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Ukrainian and US officials meet in Florida to discuss proposals to end Russia's war
- Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet Kyiv delegation amid more deadly Russian attacks in Ukraine Ukrainian negotiators have met US officials in Florida to thrash out details of Washington's proposed framework to end Russia 's war in Ukraine, as Kyiv faces pressure on military and political fronts. The secretary of state, Marco Rubio ; the special envoy, Steve Witkoff; and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Trump told Maduro he and his family would be allowed safe passage from Venezuela — but gave an ultimatum: report
- President Trump gave Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro a strongly worded ultimatum as tensions flared with the South American nation — telling him to resign and leave or else, according to a bombshell report. During a call between Trump and Maduro, the socialist president demanded that he be allowed to maintain control of Venezuela's military if he paved the way for free elections there , said ...

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Five takeaways as Dolphins defense helps down Saints in 21-17 victory
- By Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back. The Miami Dolphins benefited from the return of three starters — right tackle Austin Jackson, tight end Darren Waller and cornerback Rasul Douglas — en route to their 21-17 victory of the New Orleans Saints. While the game itself was far from the most entertaining game in NFL history, in large part due to the four field goals, the trio certainly made its ...

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Netanyahu submits pardon request in Israel corruption cases
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on trial facing corruption charges, announced Sunday he had submitted a pardon request, saying the long-running cases were tearing the country apart. US President Donald Trump wrote to Israeli President Isaac Herzog earlier this month, asking him to pardon Netanyahu, who has repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the ongoing court cases. "The trial in my case has been ongoing for ...

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Your Party to have 'collective leadership' in win for Zarah Sultana
- Members vote narrowly in favour at founding conference overshadowed by Sultana's rift with Jeremy Corbyn The new leftwing party headed by Jeremy Corbyn and others has voted narrowly for it to have a '"collective leadership" in a win for Zarah Sultana, who has been at loggerheads with the former Labour leader. The results were announced on Sunday after a chaotic start to its founding conference in Liverpool. ...

Source: theguardian.com
WORLD  
Death toll in Hong Kong apartment complex blaze rises to 146 as the city mourns
- HONG KONG (AP) — The death toll in Hong Kong's apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at an ever-growing makeshift memorial at the scene of the disaster, among the worst in the city's history. The Hong Kong police Disaster Victim Identification Unit has been going through the ...

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US   POLITICS  
Sen. Tim Kaine says reported second strike on alleged drug boat "rises to the level of a war crime if it's true"
- Washington — Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said Sunday that a reported U.S. follow-on strike on an alleged drug boat earlier this year "rises to the level of a war crime if it's true." "If that reporting is true, it's a clear violation of the DoD's own laws of war, as well as international laws about the way you treat people who are in that circumstance," Kaine said on "Face the Nation with Margaret ...

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Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri voice frustration at McLaren's strategy
- Lando Norris, the championship leader, has decried the McLaren team strategy error at the Qatar Grand Prix that allowed Max Verstappen right back into the fight and forced a three-way battle at next Sunday's title-deciding finale in Abu Dhabi. Verstappen won the race in Doha after McLaren chose not to pit their drivers under a safety car early in the race. It was a costly error that gave Verstappen the lead and the ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Deadly storms ravage Asia, killing over 700 with hundreds missing
- Heavy rainfall has unleashed widespread flooding and landslides across Asia, killing more than 700 people with hundreds still missing. Cyclone-fueled downpours battered parts of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia this week when a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait – a narrow waterway separating the Indonesian island of Sumatra from the other two nations. Sri Lanka was struck by a separate storm ...

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Where is Ohio State football on Stephen Means' AP Top 25 ballot after Week 14?
- ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- While rivalry week featured a ton of emotional games where things got chippy, it didn't end up being as eventful at the top of the sport as maybe anticipated. The one real true upset was Texas A&M falling from the undefeated ranks at the hands of Texas. The Longhorns managed to kill the Aggies hops of an SEC championship while becoming an interesting conversation heading into the second to last ...

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Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods
- Officials in Indonesia say more than 442 people have died, while Sri Lanka suffers worst natural disaster since 2004 tsunami Authorities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand are racing to clear debris and find hundreds of missing people after more than 900 died in devastating floods and landslides across the south of Asia. In the latest example of the impact of the climate crisis on storm patterns and extreme ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Children killed in mass shooting at birthday party in Stockton, California | US News
- Police said four people had died, and 10 were wounded in the incident in Stockton. Later, the city's vice mayor confirmed that the shooting happened at a child's birthday party. Children are among the fatalities in a mass shooting at a child's birthday party in California. Police said four people had died and 10 were wounded in the incident in Stockton, about 60 miles east of San Francisco. Officers were called on ...

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Messi's Inter Miami will play Müller's Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS Cup final
- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi will play for another trophy. Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets clearly aren't ready to begin their retirements, either. Tadeo Allende scored three goals — Alba and Busquets, a pair of longtime Messi teammates who will retire when this season ends, had the assists on his first two — and Inter Miami topped New York City FC 5-1 on Saturday night for the Eastern ...

Source: nbcnews.com
US   MEDICINE  
Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is 'dangerous and irresponsible'
- Lead FDA vaccine regulator announced new approval process after claiming Covid vaccine had killed 10 children The leading vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a far stricter course for federal vaccine approvals, following claims from his team that Covid vaccines were linked to the deaths of at least 10 children. Experts suggest the announcement will make the vaccine approval ...

Source: theguardian.com
WORLD  
Pope Leo visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque
- Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul's Sultan Ahmed Mosque - widely known as the Blue Mosque - in his first visit to a Muslim place of worship since he took up the papacy in May. The Pontiff was seen bowing as he entered the building, but it is reported he did not pray at the mosque, as his two predecessors had done. The Vatican said in a statement Leo undertook the tour "in a spirit of reflection and listening, with ...

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US   POLITICS  
House Republican Troy Nehls will not seek re-election in 2026
- Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, announced Saturday that he would not seek re-election next year. Nehls, a close ally of President Donald Trump who co-sponsored legislation that proposed putting the president on the $100 bill and renaming Washington's Dulles International Airport after Trump , said he came to his decision after consulting his family during the Thanksgiving holiday — and that he intends to "focus on ...

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WORLD   TECHNOLOGY  
Airlines work to fix software glitch on A320 aircraft, causing short-term flight disruptions
- Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions heading into the weekend as they fixed software on a widely used commercial aircraft, after an analysis found the computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue plane last month. Update required after incident on JetBlue flight revealed software issue Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this ...

Source: cbc.ca