The comet Wirtanen will grace Earth's skies over the next few weeks as it makes its closest pass to our planet in over 400 years. The "Christmas Comet" will be visible to the naked eye during its closest approach on December 16.

Protests are taking place for the fourth consecutive weekend in the French capital. Hundreds were arrested ahead of the unrest and around 8,000 police officers are on duty with several shops and tourist attractions closed. The protests began over a planned rise in fuel tax, but despite the increase being called off, protests have continued.

Political leaders across Europe are paying tribute to the fierce Russian rights activist and former Soviet dissident. Alexeyeva was exiled from the USSR in 1977 but returned to Russia in 1993 and remained a vocal critic to Vladimir Putin’s human right’s council. She died in Moscow at the age of 91 following a long-term illness.

According to local reports, at least six people have died and dozens were injured following a stampede at a nightclub at a coastal town in central Italy.

President Trump revealed the news to reporters on the White House lawn on Saturday.

China’s Foreign Ministry warns that Canada will face "severe consequences" if it does not immediately release Huawei’s global chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Canada on December 1 and faces extradition to the United States. Meng is accused of fraud over alleged sanction-breaking dealings with Iran.

General Milley, who is currently chief of staff of the United States Army, is President Trump's nominee to replace current Chairman Joe Dunford, who is retiring.

Wisdom, a 68-year-old Laysan albatross, laid an egg with her longterm mate after recently returning to the Midway Attoll National Wildlife Refuge. Wisdom is believed to be the world’s oldest known wild bird, having been first identified by biologist Chandler Robbins back in 1956.

Prosecutors in New York released a 40-page sentencing memo after Cohen, Trump’s former longtime personal lawyer, pleaded guilty to lying to Congress and campaign finance violations. Meanwhile, special counsel Robert Mueller released a new filing in the Manafort case and used a separate memo to lay out Cohen's cooperation in the Russia probe.

Danny Ray Beard, 36, whose former partner, Andrea Washington, filed a protective order against him before she was found dead, has been arrested and charged with her murder. The distinguished veteran of the Navy was a mother of three.

An escaped inmate made off with a sheriff's van and remains on the run outside Jackon, Mississippi, the Clarion Ledger reported. The escape happened while the 46-year-old was being transported back to jail and he is believed to be armed. His girlfriend called on him to turn himself in.

In a closed-door House Judiciary Committee hearing, the former FBI director answered questions about his handling of the Clinton email investigation, but sidestepped other topics of interest to House Republicans. The hearing lasted six hours.

A pair of memos released by NY prosecutors and Mueller's team in the Cohen investigation appear to tie Trump, then a candidate for the presidency, to the campaign funding violations that Michael Cohen admitted to. However, Trump was not identified by name and experts point out that prosecuting campaign finance violations, especially in cases involving a sitting president, is a difficult task.

James Fields was found guilty on all 10 counts against him for driving a car into a counter-protest at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. He faces up to life in prison.

Angela Merkel made her final speech to the German parliament on Friday after 18 years as the leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. Kramp-Karrenbauer defeated Friedrich Merz by a count of 517-482 and will start her role in 2021 when Merkel steps down.

On Friday morning, the US Secret Service concluded its detail of George H.W. Bush after nearly 40 years of protecting the former president who was given the code name "Timberwolf."

The mobile operator is offering credit compensation after more than 25 million customers were affected by network issues globally.