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In the news Template:Main page image/ITN The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile releases the first light images (example shown) from its new 8.4-metre (28 ft) telescope. In basketball, the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Indiana Pacers to win the NBA Finals. An attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus, Syria, kills at least 25 people. The United States conducts military strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran. In rugby union, the Crusaders defeat the Chiefs to win the Super Rugby Pacific final. Picture of the day {{Wikipedia:POTD row/December 22, 2025}} Did you know? Template:DYK bottom prep notice ... that Libania Grenot was the first woman in three decades to successfully defend the European 400-metres title (final pictured)Template:-? ... that Captain James Cook and his crew were some of the first Europeans to witness and record Polynesians surfing? ... that Hanahaki disease, a fictional illness in which a person coughs up flowers due to unrequited love, is often used in queer fan fiction to symbolize repressed desire? ... that Carmel Naughton, having been told that girls were "stupid and couldn't do maths", sponsored a STEM scholarship fund? ... that after moving into the Samuel Freeman House, the owners sat on cardboard boxes because they could not afford real furniture? ... that Nicolas Cage was trained by award-winning chef Gabriel Rucker for one of his films? ... that a subcontractor working on the tower of a Nevada TV station recorded footage of the PEPCON disaster as it unfolded nearby? ... that Maude Simmons played the mother of Paul Robeson on stage and the mother of Sidney Poitier on screen? ... that the Japanese government responded to the rice riots of 1918, which involved up to 10 million participants, with a "candy and whip" policy? Archive Start a new article Nominate an article

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