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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the United States’ pressure campaign on Venezuelacharges against a suspect in Australia’s Bondi Beach mass shooting, and abortion access across the European Union. Going After Oil U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a “total and complete blockade” on Tuesday of all sanctioned oil tankers carrying crude into or out of Venezuela, accusing the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of using oil revenue to finance “Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping.” Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the United States’ pressure campaign on Venezuelacharges against a suspect in…
From the retail sales release, nominal retail sales in October constant vs. +0.1% m/m Bloomberg consensus. In real terms, they’re down. Figure 1: Real retail sales deflated by chained CPI (blue), by CPI-all (tan), real consumption (green), all in logs 2025M01=0 . October consumption is predicted using a first differences regression of consumption on real retail sales, 2025M01-25M09. Source: Census, BEA, BLS, and author’s calculations. This entry was posted on December 17, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.
Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso says he does not regret leaving Kylian Mbappe on the pitch for 93 minutes in the win over third-division side Talavera in the Copa del Rey. Los Blancos were given a scare by a side two tiers below them, and it took an Mbappe brace to see off a brave effort on Wednesday night. The Frenchman netted the opener from the penalty spot, before having a hand in causing the own goal that put Madrid 2-0 up. Talavera then pulled one back with 10 minutes to go, sparking hopes of a comeback, but those hopes…
A multifaceted coast-to-coast storm is beginning to move out of the Pacific Northwest and into the Northern Plains and the Rockies, packing powerful wind gusts of 50-70 mph. Gusts could even approach 80-90 mph. Driving and air travel conditions will deteriorate across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and the Dakotas as the day progresses. This storm will move into the Midwest by Thursday and eventually reach the East Coast on Friday. TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Two kids are in critical condition after dangerous winds caused trees and wires to come down in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Wednesday.The Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Office…
Strasbourg – The European Parliament has supported the My Voice, My Choice initiative for safe and accessible abortion throughout the EU, launched by the Slovenian non-governmental organization Institute 8 March. Slovenian MEPs are divided over supporting the initiative. The coordinator of the initiative, Nika Kovačemphasized that this is a victory for Slovenia. At the plenary session in Strasbourg, 358 MEPs voted in favor of the resolution supporting the citizens’ initiative, which had previously been signed by 1.1 million Europeans, 202 were against, and 79 abstained. The non-binding resolution, among other things, calls on the European Commission to establish a voluntary…
Together with German Economic Team we approached leading Ukrainian and international analytical teams with a request to share their views on key macroeconomic indicators at the end of 2025 and 2026. You will find visualisations of the most important forecasts right here on this page; you can also download a presentation with more details. In 2025, forecasts by non-government economists have deteriorated. The median expectation is 2% GDP growth in 2025 (down from a 2.25% consensus in July). This implies a slowdown from the actual 2.9% growth recorded in 2024. At the same time, nominal GDP is expected to finally…
League Cup8:00 PMDecember 16, 2025Quarter-finalsCardiff City StadiumReferee: Tony Harrington, England Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Cardiff World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Chelsea World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics0.00Expected goals (xG)0.00Passing387 (87%)Accurate passes455 (86%)Lineup data will be available 1 hour before the kickoff No standings data available for this league Cardiff vs Chelsea Video Highlights & Match Recap – 16 Dec 2025 Cardiff welcome Chelsea to Cardiff City Stadium for what promises to be a…
Santi Aldama downplayed his on-court altercation with Draymond Green, offering a measured response weeks after a Flagrant 1 foul and subsequent public criticism from the Golden State Warriors forward. The incident occurred in late October when Green pulled Aldama down by the neck on a Memphis fast break, drawing a Flagrant 1 and igniting visible […] The post Santi Aldama responds to Draymond Green taunts appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
Powerful wind gusts knocked out power to more than 500,000 customers across Washington and Oregon early Wednesday, as the latest atmospheric river intensified over the flood-devastated region. The Skagit River forecast indicates it will rise back into major flood stage early Wednesday. While record levels are not expected, major flooding would still result in significant impacts in this already hard-hit area. Thursday, the highest risk for flash flooding looks to shift more southward, over coastal regions of Oregon and then Northern California by Friday.SEATTLE – Powerful wind gusts knocked out power to more than 500,000 customers across Washington and Oregon early…
In a weekend punctuated by tragic events, President Donald Trump quickly shared what he knew, even if his information ultimately proved to be wrong. On Dec. 13, after a gunman opened fire at Brown University, killing two and injuring nine before evading capture, Trump posted on Truth Social that “the FBI is on the scene. The suspect is in custody.” But about 20 minutes later, Trump posted an update: “The Brown University Police reversed their previous statement — The suspect is NOT in custody.” At the time, members of the Brown community in Providence, Rhode Island, were sheltering in place…