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BBC
Fraught EU summit backs Ukraine but divisions are clear: EU leaders agreed to loan Ukraine €90bn to stay financially afloat for the next two years.
Pope appoints new leader of Catholic Church in England and Wales: Richard Moth becomes Bishop of Westminster, succeeding Cardinal Vincent Nichols who is retiring.
BBC replaced by TNT Sports as Commonwealth Games live broadcaster: The subscription channel takes over from the BBC which had been the principal partner since 1954 and provided free-to-air coverage.
Millions head home for Christmas on busiest day of festive getaway: Road, rail and air travellers are being advised to allow extra time for travel and check their routes.

CBC
These grocery items are on the naughty list as food prices keep climbing:

Grocery price inflation is the highest its been since 2023, with the price of food bought from stores rising 4.7 per cent in November year over year. But which items have hit your grocery bill hardest? Let's break down some of the worst offenders.

Frustration grows in Niagara Falls, Ont., with no clear progress on fate of Marineland and belugas:

Nearly two months after Ottawa denied Marineland's request to export its whales, residents in Niagara Falls, Ont., continue to wait for news on the future of the shuttered theme park's property and dozens of animals, including up to 30 belugas and four dolphins. “Every time I drive by, it makes me really sad,” a local real estate agent says.

Sonia Bélanger tapped to replace Christian Dubé as Quebec health minister:

Sonia Bélanger will be replacing Christian Dubé as health minister after the latter resigned on Thursday over difficult negotiations with the province's family physicians and medical specialists.

New York Times Science
NASA Webb Telescope Discovers Lemon-Shaped Planet, the ‘Stretchiest’ Ever Seen: An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe.

When the Bones Were Good, These Bees Buried Their Babies: A cave in the Dominican Republic concealed thousands of years worth of animal bones that had been turned into nests by prehistoric bees.

Penguins Become Prey for the Pumas of Patagonia: In Argentina, the return of pumas brought top predators back to the landscape — much to penguins’ dismay.

More Than 2,000 Dinosaur Footprints Are Found in the Italian Alps: Two hundred million years ago, prosauropods walked the earth. They left something behind.


Visualizing Science

The oldest known human art is also the oldest known human attempt to record Nature.  This painting is 34,000 years old and was found in the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, which is the subject of Werner Herzog’s film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Herzog used a 3D camera to capture how the shapes of the walls were incorporated into the paintings.

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