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Tuesday December 30th, 2025 night edition

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 conquered the entire industry this year, winning awards left and right.

Securing multiple Game of the Year titles, this RPG has come out victorious despite the thrilling competition in 2025.

With the year nearly over, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has earned yet another big title.

The Most Completed Games of 2025 pic.twitter.com/6DmpjglX9Q — HowLongToBeat (@HowLongToBeat) December 27, 2025.

According to a list compiled by the tracking website HowLongToBeat, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ranked at the top of the 10 most completed games of 2025.

In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s case, nearly 10,000 people have made this selection on the website.

Because Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 typically takes between 20 and 30 hours to beat when just focusing on the main content, this is quite an impressive figure. »

Zelenskyy on alleged attack on Putin residence: Russia is looking for pretexts to strike government buildings in Kyiv

Authored by pravda.com.ua
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russia is displeased by the success of the Ukraine-US meeting in Florida and is inventing reasons to justify strikes on government buildings in Kyiv.

Now, with this claim about some residence being attacked, I am convinced they are simply preparing the ground to strike the [Ukrainian] capital, and probably government buildings at that.".

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also stated that Russia has already selected the targets and timing of retaliatory strikes. »

Americans in 1998 tried to predict 2025. Here’s what they got right

Authored by cnn.com
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So, with the final days of 2025 now slipping into the past, here’s a look back at how some of them held up.

Most people in 1998 correctly doubted that space travel would be common for ordinary Americans or that alien life forms would have made contact.

In fall 1998, about 60% of Americans said they were satisfied with the way things were going in the US. »

Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first

Authored by theguardian.com
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Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world, in a breakthrough supporters hope will be a catalyst for similar moves to protect bees elsewhere.

The mapping revealed links between deforestation and the decline of stingless bees – research that helped contribute to the passing of a law in 2024 recognising stingless bees as the native bees of Peru.

It is the municipality where Elizabeth lives, Satipo, that became the first to pass an ordinance granting legal rights to stingless bees in October. »