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Trump hosts the leaders of Congo and Rwanda to sign a key deal for peace in eastern Congo
- for the U.S. government and American companies. boasted of brokering peace in some of the world's most entrenched conflicts — another chance to tout himself as a dealmaker extraordinaire on the global stage and make the case that . The U.S. leader hasn't been shy about his desire to receive the honor. Lauded by the White House as a "historic" agreement brokered by Trump, the pact between Tshisekedi and Kagame ...

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Why Trump Accounts Are A Game-Changer For U.S. Children And Families
- Business Policy Why Trump Accounts Are A Game-Changer For U.S. Children And Families Steve Forbes praises the new "Trump Accounts" and points to the $6.5 billion donation by Michael and Susan Dell to help fund those of 25 million American children. The exciting, stunning announcement The Dells want to expand the reach of a program Congress passed last summer, which would set up special savings accounts for ...

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New Epstein island images give 'harrowing look behind closed doors'
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article New footage and images released by Democrats as lawmakers ask for update on Epstein files from the Justice Department Leer en Español Never-before-seen photos and videos, released Wednesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee , reveal details of late sex offender ...

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WORLD  
Remains of final Thai hostage in Gaza have been returned
- BANGKOK — Thai officials on Thursday said remains handed over to Israel by militants in Gaza have been identified as belonging to the last Thai hostage taken during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that launched the war. The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had been notified by Israeli authorities that the remains of a hostage that were returned on Wednesday was identified as Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai ...

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Kennedy's vaccine advisers to weigh hepatitis B vaccine timing in consequential policy change
- By Mariam Sunny Dec 4 (Reuters) - A group of vaccine advisers to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will consider on Thursday whether to delay hepatitis B shots for the vast majority of American children in what would be the most significant change yet to U.S. vaccination ​policy under the health secretary. The two-day meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will also see a vote on whether ...

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POLITICS  
SandboxAQ launches AI-SPM platform to expose shadow AI risks
- SandboxAQ announced an AI-SPM offering that provides visibility into where AI is being used in organizations' tech stacks and evaluates AI assets for exploitable weaknesses, insecure dependencies, and exposure risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, and unauthorized access. The offering is purpose-built to help organizations address the growing threat of " shadow AI " before it leads to material breaches. ...

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BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
India rolls back order to preinstall cybersecurity app on smartphones
- NEW DELHI — India 's telecoms ministry on Wednesday rolled back its order for smartphone manufacturers to preinstall a government-run cybersecurity app on new devices. The Ministry of Communications on Monday asked smartphone makers to install the government's "Sanchar Saathi" app within 90 days and to prevent users from disabling it. It also required manufacturers to push the app onto older models through a ...

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Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US 'drug boat' war is legally shaky
- Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US 'drug boat' war is legally shaky Pentagon's Law of War manual clearly prohibits attack, but justification for whole campaign also faces tough questions Graphic depictions of two survivors being killed by a second US military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug ferrying boat have provoked outrage where previously there was none – or at least relatively ...

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'Never seen anything like this': alarm at memo from top US vaccine official
- Vinay Prasad memo said at least 10 children had died from Covid vaccination – but offered scant evidence for claim America's top vaccines official promised, in a long and argumentative memo to staff on Friday, to revamp vaccine regulation after claiming that at least 10 children died from Covid vaccination – but he offered no evidence for that allegation and scant details on the new approach. The ...

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Steve Cropper, guitarist and songwriter for Memphis soul music, dies
- Steve Cropper, the prodigious guitarist, songwriter and producer who played a pivotal role in shaping the lean gutbucket soul music made at Memphis' Stax Records in the 1960s and '70s, died on Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 84. His death, at a rehabilitation facility, was confirmed by his wife, Angel Cropper, who did not specify the cause. As a member of Booker T. & the MG's, the house rhythm section at ...

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SCIENCE  
December's full 'cold moon' will be a supermoon: Here's how to see it
- CLEVELAND, Ohio — Skywatchers in Northeast Ohio and beyond will get a bright send-off to 2025's lunar calendar this week when December's "cold moon" rises as the last supermoon of the year. The cold moon officially peaks at 6:14 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, but it will appear full for several nights. The cold moon is December's traditional name for the 12th and final full moon of the year. This time, it doubles as ...

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Europe's plan to use $105 billion of frozen Russian assets tantamount to war, says Russia's Medvedev
- The European Commission is considering using frozen Russian assets held in Europe to support Ukraine. It plans to unlock $105 billion for the effort through a reparations loan or international borrowing, though favors the former. Russia's Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said that it could be tantamount to an act justifying war. Russia's security council chief warned on Thursday that ...

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Trump cannot revoke Biden executive orders as 'legal consequences are final': expert
- U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a letter from former President Joe Biden as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on inauguration day in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria A law expert has said Donald Trump cannot revoke the pardons, executive orders, or proclamations made by president Joe Biden . Trump has insisted that ...

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Trump announces plans to weaken regulations on fuel efficiency for cars
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The president announced the plans Wednesday and was joined by the heads of three major U.S. automakers: Ford, Stellantis, and GM President Donald Trump has announced a significant rollback of federal fuel standards put in place by the Biden administration aimed at encouraging the ...

Source: independent.co.uk
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Pentagon watchdog: Hegseth shared classified information that could have been intercepted by adversaries
- Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Defense Department's inspector general said in a report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has used unsecured devices and messaging services while discussing classified information. The report was delivered to Congress on Wednesday and follows an eight-month investigation into Hegseth's use of the messaging app Signal to discuss classified plans for strikes in Yemen, which the IG concluded ...

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WORLD  
MH370: Search for long-missing Malaysia Airlines fight to resume
- The search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume on 30 December, over a decade after the aircraft with 239 people on board vanished, Malaysian authorities have said. This fresh search, which will run for 55 days, had begun in March but was suspended shortly after because of poor weather conditions. "The latest development underscores the [Malaysia's] commitment to providing closure to the ...

Source: bbc.com
BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
Andy Jassy says Amazon's Nvidia competitor chip is already a multibillion-dollar business
- Topics More from TechCrunch Can any company, big or small, really topple Nvidia's AI chip dominance? Maybe not. But there are hundreds of billions of dollars of revenue for those who can even peel off a chunk of it for themselves, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said this week. As expected, the company revealed at the AWS re:Invent conference the next generation of its Nvidia-competitor AI chip, Trainium3, which is 4x faster ...

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Doctor sentenced for supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry before his death
- A former California physician has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for repeatedly supplying ketamine to actor Matthew Perry in the weeks before Perry's fatal overdose, according to federal prosecutors. The sentence was handed down on Wednesday in Los Angeles, where 44-year-old Salvador Plasencia was ordered into immediate federal custody, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District ...

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Family of man slain in a US boat strike in the Caribbean lodges complaint
- The family of a Colombian man killed in a United States military strike on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea has filed a complaint with an intergovernmental agency charged with monitoring human rights. The complaint, reported by the AFP news agency on Wednesday, was submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) a day prior. It accuses the US of violating Alejandro Carranza's ...

Source: aljazeera.com
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Health insurance costs could spike, as bipartisan ACA deal looks less likely
- Affordable Care Act subsidies that help millions of Americans pay for health insurance will expire in less than a month. But razor-thin margins in Congress, partisan division and competing plans are making it less and less likely that lawmakers will find a bipartisan deal to keep the assistance going - which means some households will probably face spiking insurance costs next year. Senate Republicans promised ...

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Trump plans to withhold state money to manage SNAP: Here's what to know.
- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said this week that the federal government would start withholding money to help run the SNAP food aid program from states that don't provide data on participants, including their immigration status. The department said the government needs the data to spot fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps 42 million Americans, or about 1 in 8, buy ...

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San Francisco sues 10 major food manufacturers over ultra-processed foods
- Kraft Heinz, Coca-Cola among companies sued over ultra-processed foods linked to diabetes, cancer The city of San Francisco is suing 10 major food manufacturers — including Kraft Heinz and Coca-Cola — accusing them of knowingly fueling a public health crisis with ultra-processed foods. City Attorney David Chiu filed the lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday, arguing that ultra-processed ...

Source: foxbusiness.com
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Popular cheese products recalled at Walmart, Target, other grocery stores over metal fragments
- Great Lakes Cheese Co products shipped to Target, Walmart and Aldi across 31 states affected by supplier issue Hundreds of thousands of cases of cheese sold nationwide are being recalled over the possibility that they may be contaminated with metal fragments.   Ohio-based Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc. recalled seven cheese products that were shipped to major retailers, including Target, Walmart and Aldi ...

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College Football Playoff rankings: Texas A&M drops to No. 7 behind Ole Miss; Alabama and Notre Dame swap spots
- Texas A&M fell four spots from No. 3 to No. 7 in the next-to-last College Football Playoff rankings after the Aggies' loss to Texas. The Aggies are still safely in the field and in line to host a first-round game. Behind A&M, Notre Dame dropped a spot to No. 10 after beating Stanford while Alabama moved up to No. 9 with its win over Auburn. Both Ohio State and Indiana stayed in their spots at the top of the ...

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POLITICS  
Trump pauses immigration application processing from 19 countries
- Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a pause on immigration application processing for nationals from 19 countries and said it would re-examine immigration and asylum cases approved during the Biden administration. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the hold and review of all pending asylum applications and USCIS benefits applications filed by immigrants from the ...

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Jack Smith subpoenaed for deposition with House Judiciary Committee
- You can now listen to Fox News articles! House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan , R-Ohio, subpoenaed former special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday for a deposition, escalating Republicans' investigation into one of President Donald Trump's top political foes. Jordan directed Smith to appear before the committee on Dec. 17, according to a copy of the subpoena reviewed by Fox News Digital. "Due to your ...

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Cracked it: rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg sells for record £22.9m in London - The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
- Dubbed the 'Mona Lisa of the decorative arts', the work is now the most expensive Fabergé egg ever sold at auction A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg considered the "Mona Lisa of the decorative arts" smashed records last night, selling for £22.9m at Christie's in London to become the most expensive Fabergé egg ever sold at auction. Known as the Winter Egg for its delicate frost and ...

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SCIENCE  
Planned satellite constellations may swamp future orbiting telescopes
- Planned orbital observatories would see satellites cross nearly all of their images. On Wednesday, three NASA astronomers released an analysis showing that several planned orbital telescopes would see their images criss-crossed by planned satellite constellations, such as a fully expanded Starlink and its competitors. While the impact of these constellations on ground-based has been widely considered, orbital ...

Source: arstechnica.com
US  
Ritz crackers sold in 8 states recalled. See affected snacks.
- Ritz cracker manufacturer Mondelēz Global has recalled 70 cases of peanut butter sandwich crackers in eight states due to a mislabeling issue that could lead to severe allergic reactions. Mondelēz Global LLC recalled 20-count Ritz Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches on Nov. 28 that were sold in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. According to the company, ...

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POLITICS  
White House Doubles Down On Its Ugliness In Reply To Sabrina Carpenter
- This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? The White House on Tuesday attacked after for using her music in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest video. In a reference-filled attempt to diminish ...

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Federal agents launch immigration crackdown in New Orleans
- NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal agents began hitting the streets of New Orleans on Wednesday in the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown across the U.S., looking to round up immigrants accused of violent crimes, a Homeland Security official said. Masked agents patrolled a heavily Hispanic suburb in marked and unmarked vehicles, and a resident told The Associated Press he watched agents arresting men ...

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Man killed in targeted shooting at MGM National Harbor Casino in Maryland
- A man was shot and killed in what police described as a targeted attack inside the food court at MGM National Harbor Hotel & Casino in Maryland, according to officials. The shooting occurred late Wednesday morning at the casino and resort complex in Oxon Hill, just south of Washington, D.C., according to Prince George's County Police Chief George Nade. Police said the victim was found in the food court and died at ...

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Retail giant Costco challenges US tariffs in court
- The US members-only warehouse retailer Costco has sued President Donald Trump's administration, demanding a refund for tariffs it has paid on imported goods, according to a lawsuit reviewed by AFP. The suit, filed on Friday in the US Court of International Trade, says the tariffs are illegal. It does not specify how much reimbursement the multinational company is seeking on tariffs paid since they took effect ...

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Drunk raccoon found passed out on liquor store floor after breaking in
- Staff at a Virginia liquor store got a shock on Saturday when they came into work to find a raccoon had burgled the store, drinking its way through the spirits section. The "masked bandit" was found passed out in the bathroom between the toilet and bin having helped itself to bottles on a bottom shelf. Animal control officer Samantha Martin transported the "suspect" for questioning at Hanover County Animal ...

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US   MEDICINE  
Surprising link found between a popular vaccine and lower dementia risk
- Follow Earth on Google Public-health decisions sometimes create natural experiments that reveal things no lab could plan. The country of Wales unintentionally produced one of those moments when a routine shingles vaccine – given only to people hitting a very narrow age window – appeared to protect long-term memory. The unexpected pattern caught the attention of Stanford Medicine researchers, who combed ...

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SCIENCE  
Is life out there? NASA finds essential sugars on ancient asteroid
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'We're looking at events near the beginning of the beginning' NASA has found sugars essential for life on Earth in samples of the 4.6 billion-year-old Bennu asteroid . Scientists discovered glucose, the human body's main source of energy, as well as the critical RNA ingredient ...

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Design executive behind 'Liquid Glass' is leaving Apple
- Apple's head of user interface design, Alan Dye, is leaving the company and will reportedly join Meta. Dye revealed the June redesign of Apple's software interface for iPhones, Macs, and Apple Watch called Liquid Glass. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Wednesday social media post said that Dye would lead up a new creative studio that brings together design, fashion and technology. In this article File: Then Apple ...

Source: cnbc.com
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Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar
- President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is issuing a "full and unconditional" pardon to Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, using a lengthy social media post to accuse the Biden administration of targeting political opponents, even within its own party. "One of the clearest examples of this was when Crooked Joe used the FBI and DOJ to 'take out' a member of his own Party after Highly ...

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'A lot of bad things happened': the most shocking moments from the Diddy docuseries
- Netflix and 50 Cent's harrowing new series looks back at the disgraced music mogul's rise to fame and fall from grace The controversial Netflix docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning had already been called a "shameful hitpiece" by the disgraced mogul's lawyers after a trailer was released on Monday. Now after all four episodes have been dropped on Netflix, it's been called " grimly necessary " and a " relentless" ...

Source: theguardian.com