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French soldiers take part in an exercise attended by President Emmanuel Macron near the 5th Cuirassier Regiment's base in Zayed Military City, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 22, 2025. Macron arrived in the UAE on this week to celebrate Christmas with French troops and discuss bilateral ties with the Gulf state and more cooperation in its fight against drug trafficking. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
By Epoch Times Staff
12/22/2025Updated: 12/22/2025
A member of the Bolivian Workers' Central marches against fuel subsidy cuts in La Paz on Dec. 22, 2025. Bolivia's new government announced on Dec. 17 that it will cut fuel subsidies, ending 20 years of fixed prices. (Jorge Bernal/AFP via Getty Images)

A member of the Bolivian Workers' Central marches against fuel subsidy cuts in La Paz on Dec. 22, 2025. Bolivia's new government announced on Dec. 17 that it will cut fuel subsidies, ending 20 years of fixed prices. (Jorge Bernal/AFP via Getty Images)

Sam Konstas and Matthew Gilkes of the Sydney Thunder run out to bat during the Big Bash League cricket match against the Brisbane Heat at Manuka Oval in Canberra, Australia, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Sam Konstas and Matthew Gilkes of the Sydney Thunder run out to bat during the Big Bash League cricket match against the Brisbane Heat at Manuka Oval in Canberra, Australia, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

The flooded streets of Montpellier, France, on Dec. 22, 2025, after the river Lez bursts its banks due to heavy rain. Meteo-France issued an orange warning for flooding and heavy rain in southern France. (Sylvain Thomas/AFP via Getty Images)

The flooded streets of Montpellier, France, on Dec. 22, 2025, after the river Lez bursts its banks due to heavy rain. Meteo-France issued an orange warning for flooding and heavy rain in southern France. (Sylvain Thomas/AFP via Getty Images)

An investigator working at the scene where Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, was killed by an explosive device placed under his car, in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2025. (Investigative Committee of Moscow via AP)

An investigator working at the scene where Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, was killed by an explosive device placed under his car, in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2025. (Investigative Committee of Moscow via AP)

A Palestinian youth is silhouetted by the setting sun at the Nuseirat camp for the displaced in the central Gaza Strip on Dec. 22, 2025. (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

A Palestinian youth is silhouetted by the setting sun at the Nuseirat camp for the displaced in the central Gaza Strip on Dec. 22, 2025. (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (L) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) hold a joint press conference after a trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on Dec. 22, 2025. (Abir Sultan/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (L) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) hold a joint press conference after a trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on Dec. 22, 2025. (Abir Sultan/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Officials check the numbers next to the rotating drum during the draw of Spain's Christmas lottery “El Gordo” (the Fat One) at the Royal Theater in Madrid on Dec. 22, 2025. (Oscar Del Pozo Cañas/AFP via Getty Images)

Officials check the numbers next to the rotating drum during the draw of Spain's Christmas lottery “El Gordo” (the Fat One) at the Royal Theater in Madrid on Dec. 22, 2025. (Oscar Del Pozo Cañas/AFP via Getty Images)

Timon Haugan of Team Norway in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

Timon Haugan of Team Norway in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

The Kuwait Towers and the Aqua Park in Kuwait City on Dec. 22, 2025. (Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images)

The Kuwait Towers and the Aqua Park in Kuwait City on Dec. 22, 2025. (Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images)

Thailand's foreign minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow arrives to hold a press conference following a special ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting on the Thai-Cambodian border conflict, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Dec. 22, 2025. Southeast Asian foreign ministers met in Malaysia for crisis talks aimed at halting deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, which pressed on despite regional and international diplomacy. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images)

Thailand's foreign minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow arrives to hold a press conference following a special ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting on the Thai-Cambodian border conflict, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Dec. 22, 2025. Southeast Asian foreign ministers met in Malaysia for crisis talks aimed at halting deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, which pressed on despite regional and international diplomacy. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images)

Trucks, vans and other vehicles block Heroes' Square in Budapest, Hungary, on Dec. 22, 2025, as drivers stage a traffic-slowing protest against planned toll hikes. Under the government proposal, motorway fees would rise 4.3 percent in line with inflation, while charges for trucks on main roads could jump by more than 50 percent. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images)

Trucks, vans and other vehicles block Heroes' Square in Budapest, Hungary, on Dec. 22, 2025, as drivers stage a traffic-slowing protest against planned toll hikes. Under the government proposal, motorway fees would rise 4.3 percent in line with inflation, while charges for trucks on main roads could jump by more than 50 percent. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images)

Office workers dressed as Santa Claus participate in Christmas Mission 2025, an event to liven up the area during the festive season, in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on Dec. 22, 2025. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)

Office workers dressed as Santa Claus participate in Christmas Mission 2025, an event to liven up the area during the festive season, in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on Dec. 22, 2025. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)

A man sits on a rock overlooking the ocean in Rabat, Morocco, on Dec. 22, 2025, during the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images)

A man sits on a rock overlooking the ocean in Rabat, Morocco, on Dec. 22, 2025, during the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images)

Zambia's midfielder David Simukonda (R) fights for the ball with Mali's midfielder Aliou Dieng (2nd R) during an Africa Cup of Nations Group A match at Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP via Getty Images)

Zambia's midfielder David Simukonda (R) fights for the ball with Mali's midfielder Aliou Dieng (2nd R) during an Africa Cup of Nations Group A match at Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP via Getty Images)

A plane is seen leaving the D.C. area during holiday travel in Washington on Dec. 22, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

A plane is seen leaving the D.C. area during holiday travel in Washington on Dec. 22, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Tractors, along with burning wood and hay, block the A63 highway in Cestas, France, on Dec. 22, 2025, during a farmers protest against the government's mandatory culling of cattle affected by lumpy skin disease.  (Romain Perrocheau/AFP via Getty Images)

Tractors, along with burning wood and hay, block the A63 highway in Cestas, France, on Dec. 22, 2025, during a farmers protest against the government's mandatory culling of cattle affected by lumpy skin disease.  (Romain Perrocheau/AFP via Getty Images)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia arrives with his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, and attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (L) at U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., on Dec. 22, 2025. Abrego Garcia, a longtime Maryland resident who was deported to the high-security CECOT prison in El Salvador, then sent back to the United States and released after the court found his detention unlawful, attended a hearing on whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement may re-detain him. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia arrives with his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, and attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (L) at U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., on Dec. 22, 2025. Abrego Garcia, a longtime Maryland resident who was deported to the high-security CECOT prison in El Salvador, then sent back to the United States and released after the court found his detention unlawful, attended a hearing on whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement may re-detain him. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Dolomiti's Alps at sunset from the Pordoi Pass, Italy, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Stefano Rellandini/AFP via Getty Images)

The Dolomiti's Alps at sunset from the Pordoi Pass, Italy, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Stefano Rellandini/AFP via Getty Images)

Rebecca Kummerfeld helps clear flowers and notes honoring victims and survivors of the deadly Bondi Beach mass shooting at Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on Dec. 22, 2025. Life is slowly returning to normal at Bondi Beach, with people from all walks of life still paying respects as grief and funerals gave way to quiet commemorations. (Audrey Richardson/Getty Images)

Rebecca Kummerfeld helps clear flowers and notes honoring victims and survivors of the deadly Bondi Beach mass shooting at Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on Dec. 22, 2025. Life is slowly returning to normal at Bondi Beach, with people from all walks of life still paying respects as grief and funerals gave way to quiet commemorations. (Audrey Richardson/Getty Images)

Participants including Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend an informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States leaders at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg on Dec. 22, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Participants including Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend an informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States leaders at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg on Dec. 22, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Visitors stroll past a giant Nutcracker figure and snow-covered Christmas trees at the Christmas market in Liseberg Park in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Bjorn Larsson Rosvall/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

Visitors stroll past a giant Nutcracker figure and snow-covered Christmas trees at the Christmas market in Liseberg Park in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Bjorn Larsson Rosvall/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli security forces disperse ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking a road during a protest against conscription into the Israeli army in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv on Dec. 22, 2025. (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli security forces disperse ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking a road during a protest against conscription into the Israeli army in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv on Dec. 22, 2025. (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images)

Alpecin-Deceuninck's Dutch cyclist Mathieu Van Der Poel celebrates as he crosses the finish line in the men's elite race of the “Plage Cross” cyclocross event in Hofstade, Belgium, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Jasper Jacobs/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)

Alpecin-Deceuninck's Dutch cyclist Mathieu Van Der Poel celebrates as he crosses the finish line in the men's elite race of the “Plage Cross” cyclocross event in Hofstade, Belgium, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Jasper Jacobs/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)

Tourists take pictures in front of the Blue House, known as Cheong Wa Dae in Korean, in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 22, 2025. South Korea's president and his team have started moving back into Seoul's historic Blue House, and the process will be wrapped up by Christmas, an official said on Dec. 9. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images)

Tourists take pictures in front of the Blue House, known as Cheong Wa Dae in Korean, in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 22, 2025. South Korea's president and his team have started moving back into Seoul's historic Blue House, and the process will be wrapped up by Christmas, an official said on Dec. 9. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images)

Relatives and members of human rights organizations play drums and hold signs saying “Christmas should be peace and security for the world's children” outside a court in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Dec. 22, 2025, during a sentencing hearing on the soldiers involved in the forced disappearance of four boys last year. Eleven Ecuadorian soldiers were each sentenced to nearly 35 years in prison for the forced disappearance of the boys, ages 11 to 15, whose bodies were found beaten and burned, the Attorney General's Office said. (Marcos Pin/AFP via Getty Images)

Relatives and members of human rights organizations play drums and hold signs saying “Christmas should be peace and security for the world's children” outside a court in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Dec. 22, 2025, during a sentencing hearing on the soldiers involved in the forced disappearance of four boys last year. Eleven Ecuadorian soldiers were each sentenced to nearly 35 years in prison for the forced disappearance of the boys, ages 11 to 15, whose bodies were found beaten and burned, the Attorney General's Office said. (Marcos Pin/AFP via Getty Images)

A scuba diver dressed as Santa Claus performs at the Marine Aquarium in Chennai, India, on Dec. 22, 2025. (R. Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images)

A scuba diver dressed as Santa Claus performs at the Marine Aquarium in Chennai, India, on Dec. 22, 2025. (R. Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images)

A child enjoys artificial snowfall at a street decorated with lights ahead of the Christmas festival in Pingtung, Taiwan, on Dec. 22, 2025. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images)

A child enjoys artificial snowfall at a street decorated with lights ahead of the Christmas festival in Pingtung, Taiwan, on Dec. 22, 2025. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images)

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