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The UK government has announced plans to set up specialist rape and sexual offence investigation teams across all police forces in England and Wales by 2029. This initiative is a part of a broader strategy to reduce violence against women and girls by half within the next decade. The plan includes the introduction of undercover units online and the implementation of domestic abuse protection orders.

A shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, has resulted in the deaths of two students and injured nine others, triggering a manhunt for the suspect and a campus lockdown.

Dr. Mary-Ann Stephenson, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, emphasized the importance of following guidelines for single-sex spaces following a Supreme Court ruling. As the guidance awaits formal publication by the government, it proposes that these spaces should be exclusive to individuals of the same biological sex, sparking controversy among some transgender advocates.

For the first time, over 70 shark and ray species will benefit from international trade bans and restrictions under the CITES treaty, signaling a global effort to curb their extinction.

OpenAI has increasingly adopted its AI coding tool, Codex, to enhance software development processes and the tool itself. Launched as a research preview in May 2025, Codex functions as a versatile software engineering agent. The tool's development draws from the original 2021 model that powered GitHub Copilot and bears similarities to Anthropic's Claude Code, released in 2025.

There's still an opportunity to contribute to a good cause and win exclusive prizes valued at over $4,000 in Ars Technica's Charity Drive sweepstakes, which runs until January 2, 2026.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has announced its acquisition of Innovator Capital Management, a prominent provider of defined outcome exchange-traded funds (ETFs), for $2 billion. This strategic purchase marks a significant investment in buffer ETFs, which aim to offer market loss protection through options. The deal is anticipated to close in the first half of the next year, with ETF growth expected to play an increasingly important role in asset management strategies.

Following President Donald Trump's comments suggesting Kevin Warsh as a leading candidate for the Federal Reserve Chair, prediction markets saw a notable shift, with Warsh's chances rising significantly on Kalshi.

Coinbase is set to introduce an in-house prediction market in collaboration with Kalshi, aimed at broadening the range of asset classes on its cryptocurrency exchange. The official announcement is anticipated shortly, as Coinbase aims to position itself as a comprehensive financial services platform amid intense competition and a shifting investor landscape.