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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 12/31/2025 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn was unchanged at $4.41 a bushel. Mar. wheat fell by 0.5 cent at $5.10 a bushel. Mar. oats rose by 1 cents at $3.06 a bushel. Jan. soybeans was down 1.25 cents at $10.45 a bushel. Beef w DAZN to continue Belgian league broadcasts after arbitration ruling 12/31/2025 09:19am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� DAZN will keep broadcasting Belgian soccer until the end of this season following emergency arbitration proceedings initiated by the country's Pro League, the streaming platform said on Wednesday. DAZN announced last month it had no choice but to let its contract expire under Belg Trump made lots of tariff threats in 2025. Here are some that never materialized 12/31/2025 09:09am • President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year. Many materialized into a barrage of new import taxes that overturned decades of U.S. economic policy ��� but others have yet to be fulfilled as 2025 comes to a close. Some of Trump���s unrealized threats reflect a broa US applications for jobless benefits fell below 200,000 last week with layoffs historically low 12/31/2025 08:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week with layoffs remaining low despite a weakening labor market. U.S. applications for jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 27 fell by 16,000 to 199,000 from the previous week���s 215,000, the Labor Department reported We Indonesia raises alert for the Mount Bur Ni Telong volcano following a spike of activity 12/31/2025 08:38am • BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for the Mount Bur Ni Telong volcano in the country���s westernmost province of Aceh to its second highest following a series of increased activity and volcanic earthquakes, official said Wednesday. The 2,624-meter (8,6 US jobless claim applications fell to 199,000 last week with layoffs still limited 12/31/2025 08:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� US jobless claim applications fell to 199,000 last week with layoffs still limited. What to know about the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 as the search resumes 12/31/2025 08:03am • More than a decade ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished without a trace, sparking one of aviation���s most baffling mysteries. Despite years of multinational searches, investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the plane or its 239 passengers and crew. On Wednesday, the Malaysia The nation's 250th anniversary arrives with a call for year-round community service 12/31/2025 08:02am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission wants to turn America's 250th birthday celebration into the country's single biggest year for volunteering. But America Gives, the program unveiled Wednesday just before the U.S. begins commemorating the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Inde Thieves drill into a German bank vault and steal tens of millions of euros' worth of property 12/31/2025 07:59am • GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) ��� Thieves stole tens of millions of euros' worth of property from safety deposit boxes inside a German bank vault that they drilled into Monday during the holiday lull, police said. Some 2,700 bank customers were affected by the theft in Gelsenkirchen, police and the Sp Lens and PSG resume Ligue 1 title battle with Marseille waiting to pounce 12/31/2025 07:58am • PARIS (AP) ��� Lens begins the year one point ahead of defending champion Paris Saint-Germain in what French fans hope will be a close title race in Ligue 1. PSG won a record-extending 13th title by 19 points last term, losing its only two games of the campaign after the title was sealed, and by nin China announces it 'successfully completed' Taiwan military maneuvers 12/31/2025 07:58am • BEIJING (AP) ��� China's People's Liberation Army said Wednesday that it ���successfully completed��� two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan, concluding a set of high-powered maneuvers aimed at asserting its sovereignty over the island ��� actions that ratcheted up tension in East A These are the best plug-in hybrids for under $55,000 12/31/2025 07:28am • If an electric car stirs your interest but the lifestyle changes sound daunting, consider a plug-in hybrid. A plug-in hybrid is simply a rechargeable hybrid, with a larger battery than a standard hybrid that enables a short range of fully electric driving. A regular hybrid recharges by capturing ene Pacifist Japan has slowly transformed from exclusively self-defense to a military buildup 12/31/2025 07:02am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan is barreling forward with efforts to significantly boost its military capabilities to stand up to China���s growing threats by doubling annual arms spending. The goal comes as Tokyo���s main ally, the United States, pushes for more military assistance in Asia and a military hawk Latest deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 gets underway 12/31/2025 06:57am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� A deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 began in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday, reviving efforts to solve one of aviation���s greatest mysteries more than a decade after the jet vanished with 239 people on board. Malaysia���s Transport Ministry said Wednesday that Channel Tunnel power malfunction fixed, but rail delays linger 12/31/2025 06:31am • PARIS (AP) ��� Trains were running again Wednesday in both directions through the Channel Tunnel between continental Europe and the United Kingdom but problems remained after a day of travel chaos caused by power malfunctions. The tunnel operator, Eurotunnel, said the 50-kilometer (32-mile) undersea