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Top News Stories for Monday, November 24th 2025
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
The United States says it has made significant progress on crafting a plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war during talks with Ukrainian and European officials in Switzerland. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said "a tremendous amount of progress" was made on a US proposal to end Russia's nearly four-year war on Ukraine, though he provided scant details. "We've really moved forward, so I feel very optimistic ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
New York mayor-elect reaffirms past criticisms of president after agreeing to work with him on cost-of-living concerns Zohran Mamdani has reiterated his view that Donald Trump is a "fascist" and a "despot" just days after the pair had a surprisingly cordial meeting at the White House. Speaking to NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, the New York City mayor-elect was asked if he still considered Trump a threat to ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
On Friday, gunmen took students and teachers from St Mary's school in the northwest of the country. At least 50 of the 303 children abducted this week from a Catholic school in Nigeria have escaped and been reunited with their families, a church group has said, as Pope Leo pleaded for their immediate release. In the Pope's "heartfelt appeal" he spoke of his "great pain" following one of the worst mass kidnappings ...
Source: news.sky.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
HARET HREIK, Lebanon — Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon's capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah's chief of staff Haytham Tabtabai and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild a year after their latest war. The strike in Beirut's southern suburbs killed five people and wounded 25 others, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Hezbollah did not immediately comment. ...
Source: npr.org
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
Lando Norris and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri have been disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix for technical infringements. The skid blocks on both cars were found after the race to be less than the minimum depth allowed in the rules. Norris, who finished second to Red Bull's Max Verstappen, is now 24 points ahead of both the Dutchman and Piastri going into the penultimate race of the season in Qatar next ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Rivalry has arrived in college football without much change to my AP Ballot. Ohio State continues to be unmatched as the nation's No. 1 team as it tries to end its four-game losing streak to the Wolverines. It'll also mark the sixth time since Ryan Day took over the program in 2019 that The Game will decide a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game. If the Buckeyes can finally end their Wolverine ...
Source: cleveland.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
Nov. 23 (UPI) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa brought the G20 summit in Johannesburg to a close Saturday, and rejected a proposal by the United States for him to pass control for next year's meeting in Florida to a junior U.S. embassy official. Ramaphosa depicted the two-day summit as a win for multilateralism but said it was marred by a U.S. boycott. The United States has repeatedly accused South ...
Source: upi.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
The FBI has defended director Kash Patel's controversial decision to deploy SWAT agents to protect his girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, insisting the extraordinary security measures were justified because she has received 'hundreds of credible death threats' linked to her relationship with Patel. The bureau's statement comes amid growing criticism from current and former FBI officials, lawmakers and even ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
The 18-carat Jules Jurgensen engraved watch was owned by first class passenger Isidor Straus, who died when the ship sank in April 1912. A gold pocket watch that belonged to an elderly couple who drowned as the Titanic sunk has sold for a record-breaking £1.78m at auction. The 18-carat Jules Jurgensen engraved watch was owned by first class passenger Isidor Straus, who died when the ship sank in April 1912. ...
Source: news.sky.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
'Severe lack' in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days Hospitals in Gaza are running out of essential supplies, with new waves of Israeli airstrikes killing more than 50 people and injuring more than 100 in recent days, medical and aid workers in the devastated Palestinian territory have said. Medics told the Guardian on Sunday that stocks of gauze, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
President Donald Trump's Friday announcement that he was ending Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants in Minnesota prompted outrage and fear from Minnesota Somalis and their allies over the weekend. In a Truth Social Post, Trump said that he was terminating the TPS program for Somalis in Minnesota "effective immediately," citing concerns about money laundering and gang activity. "We are deeply ...
Source: commondreams.org
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
A football player at the University of Alabama was arrested after allegedly stabbing two teammates Saturday morning, hours before the team's game against the University of South Florida, university officials said. The two wounded players were in stable condition, interim head coach Alex Mortensen said at the postgame news conference. He said the team decided to play to honor graduating seniors in the last home game ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
Philadelphia Eagles 21-24 Dallas Cowboys Brandon Aubrey kicked a 42-yard field goal as time expired after Dak Prescott rallied Dallas from a 21-point deficit and the Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles in a mistake-filled thriller. The Cowboys (5-5-1) converted on their third tiebreaking chance of the fourth quarter to extend Prescott's home winning streak against NFC East opponents to 19. It was the Cowboys' ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2025 -
By Be it due to pressure from tightening budgets or a desire to speed up processes, it is no secret that companies around the world are quietly putting artificial intelligence (AI) in charge of hiring, firing and managing. For a growing number of employees, this means their fate at work is being decided not by a human manager or sentient HR department, but by an AI bot-and that transition is leaving many young ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
Move comes after fears the far-right former president was about to seek refuge at a foreign embassy to avoid prison Brazil's former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro , has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup. In a brief statement, federal police confirmed officers ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — After two weeks of negotiations, this year's United Nations climate talks ended Saturday with a compromise that some criticized as weak and others called progress. The deal finalized at the COP30 conference pledges more money to help countries adapt to climate change, but lacks explicit plans to transition away from the fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas that heat the planet. The ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 -
We'll keep digging -- no matter who wants the truth buried. Become a HuffPost member and fuel reporting they can't silence. Already a member? President Donald Trump on Saturday reacted to the sudden resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a week after he from the longtime MAGA ally. Greene from Congress in a video Friday. Trump first reacted to her exit by phone on that same night, telling ABC News ...
Source: huffpost.com