Meta will test an Instagram TV app on Amazon Fire TV in the United States aiming to expand the platform beyond phones and compete with rivals like TikTok and YouTube. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Meta-owned Instagram will now let users view Reels on larger screen»»»

In France's Loire Valley, castles are relying on the magic of Christmas to secure their future. Each winter, historical landmarks are turned into festive, fairy-tale settings, drawing tens of thousands of visitors. But beyond the lights and decorations lies a pressing challenge: how to preserve the»»»

Protesting French farmers blocked roads across France Tuesday over a mass cull to prevent the spread of a bovine disease. Anger over the sanitary measure combined with farmers’ concerns about a planned Mercosur trade deal has forced France to seek a delay in the EU vote, which officials say is»»»

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cleveland Metroparks (@clevemetroparks) Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Cleveland Metroparks announced a fisher -- an animal related to weasels and ferrets -- has been caught on camera in a city wildlife area for the first time in over a century. Cleveland Metroparks, »»»

1 of 3 | A total 1,435 couples locked lips under festive sprigs to break the Guinness World Record for the most couples kissing underneath the mistletoe. Photo courtesy of the DowntownDC Business Improvement District Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A total 1,435 couples locked lips under festive sprigs in Washing»»»

INSAIT, part of Sofia University, together with leading international research institutions, said on Tuesday that it has released SceneSplat-49k, the largest open-source collection of high-quality, complex 3D scenes in Gaussian Splatting format, along with SceneSplat-Benchmark, a comprehensive eval»»»

Dubai: “You’re never sure whether you like them, whether you’re rooting for them, or whether they did the right thing,” says Radhika Apte, describing the moral ambiguity at the heart of her latest psychological thriller 'Saali Mohabbat', out on Zee5 Middle East. “Even after you leave the theatre, y»»»

Bucharest, December 16, 2025 – Global law firm Dentons has advised a syndicate of lenders – Erste Group Bank AG, Banca Comercială Română S.A., Raiffeisen Bank S.A., Raiffeisen Bank International AG, and UniCredit Bank S.A. – on a €537m refinancing of three major projects in AFI’s Romanian portfolio»»»

Saudi Arabia’s annual inflation rate slowed to 1.9 percent in November 2025, its lowest level in nine months, down from 2.2 percent in October, driven by easing housing costs and lower prices for food and beverages. On a monthly basis, inflation remained broadly stable, edging up 0.1 percent compar»»»

Targu Mures International Airport "Transilvania" will operate, starting from the end of March 2026, nine new flights to Brussels Charleroi (Belgium), Larnaca (Cyprus), Paris Beauvais (France), Dortmund and Memmingen (Germany), Milan Bergamo and Rome Fiumicino (Italy), Basel (Switzerland), as well a»»»

President Donald Trump on Monday sued the BBC for defamation, accusing the British public broadcaster of misleadingly editing clips of his January 6, 2021 speech to suggest he urged supporters to storm the US Capitol, while omitting remarks calling for peaceful protest. President Donald Trump filed»»»

Louvre workers went on strike on Monday in a fresh blow to the world's most-visited museum as the vast Paris institution struggles with the fallout of a jewel heist and its workers complain of security failures, overcrowding and poor working conditions. The Louvre Museum closed its doors to thousan»»»

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has called for pushing back the final approval vote on the landmark EU free trade deal with the Mercosur group of Latin American countries after outbreaks of the highly contagious lumpy skin disease sparked livestock culls and protests by cattle farmers. Fren»»»

Ukraine is a “black hole” of corruption that has swallowed billions of euros sent by the European Union, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. Kiev was rocked by its latest major graft scandal last month when a close associate of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, Timur Mindich, was accused »»»

Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A Washington, D.C., family said more than 100 packages intended for a local hotel have been delivered to their home during the past six months. A resident, who wished to be identified only as Brittany, said she believes guests at the Arlo, a hotel about a mile from her home, have a»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Hungary continues to demand that Ukraine account for the funds it has spent, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday. "I proposed that we continue to demand that Ukraine account for the EU funds it has received so far, because this latest corruption scandal clea»»»

European leaders seeking to finance Ukraine using frozen Russian funds are eroding the international financial system, which was built around US interests, a senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The EU wants to issue Kiev a so-called “reparation loan” backed by the Russian asse»»»

Dozens of visitors gather to watch giant panda Xiao Xiao at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 28. On Monday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that the twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei will be returned to China in late January 2026. The two pandas at Ueno are the onl»»»

Amazon has apologised after an error meant it showed a child a 15-rated film by mistake when they had tried to watch a PG movie. The child's parent had paid to rent Diary of a Wimpy Kid from the firm's Prime Video service, but they soon realised it was incorrectly streaming Love & Other Drugs - whi»»»

Sharjah: Step into Sharjah's newly inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site and you are not just walking through desert wadis and limestone caves. You are also traversing an ancient seabed where marine creatures thrived during the age of dinosaurs, now transformed into fossil-rich mountains thanks to t»»»

Rob Reiner, the son of the legendary comedian Carl Reiner, was one of Hollywood's best known filmmakers. As an actor, he became a household name on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family and later appeared as the father of Leonardo DiCaprio's character in The Wolf of Wall Street. But it was as a direct»»»

Paris, France: The Louvre closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a rolling strike to protest working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a shocking robbery. Staff assembled outside the museum's world-famous glass pyramid, blocking the main »»»

Neuchâtel, Switzerland: John Howe, the illustrator who brought J.R.R. Tolkien's universe to life, is now inviting the world into his mind's eye by setting up his studio in a medieval prison-turned-museum in Switzerland. The 68-year-old is famed for his interpretation of Tolkien's literary work, whi»»»

Paris: The Louvre closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a rolling strike to protest working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a shocking robbery. Staff assembled outside the museum’s world-famous glass pyramid, blocking the main entrance»»»

To accelerate its digital transformation in Romania, Nexent Bank chose SAS, the global leader in data and AI, to overhaul its credit decisioning process and deliver a new standard of speed and efficiency. By running advanced scoring and behavior models on SAS® Viya®, the bank can now process loan a»»»

Sharjah: Sharjah Civil Defence Authority has honoured a 10-year-old boy for his quick thinking and responsible action after he reported a vehicle fire, a move that helped emergency teams respond swiftly and bring the incident under control. Brigadier Yousef Obaid Harmoul Al Shamsi, Director General»»»

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Dubai: Global Village will ring in 2026 with a unique New Year’s Eve celebration, offering visitors the chance to experience seven countdowns from different countries in a single evening. On Wednesday, December 31, the family-friendly destination will open its gates with extended hours from 4pm to »»»

Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of colluding with foreign forces under the the city's controversial national security law (NSL). The 78-year-old, who has been in jail since December 2020, pleaded not guilty. He faces life in prison and is expected»»»

Dubai: The US Embassy in the UAE has revealed that FIFA World Cup 2026 ticket holders will receive no special visa advantages beyond faster appointment scheduling, with officials warning fans that they purchase tickets and travel packages entirely "at their own risk." Sign up for our daily business»»»

Jeddah Tower is surging ahead in a rapid construction push, blasting through construction like a rocket, nearing 80 in a blistering push aligned with Vision 2030. This 1-km megatower, paused for years, restarted in January 2025 and now adds a floor every 3-4 days, eyeing a 2028 finish to claim the »»»

A 14-year-old girl arrived at a refugee clinic near death with an untreated infection from an alleged rape her family says was carried out by Russian fighters in Mali – a case that aid workers say exposes how sexual violence in the country’s war has remained largely hidden by fear and shame. T»»»

Dubai: Veteran Filipino broadcaster and former Vice President Noli de Castro is in 'OK' condition following a recent surgery, his family confirmed on Sunday. The news was shared by his daughter, former ABS-CBN journalist Kat de Castro, who first took to social media to ask for prayers for her fathe»»»

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Two US soldiers and an American civilian were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged Islamic State group gunman opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patrol in Palmyra, US Central Command said. Three other troops were wounded before the attacker was killed by partner forces. US Presid»»»

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UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix warned Friday of the risk of "conflagration" in DR Congo's Great Lakes region as M23 rebels make territorial gains there. The US ambassador accused Rwanda, which supports the M23, of leading the region toward war.  The UN's peacekeeping chief warn»»»

Venezuelan opposition figure and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said she feared for her life during a clandestine journey out of Venezuela to reach Norway for the award ceremony, describing a high-risk sea escape carried out with US support. FRANCE 24 spoke to her daughter Ana C»»»

Israel said Saturday it had killed top Hamas commander Raed Saad in a strike in Gaza after an explosive device wounded two Israeli soldiers in the south of the territory as both sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire that took effect on October 10.  Israel said it killed a top Ham»»»

France’s agriculture ministry said on Saturday that one million head of cattle would be vaccinated against lumpy skin disease in the coming weeks, as farmers blocked roads to protest mass culling measures ordered after multiple outbreaks of the virus. France will vaccinate 1 million head of cattle »»»

Gondolas floated above the southeastern suburbs of Paris on Saturday as officials inaugurated the first urban cable car in the French capital’s region, a project aimed at cutting travel times and improving links between isolated neighbourhoods and the metro network. Gondolas floated above a citysca»»»

Cambodia said on Saturday that Thai jets continued bombing its territory hours after US President Donald Trump said the two neighbours had agreed to halt border fighting. The conflict, which stems from a long-running dispute over the colonial-era demarcation of their frontier, has killed »»»

Angry fans on Saturday stormed a stadium in eastern India after football star Lionel Messi left early during a packed event in Kolkata, sparking chaos, vandalism and arrests. Angry spectators broke down barricades and stormed the pitch at a stadium in India after football star Lionel Messi, who is »»»

The US plan to end the war in Ukraine allows for Kyiv to join the EU in 2027, a senior official said Friday. Even if the bloc's Moscow-friendly governments such as Hungary were to agree to Ukraine's accession, complex questions would need to be quickly resolved, European diplomats and officials sai»»»

Sarah Cohen's Home. That's the sign welcoming anyone who walks into Thaha Ibrahim's shop in a narrow cobbled lane in the southern Indian city of Kochi. The bustling street, where vendors sell everything from antiques to Persian carpets and spices, is called Jew Town - some decades ago, every house »»»

Tribune News Network Doha The events accompanying the 2025 Arab Cup continue at the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara), attracting large crowds and creating a vibrant cultural atmosphere. Among the most prominent attractions are the international military performances, which offer a unique specta»»»

Parts of Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, have been turned into an "open-air gallery", in the words of the organisers of the city's first street art festival. "We believe art shouldn't be confined to galleries and museums," Osa Okunkpolor, a Nigerian graffiti artist known as Osa Seven, and one of the»»»