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The two major Japanese automakers are discussing a merger. Here is what to know, from the reasons why they are doing this to how it could impact you. (Image credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi)

It’s looking like 2024 will be the hottest year since record-keeping began, unseating 2023 for the top spot. Climate change is playing a role, and scientists say it was even hotter than expected. (Image credit: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty

Generative AI is making it easier for fraudsters to dupe people, now more than ever. Protect yourself from scams this holiday season with these five tips. (Image credit: Olivier Morin)

Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country.

Fabio Ochoa, one of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel, has been deported back to the South American country, where he has walked free. (Image credit: Fernando Vergara)

Trump is teasing US expansion into Panama, Greenland and Canada  CNN Trump’s Wish to Control Greenland and Panama Canal: Not a Joke This Time  The New York Times Trump says ownership of Greenland ‘is an absolute necessity’  NBC News Who controls Greenland, and

Can Donald Trump undo Joe Biden’s death penalty commutations?  BBC.com Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office  CNN The Three Death Row Prisoners Biden Chose Not to Spare  The New York Times Joe Biden’s Moral

Man charged with murder after woman set on fire on F train in Brooklyn  Gothamist What to know about the death of a woman who was set on fire in a New York City subway train  The Associated Press New York Subway

Turning Point Action devoted much of its attention to less reliable voters. New data in Arizona showing a sizable Republican edge among them suggests that the strategy succeeded.

White House Says Pakistan Is Developing Long-Range Missile Capable of Hitting the U.S.  The Wall Street Journal