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Mbappe, Bellingham silence critics in Real Madrid's 2-0 win over Getafe

Mbapp was coming off a lackluster outing which included a missed penalty kick against Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Taiwan prez meets Hawaii's Guv, members of Congress; China condemns visit

On Sunday, China's Foreign Ministry said it strongly condemned US support for Lai's visit and lodged a complaint with the US

Trudeau-Trump meet key to get tariffs removed: Canada's ambassador to US

Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don't stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders

8 killed, 2 injured after gunmen opened fire in central Mexican town

Eight men died just outside a stand, which was selling a traditional type of milk-based fudge. Another man and a woman were wounded in the attack, but there was no immediate report on their state

Kash Patel must prove he'll restore public faith in FBI: GOP senator

Patel lacks the high-level legal and management experience that FBI directors, including Robert Mueller, James Comey and Christopher Wray, who now holds that job, had before their nominations

Trump names daughter's father-in-law Massad Boulos as adviser on Mideast

Boulos arranged Trump campaign efforts to engage the Arab American community in Michigan, organising dozens of meetings in areas with large Arab American populations

No agreement yet on plastic pollution treaty; talks to resume in 2025

Negotiations in Busan, South Korea, were supposed to be the fifth and final round to produce the first legally binding treaty on plastics pollution, including in the oceans, by the end of 2024

B'desh court acquits Zia's son, 48 others convicted in 2004 grenade attack

Rahman serves as the acting chairperson of Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party while in self-exile in London, and could become Bangladesh's next leader if his party is voted into power

Syrian army launches counterattacks to curb insurgency; Iran offers help

Iran has been a key political and military ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the country's long-running civil war, but it was unclear how Tehran would support Damascus in the latest flareup

Negotiators disagree on plastic pollution pact; talks to resume next yr

They are at an impasse over whether the treaty should reduce the total plastic on Earth and put global, legally binding controls on toxic chemicals used to make plastics

New Belgium law gives sex workers contracts, benefits, safety protection

Under the new regulations, sex workers will have access to health insurance, paid leave, maternity benefits, unemployment support and pensions

Syria launches counterattacks in attempt to halt insurgents' advance

The insurgents led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took over most of Aleppo on Saturday and claimed to have entered the city of Hama

UN halts aid via Gaza's main crossing after looting; blames Israel for it

Experts were already warning of famine in the territory's north, which Israeli forces have almost completely isolated since early October

President Putin signs off record Russian defence spending Budget for 2025

Around 32.5% of the budget posted on a government website Sunday has been allocated for national defense, amounting to 13.5 trillion rubles (over $145 billion), up from a reported 28.3% this year

Israeli strikes on Gaza's Muwasi kill at least 6, including 2 children

Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed over 44,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not say how many of dead were combatants

Barcelona lose at home for 1st time this season, falling 2-1 to Las Palmas

Madrid, despite its own troubles especially in the Champions League, can now move ahead of Barcelona in the Spanish league. It trails Barcelona by four points with two games more to play.

Who is Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead FBI: All you need to know

Patel has for years been a loyal ally to Trump, finding common cause over their shared skepticism of government surveillance and deep state a pejorative catchall used by Trump to refer to bureaucracy

Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement

The outlets said in a joint statement on Friday that OpenAI regularly breaches copyright by scraping large amounts of content from Canadian media

Climate change case to open at UN court as island nations fear rising seas

In the decade up to 2023, sea levels have risen by a global average of around 4.3 centimeters (1.7 inches), with parts of the Pacific rising higher still

Heavy snow blankets parts of US during busy holiday travel weekend

Travel will be extremely difficult and hazardous this weekend, especially in areas where multiple feet of snow may accumulate very quickly, the National Weather Service said