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Top News Stories for Friday, November 28th 2025
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
HONG KONG (AP) — Firefighters battled for a second day to extinguish a blaze at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong on Thursday, as the death toll rose to 94 in one of the deadliest blazes in the city's modern history . Rescuers holding flashlights were going from apartment to apartment at the charred towers as thick smoke poured out from some windows at the Wang Fuk Court complex, a dense cluster of ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — President Donald Trump said that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House had died, calling the suspect, who had worked with the CIA in his native country, a "savage monster." As part of a Thanksgiving call with U.S. troops, Trump announced that he had just learned that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died, while ...
Source: wfla.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
The Scottish government will not increase income tax rates or introduce new bands in next year's Budget, Finance Secretary Shona Robison has said. However, decisions on thresholds for bands could mean that higher earners ultimately pay more tax. Robison said she wanted to provide "certainty" after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the UK Budget. Reeves defended her plans - which will lead to Scots paying more ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
U.S. proposals to end the war between Russia and Ukraine offer a starting point for talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, as he told Ukrainian forces to pull back or be overrun by Russia's bigger army. "We need to sit down and discuss this seriously," Putin told reporters at the end of a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan. "Every word matters." He described U.S. President Donald Trump's plan as "a set ...
Source: military.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Diplomatic row worsens after US president says member state will not be invited to 2026 summit Donald Trump has said that South Africa will not be invited to G20 events in the United States when it presides over the forum next year, a measure the African nation described as "punitive". The US president repeated widely discredited claims that South Africa is "killing white people", extending a diplomatic row between ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Senior figure allegedly referred to customers buying 'highly processed food' and denigrated Indian employees Campbell's has dismissed an executive who allegedly referred to the soup company's products as being made for "poor people" and denigrated its Indian employees. Martin Bally, who was the vice-president of Campbell's information technology department, was recorded making the alleged comments by another ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's Supreme Court sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to 11.5 years in prison for conspiracy to commit a rebellion in 2022, as lawmakers prepared to impeach him. A special panel of the highest court also banned Castillo,56, from public office for two years. He has been in custody since being arrested in December 2022. Two of Castillo's former ministers were also sentenced to 11.5 ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
The Trump administration's plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree would exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they will pay for graduate degrees. Previously, graduate students could borrow federal loans up to the cost of their degree, but under the new proposal, there would be caps on loans based ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Unlock more this Holiday Season while supporting the journalism you rely on. For a limited time, new Platinum members can unlock one month free. Support the newsroom that works every day to bring clarity and accountability to the headlines. Already a member? CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
The pair had entered the water at Kylies Beach, a popular surfing spot, for an early morning swim. A woman has been killed by a shark and a man seriously injured at a popular beach in Australia. Emergency services were alerted to the attack at Crowdy Bay National Park, near Port Macquarie, around 218 miles north of Sydney , at 6.30am local time on Thursday. They were responding to reports two people had been bitten ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
The iPhone may feel ubiquitous, but Apple has consistently lagged behind rival Samsung in terms of global smartphone market share. Tim Cook's newest iteration, though, is breaking through — and returning Apple to the top of the industry. A new report from Counterpoint Research projects that Apple will be the leading smartphone producer in 2025, marking the first time since 2011 that it has held that title. ...
Source: insider.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Unlock more this Holiday Season while supporting the journalism you rely on. For a limited time, new Platinum members can unlock one month free. Support the newsroom that works every day to bring clarity and accountability to the headlines. Already a member? A junior college basketball player in Oklahoma has died following an injury sustained during a game. Ethan Dietz was a 6-foot-8 sophomore forward at Connors ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Vatican says 'demanding' six-day mission, which will also take him to Lebanon, will be packed with meetings with political and religious leaders Pope Leo is making his debut overseas trip as leader of the Catholic church, travelling on a six-day mission of peace and unity to Turkey and Lebanon in what the Vatican said was expected to be a "demanding" schedule packed with meetings with political and religious ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Military officials in the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau have announced a new leader one day after seizing power in a military coup . General Horta Inta-A was named as the head of a one-year transitional government at about noon (12:00 GMT) on Thursday. In a statement, he justified the seizure of power and said the army had taken charge in the face of threats to Guinea-Bissau's stability. On Wednesday, ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
In the latest twist in human evolution, scientists have discovered that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belonged to a previously unknown ancient relative. Dated to around 3.4 million years ago, the species was likely similar to Lucy, an ancient human relative who lived in the area at around the same time, according to a study published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature. But researchers found that the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Monsoon rains cause devastation on Indonesian island, sparking landslides and flash flooding Flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island have killed 69 people, with 59 missing as emergency workers search in rivers and the rubble of villages for bodies and possible survivors. Monsoon rains over the past week caused rivers to burst their banks in North Sumatra province on Tuesday. The deluge tore ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
OpenAI has informed its application programming interface (API) users that some of their data may have been exposed in a breach impacting Mixpanel, a data analytics supplier. In a November 26 blog post , the generative AI company said an attacker gained unauthorized access to part of Mixpanel's systems and exported a dataset containing limited customer identifiable information and analytics information. This ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. Humans were living alongside leopard cats in settlements in ancient China more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived, new research shows. The findings reveal that people in the region had an enduring and ...
Source: livescience.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Unlock more this Holiday Season while supporting the journalism you rely on. For a limited time, new Platinum members can unlock one month free. Support the newsroom that works every day to bring clarity and accountability to the headlines. Already a member? Several Jeffrey Epstein survivors experienced "widespread panic" after the House Oversight Committee released 20,000 files earlier this month without redacting ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. A new study suggests that a NASA telescope may have made the first-ever observation of elusive dark matter, the invisible and mysterious substance that makes up most of the matter in the universe. However, ...
Source: livescience.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
A court in Thailand said Wednesday that it has issued an arrest warrant for a co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization in connection with a fraud case. Jakkaphong "Anne" Jakrajutatip was charged with fraud then released on bail in 2023. She failed to appear as required in a Bangkok court on Tuesday. Since she did not notify the court about her absence, she was deemed to be a flight risk, according to a statement ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Washington — A Georgia judge on Wednesday agreed to dismiss the state's case against President Trump and his allies stemming from the 2020 presidential election after the local prosecutor who took over the case said he would no longer pursue the charges "to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality." Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued a brief order dismissing the case ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
A Kremlin spokesperson has watered down expectations that a peace deal is close to being struck to end the nearly four-year-long invasion of Ukraine . Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said it's "premature" to say whether the situation in Ukraine was close to a resolution. Peskov also claimed there are people in other countries, including the United States, "who ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
When Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2024, he swept Tennessee's 7th congressional district by 22 points, but the dramatic shift away from Republicans is turning heads ahead of next week's special election. Voters are casting ballots on Tuesday in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Republican Rep. Mark Green. Green beat Democrat Megan Barry in the congressional race last year by more than ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced newly negotiated prices for more than a dozen prescription drugs covered by Medicare , an achievement made possible by a Biden-era law that has faced relentless attacks from the pharmaceutical industry, GOP lawmakers, and the Republican president. The announcement marks the end of the second round of Medicare drug price negotiations required under the Inflation ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage ended a three-week streak of increases, reflecting a pullback in long-term U.S. Treasury bond yields. The average long-term mortgage rate fell to 6.23% from 6.26% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Wednesday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.81%. Just four weeks ago, the average rate was ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2025 -
Justice department maintains that Trump administration didn't violate judge's order to return flights to US The Department of Justice said in a statement that Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, was the one who made the decision to continue with the deportation flights of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador in March, despite a federal judge's directive that the flights must be returned ...
Source: theguardian.com