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The U.S. Senate voted 60–40 to approve a stopgap funding bill reopening the federal government after the longest shutdown, with eight Democrats joining Republicans; it now heads to the House.
Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion over an allegedly misleading Panorama edit, prompting the broadcaster’s apology and resignation of two top executives.
COP30 opened in Belém, Brazil, without the United States and other major emitters, shifting focus onto China and disputes over raising emissions ambitions versus climate finance.
President Donald Trump met with Syrian transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, and the United States announced a partial suspension of sanctions on Syria.
The U.S. Senate passed a budget proposal to reopen the federal government and sent it to the House, while the fate of enhanced health-care tax credits remained uncertain.
Eight Senate Democrats voted to back GOP legislation to end the government shutdown, prompting criticism of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a public rebuke from Jon Stewart.
Prominent AI experts and business leaders urged governments to harness artificial intelligence to reinvigorate democracy while cautioning about unknown risks and that excessive EU regulation could stifle competitiveness.
The US Senate passed a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown after seven to eight Democrats broke with their party to join Republicans, highlighting Democratic divisions.
Zohran Mamdani won New York City's mayoral election, drawing heavy support from young progressives and moderate Black voters, a model Democrats may emulate after 2024 losses.
Switzerland neared a deal with the United States to cut U.S. import tariffs to about 15 percent after business leaders pushed negotiations following Trump’s 39 percent levies.
Oscar Isaac said he would only return to Star Wars if Disney did not "succumb to fascism," adding he was reluctant to work with the company after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.
Warren Buffett, 95, told Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in his final letter that he would step down as CEO, endorsed successor Greg Abel and pledged $1.3 billion to charity.
Tokyo-based SoftBank sold its entire Nvidia stake for $5.8 billion and said it would channel the proceeds into AI investments after quarterly net profit rose to $16 billion.
The UN refugee agency warned millions of displaced people in the Northern Hemisphere faced an icy winter after major donor cuts, and it urged private donors to fill the shortfall.
President Donald Trump said Marjorie Taylor Greene had “lost her way” after the congresswoman publicly criticized his administration’s focus on foreign affairs over domestic issues in the United States.
Thailand suspended the ceasefire with Cambodia after border landmine blasts injured Thai soldiers, halting an expanded truce that U.S. President Donald Trump had helped broker.
Carlos Alcaraz faced Taylor Fritz in Turin on Tuesday at the ATP Finals, a win handing him the year‑end ATP world No. 1 ranking.
Mia Hamant, a 21-year-old U.S. youth goalkeeper, died of a rare kidney cancer after an April diagnosis; her team won a final three days later.
UNICEF said 9% of minors were pressured to send intimate photos and 5.7% had problematic screen use; separate research found one-third viewed online pornography and 73% accessed it easily.
A small turboprop plane on a Hurricane Melissa relief mission to Jamaica crashed into a pond in Coral Springs, Florida, on Monday morning, killing two people.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to same-sex marriage, leaving its 2015 Obergefell precedent intact and prompting conservatives to vow further legal challenges.
