Rome unveils two new Metro C stations near the Colosseum, featuring ancient artifacts. The project, nearly 20 years in the making, promises to ease city traffic.

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Susie Wiles, Trump's campaign manager-turned chief of staff, made some less-than-flattering remarks about the president, JD Vance, and Pete Hegseth in a candid interview with 'Vanity Fair.'

A spokesman for Polish special services, Jacek Dobrzynski, said the suspect wanted to use explosives in an attack on the market, in hopes of causing a mass casualty event.

Samuel Williams, 20, was originally arrested on October 15 after videos of him circulated online chanting, “Gaza, Gaza, make us proud; put the Zios in the ground.”

The launch of the Hanbit-Nano rocket, developed by South Korean company Innospace, will take place from the Alcântara Launch Center in Maranhão state and is scheduled for Wednesday (Dec. 17) at 3:45 pm Brasília time.

According to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), which will conduct the operation, the launch window runs from December 16 to 22. This is the first commercial launch of a space vehicle from Brazilian territory.

“It will be an inaugural flight from Brazil, symbolizing the country’s entry into the global space launch market,” said Colonel Clóvis Martins de Souza, director of the launch center.

The mission, called Operation Spaceward, involves around 400 professionals – including Brazilians, both military and civilian, and South Koreans. The Air Force described the inititive as an unprecedented and strategic advance for the Brazilian Space Program.

“It is a milestone that demonstrates our technical maturity and inserts Brazil into the global commercial launch market. Alcântara is establishing itself as a strategic space hub, attracting investment, companies, and innovation. It is a significant step for Brazil’s future in space,” said the head of the CLA Operations Division, Major Engineer Robson Coelho de Oliveira.

The space vehicle – which is 21.8 meters long, 1.4 meters in diameter, and weighs 20 tons – will carry satellites into low Earth orbit, at an altitude of approximately 300 km and an inclination of 40 degrees.

A total of eight payloads are inside the fairing at the top of the launch vehicle – five small satellites for placement in orbit and three experimental devices. The equipment's propulsion is hybrid, using solid and liquid fuel.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes decided Monday (Dec. 15) to request the US to extradite federal representative Alexandre Ramagem. The procedure is expected to be formalized by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.

Former director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) during the Bolsonaro administration, Ramagem was sentenced in the criminal coup plot case to 16 years in prison and is appealing while at liberty.

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In September, he fled the country to avoid serving his sentence and is now living in Miami, Florida.

In his decision, the minister ordered the Supreme Court’s judicial secretariat to send the Ministry of Justice the documents necessary to formalize the extradition.

During the investigation into the coup plot, Ramagem was prohibited by Justice Alexandre de Moraes from leaving the country and had to surrender all his passports.

After discovering his escape, the Brazilian lower house reported that it had not been informed of the congressman’s departure and had not authorized him to go on any official missions abroad.

The lower house also reported that the lawmaker had presented medical certificates covering the periods from September 9 to October 8 as well as from October 13 to December 12.

Impeachment

Due to the conviction, the Supreme Court ruled that the lower house must strip Ramagem of his mandate. The board of directors of the house is expected to deliberate on the issue this week, the last before the parliamentary recess.

Gaza is facing another hardship as heavy rain and cold weather hit thousands of displaced people living in fragile tent camps.

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Dogs all dressed up in costumes and designer outfits paraded down a walkway in Nigeria on Saturday as the annual Lagos Dog Carnival returned.

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In Uvira, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the announcement of the “unilateral” withdrawal of AFC-M23 fighters has revived hopes for a return to peace, while raising many questions.

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Despite tensions with Israel and a fragile ceasefire, Lebanon entered the festive season as Beirut hosted a colourful Christmas parade, with marching bands, music and bright decorations filling the city streets.

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Some 30 people - most of them soldiers - have been jailed in Benin in connection with a failed coup attempt earlier this month, French news agency AFP is reporting.

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One of the terrorists was struck in the area of Taybeh, while the second was struck in the area of Sebline.

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