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Live Published December 12, 2025 last updated December 12, 2025 Ukraine wants security guarantees to ward off a future Russian aggression. US President Donald Trump has said the US will join talks in Europe on Saturday if there's progress on a deal. Follow DW. https://p.dw.com/p/55CId Russian forces continue to bombard towns and cities in eastern

Passengers from an international flight enter customs and immigration control at McCarran International Airport (now known as Harry Reid International Airport) in 2011. The Department of Homeland Security is proposing collecting social media information from tourists visiting the U.S. from countries that don't require a visa. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julie Jacobson/AP The

President Trump, center, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, right, listen as U.S. Sen Ted Cruz, R-Tex. speaks during a signing ceremony for an executive order on AI at the White House on Dec. 11, 2025. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is seeking

From left: Ariana Grande, Dick Van Dyke, Charlie Brown. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Amy Sussman/Getty Images; Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for DIFF hide caption toggle caption Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Amy Sussman/Getty Images; Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for DIFF This week brought Golden Globe snubs, deadly mushrooms and banned typefaces. Also, Australia made teens mad, there's a museum of

Members of the Indiana Senate debate the redistricting plan backed by President Trump in the state capitol Thursday. Zach Bundy/WFYI hide caption toggle caption Zach Bundy/WFYI The Indiana Senate has voted 31 to 19 against the congressional redistricting called for by President Trump in his attempt to help Republicans win the 2026 midterm elections. The

Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at a Head Start program in Miami in January 2025. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Blackwell/AP Some Head Start early childhood programs are being told by the federal government to remove a list of nearly 200 words and phrases

Beetles (Rhopalotria furfuracea) visit a male cone of the cycad plant Zamia furfuracea, whose cones produce heat during pollination. Michael Calonje hide caption toggle caption Michael Calonje Some of the earliest plants attracted pollinators by producing heat that made these plants glow with infrared light, according to a new set of experiments. The work, published

Zootopia is one of the properties included in Disney's billion-dollar licensing deal with OpenAI. Disney hide caption toggle caption Disney If you've ever wanted to conjure up a scenario between yourself, Han Solo and the crew from Zootopia, you're in luck. The Walt Disney Company has reached a licensing agreement with OpenAI that brings Disney

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pictured at a ceremony at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington last week, has directed diplomats to bring back Times New Roman as their official font. Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images The State Department has reversed a Biden-era font change

This photo provided by Japan's Ministry of Defense shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with U.S. B-52 bombers in the vicinity of Japanese airspace on Wednesday. Japan's Ministry of Defense/AP hide caption toggle caption Japan's Ministry of Defense/AP SEOUL, South Korea — The United States sent nuclear-capable bombers