- Monday, 29 December 2025
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E. coli cases climb to 104 in McDonald’s outbreak tied to slivered onions
At least 104 people have been sickened, with 34 hospitalized, in an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to onions served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers, federal health officials said Wednesday.
World leaders offer their congratulations to Trump
As Donald Trump won the U.S. Presidential race on Wednesday World leaders have offered their congratulations to Trump over his victory. “Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback!” wrote Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on X.
Donald Trump wins U.S. presidency
Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.
Trump wins Georgia and North Carolina, moving closer to reclaiming the White House
Donald Trump on Wednesday won the battleground state of Georgia, the onetime Republican stronghold that had voted for Democrats four years ago, which along with his win in North Carolina narrowed Kamala Harris’ pathways to victory and expanded his routes to reaching the 270 electoral votes needed to become the next president.
North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean roads as tensions with South Korea soar
North Korea blew up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use on Tuesday, South Korea said, after the rivals exchanged threats of destruction amid rising animosities over North Korea’s claim that South Korea flew drones over its capital.
A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19’s origin
Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people, an effort they hope could allow them to trace the outbreak back to its source.
At least 15 dead and thousands hectares scorched as wildfires sweep Peru
Wildfires in Peru have left at least 15 dead and more than 3,000 hectares (11.58 square miles) of cultivated land and natural areas scorched, authorities said Monday.
Scientists show how pregnancy changes the brain in innumerable ways
Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she learned in a new study that offers the first detailed map of a woman’s brain throughout gestation.
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Tech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk
A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has travelled since NASA’s moonwalkers. SpaceX’s capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida’s Dry Tortugas in the predawn darkness, carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbird pilot.
Japan’s Kishida announces he will not run in September, paving the way for a new prime minister
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a surprise move Wednesday, announced he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, paving the way for Japan to have a new prime minister.
Asian cities and nations make their case to host the 2036 Olympics
India, Indonesia, Istanbul, Qatar and others are already touting their strengths
Japan’s population falls for a 15th year with record low births and record high deaths
Japan’s total population declined for the 15th straight year in 2023, dropping by more than a half-million people as the population ages and births remain low. Births in Japan hit a record low of 730,000 last year. The 1.58 million deaths last year were also a record high. Japan’s population was 124.9 million as of Jan. 1.
NASA cancels its moon rover mission, citing cost overruns and launch delays
NASA has said that it’s cancelling its water-seeking moon rover, citing cost overruns and launch delays. The Viper rover was supposed to launch in late 2023 aboard a lander provided by Astrobotic Technology, but extra testing and increased costs kept delaying the mission, threatening other projects, the space agency said.
'How heat kills? It confuses brain, shuts organs and overworks heart'
Heat kills in three main ways, the usual first suspect is heatstroke — critical increases in body temperature that cause organs to fail. But the bigger killer in heat is the strain on the heart, especially for people who have cardiovascular disease. The third main way is dangerous dehydration. As people sweat, they lose liquids to a point that can severely stress kidneys, Ollie Jay, a professor of heat and health at the University of Sydney in Australia said.
Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under new plan from Biden
President Joe Biden is taking an expansive, election-year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S. — aiming to balance his own aggressive crackdown on the border earlier this month that enraged advocates and many Democratic lawmakers.
