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The 20+ best Black Friday headphones deals: Last chance to save on Bose, Sony, Beats, and more
- Black Friday is over but the best time to upgrade your headphones is still here. These are the best deals we've found from Sony, Bose, Apple, and more. Black Friday is over, so this is your last chance to snag the best headphone and earbud deals before the year is over. Odds are you or someone you know needs a new pair of headphones or earbuds, and many recently released models are already slightly discounted, such ...

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US   POLITICS  
Trump's pardon of ex-Honduran president Hernández injects wild card into election
- , suddenly the main topics of conversation here shifted from domestic matters to and the former Honduran president he had pardoned. Trump cannonballed into the deep end of Honduran politics this week, first endorsing presidential candidate Nasry "Tito" Asfura from the conservative National Party and then announcing the pardon of ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández — of the same party — Until the ...

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WORLD   TECHNOLOGY  
Jetstar cancels 90 domestic flights across Australia after global Airbus A320 recall
- Immediate software update ordered by Airbus after US mid-air incident causes airport disruption across Australia and New Zealand Jetstar has grounded some of its Airbus fleet in Australia and cancelled domestic and international flights after the aerospace manufacturer ordered software changes to thousands of its A320 planes following a mid-air incident. Ninety Jetstar flights were affected on Saturday with ...

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Venezuela denounces Trump's airspace remarks as 'colonialist threat'
- Caracas has denounced United States President Donald Trump's announcement that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be considered closed "in its entirety", as tensions between the countries escalate. In a statement on Saturday afternoon, the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Trump's statement earlier in the day amounts to a "colonialist threat". "Venezuela denounces and condemns the ...

Source: aljazeera.com
Three days of mourning begins after Hong Kong apartment fire
- Hong Kong officials have held a moment of silence at the start of a three-day mourning period to remember those killed after the city's deadliest fire in nearly 80 years. At least 128 people are now known to have died in the fire, which engulfed seven tower blocks on Wednesday. A further 83 were injured and 150 remain unaccounted for. Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of corruption over the renovation ...

Source: bbc.com
Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo will keep his job after Hurts, Barkley struggle again
- PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The chants started early from fed-up Eagles fans, and they were booming as the inept offensive plays piled up in yet another loss. "Fire Kevin! Fire Kevin!" Eagles fans made their vote to dump offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo heard throughout Friday's 24-15 loss to the Chicago Bears. Coach Nick Sirianni made yet another call the fans won't like: Patullo is staying. "We're not changing ...

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POLITICS  
US halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members
- BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports, seizing on the National Guard shooting in the nation's capital to intensify efforts to rein in legal immigration. The suspect in Wednesday's shooting near the White House that killed Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically wounded Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, ...

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US   MEDICINE  
FDA memo reportedly links 10 child deaths to COVID-19 vaccines
- Vinay Prasad, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, reportedly authored a memo stating the agency has identified 10 pediatric deaths from 2021-24 directly linked to COVID-19 vaccines. The memo, obtained by The Washington Post, has not been independently confirmed by Scripps News. It is unclear how the FDA determined the vaccines caused the deaths. During an ...

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US   POLITICS  
Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana refuses to enter group's conference hall | Politics News
- Your Party's "historic" founding conference has descended into chaos on day one as one of its co-founders stages a boycott over claims of a "purge". Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups. Ms Sultana co-founded Your Party with Jeremy Corbyn in July, but the new movement has been marred with infighting from the outset. There was a row on the ...

Source: news.sky.com
WORLD  
Pope visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque without praying as he focuses on unifying Christians
- ISTANBUL, Turkey — Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul's iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday but didn't stop to pray, as he focused more on bolstering ties with Orthodox patriarchs and promoting courageous steps for Eastern and Western churches to be united. Leo took his shoes off and, in his white socks, toured the 17th-century mosque, looking up at its soaring tiled domes and the Arabic inscriptions on its columns as ...

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POLITICS  
Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
- President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking  and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The president explained his decision on social media by posting that "according to many people that I greatly respect," Hernandez was "treated very harshly and unfairly." In March of ...

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Northwestern to pay $75 million in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
- Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding. President Donald Trump's administration had cut off in a standoff that contributed to university layoffs and in September of Northwestern president Michael Schill. The administration argued the ...

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WORLD   POLITICS  
Ukrainian officials head to US for peace talks - while dramatic footage shows Russian oil tankers being hit | World News
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country's delegation is looking to "swiftly and substantively work out the steps needed to end the war". Ukraine's representatives are preparing for renewed peace talks in the US, while dramatic footage has shown Russian tankers being hit by naval drones. President Zelenskyy said a delegation headed by national security chief Rustem Umerov was on its way to "swiftly and substantively ...

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US  
Frigid cold, snow-covered roads stretch across Midwest this weekend
- A in several Midwestern states on Nov. 29, while heavy rain and thunderstorms spread in the South, forecasters said. The "major" winter storm is stretching heavy snow over the central and northern Plains and will reach across the Midwest and Great Lakes region on Nov. 29, the National Weather Service said. Snowfall fates could exceed an inch per hour throughout the day on Nov. 29, with totals between 6 and 12 ...

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MEDICINE   POLITICS  
Measles deaths plummet but infections surge worldwide
- Global immunization efforts have led to an 88% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Nearly 59 million lives have been saved by the measles vaccine since 2000. However, an estimated 95 000 people, mostly children younger than 5 years of age, died due to measles in 2024. While this is among the lowest annual tolls recorded since 2000, ...

Source: news-medical.net
Record $11.8B online Black Friday sales exceed in-store shopping
- Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The nation's consumers spent a record $11.8 billion on Black Friday, which exceeded the amount spent during in-store visits on the day after Thanksgiving. Adobe Analytics data show a combined total of more than 1 trillion online visits to retailers' websites, during which consumers spent the record amount that exceeded 2024's Black Friday spending by 9.1%, Forbes reported . Consumers also spent ...

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WORLD  
Pope joins patriarchs from East and West at historic Christian site in Turkey to pray for unity - The
- IZNIK: Pope Leo XIV joined Eastern and Western patriarchs and priests Friday in commemorating an important anniversary in Christian history, gathering at the site in Turkey of an unprecedented A.D. 325 meeting of bishops to pray that Christians might once again be united. Leo, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and other Christian leaders met on the shores of Lake Iznik, the site of the Council of Nicaea that ...

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
POLITICS  
Trump administration halts all asylum decisions in wake of DC National Guard shooting
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article An Afghan national has been accused of carrying out the deadly shooting near the White House Wednesday The Trump administration has halted all decisions regarding migrants seeking asylum in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard members. The suspected shooter, Rahmanullah ...

Source: independent.co.uk
WORLD  
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
- Far-right minister defends killing of two men who appeared to have given themselves up, saying 'terrorists must die' Video of an Israeli military raid in the West Bank shows soldiers summarily executing two Palestinians they had detained seconds earlier. The shooting on Thursday evening, which was also witnessed by journalists close to the scene, is under justice ministry review, but has already been defended by ...

Source: theguardian.com
WORLD   POLITICS  
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's chief of staff Andriy Yermak has home raided by anti-corruption officials
- Ukrainian anti-corruption units have raided the home of Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff, amid a major investigation into a $100 million energy sector corruption scandal involving top Ukrainian officials. Two national agencies fighting entrenched corruption in Ukraine said they had searched Yermak's office.  Yermak himself — a powerful figure in Ukraine and a key participant ...

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