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Communications Minister Anika Wells has instructed Optus to bring in an “independent and external party” during a meeting with the heads of the embattled telco and its Singaporean parent company, Singtel.

Venezuela Detains U.S. Citizens Amid Trump Administration’s Growing Pressure 31/12/2025

The number of American citizens held in Venezuela has grown since the start of the U.S. military and economic campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.

Anatoly Kurmanaev, Annie Correal and Edward Wong

Thieves Make Off With Millions in German Bank Heist 31/12/2025

The robbers stole valuables with an insured value of at least $36 million from a bank in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany.

Christopher F. Schuetze

These Inmates Died After Beatings by New York Prison Guards. No One Raised an Alarm. 31/12/2025

Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other inmates met similar fates?

Jan Ransom

‘Swipe, Swipe’: New Yorkers Give the MetroCard a Public Funeral 31/12/2025

There were few tears at a funeral for the MetroCard, which included chants of “swipe, swipe” and an urn.

Amanda Holpuch

The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic 31/12/2025

How much more chaotic could a second Trump term be? 2025 did not disappoint.

Michelle Cottle

There Is a Way Out of This Mess 31/12/2025

A second Gilded Age, a single solution.

Jon Grinspan

Research Library at NASA’s Goddard Space and Flight Center to Close Friday 31/12/2025

Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out.

Eric Niiler

In New Year’s Speech to Russia, Putin Says Little About Ukraine War or Peace Talks With US 31/12/2025

The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war.

Ivan Nechepurenko and Paul Sonne

Women Directed Fewer Box Office Hits in 2025, Report Finds 31/12/2025

The number of female filmmakers dropped to 8.1 percent this year from 13.4 percent in 2024, according to a study from the University of Southern California.

Michaela Towfighi

Tatiana Schlossberg Submitted a Heartbreaking Essay to The New Yorker on Her Cancer Diagnosis, Fully Formed 31/12/2025

When Tatiana Schlossberg submitted an essay to The New Yorker, it had not been assigned or even expected. It was accepted immediately and barely edited.

Jesse McKinley

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Optus instructed to find ‘external party’ to review systems after triple-0 outages