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With Russian President Vladimir Putin threatening the use of nuclear weapons in his country's war against Ukraine, and with Mideast conflicts involving terrorist groups, the U.S. and its European allies are informing citizens how to respond should a nuclear attack occur.

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is planning a political comeback, anticipating support from President-elect Donald Trump, which may include using economic sanctions against current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has urged his NATO counterparts to issue an invitation to Kyiv to join the Western military alliance at a meeting in Brussels next week, according to the text of a letter seen by Reuters on Friday.

China urged the United States on Friday to exercise the "utmost caution" on relations with democratically governed Taiwan, ahead of a sensitive trip its President Lai Ching-te starts this week to both Hawaii and Guam, as part of a Pacific tour.

Several Democrat senators privately agreed that their party committed "political malpractice" with the mistakes made on border security, saying it was the main factor leading to President-elect Donald Trump's win and the loss of four of their party's senate seats.

Target's exclusive, in-store launch of Taylor Swift's new Eras Tour book on Black Friday paid off early with lines outside some of the stores. On X, formerly known as Twitter, most images that shoppers shared of Target's shelves for the Eras Tour book were empty as of 7:30...