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Monday, December 08, 2025 2:20 PM ET

World News

ABC News

Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Japan, triggers tsunami alert

Gulf News - 52 minutes ago

Safety checks underway at nuclear plants after Japan earthquake

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The Mercury News

Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China

Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago

Farmers have backed Trump politically, but his aggressive trade policies and frequently changing tariff rates have come under increasing scrutiny because of the impact on the agricultural sector and because of broader consumer worries.

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Aljazeera

Zelenskyy says E3 talks ‘productive’, European peace plan ready soon

Aljazeera - 47 minutes ago

The Ukrainian president again refuses to cede territory, says Coalition of the Willing countries to meet this week.

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Huffington Post

Trump-Brokered Truce Under Threat As Thailand-Cambodia Fighting Reignites

Huffington Post - 32 minutes ago

Each side blamed the other for starting clashes that broke out during the night and intensified before dawn.

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Politics News

NPR

Trump Plans Massive Bailout For Farmers Hit By Trade War

Huffington Post - 47 minutes ago

A White House official says Trump is planning a massive bailout for farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs.

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Slate

The Supreme Court weighs Trump’s bid to fire independent agency board members. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe

Boston Globe - 6 minutes ago

Lawyers for the administration are defending President Trump’s decision to fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter without cause.

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Mehr News Agency

Ukraine’s Zelensky holds talks with European allies in London

Mehr News Agency - 3 hours ago

TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks in London with European allies on US peace plan and security.

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Huffington Post

White House Inexplicably Restarts Fight With Pop Princess In Latest ICE Promo

Huffington Post - 2 hours ago

Donald Trump and his acolytes just gave the "Espresso" singer another jolt of their "inhumane" agenda.

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Business News

Hollywood Reporter

The Gloves Are Off: Wall Street Games Out Paramount’s Hostile Warner Bros. Bid

Hollywood Reporter - 5 minutes ago

"At minimum, it’s far from a slam dunk," said one analyst before David Ellison touted value, speed and safety of his bid. But another expert says “it's very hard to argue that Netflix’s offer is better.”

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Channel NewsAsia

Exclusive-SoftBank, Nvidia looking to invest in Skild AI at $14 billion valuation, sources say

Channel NewsAsia - 3 hours ago

Dec 8 : Japan's SoftBank Group and Nvidia are in talks to invest in Skild AI, in a more than $1 billion funding round that could value the maker of foundation models for robots at around $14 billion, according to sources and a term sheet seen by Reuters.If successful, the funding will be at nearly triple Skil

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Times of India

Maybank: BSP not done with rate cuts

Manila Times - 2 hours ago

BENIGN inflation will give the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) enough room to cut policy rates this Thursday and two more times over the course of 2026, Maybank Research said.

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BBC News

Trump to unveil $12bn farm aid package amid global trade disputes

BBC News - 5 minutes ago

The US agricultural sector has been hit hard by the Trump's administration's international trade wars.

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Technology

New York Post

JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon claims AI will not cause major job...

New York Post - 17 hours ago

Dimon was asked by Fox News' Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures" what Americans should do to prepare for this "new revolution that's underway with AI," especially given that the technology is...

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Breitbart

Elon Musk's Tesla Optimus Robot Takes Suspicious Tumble During Demo

Breitbart - 1 hour ago

A new video from a Tesla demonstration in Miami this weekend shows the company's Optimus humanoid robot taking a concerning fall, with hand movements strongly suggesting it was being teleoperated by a remote human operator.

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Deccan Chronicle

Apple, Google send new round of cyber threat notifications to users around world

One America News Network - 3 days ago

Apple and Google are two of several tech companies that regularly issue warnings to users when they determine they may have been targeted by state-backed hackers.

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Hollywood Reporter

The Gloves Are Off: Wall Street Games Out Paramount’s Hostile Warner Bros. Bid

Hollywood Reporter - 5 minutes ago

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Sports Headlines

CBC News

Canada's Julien Viel earns moguls bronze at season-opening World Cup event | CBC Sports

CBC News - 37 minutes ago

Canadian freestyle skier Julien Viel won bronze in men's competition Monday at the opening stop of World Cup moguls season in Ruka, Finland.

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ESPN

Mohamed Salah left out of Liverpool's Champions League squad after explosive interview

ESPN - 14 minutes ago

Mohamed Salah has been omitted from Liverpool's squad for their Champions League clash with Inter Milan.

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Times of India

How each of the 12 College Football Playoff teams could win the national title

ESPN - 1 hour ago

Bill Connelly breaks down the path to victory for every team -- and what will hold each of them back.

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Fox News

Packers beat Bears 28-21, Is Chicago a legitimate Super Bowl contender despite the loss? | The Herd | Fox News Video

Fox News - 13 minutes ago

The Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 28-21, but Caleb Williams and the Bears had a decent game. Colin Cowherd says that the Bears are “legit” and that this was the best loss for a team all season.

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Entertainment News

Boston Herald

Golden Globe 2026 nominations go big on foreign films — and not so...

New York Post - 1 hour ago

If you thought last year’s Golden Globes nominations were esoteric, well the 2026 crop is practically a cinema studies course syllabus.

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UPI

Paramount mounts hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. from under Netflix - UPI.com

UPI - 29 minutes ago

Paramount Skydance launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Monday after losing a bidding war with Netflix last week.

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Hollywood Reporter

From Movie Tie-In to ‘Unprecedented’ Blockbuster: How Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas’ Conquered the Holidays

Hollywood Reporter - 1 hour ago

Bing Crosby's 'White Christmas': What Billboard wrote when the Irving Berlin song first hit in 1942.

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NBC News

Bad reviews didn't scare off the 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' audience. It even broke a record.

NBC News - 4 hours ago

“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” notched the biggest opening ever for the weekend after Thanksgiving, which usually is a more muted buffet of leftovers.

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Odd/Weird News

UPI

Watch: Black bear wanders into Tennessee Christmas parade - UPI.com

UPI - 14 minutes ago

Spectators at a Tennessee Christmas parade were treated to a surprise scene when a bear wandered into the road and walked along the parade route.

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UPI

Look: Raccoon ransacks liquor store, passes out drunk in bathroom - UPI.com

UPI - 4 days ago

An animal control officer was summoned to a liquor store in Virginia where a raccoon had broken in, ransacked the shelves and passed out drunk in the bathroom.

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New York Post

Customer Upset After DoorDash Driver Dropped Food, Put It Back In Container

Inside Edition - 3 days ago

Trena Brown of Florida says she posted a video to social media of a meal being delivered to her daughter's house by DoorDash.

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Daily Express

Gofundme Raises $1.3 Million To Help 88-Year-Old Retire

Inside Edition - 4 days ago

At the age of 88, Ed Bambas is a cashier at a superstore outside Detroit.

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