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• 10 newborn babies die in India after fire rips through hospital neonatal unit

  16-11-2024 23:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Ten newborn babies died from burns and suffocation after a fire swept through a neonatal intensive care unit in northern India, a government official said on Saturday.The blaze broke out late on Friday at the Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi district about 180 miles southwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state.INDIA'S CAPITAL INTRODUCES STRICTER ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES AS TOXIC SMOG HIDES TAJ MAHALEmergency responders rescued 38 newborns from the ward, which housed 49 infa
  
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• First known US case of person infected with new mpox strain reported

  16-11-2024 20:48
  
  Person acquired clade Ib while traveling to east Africa and treated in California for mild illness, said health officialsUS health officials reported Saturday the first known case of a person infected with the new mpox strain in the country.The person acquired mpox while traveling to east Africa and was treated for a mild illness in San Mateo, California, according to health officials. The person is isolating at home and is recovering, and there is no evidence that mpox is spreading in the Unite
  
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• Argentina seeks arrests of 61 rightwing rioters from Brazil

  16-11-2024 18:43
  
  Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro wanted for role in 2023 storming of government buildingsArgentina has ordered the arrest of 61 Brazilian citizens for participating in the 2023 storming of government buildings in Brasília by supporters of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, an Argentine source said on Saturday.Two people have been arrested so far who face prison sentences in Brazil, a judicial source in Argentina told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity bec
  
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• Rescuers search for survivors after building collapses in Tanzania, killing at least one

  16-11-2024 18:08
  
  Dozens of people remain trapped in underground shops after collapse of multi-storey building inDar es SalaamRescuers were using their bare hands, drills and sledgehammers to reach dozens of people trapped under a building that collapsed in the centre of Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.The multi-storey building in Kariakoo, the East African country’s busiest market, caved in as people were shopping, killing at least one person, the prime minister, Kassim Majaliwa, said. C
  
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• Student kills eight in mass stabbing in China after failing exams

  16-11-2024 17:40
  
  A 21-year-old former student carried out the attack at a vocational college in the eastern city of Wuxi, police said, after failing exams and being frustrated with low internship payEight people were killed and 17 others injured when a 21-year-old former student went on a stabbing spree at a vocational college in China’s eastern city of Wuxi on Saturday evening, police said.The knife attack took place at the Wuxi Vocational College of Arts and Technology, in eastern Jiangsu province. The 2
  
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• More than 650,000 people flee as Super Typhoon Man-yi hits Philippines

  16-11-2024 17:11
  
  Authorities warn of ‘life-threatening’ surges as sixth storm to pound the country in the past month intensifiedSuper Typhoon Man-yi has slammed into the Philippines, with the national weather forecaster warning of a “potentially catastrophic and life-threatening” impact as huge waves pounded the archipelago’s coastline.More than 650,000 people fled their homes before Man-yi, which is the sixth major storm to batter the disaster-weary country in the past month, made
  
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• Middle East crisis: Israeli troops reach deepest point in Lebanon since invasion began – as it happened

  16-11-2024 16:15
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Middle East coverage hereAnother airstrike hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut around midday local time, according to AFP, after the area was hit earlier this morning.Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported a raid by “enemy aircraft” in the neighbourhood of Chiyah. Continue reading...
  
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• Officials urge water conservation amid Northeast drought warning

  16-11-2024 15:16
  Dry conditions are prompting drought warnings across the Northeast as officials in New Jersey now urge residents to conserve water. NBC’s Emilie Ikeda reports for TODAY.
  
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• 2,000-year-old Roman road discovered by archaeologists in London

  16-11-2024 14:32 via foxnews.com
  
  During excavations amid the early stages of expanding low carbon heating to thousands of homes along Old Kent Road in London, archaeologists found physical evidence of an ancient Roman road. Wating Street was built closely following the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, according to a Wednesday press release from the London Borough of Southwark. Prior to this discovery, there was very little evidence to support the exact route of the ancient Roman road.12-YEAR-OLD-BOY STUMBLES UPON S
  
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• Trump looms large as Biden set to meet China's Xi during Latin America summits

  16-11-2024 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden is in Latin America for a farewell tour to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru and the G-20 summit in Brazil.The Biden administration can do little about the future agenda of these institutions, Ariel González Levaggi, Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Fox News Digital.Levaggi said much of what Biden will highlight at these summits will not be on the table for the incoming Trump administration. Becau
  
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• Church of England ‘directly responsible’ for John Smyth abuse in Zimbabwe, victim says

  16-11-2024 08:00
  
  Rocky Leanders, then 15, was beaten with wooden paddle by Smyth at camp where boys were made to swim nakedWhen John Smyth gave a presentation at their school about his Christian holiday camps in 1993, Rocky Leanders and his school friends were “blown away”.“This is Zimbabwe in the early 90s; the technology wasn’t great. These guys set up a projector with colour videos of speed boats … abseiling, golf, tennis, paddle boarding, swimming pools, diving boards,” r
  
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• Ten newborn babies die after fire breaks out at Indian hospital

  16-11-2024 06:31
  
  Another 16 infants were in critical condition after the blaze at a neonatal unit in Jhansi, Uttar PradeshTen newborn babies have died after a fire broke out at the neonatal unit of a hospital in northern India, with another 16 clinging to life.The fire broke out late on Friday at the Maharani Lakshmibai Medical College in Jhansi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, 450km (280 miles) south of Delhi. Continue reading...
  
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• Evacuations in Victoria’s west as conditions prompt catastrophic fire danger warnings

  16-11-2024 05:47
  Gellibrand, Dereel and Kadnook residents told to leave as total fire bans declared across parts of South Australia and VictoriaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSeveral communities in Victoria’s west have been urged to evacuate as firefighters work to control a number of bushfires.A short-lived heatwave has brought hot, dry and windy conditions to much of southern Australia, with total fire bans in place and some areas experiencing catastrophic fire danger.Sign up
  
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• Melbourne warehouse fire leads to evacuation of 150 nearby residents in middle of night

  16-11-2024 04:51
  Victoria police believe building on Spencer Street was empty at the time of the blazeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are investigating a warehouse fire in West Melbourne which led to 150 people being evacuated from an apartment complex in the middle of the night.Fire Rescue Victoria found the warehouse “fully involved with fire” after being called to the incident on Spencer Street early on Saturday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news
  
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• California man jailed for life over hate-crime murder of teenage ex-classmate

  16-11-2024 03:46
  
  Samuel Woodward, 27, sentenced to life without parole over stabbing of Blaze Bernstein, who was gay and JewishA California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate was sentenced Friday to life without parole in prison.Samuel Woodward, 27, was sentenced in a southern California courtroom at the end of an all-day hearing for the murder of Blaze Bernstein nearly seven years ago. Continue reading...
  
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• Dutch coalition government survives despite minister resignation over Amsterdam violence

  16-11-2024 03:30
  
  Prime minister Dick Schoof said party leaders decided to work together after five-hour crisis meetingThe Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof’s rightwing government averted a crisis on Friday when a junior minister resigned over alleged racist comments by cabinet colleagues, but the coalition government will remain in place.The deputy finance minister, Nora Achahbar, handed in her resignation late on Friday as the Netherlands grapples with the political fallout of last week’s attacks on
  
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• Bomb threats targeted Oregon election offices days after election day

  16-11-2024 03:29
  
  Local clerks say they received threatening emails last week, amid a series of hostile election-related incidentsThe FBI confirmed it is “aware” of bomb threats that targeted election offices in several Oregon counties. Local clerks in Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson reported receiving threatening emails last week, just days after election day.The FBI said that none of the threats were deemed credible. Continue reading...
  
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• Woman wins right to sue Queensland over alleged historic sexual and physical abuse as a ‘state child’

  16-11-2024 02:49
  
  High court rules Aboriginal woman can pursue damages for abuse allegedly suffered in state care more than 60 years agoFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe high court has ruled an Aboriginal woman can pursue damages on some allegations of historical sexual and physical abuse while in state care in Queensland.The woman, 70, had tried to sue the Queensland government for almost $1.76m in damages, claiming she suffered a
  
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• Conditions prompt catastrophic fire danger warnings across parts of southern Australia

  16-11-2024 02:18
  
  Total fire bans declared across parts of South Australia and Victoria amid hot, gusty weather and temperatures six to 12C above averageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA short-lived heatwave is bringing hot, dry and windy conditions to much of southern Australia, with total fire bans in place and some areas experiencing catastrophic fire danger.Forecaster Jonathan How from the Bureau of Meteorology said the combination of high temperatures and gusty winds was driving up
  
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• Trump names Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary – live

  16-11-2024 02:14
  
  Leavitt was Trump campaign’s national press secretary and assistant press secretary in first administration. This blog is now closed.Trump’s staffing picks and likely contenders – so farRepublicans are set to take control of the Senate next year, where one of their first jobs will be to confirm Donald Trump’s nominees for cabinet posts. Should they object to the president-elect’s picks, he has threatened to make use of recess appointments, an archaic tactic that wou
  
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• California city council passes $5.9m reparations deal with ex-residents

  16-11-2024 01:57
  
  Palm Springs approves settlement for displaced Black and Latino families after decades-long fight for compensationThe Palm Springs city council on Thursday unanimously approved a $5.9m reparations settlement with former residents of a largely Black neighborhood that was leveled in the 1960s for commercial development.The city council was also set to approve another $21m for housing and small business support aimed at the former residents and their descendants. Continue reading...
  
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• Mike Johnson says he doesn't think House Ethics Committee should release Gaetz report

  16-11-2024 01:34
  
  House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that he does not think the House Ethics Committee should release the findings of its investigation into Matt Gaetz.
  
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• Giuliani turns over Mercedes, watches to poll workers he defamed

  16-11-2024 01:09
  
  After months of legal wrangling, Rudy Giuliani turned over his car, several watches, a ring, and financial assets to two Georgia election workers he defamed.
  
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• A sexually obscene phone call - and my two-year ordeal getting police to act

  16-11-2024 01:05 via bbc.com
  
  BBC correspondent Lucy Manning describes having to fight at every moment to keep her case on track.
  
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• Houses in national parks in England and Wales sell for 25% more, study finds

  16-11-2024 01:01
  
  Nationwide says New Forest is most expensive national park with an average property price of £576,000Buying a home in a national park comes at a 25% price premium, with the New Forest the most expensive of the 13 parks in England and Wales, according to Britain’s biggest building society.Nationwide said properties in a national park enjoy a valuation almost £67,000 more than a similar property elsewhere, based on the average UK house price of £266,640.New Forest – &
  
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• Karoline Leavitt named as Donald Trump’s White House press secretary

  16-11-2024 00:52
  
  Leavitt served as the national press secretary on Trump’s campaign and assistant press secretary during his first administrationTrump’s staffing picks and likely contenders – so farDonald Trump named his White House press secretary on Friday, placing Karoline Leavitt, a 27-year-old firebrand from his inner circle, in position to aggressively defend him.The job of the White House press secretary typically is to help inform the American people about presidential activities withou
  
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• Pregnant cow rescued after getting stuck in swimming pool in Rutland

  16-11-2024 00:39
  
  The 600kg animal was in the deep end and it took Leicestershire firefighters three hours to get her out safelyA pregnant cow has had to be rescued by firefighters after she got stuck in a small swimming pool.The 590kg (93-stone) cow was found in the deep end of the pool in two to three feet of water at a house in Ketton, Rutland. Continue reading...
  
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• Hispanic, LGBTQ communities receive hateful emails after racist text surge

  16-11-2024 00:22
  
  Members of the Hispanic and LGBTQIA+ communities are now receiving emails saying they have been selected for deportation or to report to a re-education camp.
  
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• Racist and anti-LGBTQ+ texts target Americans across US, including teens

  16-11-2024 00:18
  
  FBI investigating anti-migrant and anti-gay texts that follow messages sent to Black people after Trump election winRacist text messages targeting Black people across the US just hours after Donald Trump won a second presidency have now expanded to the Hispanic communities – and homophobic versions have been aimed at LGBTQ+ people, the FBI said on Friday.Authorities say they are investigating the messages – which now include emails – and that they have not received reports of v
  
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• Woman told House Ethics panel she witnessed Gaetz having sex with minor, lawyer says

  16-11-2024 00:09
  
  An attorney tells ABC News that one of his clients told the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed then-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz having sex with a minor.
  
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