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On Wednesday, December 17, 2025, a Waymo self-driving taxi pulls into Post Street in San Francisco, California, USA. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWaymo on Thursday suspended its robo-taxi service in the San Francisco Bay Area ahead of expected heavy rain in the region, according to a notice to customers of the company’s driverless ride-hailing app.”Service temporarily suspended due to National Weather Service flash flood warning,” the notice said.The Alphabet company announced earlier this week that it would update its fleet to better run its robotaxi service during power outages.On December 20, Waymo temporarily suspended service during a…

istanbul — Turkish police have detained 115 suspected ISIS militants in systematic raids across the country on suspicion of plots related to Christmas and New Year celebrations. Arrest warrants have been issued for 137 suspects after investigators determined that operatives of ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, were planning attacks in Turkey during the holiday period, the Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement on Thursday. “Information has come to light that the armed terrorist organization ISIS is planning actions targeting our country, particularly non-Muslims, within the scope of the upcoming Christmas and New Year events,” the statement said.…

Published December 25, 2025December 25, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareThis wasn’t the Christmas Mariela Gomez imagined a year ago.Or so thought thousands of other Venezuelan immigrants living in the United States. But Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, quickly ending their American dream.It was Gomez’s first vacation in northern Venezuela in eight years. She dressed up, cooked, gave her son a scooter, and smiled for her in-laws. However, no matter how hard she tried, she could not ignore the main challenges faced by returning migrants: unemployment and poverty.”We had a simple dinner. It wasn’t…

Christmas celebrations have returned to the birthplace of Jesus for the first time in two years, but the joy remains overshadowed by another tumultuous year for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank. A morning mass was held at Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity on Thursday, a day after Palestinians and foreign tourists flocked to Manger Square to attend the first celebration since the suspension of activities in solidarity with Palestinians suffering two years of deadly war in Gaza. Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti said that despite the celebrations, the number of participants remained limited because of Israeli military…

Various types of leather are seen at the Rio of Mercedes cowboy boot factory on July 31, 2025 in Mercedes, Texas. Ronaldo Shemit | AFP | Getty ImagesBoot maker Twisted The company turned a conference room at its headquarters in Decatur, Texas, into a “tariff war room” because the cost of importing finished work boots was rising, shipments were paused mid-transit, and invoices were so volatile that staff had to recalculate margins hourly. “Due to the disruption, many other leather companies also had to suspend shipments, and it felt like prices were fluctuating all over the place before they were…

As a clinical psychologist, I often have to warn clients to examine the spark they feel toward new romantic prospects.You are excited about new people and want to feel a deep connection to them. But many of us carry old wounds from childhood, past relationships, or formative experiences. If your past has been chaotic, inconsistent, and confusing, you may find yourself drawn to similar relationship dynamics over and over again. Here are five signs that the chemistry you feel may actually be a red flag.1. The relationship makes you nervousIf in the past someone made you feel loved but insecure,…

After a tragic and deadly Christmas Eve in California, where rescues and evacuations were carried out amid widespread flooding and threats of debris flows, another storm hit the state on Christmas Day, with more storms expected into Friday. Already early Christmas morning, a series of severe thunderstorms moved into Northern California with wind gusts exceeding 110 mph, causing flash flooding in the San Francisco metro. Much of Southern California, including Los Angeles, is under a “moderate” level 3/4 risk of heavy rain, with several more inches of rain expected in the mountains north of the city and another 2 to…

Nasry “Tito” Asfulura, a conservative politician backed by US President Donald Trump, has been declared the winner of Honduras’ presidential election, narrowly defeating right-wing centrist Salvador Nasralla in a campaign marked by allegations of foreign interference and voter fraud. With most of the votes counted, National Party member Asfullah was declared the winner with over 40% of the vote and Nasrallah with over 39%, electoral authorities announced on Wednesday. The ruling party’s left-wing candidate Lixi Moncada was a distant third with 19%. Asfura is a right-wing businessman and former mayor of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. Construction King operated on…

Former Nottingham Forest and Scotland winger John Robertson has died at the age of 72.Robertson, who began and ended his career at the City Ground while playing for local rivals Derby, became a cult hero at Forest after playing an integral part in the club’s European Cup wins in 1979 and 1980.Robertson headed in the only goal after supplying Trevor Francis with a cross against Sweden’s Malmö in Munich, helping Brian Clough’s side win the European Cup for the first time.Twelve months later, Forest faced Hamburg at the Bernabéu in Madrid, successfully defending their European title, with Robertson again on…

(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis about Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox every Friday night.)Warren Buffett enters final week as CEO Berkshire Hathawaya vehicle he has used over the past 60 years to create incredible wealth for himself and the company’s long-time loyal shareholders.Since taking over the reins in 1965, Buffett has built a struggling textile company into a massive conglomerate worth more than $1 trillion.Almost all of his $151 billion net worth is made up of Class A stocks, ranking him 10th on the Bloomberg Billionaires…