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McIlroy wins record-equalling eighth Race to Dubai title

Rory McIlroy won his eighth Race to Dubai title to tie the record of Scotland's Colin Montgomerie after a dramatic final round of the season-ending $10 million DP World Tour Championship on Sunday. The tournament itself was a runaway win for England's Tyrrell Hatton (66) but

Israeli strike in Gaza kills senior Hamas commander

Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed a senior leader of the militant group Hamas on Sunday, Israel reported. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced the death of Samir Abu Younis, a commander of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade — crediting an overnight strike that hit southern Gaza.

Three men sentenced to death over Jordan church attack

A Jordanian court on Sunday sentenced three men to death by hanging over a deadly church shooting, as the kingdom's Christmas celebrations were cancelled in solidarity with the victims' families. Gunmen killed nine people and wounded 25 others when they stormed a funeral at a

Democrats bullish on South after historic midterms gains

Democrats are seeing new opportunities in the South after stunning midterm victories in Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas. The party's wins were both big and broad: It flipped highly competitive Senate seats in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Mississippi,

Confusion about causation

It’s not difficult to develop an incorrect theory. Ice cream and spaghetti have more letters than tofu and celery, so therefore, foods with long names are more fattening than those with short ones. If you start moving forward with this theory, you’ll soon find outliers. Sugar