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• The Network State Coup And The Engineered Transition To “Tech Zionism”

  08-12-2025 01:16 via article.wn.com
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• Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin Tyler Robinson smirks in court at first in-person appearance

  11-12-2025 21:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The defendant had previously appeared in court via video or audio feed from jail
  
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• Paramount chief does damage control over ‘60 Minutes’ MTG interview that incurred Trump’s wrath

  11-12-2025 21:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  While the Ellisons have looked to temper the president’s rage over the Marjorie Taylor Greene sitdown, they’ve also assured Trump that they’d make sweeping changes at CNN if Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery.
  
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• Rice soccer star took part in viral TikTok ‘devil trend’ the day before her death

  11-12-2025 20:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Claire Tracy, a second-year student, died on Sunday, according to a statement put out by Rice University
  
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• White House caught flat-footed when asked how billionaire Trump can tell average Americans to limit kids’ Christmas gifts

  11-12-2025 20:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also ignored a question on why President Donald Trump has falsely claimed a farm bailout program is funded by tariffs
  
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• Dust from popular countertop material that causes incurable lung disease found in Massachusetts worker

  11-12-2025 20:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The disease has previously resulted in dozens of deaths in California and across the country
  
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• Tariffs cost U.S. households $1,200 since Trump returned to the White House, Dems say

  11-12-2025 20:41 via article.wn.com
  Taxes on imports cost the average American household almost $1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress' Joint Economic Committee. ......
  
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• Taking the kids: The best gifts for your favorite travelers

  11-12-2025 20:41 via article.wn.com
  Think about the best holiday gift you’ve ever received. ......
  
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• Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies. Here's what's at stake for Americans

  11-12-2025 20:41 via article.wn.com
  The Senate rejected two bills that would have addressed expiring COVID-era subsidies. Affordable Care Act subsidies will end in three weeks, more than doubling the premiums for many. ......
  
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• How to reclaim financial confidence even with student debt

  11-12-2025 20:41 via article.wn.com
  Earnest reports on reclaiming financial confidence despite student debt by understanding loans, exploring options, and taking proactive steps. ......
  
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• From Monroe to migration: Charting US-Latin America ties

  11-12-2025 20:41 via article.wn.com
  The United States has deep ties to its southern neighbors. The Trump administration's efforts to wield its economic and military might are part of a long history of US entanglement and intervention in Latin America. ......
  
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• IOC advises sports bodies to let Russians compete in youth events again with flag and anthem

  11-12-2025 20:40 via article.wn.com
  GENEVA (AP) — The IOC took a big step...
  
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• UN warns flooding threatens 40% of Gaza, 760 sites at highest risk

  11-12-2025 20:38 via article.wn.com
  The U.N. warned Thursday that heavy rains are causing severe flooding across hundreds of displacement sites in Gaza, putting nearly half of the enclave’s population at increased ri ......
  
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• Pakistan’s ex-spy chief jailed 14 years for abuse of power | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  11-12-2025 20:38 via article.wn.com
  ISLAMABAD: A military...
  
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• US to seize oil from Iran-linked tanker captured off Venezuelan coast, says White House

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  The ship, Skipper, is a very large crude carrier (VLCC) and was flying the Guyana Flag when it was captured....
  
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• U.S. sanctions Venezuelan President Maduro’s 3 nephews as pressure campaign ratchets up

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
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• US offers 'free economic zone' in east if Ukraine cedes Donbas, Zelensky says

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine has presented the US with a revised 20-point framework to end its war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday, adding that the issue of ceding territory remains a major sticking point in negotiations. Zelensky said there was still no common understanding on the land issue.(AFP) Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, Zelensky said the US is offering as a compromise to create a "free economic zone" in the Ukraine-controlled parts of the eastern Donbas which Russia has demanded t
  
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• Tim Pool shooting claim: Cops cast doubt in massive update; ‘cannot be substantiated'

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  Right-wing political commentator Tim Pool had claimed there was a shooting at his West Virginia residence on December 5. His claims came after an episode of his podcast aired where shocking claims about Charlie and Erika Kirk were made. Pool had said after the alleged incident that his show could end. Now, cops have cast doubts on the claim. Tim Pool said there was a shooting near his property(X/Tim Pool) A report from states that Berkeley County Sheriff's Office could not substantiate reports o
  
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• Opinion | The White House Misreads U.S. Interests in Europe

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  The Continent practices values that are different from America’s. Yet it is still worth defending. ......
  
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• Mexico threatens eight years of jail in crackdown on vape sales

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  MEXICO CITY, - Mexico's Senate has passed legal reforms that could impose up to eight years in jail and fines of up to 226,000 pesos for the production or sale of vapes and electronic cigarettes, a massive ramp-up of enforcement measures that critics call overly restrictive. Mexico threatens eight years of jail in crackdown on vape sales The changes to the General Health Law, ratified late Wednesday by pro-government senators after clearing the lower...
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel questions Trump's health, calls him ‘deeply unwell’ amid ‘mystery bruises, dementia tests, MRIs’

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  Comedian Jimmy Kimmel targeted Donald Trump’s physical health, mocking the US President’s extensive response to the speculation regarding his declining health. Jimmy Kimmel mocks Trump's health amid scrutiny (Photo by KEVIN WINTER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP, Allison Robbert/Pool via AP, File) Trump, 79, has faced intense scrutiny, driven by concerns for the well-being of the world’s most powerful individual, regarding various signs of illness, including
  
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• Israeli ministers call for flag-raising ceremony in former Gaza settlement

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  Eleven Israeli ministers, including eight from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party, urged the defence minister Thursday to authorise a flag-raising ceremony in the Gaza Strip on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Israeli ministers call for flag-raising ceremony in former Gaza settlement In a letter published by the ultranationalist pro-settlement movement Nachala, which kickstarted the initiative, they said "it is time to proudly affirm that Gaza is part of the Land of Israel, belongs exclusi
  
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• Hundreds are quarantined in South Carolina as measles spreads in 2 US outbreaks

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine. Hundreds are quarantined in South Carolina as measles spreads in 2 US outbreaks Between Friday and Tuesday, South Carolina health officials confirmed 27 new measles cases in an outbreak in and around northwestern Spartanburg County. In two months, 111 people have been sickened by the vaccine-preventable virus. More than 250 people, including students from nine area elementary, mid
  
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• Hong Kong activist 'terrified' as explicit letters sent to UK neighbours

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  A Hong Kong activist living in exile in the UK said Thursday she was "shocked and terrified" after discovering her neighbours received letters containing AI-generated sexually explicit images of her. Hong Kong activist 'terrified' as explicit letters sent to UK neighbours Carmen Lau, 30, a pro-democracy activist and former councillor in Hong Kong, said she believes the letters, which are being investigated by the police, were the latest attempt by China to intimidate her. Lau, like several other
  
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• FEATURE-'We started to feel safe:' The path to Lithuania's same-sex partnerships

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  * FEATURE-'We started to feel safe:' The path to Lithuania's same-sex partnerships Parliament has same-sex civil partnership bill * Court allows for same-sex unions, but legal process is slow * First recognized couple faced abuse online By Lucy Middleton VILNIUS, - When Karolina and Eglė exchanged rings in a ceremony in the neoclassical town hall in Lithuania's capital Vilnius in September, it was a moment they had dreamt about for more than a decade. The couple became engaged two years int
  
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• 200 W.African troops aiding Benin in post-coup 'clean-up': foreign minister

  11-12-2025 20:35 via article.wn.com
  Some 200 Nigerian and Ivorian troops are in Benin as part of a security mission supporting the government after a weekend coup attempt, the country's foreign minister said Thursday. 200 W.African troops aiding Benin in post-coup 'clean-up': foreign minister The small west African nation was rocked by a failed putsch Sunday, which saw Nigeria, France and Ivory Coast mobilise in support of the civilian government. "There are currently around 200 soldiers present,...
  
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• Ukraine-Russia latest: Trump ‘sick’ of peace meetings after Zelensky reveals new US plan for occupied territory

  11-12-2025 20:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US have offered to create a “free economic zone” in Ukraine-controlled parts of the eastern Donbas region
  
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• Russia demands Trump administration provide reasoning for seizure of oil tanker

  11-12-2025 20:33 via article.wn.com
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday...
  
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• Hungary's Orb�n: Trump understands 'Europe's decline'

  11-12-2025 20:33 via article.wn.com
  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb�n on Thursday said...
  
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• Roundup: Business forum highlights opportunities in logistics, industry between China, Czechia

  11-12-2025 20:32 via article.wn.com
  PRAGUE, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Government officials, business leaders and experts gathered in Prague on Thursday for the China (Shaanxi) - Czech Republic Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange Conference, highlighting new opportunities in logistics, advanced manufacturing, clean energy and people-to-people exchanges between China's inland area and Czechia. HISTORIC LINKS, STRONG FOUNDATION The city of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, was historically the start of the ancient Silk Road. And toda
  
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