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Thursday, December 18, 2025 11:21 PM ET

CBS News - World

TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. operations to American investors -- TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance must sever ties with TikTok or lose access to U.S. app stores and web-hosting services

5 hours ago

Witkoff to meet with Kremlin envoy in Miami on U.S. peace plan for Ukraine -- A U.S. official says a Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine.

10 hours ago

Texas rabbi shot trying to help faces long recovery after Australia attack -- As the youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is mourned, a Texas couple tell CBS News about their "quick thinking" son's bid to intervene, and his road to recovery.

11 hours ago

Teen inmate captured weeks after escaping prison with bedsheets -- The inmate and another detainee fled an overcrowded jail after sawing through their cell bars with blades that investigators suspect were delivered by drone.

12 hours ago

China fumes as White House announces record $10B in arms sales to Taiwan -- The Trump administration's announcement of plan to sell Taiwan a record $10 billion worth of weapons draws an angry response from China.

16 hours ago

Philippine hotel says Bondi Beach suspects spent every night in their room -- The father and son suspects in the Bondi Beach terror attack spent most of November in a hotel in the Philippines, but the reason for their visit remains unclear.

16 hours ago

"Star anesthetist" sentenced for poisoning 30 patients, killing 12 -- Frederic Pechier's youngest victim, 4-year-old Teddy, survived two cardiac arrests during routine surgery in 2016. The oldest victim was 89.

15 hours ago

Soccer star Mario Pineida shot and killed in Ecuador -- Guayaquil has become a hotspot for gang violence linked to drug trafficking and several soccer players in Ecuador have been targeted in recent months.

17 hours ago

Australian police conduct dramatic operation 4 days after Bondi attack -- Police intercepted two vehicles in a Sydney suburb based on "information received that a violent act was possibly being planned."

17 hours ago

U.S. strikes another alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific, killing 4, Pentagon says -- The U.S. military says it has conducted 26 strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or Caribbean since early September, killing at least 99 people. -- Dec 17

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U.S. government lawsuit accuses Virgin Islands of obstructing Americans' gun rights -- A Second Amendment clash has erupted between the federal government and the U.S. Virgin Islands. -- Dec 17

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Democrats' push to limit boat strikes and attacks on Venezuela fails in House -- The votes follow a monthslong military campaign against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. -- Dec 17

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U.K. police tout "more assertive" approach to antisemitism at protests -- After Bondi Beach attack, Britain's two biggest police forces indicate they will arrest people who use "phrases causing fear in Jewish communities." -- Dec 17

11 hours ago

Arctic temperatures rising twice as fast as elsewhere, NOAA report says -- Temperatures in the Arctic continue to follow a long-term warming trend, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. -- Dec 17

13 hours ago

Funerals begin for Bondi Beach attack victims: "It's our 7th of October" -- The suspect in the Bondi Beach terror attack is charged in a hospital after waking from a coma, as Sydney's Jewish community mourns "our 7th of October." -- Dec 17

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