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Four people were shot Friday evening at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the US, with three left fighting for their lives. Festive celebrations in Concord, North Carolina, turned into a nightmare after gunfire erupted.  Three people were in critical condition and one in stable condition following the incident in the city’s main square, which is about 19 miles northeast …

The tone of the meeting in Kiev, during which the US detailed its peace deal, was “nauseating,” an EU official told the outlet The administration of US President Donald Trump has issued an ultimatum to Ukraine, saying that Vladimir Zelensky must sign its peace plan by Thursday, the FT has reported, citing Western European officials. US Secretary of the Army …

Xiaomi has open-sourced a new foundation model that integrates autonomous driving and embodied artificial intelligence, as the Chinese smartphone and electric-vehicle (EV) manufacturer seeks to enhance its AI capabilities. MiMo-Embodied, which comes after Xiaomi’s first large language model MiMo launched in April, was described as the “first open-source vision-language model” that combined autonomous driving and embodied AI tasks. Technical reports …

A brand new railway network has just opened in Egypt. The Velaro high-speed train is capable of reaching 155 miles per hour and stretches over 1242 miles. The train was revealed to the public by Siemens Mobility for the first time during the official opening of TransMEA 2025 earlier this month on November 9. The railway network connects 60 stations …

When Japan’s then incoming leader Sanae Takaichi was scrambling in October for a new coalition partner so the Liberal Democratic Party could remain in power, she seemed open to requests put forth by the Japan Innovation Party in return for its support. One of the key demands of the JIP was that Osaka should be officially elevated in status to …

For Henry Hung Chi-kuen, a veteran of the plumbing and drainage industry with more than 60 years of experience, toilets are not only how he earns his living but also something of an obsession. “Wherever I go [around the world], the first place I go [to] is the public toilet,” he said enthusiastically. The 78-year-old also buys toilet-themed souvenirs from …

JD Wetherspoon is to open its first-ever pub outside the UK, with English fry-ups and other British classics all part of the menu. The pub will be called the Castell de Santa Barbera and is set to open in Alicante airport in Spain.  Alicante is a popular destination for British tourists and the pub will be based in the departures …

The US president has praised Mamdani’s electoral victory in the first in-person meeting for the political opposites US president Donald Trump has said he believes Zohran Mamdani “could do a very good job” as the incoming New York City mayor. The political opposites held the first in-person meeting at the White House on Friday. ”I can tell you, some of …

Donald Trump has broken his silence following Volodymyr Zelensky’s apparent displeasure with the US President’s 28-point peace plan for Ukraine. Speaking to reporters at the White House in the presence of New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Mr Trump was asked if he had spoken with the Ukrainian President about his plan to end the war. “We have a plan. It’s …

Millions of UK households now say they no longer use the broadcaster’s services, a parliamentary report has found The BBC has lost more than £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in revenue as millions of UK households cancelled or refused to pay the license fee, a parliamentary report has found. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee issued its findings on Friday, …