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Harry Styles heeft een video uitgebracht van een nummer dat hij speelde tijdens de laatste avond van zijn tournee Love on Tour. De ruim acht minuten durende video verscheen zaterdag op YouTube onder de titel Forever, Forever. De laatste keer dat de zanger een video op YouTube plaatste, was twee jaar geleden.

Scandinavië en Finland worden dit weekeinde geplaagd door storm Johannes, die voor grote overlast en schade zorgt. In Zweden vielen tenminste twee doden en zitten ruim 40.000 gezinnen zonder stroom. In Finland is een vliegtuig van de startbaan in Kittilä geblazen en zitten ruim 160.000 gezinnen in het donker.

On Saturday, December 27, Lithuania officially withdrew from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, stockpiling, and production of anti-personnel mines.

Глава Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации Сергей Лавров обвинил Европу в том, что она уже якобы не скрывает планов по подготовке войны с Россией.

Humour me for a second: despite its big, flashy, expensive exterior, I believe Avatar: Fire and Ash to be the perfect Christmas family movie — kind of like the first Die Hard, another fun Christmas family movie. Strip away the action, and Avatar is about overcoming odds, keeping the family together, forgiveness and redemption, with a little bit of unexpected magic near the climax. Isn’t that exactly what a Christmas movie is all about? In Fire and Ash, the magic comes courtesy of Eywa, the spirit of the alien planet Pandora that resides in everything and commands the wildlife. One connects to Eywa through tendril-like organic connections called “queues” at the end of Na’vi hair, which provide neural links to control animals and access the spirit realm, where souls of every dead person on Pandora reside (after their bodies are absorbed into Eywa’s soil). A happy family reunion of glowing auras, warmth and forgiveness with those who’ve passed away occurs early and late in the movie — but a good three hours befo...

Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, a former chief minister of Punjab and one of Pakistan’s most durable political survivors, passed away on December 16, 2025, at the age of 86. His death marks the passing of a particular species of politician — less ideological than instinctive, less rhetorical than tactical — who thrived in the interstices of power rather than at its commanding heights. Wattoo was never the face of a movement, nor the author of a grand political vision. Yet, for decades, he remained relevant in Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous and politically decisive province, precisely because he understood how power there actually worked. He belonged to a generation shaped by instability. Born in Okara district, in the fertile plains of central Punjab, Wattoo came of age in a Pakistan where democracy was episodic and political loyalty was often provisional. Coups, dissolutions of assemblies and abrupt changes of regime were not aberrations but recurring features of national life. In such a setting, political surv...

Want to be on the ball and go into 2026 knowing exactly what's cool, what's trending and what to avoid? Eos off ers its annual cheat sheet... Published in Dawn, EOS, December 28th, 2025

Mirabai and Ghalib stamps, mentioned in Adeeb’s 1952 letter, that are part of the ‘Indian Saints and Poets’ series | Photos from the writer's collection In a letter dated November 22, 1952, Professor Syed Masood Hasan Rizvi Adeeb of Lucknow writes to Allama Syed Murtaza Hussain Fazil Lakhnawi, “Yesterday, I sent you a registered letter in your name. It bears two postage stamps, one with Ghalib’s portrait and the other with Mirabai’s. The postmark has been placed in such a way that Ghalib’s picture has not been marred. Since you collect everything related to Ghalib, you should keep this stamp safe as well.” This very stamp and the letter are still preserved in good condition. A faded Lahore post office mark on this stamp reads as “…53, Lahore”, indicating its arrival in Lahore in January 1953. Fazil Lakhnawi, the editor of centenary editions of Ghalib’s collected works in Persian, Urdu-i-Mu’alla and Oud-i-Hindi, was an avid admirer of Ghalib and had a large collection centred around the poet, consisting of the...

Respected Auntie, I am a gazetted officer in a well-reputed public sector organisation, where the source of income is limited to the salary. A few months ago, I started a part-time business venture, which was unsuccessful and I suffered losses. Because of that, I have been facing a hard time economically for the past few weeks. My father-in-law (also my elder paternal uncle) left behind a hefty agricultural land and a commercial property to his spouse and children. Following his death in 2017, I was married to his only daughter in 2019. Despite the passage of almost seven years, not even a single penny was transferred to my wife. I have four brothers-in-law, and my father-in-law considered his daughter equal to his son and declared that they would equally share the inheritance. But after his death, things have changed altogether. Two of my brothers-in-law have shifted abroad, using the resources of their father, while one has been given a separate home from the family one. The fourth one is living and enjoyin...

ISLAMABAD: Italy has offered more than 10,000 jobs to Pakistani workers over the next three years. According to an agreement reached between the two countries, Italy has allocated a labour quota for Pakistan. As many as 10,500 Pakis­tani workers will be provided employment in various sectors, including ship brea­king, hospitality, healthcare and agriculture, as well as welding, technician roles, chefs, waiters, housekeeping, nursing, medical technicians and farming. Skilled and semi-skilled job aspirants will travel to Italy for employment in these sectors. Each year, 3,500 Pakistani workers will sec­ure overseas jobs under seasonal and non-seasonal quotas. This includes 1,500 Pakistanis under the seasonal quota and 2,000 under the non-seasonal quota annually. Italy is the first European country to allocate job quotas specifically for Pakistan. The second meeting of the Pakistan-Italy Joint Working Group will be held in Islamabad in February 2026. Published in Dawn, December 28th, 2025

Het moest de mooiste dag van hun leven worden. Holly Ramsay (25), dochter van topchef Gordon Ramsay (59), trouwde zaterdag met olympisch zwemkampioen Adam Peaty (30). Maar aan het geluk zit een zwart randje: de ouders van de bruidegom waren niet welkom.

The protesters who allegedly threw stones at police, marked five years since the death of Ahuvia Sandak, who was killed when his car overturned while fleeing from police with his four friends, after allegedly throwing stones at Palestinians in the West Bank

În urmă cu două decenii, sute de mii de polonezi au ajuns în Regatul Unit în căutarea unui trai mai bun.

Поздно вечером 27 декабря и после полуночи в российской Сызрани Самарской области прогремели взрывы: под атакой дронов оказался крупный нефтеперерабатывающий завод компании "Роснефть" и местные подстанции.

Terwijl New York gebukt gaat onder zware sneeuwval, heeft burgemeester Eric Adams een welgemeend advies voor de inwoners van zijn stad. „Blijf thuis. Dit is een goeie dag om baby’s te maken.’’

Soldiers of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled a Russian assault near Volodymyrivka in the Donetsk region, destroyed two armored personnel carriers, and neutralized seven enemy infantrymen.

Luke Littler heeft met speels gemak gewonnen van Mensur Suljovic op het WK darts. De regerend wereldkampioen was met 4-0 te sterk en gunde de Oostenrijker maar drie legs. Eerder op de avond zorgde James Hurrell voor een verrassing. Hij versloeg Stephen Bunting, de nummer vier van de wereld (4-3).

A crypto analyst says Bitcoin’s current market setup resembles that of 2019, SEC picks a crypto regulation “dream team”: Hodler’s Digest US President Donald Trumps AI and crypto czar, David Sacks, has signaled that the White House may have all the pieces in place for digital asset regulation following the confirmation of Michael Selig to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In a Monday X post, David Sacks said the US was at a critical juncture for crypto regulation, and that Selig and Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins made up a dream team to define clear regulatory guidelines. Sacks comments were in response to Selig saying that the US Congress was preparing to complete work on a crypto market structure bill.  We are at a unique moment as a wide range of novel technologies, products, and platforms are emerging, retail participation in the commodity markets is at an all-time high, and Congress is poised to send digital asset market structure legislation that will cement the US as ...

Police suspect criminal motives as a man was shot while inside a vehicle in the central Israel city of Kalansua. According to Haaretz data, there have been 249 homicides in the Arab community since January, surpassing the previous record of 242 set in 2023.

27 декабря умер известный украинский актер и телеведущий Анатолий Суханов, которому было 54 года. Его утром в тяжелом состоянии забрала скорая помощь.