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Air traffic controllers lost communication for about 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane carrying a young medical patient and seven others before it crashed off the Texas coast, killing at least five people, Mexico’s president said Tuesday. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available forContinue Reading

“every-meter-of-the-town-was-costly-for-them”:-ukraine-withdraws-from-siversk-after-bleeding-russia-for-41-months

Ukrainian forces withdrew from the town of Siversk, in Donetsk Oblast, after intense fighting, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on December 23, citing heavy enemy pressure and superior Russian numbers and equipment. Deliberate withdrawal to preserve forces The statement said Russian forces had gained groundContinue Reading

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Ukrainian drones struck the Stavrolen petrochemical plant in Budyonnovsk, Russia, overnight on December 23, sparking a large fire, according to videos shared by the Telegram channel Exilenova+. Ukraine has repeatedly targeted industrial and military-adjacent sites in Russia to disrupt the production of materials and components that can be used forContinue Reading

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Author Malcolm Gladwell doesn’t trust people who don’t change their minds. In this episode of “Settle In,” Author Malcolm Gladwell speaks with Amna Nawaz about his latest book, Revenge of the Tipping Point, which revisits his debut novel 25 years later. He also reflects on growing up in Canada, howContinue Reading

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EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Each of my eight trips to Ukraine since retiring from the CIA in the summer of 2023 has been filled with unique challenges. Each time I’ve witnessed first-hand the sacrifices the Ukrainians are making on a daily basis to fight for their country’s independence. And while eachContinue Reading

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OPINION — “There’s no doubt that America’s adversaries are trafficking fentanyl into the United States in part because they want to kill Americans. If this were a war, that would be one of the worst wars. I believe they killed over the last five or six years, per year, 200-to-300,000Continue Reading

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These are M/F Romances where half the couple is bi. For part I (and links to bi4bi posts), click here. Never Been Shipped by Alicia Thompson People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young For One Night Only by Jessica James Unromance by Erin Connor Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi, Read MoreContinue Reading

“out-for-blood”:-writer-jasper-nathaniel-on-surviving-israeli-settler-attack-on-w.-bank-olive-farmers

We speak to independent journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has recently returned from documenting Israeli settler and state violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Nathaniel describes being ambushed by settlers in October, on the first day of the olive harvest, in an attack that left one middle-aged Palestinian womanContinue Reading

Doomed SpaceX Starlink satellite photographed from orbit

Vantor’s WorldView-3 satellite captured this photo of a doomed SpaceX Starlink satellite on Dec. 18, 2025. (Image credit: Satellite image ©2025 Vantor) We just got a great up-close look at a SpaceX Starlink satellite in orbit, thanks to Vantor’s WorldView-3 spacecraft. On Wednesday (Dec. 17), this particular Starlink suffered an anomaly that caused a lossContinue Reading

South Korean startup Innospace fails on its 1st orbital launch attempt

South Korean startup Innospace launches its first Hanbit-Nano rocket from Alcantara Space Center in Brazil on Dec. 22, 2025. The launch failed about a minute after liftoff. (Image credit: Innospace) South Korean startup Innospace failed in its bid to make history on Monday night (Dec. 22). The company launched its Hanbit-Nano rocket from the AlcantaraContinue Reading