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Hondurans vote to elect new president in a close race under shadow of Trump's surprise intervention
- TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hondurans began casting ballots Sunday to elect a new president only days after U.S. President Donald Trump intervened in a close race with an endorsement of one candidate and announced that he would pardon a former president. At a voting site in the capital, the country's major parties were present with tables, banners, flags and music, but media far outnumbered potential voters ...

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College football roundup: Alabama edge Auburn; Ohio State end skid against Michigan
- Isaiah Horton caught three touchdown passes from Ty Simpson to help No10 Alabama survive blowing a 17-point lead to escape with a 27-20 win over rival and host Auburn in the Iron Bowl on Saturday night. The Crimson Tide (10-2, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) not only clinched a spot in the SEC championship game v Georgia next Saturday with the dramatic victory, but they also likely locked up a spot in the College ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Your Party votes to be led by members rather than single MP - avoiding Corbyn-Sultana battle | Politics News
- The decision is seen as a win for Zarah Sultana, who favoured collective leadership - but allies of Jeremy Corbyn say this is a missed opportunity for him to lead the party. Your Party will be led by its members rather than a single MP, avoiding a battle between its two co-founders, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. Members have voted for a collective leadership model rather than a single leadership model, by a ...

Source: news.sky.com
WORLD  
More arrests made in Hong Kong corruption probe as fire death toll climbs to 146
- The inferno that tore through a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong has killed at least 146 people, authorities said Sunday, with around 40 still missing. Officers had found a further 18 bodies in the Wang Fuk Court tower complex, officials said, as the fallout continues following the deadliest blaze in the Chinese territory in seven decades. "We expect more to come," Chief Superintendent Karen Tsang Shuk-yin, ...

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Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
- TEL AVIV (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that's bitterly divided the country. In a statement Sunday the prime minister's office said that Netanyahu had submitted a request for a pardon to the legal department of the Office of the President. The president's office called it an "extraordinary request," ...

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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 ...

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TECHNOLOGY  
Global Flights in chaos as top-selling Airbus jet hit by recall
- (Bloomberg) -- Airlines across the world canceled hundreds of flights and scrambled to adjust schedules, as a major Airbus SE software glitch threatened to derail a crucial holiday travel season. More than 6,500 jets in total may be impacted by the required fix, the European planemaker said Friday. A directive from Europe's aviation safety regulator said software upgrades must happen before the affected aircrafts' ...

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US   HEALTH   MEDICINE  
FDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules
- The director of the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine division told agency staff in a memo that an internal review found that at least 10 children died "after and because of receiving" the Covid vaccine. The 3,000-word memo, obtained by NBC News, was written by Dr. Vinay Prasad, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. In it, Prasad claims that agency staff determined that "no fewer ...

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POLITICS  
Venezuela denounces 'colonialist threat' as Trump orders airspace closed
- President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of 'worsening security situation' The Venezuelan government has responded defiantly to the heightened pressure by the US government, including Donald Trump's recent statements on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety. In a statement, the Venezuelan government said Trump's ...

Source: theguardian.com
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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WORLD  
Pope removes shoes but doesn't pray on visit to Istanbul's Blue Mosque
- Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of worship during his four-day visit to Turkey. The first U.S. pope bowed slightly before entering the mosque and was led on a tour of the expansive complex, able to hold 10,000 worshippers, by its imam and the mufti of Istanbul. ...

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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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Northwestern settles with Trump administration in $75M deal to regain federal funding
- Northwestern University has agreed to a $75 million payout to the Trump administration to settle a discrimination investigation into the school and to restore federal funding that had been frozen throughout the inquest, the Justice Department announced on Friday. "Today's settlement marks another victory in the Trump Administration's fight to ensure that American educational institutions protect Jewish students and ...

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WORLD   POLITICS  
Russian attack on Ukraine kills six as Kyiv envoys travel to US for talks
- A Russian attack on Ukraine has killed six people and wounded dozens of others, officials said, while emergency crews restored power to more than 400,000 households in Kyiv after strikes on the grid, as the US attempts to broker peace talks. "While everyone is discussing points of peace plans, Russia continues to pursue its 'war plan' of two points: to kill and destroy," Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii ...

Source: aljazeera.com
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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Winners and losers of Black Friday 2025
- Online discounts were flat year over year. However, some retailers won with exclusive giveaways that enticed customers into stores. First published on Black Friday — and the holiday shopping season in general — may be more important than ever for retailers in 2025. But the event has evolved dramatically in recent years. "The Black Friday that we have come to know and love has changed," Circana's Chief ...

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POLITICS  
Officials instructed to pause all asylum decisions in wake of National Guard shooting
- The Trump administration on Friday directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers to pause all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., according to an internal directive obtained by CBS News and two sources familiar with the order. The move is the administration's latest effort to tighten the American immigration system after Wednesday's attack, ...

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