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DW: US giant Chevron, not China, may save oil-rich Venezuela: Chevron is driving Venezuela's oil rebound while China is pulling back (LINK) 12 December 2025
Le Monde: Russia's phantom gains in Ukraine (LINK) 12 December 2025
"Trump AI regulation order hallucinates more fake law than any AI" (LINK) 12 December 2025
— "Can a president unilaterally invent new laws and then assert that this counts as occupying the field to then preempt state laws? No, of course not. But he issued the order anyway because this administration is itself a hallucination engine stochastically vomiting out orders."
Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions (LINK) 11 December 2025
Commander overseeing U.S. forces in Caribbean relinquishes command early amid U.S. buildup near Venezuela (LINK) 11 December 2025
— Adm. Alvin Holsey relinquished command Friday in a ceremony at U.S. Southern Command headquarters after announcing early retirement amid U.S. buildup off of Venezuela.
Breaking news
Trump's 'historic' peace deal for DR Congo shattered after M23 rebels seize key city of Uvira (LINK) 13 December 2025
Trump says he's sealed renewed Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire, but fighting continues (LINK) 12 December 2025
Al Jazeera: Gaza's displaced living under plastic sheets face storm disaster (LINK) 12 December 2025
EU to move Ukraine membership forward despite Hungary veto (LINK) 12 December 2025
— EU states will still have veto rights over the final decision about Ukraine's membership, but for the time being Ukraine will move ahead with the necessary reforms in order to become eligible to join.
EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets so Hungary and Slovakia can't veto their use for Ukraine (LINK) 12 December 2025
Ukraine launches war’s most massive drone-missile strikes, Russian energy targeted (LINK) 11 December 2025
US votes against UN resolution on Chornobyl disaster, aligning with Russia, Belarus, China, North Korea, Nicaragua and Niger during a vote on nuclear safety and international cooperation (LINK) 10 December 2025
Chileans are divided in a presidential runoff tilted toward the far right: Kast aims to become the most right-wing president since the military dictatorship. (LINK) — ground.news: 19 media reports (LINK) 12 December 2025
Major news
DW: US giant Chevron, not China, may save oil-rich Venezuela: Chevron is driving Venezuela's oil rebound while China is pulling back (LINK) 12 December 2025
Le Monde: Russia's phantom gains in Ukraine (LINK) 12 December 2025
"Trump AI regulation order hallucinates more fake law than any AI" (LINK) 12 December 2025
— "Can a president unilaterally invent new laws and then assert that this counts as occupying the field to then preempt state laws? No, of course not. But he issued the order anyway because this administration is itself a hallucination engine stochastically vomiting out orders."
Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions (LINK) 11 December 2025
Commander overseeing U.S. forces in Caribbean relinquishes command early amid U.S. buildup near Venezuela (LINK) 11 December 2025
— Adm. Alvin Holsey relinquished command Friday in a ceremony at U.S. Southern Command headquarters after announcing early retirement amid U.S. buildup off of Venezuela.
Miscellaneous
Google turns ordinary headphones into instant language interpreters for Android phones: support for more than 70 languages (LINK) 12 December 2025
Residents can enter Swiss landslide village in Grisons again from Saturday. An additional restricted area has been set up to its north (LINK) 12 December 2025
— "How things will continue for the people of Brienz/Brinzauls in the longer term is unclear. The conditions on the mountain are to be reassessed by the end of January. It will then be possible to say whether it will be possible to lift the evacuation. Meanwhile, canton Graubünden has promised further help. On Tuesday, the cantonal parliament approved a loan of CHF50 million ($63 million) for the preventive resettlement of the village of Brienz/Brinzauls, which is threatened by rock masses. This will compensate those residents who want to move away permanently."
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