On December 11, Christopher A. Wray, FBI Director of the US announced in an internal meeting that he will resign prior to US President-elect Donald Trump taking office.
On Wednesday, American actress and musician Selena Gomez announced her engagement to American record producer Benny Blanco on Instagram, when she shared a picture of her wedding ring on her story.
On Thursday, Gukesh Dommaraju, a teenage chess grandmaster from India, beat Ding Liren of China in the World Chess Championship in Singapore and became the youngest world chess champion in history.
On Saturday, a pair of ruby slippers worn by American actress Judy Garland while portraying Dorthy in the 1939 American musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz were sold at Heritage Auctions in the US for US$28 million to an anonymous buyer.
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