Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Louvre Museum workers vote to strike over working conditions, ticket price hikes, and poor security after $102M heist; demonstration begins Dec. 15 (More) | Armed thieves steal eight Matisse paintings from public library in São Paulo, Brazil (More)
> "One Battle After Another" leads all films with nine nominations for 2026 Golden Globe Awards (Jan. 11); "The White Lotus" tops the TV side with six nods (More) | Jimmy Kimmel signs one-year extension of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" with ABC (More)
> Florida State tops Stanford 1-0 to win its third NCAA women’s soccer national championship in the past five years (More)
Science & Technology
> Google to launch its first AI-powered glasses next year: one audio-only model and another model with in-lens display (More)
> Researchers develop wireless device that uses light to send information to the brain, bypassing natural sensory pathways; could help restore lost senses (More)
> Global coalition of scientists seeking to understand dark matter completes most sensitive search yet, detecting neutrinos from the sun’s core for the first time (More) | What we've learned about the dark universe (1440 Topics)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -0.4%, Dow -0.5%, Nasdaq -0.1%) as investors await decision from Federal Reserve's final two-day policy meeting of the year, which begins today (More)
> President Donald Trump approves Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips for sale to China; in exchange, the US will receive 25% of the sale revenue (More)
> Candy giant Mars to close $36B acquisition of Kellanova, maker of Cheez-Its and Pringles, this week after receiving EU regulatory approval (More) | Magnum Ice Cream reaches $9B market cap after trading debut in Amsterdam (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Alina Habba resigns as US attorney in New Jersey, takes role as senior adviser for US attorneys to Attorney General Pam Bondi; comes after a court ruled Habba had been serving in the role unlawfully since her tenure was slated to end in July (More)
> Thai military launches airstrikes on Cambodia, accuses Cambodia of wounding two Thai soldiers at the border; clashes threaten US-mediated peace deal (More)
> Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes off Japan's northeast coast, triggering a tsunami of up to 28 inches and injuring at least 23 people (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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