Los Angeles Times
Making a buzz in science, on the page
'Ologies' podcaster Alie Ward picks five books that show why knowledge is power.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
China’s Yongzhou city unveils tourism campaign, blending football event, culture and easy flights
Yongzhou City in central China's Hunan Province launched a sports-culture-tourism campaign on Friday, aiming to boost its city profile and enhance tourism appeal.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Judge grants police request to block Reiner autopsy results
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has agreed to bar the release of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner's autopsy reports at the request of law enforcement investigating the death of the Hollywood legend and his photographer wife.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Low temperatures bring picturesque frosted scenery in northeast China
As temperatures plunged in the Greater Khingan Range in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Ganhe National Park has transformed into a breathtaking winter landscape.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Nuclear-capable Russian missiles enter active service in Belarus
A defense video released by Moscow shows the combat system in training.
3 min |
December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Bots, banking, stablecoins to dominate fintech
Industry leaders are betting that 2026 could mark a major inflection point.
3 min |
December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Environmental journalist and granddaughter of JFK
Caroline Kennedy’s daughter had acute myeloid leukemia, diagnosed in 2024.
2 min |
December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Neiman Marcus parent sells Beverly Hills site
The land below the Beverly Hills flagship store of luxury retailer Neiman Marcus has been sold to a New York investor as the owners of the department store chain sell property to pay debts.
2 min |
December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemeni port city
Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla on Tuesday, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces — a significant move in a country located along a key international trade route that threatens to bring new risks to the Persian Gulf region.
3 min |
December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Mickey Rourke faces an eviction case
Property owner claims that the actor owes nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent.
2 min |
December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Thousands of black-necked cranes return to southwest China's nature reserve for winter
A growing number of black-necked cranes have returned to a nature reserve in southwest China's Guizhou Province to spend the winter, thanks to the ongoing ecological protection efforts.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Endangered snub-nosed monkey population climbs to 350 in southwest China reserve
The population of endangered Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys in the Yunlong Tianchi National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province has risen to 350, reflecting steady growth and improved habitat conditions, according to a recent ecological survey.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Hainan's new tourism regulations take effect as opening-up drive deepens
South China's tropical island province of Hainan -- a popular tourist destination -- is advancing its opening-up policy as new tourism regulations come into force on Monday.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
China's northern regions fuel winter economy with ice-snow tourism
As temperatures continue to fall, northern China is transforming its rich \"cold resources\" into hot consumer attractions from slow-travel experiences in Heilongjiang's frost-covered forests to snowy holidays for schoolchildren in Xinjiang.
1 min |
December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Indoor, outdoor skiing ignite winter tourism boom in Sichuan
A winter tourism boom is taking hold in southwest China's Sichuan Province, fueled by a mix of large-scale indoor ski facilities and high-altitude outdoor resorts.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Colorful late autumn foliage lights up China's Longtan River
Trees along the banks of the Longtan River in Nanyang City, in central China's Henan Province, are resplendent in their late autumn foliage, with leaves turning a myriad shades of red, gold and green.
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December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Students Join Protests in Tehran
Iranians protested for a third straight day over mounting frustration with a spiraling economic crisis that has gripped the country since its war with Israel.
2 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
The Coach With Five Teams In the College Football Playoff
Former Alabama coach Nick Saban has been retired for two years. But with five of the eight surviving teams led by his former assistants, his fingerprints are all over the tournament.
4 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Fed Minutes Suggest Caution on Further Cuts
When the Federal Reserve met to cut interest rates this month, some officials said they were reluctant to support more easing in the near future, according to minutes of the meeting published Tuesday—a sign that further cuts could face resistance at the next meeting in January.
3 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Dallas Is Booming—Except for Its Struggling Downtown
This city is a hotbed for commercial property.
4 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Russian Flag Tangles U.S. Pursuit of Tanker
The pursuit of the Bella 1, an aging oil tanker that has been evading the U.S. Coast Guard for nearly two weeks, has been complicated after a Russian flag was sloppily painted on the side of the vessel in an apparent attempt to claim protection from Moscow, according to senior U.S. officials.
3 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
What Companies Are Really Doing With Al
Companies say artificial intelligence will fundamentally change business forever.
6 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Maduro Under Pressure: 'Don't Worry, Be Happy'
President Trump says Nicolás Maduro is running out of time.
4 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
New Evidence Shows That Bans On Phones in Classrooms Work
Some districts see higher test scores, less disruptive behavior and kids going back to being kids
3 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
States See Federal Power Grab in AI Data-Center Clash
At a conference of state utility regulators in Seattle, a group of Trump administration officials got an earful of complaints about a plan the White House is pushing for the federal government to take control of part of the country’s power grid in the service of artificial intelligence.
3 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
How to Read the Ukraine Talks
The big news isn't the noisy peace negotiations that have seen Ukraine and Donald Trump coming closer together as Mr. Trump discovers changing political landscapes, his own and the war's.
3 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
LPs to Look Out For in 2026
The new year promises to bring exciting new albums from Charli XCX, A$AP Rocky and others
4 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
A Profession Of Prediction
Could Should Might Don't: How We Think About the Future
3 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Theme Parks Have a New Strategy: Get Smaller, Cheaper and Shorter
At a development here called Area15, it looks like a Boeing 747 crashed into a warehouse above a maze full of monsters, right next to an extradimensional supermarket.
3 min |
December 31, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Bullish Bitcoin Calls for 2025 Didn't Quite Pan Out
Bitcoin boosters were super bullish about its prospects earlier this year, predicting that it would soar due to institutional adoption and the crypto-friendly Trump administration.
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