LOADING ERROR LOADINGSAO PAULO, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro endorsed his son Flavio’s 2026 presidential bid on Thursday in a statement from a hospital where he underwent a scheduled hernia operation that doctors said went smoothly. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized Bolsonaro to leave prison, where he is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, for the surgery. Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, speaks with journalists after leaving the Federal Police headquarters where his father is being held, in Brasilia, on Dec. 9, 2025. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves DF Star Hospital after undergoing a medical procedure on Sept. 14, 2025, in Brasília, Brazil. AdvertisementThe cancellation of a planned interview on Tuesday, where Jair Bolsonaro was expected to formalize the endorsement, helped the real strengthen nearly 1% against the dollar.

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U.S. stocks held close to all-time highs on Friday, while the run-up in precious metals broke new ground. Most-active silver futures surged 6.7% to around $76.50 a troy ounce, extending a record run that has more than doubled prices this year while sweeping up Wall Street pros and amateur investors alike. Gold futures also hit records, rising around 1.6% to $4,573 a troy ounce. Most Read from The Wall Street JournalOne factor boosting precious metals, which are often viewed as a haven for nervous investors: escalating geopolitical tensions. The major gauges rose for a fifth straight session on Christmas Eve, with both the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials closing at records.

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS via Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s vaunted “Liberation Day” tariffs have worked — if liberating Americans from their jobs was the actual goal. In all, there are now 67,000 fewer manufacturing jobs than when he imposed tariffs on most imports. Over four years, Biden’s economy added more than 4 million jobs per year, or 336,225 per month. In contrast, the economy has added only 499,000 total jobs since Trump returned to office, or 49,900 per month. “The Trump tariffs that Joe Biden and Democrats warned against are an historic sales tax hike on working people that’s raising costs and scrambling supply chains,” Bates said.

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A 12-Year-Old Girl’s Battle With Malnutrition in GazaHoda Abu al-Naja, 12, was diagnosed with celiac disease and struggled with severe malnutrition for months. Amid an Israeli siege that blocked aid into the strip, she was unable to maintain a gluten-free diet. By Nader Ibrahim, Saher Alghorra For The New York Times, Bilal Shbair and Ben HubbardDecember 26, 2025

LOADING ERROR LOADINGKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend. We have agreed on a meeting at the highest level – with President Trump in the near future. In fact, Moscow has insisted that Ukraine relinquish the remaining territory it still holds in the Donbas — an ultimatum that Ukraine has rejected. AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on October 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on Russian refineries aim to deprive Moscow of the oil export revenue it needs to pursue its full-scale invasion.

Why ‘The Great Gatsby’ is Worth Re-readingIn the final week of the 100th anniversary of “The Great Gatsby,” Wesley Morris, the host of ‘Cannonball,’ talks to the novelist Min Jin Lee and Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, about why all three of them have found themselves in a decades-long relationship with this book. By Cannonball With Wesley MorrisDecember 26, 2025

Downtown L.A. has recorded 2.79 inches from Christmas Eve through Christmas Day. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)Among the areas hardest hit was Wrightwood, a town of a few thousand people in the San Gabriel Mountains on the border between Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. The woman was transported to a hospital and treated for minor injuries, including hypothermia, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. The Pacoima Wash is a 33-mile-long stream that carries water to the Tujunga Wash and eventually the Los Angeles River. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it responded to numerous vehicles trapped by flooding across the Antelope Valley.

3rd GSS International Safety ESG Awards & Conference concluded on 24th October 2025, at Peers Dining Hall, House of Lords, UK Parliament London. Mr. Virendra Sharma Former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Chief Guest of the event, addressed the gathering, and distributed awards along with Program Director Mrs. Aswathy Sahadevan. This annual event is organised by World Safety Forum, largest growing ESG Safety Professional Membership platform, head quartered in London. ESG Conference witnessed the current issues discussed by the following leaders, Mr. Jose Hopkins ACA, Chartered Accountant Sustainability Consultant, at Acclaro Advisory, Mr. Pranab Sarkar, FRM, Merchant Banker, SBI UK, Ms. Francesca Amato, Supply Chain Sustainability Lead, Mclaren Construction,Cameron Pearson Founder and CEO of Hereditas Conservatio, Elana Cheslar, Senior Manager at EY, Dr. Isabel DiVanna, Associate Director | The Carbon Trust, Mr. Gesu Antonio Baez, Diego Campos, Head of Sustainability & Workplace Solutions for BAT LATAM South, John Terrance May Work at Height subject matter expert from Mitie & RoSPA Awards Global Ambassador's, Rishi Harani, Founder Mergify USAThe title of the Book written by K R Baby retired High School Teacher - Bandhura Chinthakal published by Hamlet books released at the event. Advisory Board Members of World Safety Forum Mr. David Clegg, Mr. Udayanga, Dr. Mojtaba Moatamedi and Andy Skulimowski joined in releasing International Qualifications Board - Independent Certification and Awarding Body by World Safety Forum and Global ESG Qualifications - A sophisticated Institution for ESG Qualifications Opens career paths to board advisory, ESG consulting, and policy leadership roles.

Lagos’s Month of Partying Is Getting PricierDetty December means a month of “back to back to back” partying in Nigeria’s megacity. Ruth Maclean, the West Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, attends for the first time. By Ruth Maclean, Taiwo Aina, Karen Hanley and Christina ThornellDecember 26, 2025

Both Christians and Muslims – the two main religious groups in the country of more than 230 million people – have been victims of attacks by radical Islamists. Years of violenceNewspapers with articles reporting US President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians hang at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria on November 2. The country has roughly equal numbers of Christians – predominantly in the south – and Muslims, who are mainly concentrated in the north. “The way most of these strikes work is that they need to be part of a larger campaign, and what we’re not seeing here is that larger campaign.”Has the long-running violence killed Christians? “I stand committed to doing everything within my power to enshrine religious freedom in Nigeria and to protect Christians, Muslims, and all Nigerians from violence,” he wrote.

In addition to withstanding geopolitical upheavals, Roman Abramovich’s wealth has changed, expanded, and repositioned. Abramovich contributed to Chelsea becoming a major force in the world by investing more than £1 billion in the team. Abramovich was one of the initial targets of concerted international sanctions after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Abramovich has amassed museum-caliber pieces that serve as portable wealth repositories, ranging from Francis Bacon to Lucian Freud. Abramovich has escaped the fate of several other sanctioned oligarchs whose wealth vanished under Western scrutiny by using legal arbitrage.

Israeli soldier rams Palestinian man while he’s prayingAn Israeli reservist soldier ran over a Palestinian man while he was praying in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the Israeli military and CNN’s review of the footage, hours after the soldier fired gunshots in the area.