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China has announced it will conduct a military drill on Tuesday encircling Taiwan.

The drills come as Taiwan is enmeshed in a political fight in part over the cost of its defense against China.

NPR's Emily Fang reports.

On Wall Street, stocks are headed into the final trading week of the year after making sizable gains.

And as NPR's Rafael Nam reports, 2025 has been a busy year for Wall Street.

In Asia, stocks surged on Monday, particularly in South Korea.

That's where the benchmark KOSPI hit its highest point since November 4th.

Indonesian stocks, meanwhile, were up eight-tenths and Philippine shares rose four-tenths of a percent.

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Families of the victims from the Sydney, Australia massacre earlier this month are now calling for more federal action into a rise of anti-Semitism in the country.

In an open letter, they also called for a broader investigation of the security failures behind the shooting.

Fifteen people were killed when two gunmen opened fire on Bondi Beach.

Another 40 people were wounded.

As the shortage of primary care doctors gets worse, a handful of major health networks are creating virtual primary care practices assisted by artificial intelligence.

For Member Station, WBUR in Boston, Martha Biebinger reports.

The government announced early this morning it will be offering $2 billion to the United Nations for humanitarian assistance.

That money is much less than the U.S.

has offered in the past and is in line with Trump administration efforts to slash foreign aid spending across the board.

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