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A Venezuelan family's Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — This was not the Christmas that Mariela Gómez would have imagined a year ago. Or the one that thousands of other Venezuelan immigrants would have thought. But Donal...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Christmas Eve winner in Arkansas lands a $1.817 billion Powerball lottery jackpot

A Powerball ticket purchased at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas, won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game’s three-month stretch ...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, such as in Gaza, th...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Turkey detains dozens of IS suspects planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations

ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul police launched scores of simultaneous raids on Thursday, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the militant Islamic State group who were allegedly planning ...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Saudi Arabia urges Yemen's separatists to leave 2 governorates as the anti-rebel coalition strains

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday called on Emirati-backed separatists in southern Yemen to withdraw from two governorates they now control, a move that has threate...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison

A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison. Sergei Udaltsov, the lead...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts

LONDON (AP) — On a Christmas Day when the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe, concerns over immigration divide societies, and some politicians fan anger and resentment, Britain’s King...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Virtual reality opens doors for older people to build closer connections in real life

LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — Like many retirement communities, The Terraces serves as a tranquil refuge for a nucleus of older people who no longer can travel to faraway places or engage in bold...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Mikaela Shiffrin is perfect in slalom. She's got big post-Christmas plans with Olympics approaching

Mikaela Shiffrin has plenty to celebrate this Christmas. The American skiing standout is off to a perfect start in slalom during the Olympic season — with four wins in four World Cup rac...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Asian shares are mixed after US stocks drift to more records

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday in thin holiday trading, with most markets in the region and elsewhere closed for Christmas. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% higher to 50,...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attack

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, killing five people in what police described as a likely suic...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras' presidential vote

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whitt...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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