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Becca Mendoza and Tammi Hines look at products as shoppers browse through Kohl’s department store for Black Friday deals, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Woodstock, Ga. (AP Photo/Megan Varner)
December 24, 2025

Stores try to attract beauty lovers from online markets

It’s shoppers like Quinn Kelsey who keep department store executives up at night. The 38-year-old Denver resident gets makeup ideas from TikTok videos and other social media content, not salespeople…
A worker does checks on battery storage pods at Orsted’s Eleven Mile Solar Center lithium-ion battery storage energy facility Feb. 29, 2024, in Coolidge, Ariz. AP
December 24, 2025

Clean energy experts call 2025 turbulent as Trump stymies wind and solar

Dozens of energy developers, experts, and politicians say there were some highs amid a lot of lows in a roller coaster year for clean energy as President Donald Trump worked to boost polluting fuels…
Pedestrians walk past a graffiti artwork, depicting two people, outside Tottenham Court Road Station in London, Monday, December 22, 2025 as elusive street artist Banksy appeared to confirm Monday that an identical image appeared on a wall on the side of a
December 24, 2025

Banksy unveils new art in London following speculation over murals depicting stargazing figures

Elusive street artist Banksy appeared to confirm Monday that a new mural in London, depicting two children lying down and pointing up at the sky, is his latest work. The artist posted two photos of…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, greets visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon before their meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 2025. (AP Photo)
December 24, 2025

Unusual trade partners India and New Zealand form deal to diversify from US tariffs

India and New Zealand announced Monday they have reached a free trade deal, seeking to deepen economic ties and shore up growth at a time of mounting global trade uncertainties. The move comes as New…
Jim Beam, Knob Creek and other alcohol bottles are pictured at a bar in Eagle, Colorado USA. (AP Photo)
December 24, 2025

Bourbon maker Jim Beam halts production at Kentucky distillery

Bourbon maker Jim Beam is halting production at one of its distilleries in Kentucky for at least a year as the whiskey industry navigates tariffs from the Trump administration and slumping demand for…
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December 24, 2025

Starlink in the crosshairs: How Russia could attack Elon Musk’s conquering of space

Two NATO-nation intelligence services suspect that Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel, with the…
The H3 rocket (8th) by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, carrying a navigation satellite, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Tanegashima island, southern Japan, on Monday, December 22.
December 24, 2025

Japan’s new flagship H3 rocket fails to put geolocation satellite into orbit

Japan’s space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a setback for the country’s new flagship rocket and its space launch programme.…
President Donald Trump speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in Washington USA (AP Photo)
December 24, 2025

How Trump changed world trade in 2025

After a half-century immersed in the world of trade, customs broker Amy Magnus thought she had seen it all, navigating mountains of regulations and all sorts of logistical hurdles to import…
Pedestrians pass the Bank of England in London, as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will publish their decision on interest rates, Thursday, December 18, 2025.
December 24, 2025

Bank of England cuts rates by one vote

The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate for the first time in four months as stubbornly high inflation that has plagued British consumers and businesses starts to ease. The central…