19.12.2024 15:00 Pro-democracy advocates are in the early stages of building a network of specialists aimed at defending people who may be targeted for retribution by Trump. 19.12.2024 15:01 Examples from The Bear, Blue Lights, Chimp Crazy and others topped our three TV critics list of standout episodes this year.19.12.2024 15:05 President-elect Donald J. Trumps denunciation of a bipartisan spending bill all but buried that deal while leaving unclear what form a new agreement could take.19.12.2024 15:08 My existence has become identified by the superposition of the states of being simultaneously alive and dead.19.12.2024 15:08 Lawson replaces Sergio Perez, who exited Red Bull Racing on Wednesday after four years with the world championship team.19.12.2024 15:40 Children are among the victims of Israeli strikes on Gaza's besieged north and central areas, as aid is blocked. 19.12.2024 16:19 The regular Diet session will likely begin on Jan. 24, later than previously envisioned, meaning that the next House of Councillors election will also be pushed back to around July 20, administration officials said Thursday.
The revised schedule, which is still under consideration, reflects calls from the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner in the government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, which wants to limit the negative impact of back-to-back elections on voters, the officials said.
Read full story here19.12.2024 16:33 We cover a lesson from the Democrats 2024 defeat.19.12.2024 16:34 The world cricketing body announces ICC events hosted in either country to be played at neutral venues until 2027.19.12.2024 16:36 The Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged Thursday in a move widely expected by the market due to a lack of clarity over wage trends at home and caution over the outlook for the U.S. economy under incoming President Donald Trump.
The central bank decided to keep its key short-term rate on hold at around 0.25 percent at the end of a two-day policy meeting. The policy rate has been kept at that level for the three consecutive meetings.
The Bank of Japan holds a session on the second day of its two-day policy-setting meeting at its headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2024, with Governor Kazuo Ueda seated at the center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Read full story here19.12.2024 16:41 Eyewitness video shows a private jet in flames after it crashed into homes in the suburbs of Buenos Aires.19.12.2024 16:44 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is willing to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in mid-January before his return to the White House, a Japanese government source said Thursday.
Japan is looking at the feasibility of such a meeting after it received the message from the Trump side, the source added.
Read full story here19.12.2024 16:45 Ukraine targets Russias mercenaries saying 'there is no reason for Koreans to fight and die for Putin.'19.12.2024 17:00 From new films by Ryan Coogler and Bong Joon-ho to sequels to 'M3GAN' and 'Mission Impossible'19.12.2024 17:00 Vuori has grown from a no-name brand into a $5.5 billion empire by building a profitable and growing business and taking share from Lululemon. 19.12.2024 17:00 No other demographic has maintained the level of voter loyalty for a party as Black women have experts tell us whyFor decades, Black women have been the most ardent supporters of the Democratic party. Most recently, in the 2024 election, they voted for Kamala Harris at 92%. Since 1972, Black peoples overall support for Democrats has stayed at about 90% during a presidential election, with Black women voting even more Democratic than Black men. No other demographic has maintained that level of voter loyalty for a political party.Donald Trumps victory over the vice-president, and success with certain voting blocs such as Latino men and white women, has drawn attention to just how differently situated Black women are when compared with other voters. Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 17:19 Outage comes as customers hear they will face the highest bill increases in England and WalesTens of thousands of homes in Hampshire are without water because of a technical fault at a Southern Water supply works.About 58,000 homes in Southampton, Romsey, Eastleigh, Totton and parts of the New Forest have outages after a problem at the Testwood water supply works prevented water from leaving the site. Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 17:23 President's press service said Vakhtang Golandzia was shot dead while another politician was hurt in the incident.19.12.2024 17:23 A funding plan to avoid a government shutdown is teetering on the brink after
President-elect Trump and Elon Musk weighed in against, causing the deal to fall apart. With a Friday deadline looming, lawmakers are racing to avoid a shutdown that would leave federal workers and military families without a paycheck around the holidays. NBCs Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.19.12.2024 17:25 Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife and invited dozens of men to rape her in their French home over nine yearsDominique Pelicot, one of the worst sex offenders in modern French history, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging his then wife, Gis?le, and inviting dozens of men to rape her in her home in the south of France over almost a decade.The historic trial of 51 men was held in public after Gis?le Pelicot waived her right to anonymity so that shame could change sides. Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 17:25 The aid initiative did not help Palestinians and actively undermined the very concept of humanitarianism.19.12.2024 17:26 Federal agents have detained a 20-year-old man in California who they say was communicating with the teenager involved in the Madison, Wisconsin, school shooting Monday. It comes as authorities publicly identify for the first time the two victims killed. NBCs Shaquille Brewster reports for TODAY.19.12.2024 17:29 Sure, al-Assads did live in 'quiet luxury' amid hungry masses, but so do enlightened leaders of 'liberal democracies'.19.12.2024 17:33 Vladimir Putin says he has not met the deposed Syrian ruler since he fled Damascus for the Russian capital.19.12.2024 17:43 Everton become 10th Premier League club under American ownership after purchase by Texas-based Friedkin Group.19.12.2024 17:43 Tayseer Obaid has been displaced nine times during the war on Gaza. Hes now made a below-ground home for his family.19.12.2024 17:4819.12.2024 18:00 'Virgin River' showrunner Patrick Sean Smith on the final moments of season 6 and what to expect next19.12.2024 18:00 Numerous media outlets, looking for new lucrative lines of business, are pursuing newsletters and events aimed specifically at top executives.19.12.2024 18:00 Its back this Christmas for the final time. But how did the naughty, surreal sitcom charm Britain so much that new episodes are a national event with viewing figures akin to a royal wedding?The last time Gavin & Stacey was the centrepiece of the Christmas schedules, in 2019, 11.6 million people watched it, then annoyed each other for the rest of the night by shouting Oh and Whats occurin in accents so far from Barry that search parties were sent out to find them. By the time catchup and streaming figures were included, that figure had grown to 17.1 million. Getting so many people to agree to watch anything together is now a feat so rare its usually reserved for football, royal weddings and lockdown announcements. But somehow, a comedy about a normal couple from different parts of the UK, and their slightly less ordinary family and friends, has become a momentous national occasion.The last Christmas special bowed out with a cliffhanger, as Nessa told Smithy I loves you, with all my heart, then went down on one knee and proposed. Smithys shocked face, followed by a brutal cut to the credits, left everyone hanging. Now, five years later, at 9pm on Christmas Day, we will find out what he said. According to its writers and stars Ruth Jones and James Corden, this hour-and-a-half special really will be the last ever episode. In May, Corden shared a black-and-white photograph of him and Jones holding up the script, with The Finale very clearly right there in the title. (If that isnt enough proof, on New Years Day BBC One is showing a documentary called A Fond Farewell, another title it will be hard to walk back.) Its all starting to get very emotional, said Corden at the start of December. Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 18:03 Russian President Vladimir Putin held his traditional end-of-year news conference where he addressed the war in Ukraine, the incoming Trump transition and missing journalist Austin Tice. NBCs Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.19.12.2024 18:09 What's next for Syrian refugees after the fall of Bashar al-Assad? Страницы: 853854855856857858859860861862863864865866867868869870871872873874875876877878879880881882883884885886887888889890891892893
Pro-democracy advocates are in the early stages of building a network of specialists aimed at defending people who may be targeted for retribution by Trump. 
President-elect Donald J. Trumps denunciation of a bipartisan spending bill all but buried that deal while leaving unclear what form a new agreement could take.
The regular Diet session will likely begin on Jan. 24, later than previously envisioned, meaning that the next House of Councillors election will also be pushed back to around July 20, administration officials said Thursday.
The revised schedule, which is still under consideration, reflects calls from the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner in the government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, which wants to limit the negative impact of back-to-back elections on voters, the officials said.
Read full story here
We cover a lesson from the Democrats 2024 defeat.
The Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged Thursday in a move widely expected by the market due to a lack of clarity over wage trends at home and caution over the outlook for the U.S. economy under incoming President Donald Trump.
The central bank decided to keep its key short-term rate on hold at around 0.25 percent at the end of a two-day policy meeting. The policy rate has been kept at that level for the three consecutive meetings.
The Bank of Japan holds a session on the second day of its two-day policy-setting meeting at its headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2024, with Governor Kazuo Ueda seated at the center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Read full story here
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is willing to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in mid-January before his return to the White House, a Japanese government source said Thursday.
Japan is looking at the feasibility of such a meeting after it received the message from the Trump side, the source added.
Read full story here
From new films by Ryan Coogler and Bong Joon-ho to sequels to 'M3GAN' and 'Mission Impossible'
No other demographic has maintained the level of voter loyalty for a party as Black women have experts tell us whyFor decades, Black women have been the most ardent supporters of the Democratic party. Most recently, in the 2024 election, they voted for Kamala Harris at 92%. Since 1972, Black peoples overall support for Democrats has stayed at about 90% during a presidential election, with Black women voting even more Democratic than Black men. No other demographic has maintained that level of voter loyalty for a political party.Donald Trumps victory over the vice-president, and success with certain voting blocs such as Latino men and white women, has drawn attention to just how differently situated Black women are when compared with other voters. Continue reading... ... 
Outage comes as customers hear they will face the highest bill increases in England and WalesTens of thousands of homes in Hampshire are without water because of a technical fault at a Southern Water supply works.About 58,000 homes in Southampton, Romsey, Eastleigh, Totton and parts of the New Forest have outages after a problem at the Testwood water supply works prevented water from leaving the site. Continue reading... ... 
A funding plan to avoid a government shutdown is teetering on the brink after
President-elect Trump and Elon Musk weighed in against, causing the deal to fall apart. With a Friday deadline looming, lawmakers are racing to avoid a shutdown that would leave federal workers and military families without a paycheck around the holidays. NBCs Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.
Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife and invited dozens of men to rape her in their French home over nine yearsDominique Pelicot, one of the worst sex offenders in modern French history, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging his then wife, Gis?le, and inviting dozens of men to rape her in her home in the south of France over almost a decade.The historic trial of 51 men was held in public after Gis?le Pelicot waived her right to anonymity so that shame could change sides. Continue reading... ... 
Federal agents have detained a 20-year-old man in California who they say was communicating with the teenager involved in the Madison, Wisconsin, school shooting Monday. It comes as authorities publicly identify for the first time the two victims killed. NBCs Shaquille Brewster reports for TODAY.
'Virgin River' showrunner Patrick Sean Smith on the final moments of season 6 and what to expect next
Numerous media outlets, looking for new lucrative lines of business, are pursuing newsletters and events aimed specifically at top executives.
Its back this Christmas for the final time. But how did the naughty, surreal sitcom charm Britain so much that new episodes are a national event with viewing figures akin to a royal wedding?The last time Gavin & Stacey was the centrepiece of the Christmas schedules, in 2019, 11.6 million people watched it, then annoyed each other for the rest of the night by shouting Oh and Whats occurin in accents so far from Barry that search parties were sent out to find them. By the time catchup and streaming figures were included, that figure had grown to 17.1 million. Getting so many people to agree to watch anything together is now a feat so rare its usually reserved for football, royal weddings and lockdown announcements. But somehow, a comedy about a normal couple from different parts of the UK, and their slightly less ordinary family and friends, has become a momentous national occasion.The last Christmas special bowed out with a cliffhanger, as Nessa told Smithy I loves you, with all my heart, then went down on one knee and proposed. Smithys shocked face, followed by a brutal cut to the credits, left everyone hanging. Now, five years later, at 9pm on Christmas Day, we will find out what he said. According to its writers and stars Ruth Jones and James Corden, this hour-and-a-half special really will be the last ever episode. In May, Corden shared a black-and-white photograph of him and Jones holding up the script, with The Finale very clearly right there in the title. (If that isnt enough proof, on New Years Day BBC One is showing a documentary called A Fond Farewell, another title it will be hard to walk back.) Its all starting to get very emotional, said Corden at the start of December. Continue reading... ... 
Russian President Vladimir Putin held his traditional end-of-year news conference where he addressed the war in Ukraine, the incoming Trump transition and missing journalist Austin Tice. NBCs Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.