,” she says.

Persons: Carter, Jimmy Carter, ”, Kai Bird, Bird, Carter didn’t, Fred Ihrt, ” Carter, Bee Nguyen, it’s, Nguyen, ’, “, ” Nguyen, President Carter, AAPIHeritageMonth, –, ♥️, ince, ives, K unis,, inger, egina, sia, ould, ong, ake, ariel, haring, J Organizations: CNN, CBS, The New York Times, White, ust, ashington Locations: United States, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Saigon, Georgia, Thailand, Iowa, America, ife

☆ Biden spent four years building up US alliances in Asia. Will they survive Trump’s next term?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

China has been modernizing its military and nuclear arsenal while becoming increasingly aggressive in asserting territorial claims in the South China Sea and over Taiwan. Marines of South Korea, right, and the US, aim their weapons near amphibious assault vehicles during a US and South Korea joint landing military exercise in Pohang, South Korea, on March 30, 2015. China Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons toward a Philippine resupply vessel at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on March 5. Ezra Acayan/Getty ImagesNorth Korea, meanwhile, has ramped up its threats toward South Korea and the US as it carries out illegal weapons testing. Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty ImagesUS soldiers participate in a 'Best Squad Competition' at Camp Humphreys in 2023 in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

Persons: Donald Trump, Lee Jin, Trump, Will Trump, aren’t, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong, Vladimir Putin, Shoal, Ezra Acayan, It’s, ”, Sam Roggeveen, Lowy, ” Roggeveen, “ He’s, Camp Humphreys, Jung Yeon, Chung Sung, Yoon Suk, Han Duck, Duyeon Kim, Shigeru Ishiba, Shinzo Abe, “, Anthony Albanese, Narendra Modi, Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida, Brendan Smialowski, Biden, Murata Koji, Collin Koh, Damir Sagolj, Koh, ’ Biden, Washington, Sen, Marco Rubio, JD Vance, Beijing’s, Vladimir, ” Trump, it’s, Robert Ward Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, South, Trump, –, NATO, China Coast Guard, Lowy Institute’s International Security, United, Bloomberg News, US, Getty, South Korea, Lawmakers, Center, New, New American Security, “ Trump, State Department, Australian, Anthony Albanese , Indian, Japanese, Japan’s Doshisha University, Rajaratnam, of International Studies, CNBC, Bloomberg, Wall Street, AP, International Institute for Strategic Studies Locations: Hong Kong, Asia, China, South, Taiwan, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Europe, South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Australia, Pohang, America, North, Washington, Pacific, Beijing, Philippine, United States, East Asia, Sydney, Seoul, Korea, Camp, Pyeongtaek, New American, Tokyo, Anthony Albanese ,, Wilmington , Delaware, AFP, India, United Kingdom, Canberra, Singapore, Taipei, “, ”, Xinhua, Iran, West

☆ Linda Lavin, Tony-winning ‘Alice’ star, dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Linda Lavin, the Tony- and Golden Globe-winning actress and singer best known for starring in the CBS sitcom “Alice” for nearly a decade, died on Sunday at the age of 87. She got her big break in New York, cutting her teeth in Broadway plays and musicals throughout the 1960s. Linda Lavin and her fellow cast members on the CBS sitcom "Alice," on January 1, 1979. CBS/Getty ImagesBut it was the television show “Alice,” which follows a widowed mother pursuing her dreams of being a singer while working at a diner, that made Lavin a household name. Linda Lavin with her Golden Globe award for "Alice" in Beverly Hills on January 27, 1979.

Persons: CNN — Linda Lavin, Tony, Alice ”, Lavin, William, Mary, ”, Stanley Kauffmann, Linda Lavin, Alice, nabbing, William & Mary, Patricia Heaton, ” Heaton, “, CNN’s Amanda Jackson Organizations: CNN, Globe, CBS, Broadway, New York Times, William &, Netflix, UPI Locations: New York, ”, California, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, LA

☆ Will you finally be able to buy a home in 2025?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Homelessness also hit a record high in 2024, driven in part by a lack of affordable housing, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. A few months ago, economists had predicted that mortgage rates would fall below 6% by the end of the year. Olsen said Zillow expects mortgage rates to stay above 6% for all of 2025, ending the year at around 6.2%. The difference between a 4% mortgage rate and a 6% rate could equate to thousands of dollars a year in savings for the median homebuyer. “If he does implement broad based tariffs, that means (mortgage) rates will have to stay high for one main reason, which is that you would expect some inflationary pressure,” she said.

Persons: America’s, “, ”, Skylar Olsen, Freddie Mac, Olsen, David Ake, Chen Zhao, Lawrence Yun, underbuilding —, homeownership —, “ It’s, Zhao, hasn’t, ” Zhao, Scott Applewhite, Cowen, Donald Trump’s, ” Seiberg Organizations: CNN, National Association of Realtors, NAR, Census Bureau, Homelessness, Department of Housing, Urban Development, Homeowners, Federal Reserve, Treasury, Consumer Financial, Bureau, US, Realtors, European Union Locations: Washington ,, Southern, China, Canada, Mexico

☆ Azerbaijan’s president accuses Russia of shooting down crashed jetliner unintentionally
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-29 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to “hush up” the issue for days. “We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia. Aliyev said Azerbaijan made three demands to Russia in connection with the crash. Aliyev noted that the first demand was “already fulfilled” when Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to him on Saturday. The Kremlin also said a joint investigation by Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan was underway at the crash site near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.

Persons: Ilham Aliyev, ”, Aliyev, ” Aliyev, “, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Dmitry Yadrov Organizations: Sunday, Interstate Aviation Committee, Commonwealth of Independent, Malaysia Airlines Locations: Russia, Moscow, Kazakhstan, Grozny, Russian, Chechnya, Ukrainian, Azerbaijan, Commonwealth of Independent States, Aktau, Baku, Ukraine, Russia Ukrainian

☆ After a punishing year for Britain’s royals, Windsors hope for brighter 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-28 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | Max Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Editor’s Note: This is a version of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. London CNN —This may be one of those years Britain’s royal family will not want to dwell on. Few of the Windsor clan would have anticipated the challenges they’d have to face in the infancy of King Charles III’s reign. “When it comes to the Duke of York, you have to expect the unexpected,” Myers told CNN. Brook Mitchell/Getty ImagesBy year’s end, King Charles and Queen Camilla had resumed overseas visits, carrying out a 10-day trip to Australia and Samoa.

Persons: Windsor, they’d, King Charles III’s, Prince William, ”, Russell Myers, It’s, King, Princess, Myers, Catherine, I’ve, Wales, Aaron Chown, Lizzie Robinson, “, ” Robinson, “ Camilla, Princess Anne, Duke, Duchess, Camilla “ wouldn’t, Queen Camilla, William, Kate, Prince, Donald Trump, Ludovic Marin, Prince Harry, Meghan, Duchess of, Netflix’s, Invictus, Peter Mancusi, Duke of Sussex, Raul Arboleda, Prince Andrew, Yang Tengbo, Andrew, Yang, York, ” Myers, “ Andrew, ” King Charles III, Brook Mitchell, King Charles, Robinson, Charles, Charles ’ Organizations: CNN’s Royal, London CNN, CNN, “, Press Association, ITV, Notre Dame, Getty, Netflix, Hollywood, Northeastern University, National Centre, Arts, ” CNN, British Locations: London, Wales, Edinburgh, Buckingham Palace, France, Notre, United Kingdom, Paris, Omaha, Normandy, AFP, Britain, Duchess of Sussex, Nigeria, Canada, Colombia, Bogota, England, China, Sydney, Australia, Samoa

☆ Burrow keeps Bengals playoff hopes alive in wild OT win over Broncos: Key takeaways
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-28 | by ( The Athletic Nfl Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

By Paul Dehner Jr., Nick Kosmider and RJ KraftQuarterback Joe Burrow’s golden arm has kept the Cincinnati Bengals’ season alive with a wild 30-24 overtime win against the Denver Broncos. Late in OT, Burrow hit Tee Higgins for a 31-yard pass that put the ball at the Denver 3. Just like every big game this season the Bengals found almost impossible ways to pull defeat from victory. The best view you'll see of that Bo Nix-Marvin Mims connection 🔥 📺: #DENvsCIN on NFL Network📱: Stream on #NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/6Vnb9Sog2r — NFL (@NFL) December 29, 2024And somehow it was only the second-best Nix-to-Mims connection of the game. — Nick Kosmider, Broncos beat writerDenver’s defense succumbs to Burrow’s brillianceThe Broncos ended the first Bengals drive of the game after 11 plays by coming up with a fourth-down run stop.

Persons: Paul Dehner Jr, Nick Kosmider, RJ Kraft, Joe Burrow’s, Burrow, Tee Higgins, Higgins, Cade York, —, Ja’Marr Chase, Chase Brown, Bo Nix, Nix, Marvin Mims Jr, Mims, Kansas City Chiefs —, — Paul Dehner Jr, Ja’Quan McMillan, Riley Moss, ron, Fran k lin that, Beng, J ona Organizations: Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Denver, Broncos, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, Falcons, Bengals, AFC, oun Locations: Cincinnati, Denver, Lyon

Firefighters respond to a Russian drone strike on an apartment building in Ternopil, Ukraine, on December 2. Neither the Russian Ministry of Defense nor Alabuga have not responded to CNN’s requests for comment about drone production at the factory. A firefighter assesses the damage to a medical centre in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 7, after a Russian drone strike. That Chinese electronics have been found in Russian drones is not a secret, but Beijing maintains it has never provided lethal weapons to any party in the war in Ukraine. Their contracts say they produce ‘motorboats.’”Concerns over safety at the facility grew after the Ukrainian drone strike in April.

Persons: ”, Yuriy Chumak, Chumak, shrug, Donald Trump’s, Alabuga, ” David Albright, “, Samuel Bendett, Yury Chumak, Russia’s, CNN Chumak, Oleksiy Stepaniuk, Valentyn Ogirenko, Oksana Tereshchenko, Anatolii Stepanov, Albright, Stalin's, John Kirby, “ We’ve, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Vlasiuk, Razvorot, haven’t, Russia –, Orest Organizations: CNN, Firefighters, Emergency Service of, Reuters, Russian Ministry of Defense, European Union, White, Kyiv, Ukrainian, for Science, International Security, CNA, Kyiv Scientific Research, Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Getty, US National Security Council, Institute for Science, Stalin's Falcons, Technology, National Security, US, EU, Alabuga Polytechnic, Stalin’s Falcons, Russian, Telegram, US Treasury, Alabuga, YouTube, US State Department Locations: Ukraine’s, Russia, Russian, Ternopil, Ukraine, Emergency Service of Ukraine, Russia’s, Tatarstan, Moscow, Tehran, Alabuga, Washington, Virginia, Ukrainian, Chumak, Kyiv, AFP, China, Beijing, United States, United Kingdom, African, Kenya

☆ 2025 movie preview: Here are the titles we simply cannot wait for
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-27 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

‘Mickey 17’Robert Pattinson as Mickey 18 and Robert Pattinson as Mickey 17 in “Mickey 17." Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/© 2024 Warner Bros. EntertainmentIt’s been six years since visionary Korean director Bong Joon Ho wowed audiences with his Oscar-winning “Parasite.” His followup movie “Mickey 17” is finally coming in April after several delays. (The movie is a Warner Bros. Pictures release. The studio, like CNN, is part of Warner Bros. The sequel will catch up with now-estranged friends Elphaba and Glinda as they struggle to find their place in the big and wicked world of Oz.

Persons: it’s, ’ Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, John Wilson, – Cameron Diaz, Annie, ”, Ebon Moss, Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Deadpool, Agatha, “, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, David Corenswet, James Gunn, Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan, Clark Kent’s, Mickey, Robert Pattinson, “ Mickey, Entertainment It’s, Bong Joon, Oscar, Jonathan Bailey, Scarlett Johansson, Jasin Boland, ” dino, Mason Thames, Cressida Cowell, ‘, ’ Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott, Nicola Dove, Wolfman, Benicio Del Toro, Jackie Chan, Ben Wang, Cobra Kai, Ralph Macchio, Han, Jayden Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Ben Whishaw, Imelda Staunton, Emily Mortimer, Peru ”, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Mario Anzuoni, Gregory Maguire, Elphaba, ‘ Michael ’ Jaafar Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael, Kevin Mazur, Pop’s, Jaafar Jackson, Colman Domingo, Nia Long, Larenz Tate, “ Michael ” Organizations: CNN, Netflix, Getty, Disney, “, Warner Bros, DC, DC Films, Warner Bros ., Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Studios, Universal, DreamWorks, Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, YouTube, ‘, Paddington, Rotten, Reuters, Lionsgate Locations: “, Disney, ‘ Paddington, Peru, Paddington

☆ Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban, while Biden says app poses ‘grave’ threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-27 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In one of the most significant pending cases before the Supreme Court, the justices must weigh whether the TikTok ban Congress approved in April violates the First Amendment. “TikTok collects vast swaths of data about tens of millions of Americans,” the administration told the Supreme Court on Friday. When Trump was president in 2020, he signed an executive order to effectively ban TikTok, but it was halted in the courts. The quick-turn timing of the briefing reflected the highly unusual speed with which the Supreme Court agreed to consider the case. Trump’s brief was filed by D. John Sauer, whom Trump has said he intends to nominate as solicitor general and who, if confirmed, would represent the Trump administration at the Supreme Court.

Persons: Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, Shou Chew, Chew, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, ” “, ” Trump’s, ” Biden, Joe Biden’s, Trump —, China “, “, Jeff Sessions, Trump’s, Ajit Pai, Mike Pence, TikTok, America ”, Columbia University —, John Sauer, ” Sauer Organizations: CNN, Trump, Federal Communications Commission, Supreme, American Civil Liberties Union, Columbia University, ACLU, Washington , DC, “ Locations: China, States, America, Washington ,

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