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• U.S. envoy Kushner asked to meet France's Sarkozy in jail, court says

  05-12-2025 17:51 via article.wn.com
  PARIS, Dec 5 - Charles Kushner, the...
  
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• World Cup draw ceremony underway as FIFA awards peace prize to Trump

  05-12-2025 18:58 via article.wn.com
  By RONALD BLUM, HOWARD FENDRICH and NOAH TRISTER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2026 World Cup draw began Friday with FIFA awarding its first peace prize to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has campaigned to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Related Articles A supersized World Cup field begins taking shape at Friday’s draw How to watch the 2026 World Cup draw LAFC keeps goalkeeper Hugo...
  
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• Trump administration will expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says

  05-12-2025 18:58 via article.wn.com
  By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man from Afghanistan was accused of shooting two National Guard members. The expansion would build on a travel ban already announced in June by the Republican administration, which barred travel to the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries a
  
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• Skepticism grows over DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal

  05-12-2025 18:58 via article.wn.com
  Washington hails a "historic" US-brokered Rwanda-DR Congo peace deal, but renewed clashes, mistrust between leaders, and warnings of US mineral ambitions reveal a fragile reality on the ground. ......
  
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• Putin and Modi hold talks and announce expansion of Russia-India trade ties

  05-12-2025 18:58 via article.wn.com
  By RAJESH ROY and AIJAZ HUSSAIN NEW DELHI (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at an annual summit and agreed to diversify mutual economic ties, as the United States presses India to revise its decades-old partnership with Russia. Related Articles EU hits Elon Musk’s X with 120 million euro fine for breaching bloc’s social media law US raid allegedly killed Syrian undercover agent instead of Islamic State group of
  
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• France launches probe after drones sighted over nuclear submarine base

  05-12-2025 18:58 via article.wn.com
  French authorities launched an investigation after several drones were seen over the Ile Longue nuclear submarine base in the Brittany region on Friday. An investigation has been ......
  
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• FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus ...

  05-12-2025 18:58 via article.wn.com
  By SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial tournament even more of a Trumpian flair. Trump, who has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Price, had been...
  
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• China pledges $100 million to support humanitarian relief in Gaza

  05-12-2025 18:58 via article.wn.com
  Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced a $100 million aid package for Palestine aimed at easing the humanitarian suffering in the Gaza Strip. Xi made the announcement during t ......
  
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• Illegal drone shot down at nuclear submarine base

  05-12-2025 18:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials are investigating an illegal drone overflight of the Atlantic coast base
  
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• Pipe bomb suspect believed in 2020 election conspiracies, reports say, as new details about his background are revealed

  05-12-2025 18:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Agents arrested 30-year-old Brian J. Cole Jr. at his home in Woodbridge, Virginia
  
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• Many young adults are barely literate despite earning a high school diploma

  05-12-2025 18:53 via article.wn.com
  The 74 reports that 25% of U.S. young adults are functionally illiterate, despite a rise in high school diploma attainment, indicating a literacy crisis. ......
  
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• Daniel Radcliffe recalls work that went into ‘Merrily We Roll Along’

  05-12-2025 18:53 via article.wn.com
  You could say the cast of “Merrily We Roll Along” rehearsed eight times a week for two years before filming the Stephen Sondheim musical. ......
  
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• Commodity wrap: rate cut hopes fuel gold, silver rally; oil prices climb on geopolitical risk

  05-12-2025 18:53 via article.wn.com
  Gold prices rose on Friday after the release of the US inflation data, which ignited fresh hopes for an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve next week. Silver surged more than 3%, tracking gains in gold as a rate cut next week seemed imminent. Lower rates boost demand for unyielding assets such as gold and silver. Meanwhile, oil prices also rose sharply amid stalled peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.Gold climbs Gold prices climbed on hopes of an interest rate cut by the US Fed next week
  
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• Afcon 2025: Find Cameroon, South Africa, DR Congo squads for finals in Morocco

  05-12-2025 18:52 via article.wn.com
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• Radcliffe reflects on ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ on stage, film

  05-12-2025 18:51 via article.wn.com
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• Hungary seeks to avoid participation in Ukraine-related financial schemes: Orban

  05-12-2025 18:50 via article.wn.com
  BUDAPEST, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday that Hungary seeks to...
  
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• US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

  05-12-2025 18:49 via article.wn.com
  A federal vaccine advisory committee...
  
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• Trump's security strategy slams European allies and asserts US power in the Western Hemisphere

  05-12-2025 18:49 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump has come out with a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America’s dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The document released Friday by the White House is sure to upset ......
  
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• Suspect in DC pipe bomb case said to have confessed in interviews with investigators, AP ...

  05-12-2025 18:49 via article.wn.com
  The man accused of planting a pair of...
  
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• In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries ...

  05-12-2025 18:49 via article.wn.com
  CRAIG, Colo. (AP) — The Cooper family knows how to work heavy machinery. The kids could run a hay baler by their early teens, and two of the three ran monster-sized drills at the coal mines along with their dad. ......
  
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• German president visits WWII bombing site as Europe seeks to bolster united front against Russia

  05-12-2025 18:49 via article.wn.com
  LONDON (AP) — Germany’s president laid a wreath Friday at Coventry Cathedral in central England, symbolically atoning for the atrocities of World War II as his country and the United Kingdom seek to bolster an alliance to combat the new ......
  
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• Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories

  05-12-2025 18:48 via article.wn.com
  The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol told the FBI he believed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, according to two people familiar with the matter. Brian Cole Jr., 30, is cooperating with the FBI, NBC News has reported,...
  
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• Colorado ski resorts tracking uncertain travel trends, consumer confidence

  05-12-2025 18:48 via article.wn.com
  Getting your Trinity Audio player ready Canadians are boycotting travel to the U.S. in a backlash against President Trump’s tariff policies and “51st state” rhetoric. Travel analysts are concerned about consumer confidence and spending in the U.S. because of inflation and other economic stresses. But, while Colorado ski resorts that depend heavily on out-of-state visitors are left to wonder what impact those headwinds will have on their business this winter, resorts that cater
  
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• EU hits Musk’s X with US$140 million fine, risking Trump’s ire

  05-12-2025 18:47 via article.wn.com
  The European Union hit Elon Musk’s X with a €120 million (US$140 million)...
  
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• Artist breaks world record with smallest sculpture ever

  05-12-2025 18:47 via article.wn.com
  It's a smiley face that's so small it's can't be seen by the naked human eye. ......
  
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• Unemployment Drops to 6.5 Percent as Economy Adds 54,000 Jobs: StatCan

  05-12-2025 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Canada’s unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage points to 6.5 percent in November, with 54,000 jobs being created, according to Statistics Canada. The...
  
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• Trump’s National Security Strategy Offers US Tech, Military Advantage as Alternative to CCP

  05-12-2025 18:46 via article.wn.com
  The White House released President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy on Dec. 5, touting his role in the United...
  
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• Talks With Israel Focused on Halting Israeli Military Action in Lebanon: Lebanese President

  05-12-2025 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Dec. 5 that this week’s phase of Lebanon–Israel negotiations in southern Lebanon...
  
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• Ottawa Launches Review of Firearms Classification Regime, Consultations on SKS Rifle

  05-12-2025 18:46 via article.wn.com
  Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the Liberal government is launching a review of Ottawa’s firearms...
  
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• 10,000 CBSA Removal Warrants Active for More Than One Year

  05-12-2025 18:46 via article.wn.com
  More than 10,000 removal warrants in the Canada Border Services Agency inventory have been active for more than a year—even...
  
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