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WATCH: Trump says U.S. peace plan not his final offer to Ukraine's Zelenskyy
- Ukraine's Western allies rallied around the war-torn country on Saturday as they pushed to revise a U.S. peace plan seen as favoring Moscow despite its all-out invasion of its neighbor. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed Ukrainians "will always defend" their home. Watch President Donald Trump's remarks in the video player above. A Ukrainian delegation, bolstered by representatives from France, Germany and ...

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'Cheering for him': Key takeaways from Trump-Mamdani White House meeting
- United States President Donald Trump lavishly praised New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani after surprisingly cordial talks in the White House on Friday, defying expectations of a potentially tense meeting between the Republican billionaire and the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist. The warmth displayed came in stark contrast to the barbs the pair have exchanged in recent months. Trump has caricatured ...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress in January amid fallout with Trump
- on Friday evening she will be resigning from office effective 5 January 2026, in the wake of souring relations with President Donald Trump, mostly recently over a vote to force the release of files related to the late Jeffrey Epstein. In a four-page statement, the Georgia congresswoman said the legislative branch had been "sidelined" and accused Republican leaders of refusing to advance conservative priorities such ...

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Over 300 students were abducted by Nigerian gunmen from Catholic school
- A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers have been abducted by gunmen during Friday's attack on St Mary's Catholic School in north-central Nigeria's Niger State, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said, as security fears accelerate in Africa's most populous nation. The update from an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren was announced on Saturday and was changed "after a verification exercise and a ...

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COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
- Following bitter rows, the UN climate summit COP30 in Belém, Brazil has ended with a deal that contains no direct reference to the fossil fuels that are heating up the planet. It is a frustrating end for more than 80 countries including the UK and EU that wanted the meeting to commit the world to stop using using oil, coal and gas at a faster pace. But oil-producing nations held the line that they should be ...

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US   MEDICINE  
What to know about the CDC's baseless new guidance on autism
- The rewriting of a page on the CDC's website to assert the false claim that vaccines may cause autism sparked a torrent of anger and anguish from doctors, scientists, and parents who say Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrecking the credibility of an agency they've long relied on for unbiased scientific evidence. Many scientists and public health officials fear that the Centers for ...

Source: news-medical.net
POLITICS  
Bolsonaro arrested over alleged plot to escape and avoid 27-year prison term in Brazil
- SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. In a dramatic and unexpected twist in the final stage of a long and divisive criminal trial, federal agents entered Bolsonaro's house early Saturday under the order of a Supreme Court ...

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Grizzly bear on loose after attacking school group in Canada, injuring 11
- A grizzly bear is on the loose after attacking a school group in Canada, leaving 11 people injured, two of them critically. The incident happened on Thursday afternoon on a walking trail in the town of Bella Coola, in the province of British Columbia (BC). Residents have been warned to remain indoors while armed officers try to track down the animal. Four of the injured remained in hospital as of Friday afternoon, ...

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Driver in North Carolina tells 911: 'I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield'
- Melissa Schlarb was driving to her job at a bank in western North Carolina on what she thought would be an ordinary morning when the unthinkable happened: A cat plummeted out of the sky and exploded through her windshield. It sounds impossible. It wasn't. Just moments earlier, the 28-year-old had been marveling at the sweep of a bald eagle overhead as she traveled toward Cherokee along a highway skirting the Great ...

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POLITICS  
Senators Want Answers From Coast Guard on How it Probes Displays of Swastikas or Other Hate Symbols
- WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators who lead a bipartisan antisemitism task force said Friday they want more information from the U.S. Coast Guard about how it will investigate incidents of swastikas, nooses or other hate symbols being displayed in its ranks. The Coast Guard late Thursday released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of such hate symbols, just hours after it was publicly revealed that an ...

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Trump to end legal protections for Somalis in Minnesota
- ( The Hill ) — President Trump announced late Friday that he is ending legal protections for Somali residents living in Minnesota "effective immediately." "Minnesota, under [Gov. Tim] Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity," Trump wrote on Truth Social . "I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for ...

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Israel launches strikes in Gaza cease-fire's latest test as hospitals say 24 killed
- DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel's military on Saturday launched airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza in the latest test of the cease-fire that began on Oct. 10, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said five senior Hamas members were killed. Health officials in Gaza reported at least 24 people killed and another 54 wounded, including children. The strikes, which Israel said were in response ...

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BUSINESS  
Salesforce: Some Customer Data Accessed via Gainsight Breach
- The highly publicized data breaches earlier this fall of Salesforce customers that was linked to Salesloft's Drift application is coming back to haunt the cloud services giant. Salesforce executives reported late this week that they had identified "unusual activity" connected to applications published by Gainsight – whose platform helps companies manage their customer relationships – connected to ...

Source: securityboulevard.com
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Historic South Africa G20 summit declaration prioritises developing world
- The final document of the Group of 20 summit in South Africa says the organisation will work towards the settlement of armed conflicts and lighten the burden of the developing nations in the world. The summit, the first G20 gathering on the African continent, convened on Saturday for the first of two days with an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the longstanding problems that have afflicted the ...

Source: aljazeera.com
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The college dreams of 80,000 undocumented California students threatened by Trump suit
- Born in Mexico and brought to the U.S. by her parents when she was 1, Sara has lived in California nearly all her life. As an undocumented immigrant, she pays in-state tuition rates at East Los Angeles College — $619 per semester, a fraction of the $5,286 charged to out-of-state students. Because of her immigration status, Sara is not eligible for Pell Grants and other federal student aid. Under a 2001 state ...

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Supreme court blocks order that found Texas congressional map was likely racially biased
- Temporary hold on lower court ruling will remain in place while supreme court considers whether to allow new map The US supreme court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas's 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by Donald Trump likely discriminated on the basis of race. The order, signed by Justice Samuel Alito, will remain in place at least for the next few days while the court ...

Source: theguardian.com
US  
Florida deputy killed, others injured in shooting
- A longtime Florida deputy was fatally shot Friday and another was wounded while trying to serve an eviction notice at an upscale gated community, the local sheriff said. The locksmith who was with them was also wounded when the suspected gunman began "indiscriminately firing" at them, Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers said at a news conference. Flowers said the suspect, whom he identified as Michael ...

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Indian fighter jet crashes during a demonstration flight at Dubai Air Show, killing the pilot
- – An Indian fighter jet crashed Friday at the start of a demonstration flight in front of a crowd of spectators at the Dubai Air Show, killing its sole pilot. The Indian HAL Tejas smashed into the ground at the vast Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central, sending a vast fireball into the air and thick black smoke into the sky. Police vehicles, ambulances and a helicopter rushed to the site of ...

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US  
Just 776 FAA employees will get Trump's $10,000 bonus, but the union says thousands who worked during the shutdown were left out
- Search Subscribe Home News Fortune 500 Tech Finance Leadership Lifestyle Rankings Multimedia Politics government shutdown Just 776 FAA employees will get Trump's $10,000 bonus, but unions say thousands who worked during the shutdown were left out By Nino Paoli Nino Paoli News Fellow By Nino Paoli Nino Paoli News Fellow November 21, 2025, 1:03 PM ET Add us on Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and the Federal ...

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