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• Village People singer defends Trump's use of 'Y.M.C.A.,' says song isn't a 'gay anthem'

  02-12-2024 23:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Village People co-founder and lead singer Victor Willis said Y.M.C.A. has “benefited greatly” from Donald Trump's use and isn't a "gay anthem."
  
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• Doc accused of abusing Indiana University basketball players faces competency hearing

  02-12-2024 23:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  The 88-year-old doctor accused of sexually assaulting basketball players in the 1990s has been ordered to appear before a judge Tuesday to determine whether he is competent to be questioned about the alleged abuse.
  
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• Middle East crisis: Israel strikes Lebanon amid fears ceasefire could collapse – as it happened

  02-12-2024 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest full report here:Israel responds to Hezbollah rocket attack with airstrikes on south LebanonWe’re closing our Middle East crisis liveblog now after a day in which Israel and Hezbollah traded fire in Lebanon, five days after a ceasefire was declared in the conflict.Here’s what we’ve been following:Hezbollah said it launched two rockets near a watchtower in the occupied Shebaa farms earlier on Monday night. They landed in an o
  
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• Gregg Wallace apologises for 'middle-class women' comment

  02-12-2024 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And, President Biden pardons son Hunter.
  
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• Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congo

  02-12-2024 17:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Court said five women were victims of ‘systematic kidnapping’ by state over forced removal from mothers as small childrenThe Belgian state has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the forced removal of five mixed-race children from their mothers in colonial Congo.In a long-awaited ruling issued on Monday, Belgium’s court of appeal said that five women, born in the Belgian Congo and now in their 70s, had been victims of “systematic kidnapping” by the stat
  
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• At least 56 people killed in crush at Guinea football stadium

  02-12-2024 16:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Witnesses say people scrambled to escape after teargas used during pitch invasion at match in NzérékoréAt least 56 people have died and dozens of others were injured in a crowd crush at a football stadium in southern Guinea, authorities in the west African state said.The Stade du 3 Avril in Nzérékoré, the country’s second largest city, was hosting the final of a football tournament in honour of the leader of the country’s junta, Mamady Doumbo
  
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• US Navy ships repel attack from Houthis in Gulf of Aden

  02-12-2024 14:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Two U.S. Navy destroyers repelled an attack by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on American ships over the weekend, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says. "U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale and the USS O’Kane successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden, Nov. 30-Dec. 1," U.S. Central Command said in a statement. "The destroyers were escorting three U.S. owned, operated, flagged merchant vessels and the reckless attacks resulted in no injuries a
  
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• American-Israeli IDF platoon commander killed in battle, body held in Gaza, IDF says

  02-12-2024 13:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Capt. Omer Neutra, 21, from New York was killed in battle on Oct. 7, 2023, and "his body has been held hostage in Gaza since," Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on social media.The American-Israeli served as a tank platoon commander in the Armored Corps 77th Battalion, 7th Brigade, the IDF said on Monday. "May his memory be a blessing," a post to X reads.Neutra was from Long Island, according to ABC 7 New York. The media outlet reported he was killed during the Hamas attack on the Nova
  
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• Trump victory boosts conservatives in Latin America, wake-up call to dictators: 'there will be consequences'

  02-12-2024 10:00 via foxnews.com
  
  MEXICO CITY – U.S. foes in Latin America have expressed apprehension regarding the forthcoming Trump administration, primarily due to anticipated shifts in U.S. foreign policy that may adversely affect their national interests. Just last week, Trump's tariff policies seemingly unsettled Mexico's socialist president, who seemed to offer an olive branch to the incoming administration over tariffs and migration. "The authoritarian axis or autocrats of the region: Cuba, Venezuela, Ni
  
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• Biden travels to Africa where policies were ‘over-promised and under-delivered,' amid massive China expansion

  02-12-2024 10:00 via foxnews.com
  
  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Legacy or lethargy? President Biden this week steps onto African soil for the first time in his presidency, in a visit to Angola seen by many as an attempt to leave a legacy. But China, analysts say, is threatening, through a decade of investment in Africa, to thwart the Biden administration’s aims to bring sweet memories in Africa of his time in the White House."The headline on Biden’s legacy in Africa is likely to be ‘over-promised and under
  
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• ‘I’ve awakened their spirit’: can man behind the mask make a dent in Ghana elections?

  02-12-2024 09:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Nana Kwame Bediako is challenging the status quo with an unorthodox run for presidency appealing to younger votersIt was a bombastic statement from the man who wants to disrupt Ghana’s two-party political scene. “I’m here to represent Africa’s greatest hope,” Nana Kwame Bediako told an audience in a Palace of Westminster committee room in central London in October, referring to younger people on the continent.After the event, a social media post by Bediako suggested
  
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• Australia news live: architect of Hecs says Labor pledge to wipe 20% of student debts better spent on health or Jobseeker

  02-12-2024 04:06 via theguardian.com
  Economist Bruce Chapman is speaking at the National Press Club on the topic ‘Hecs isn’t broken, but it needs urgent attention’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMan dies after balcony fall during police operationA man is dead after falling from a balcony during negotiations in a Queensland police operation.I’m proud to announce today that I’m going to join the Libertarian party.I believe in small government. I
  
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• Thirteen charged after police foil largest alleged cocaine importation in Australia’s history

  02-12-2024 03:57 via theguardian.com
  Drugs with estimated street value of $760m seized off Queensland’s K’gari island after AFP operationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than a dozen people have been charged over an alleged multimillion dollar attempted import of cocaine into Australia, the largest in the nation’s history.Australian federal police charged 11 men and two juveniles with conspiring to import 2.34 tonnes of cocaine in
  
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• Joe Biden’s statement on his decision to pardon Hunter – in full

  02-12-2024 03:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Joe Biden has issued ‘a full and unconditional’ pardon to his son Hunter Biden, in a reversal for the presidentJoe Biden has issued a pardon for his son Hunter. Here is his statement in full:Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted. Without aggravating factors like use in a crime,
  
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• News live: group charged over biggest cocaine seizure in Australian history; ABS latest data points to economy holding up

  02-12-2024 03:04 via theguardian.com
  
  The Australian federal police have charged 11 men and two juveniles for attempting to import 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into the country. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMan dies after balcony fall during police operationA man is dead after falling from a balcony during negotiations in a Queensland police operation.I’m proud to announce today that I’m going to join the Libertarian party.I believe in small government. I believe in t
  
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• News live: group charged over biggest cocaine seizure in Australian history

  02-12-2024 02:33 via theguardian.com
  The Australian federal police have charged 11 men and two juveniles for attempting to import 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into the country. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMan dies after balcony fall during police operationA man is dead after falling from a balcony during negotiations in a Queensland police operation.I’m proud to announce today that I’m going to join the Libertarian party.I believe in small government. I believe in t
  
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• Defence personnel convicted of sex offences to face mandatory discharge as part of royal commission response

  02-12-2024 01:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Albanese government also commits to new statutory body to oversee a system overhaul in defence department aimed at preventing suicideFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government will establish an independent inquiry into sexual violence in the Australian military and ensure serving personnel convicted of sex offences in either criminal or military courts face mandatory discharge.Under its formal response t
  
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• Reforms of NHS don’t stand a chance unless recruitment is fixed, say top nurses

  02-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Number of registered nurses at record high in UK but workforce is ‘increasingly inexperienced’Top nurses have said that planned government reforms for the health service “stand no chance” if issues with recruitment and retention in the profession are not addressed.They made the warning as new figures show the number of nurses and midwives registered in the UK has grown to a record high. Continue reading...
  
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• Growth expectations among UK firms take ‘decisive turn for worse’, says CBI

  02-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Expectations negative for first time in 2024 as business confidence plummets since Rachel Reeves’s budgetGrowth expectations among UK companies have taken “a decisive turn for the worse”, in a fresh blow to Rachel Reeves amid warnings that business confidence has plummeted since the budget.For the first time this year, expectations for growth have turned negative, according to the Confederation of British Industry’s latest growth indicator, which shows that a majority of
  
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• Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning co-writer, dies aged 85

  02-12-2024 00:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Screenwriter co-wrote Annie Hall and Manhattan, penned the Jersey Boys musical, and wrote for Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show and The Muppet ShowMarshall Brickman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who wrote some of Woody Allen ’s best films, the Broadway musical Jersey Boys and a number of Johnny Carson’s most beloved sketches, has died aged 85.Brickman died Friday in Manhattan, his daughter Sophie Brickman told the New York Times. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...
  
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• Victoria’s clubs give more money to themselves in guise of ‘community benefits’ for tax breaks

  02-12-2024 00:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest disclosures include clubs who claim millions spent on their own golf and racecourses as donations to broader communityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPoker machine venues in Victoria have significantly increased the amount of gambling revenue they are spending on themselves, while justifying it as a “community benefit” to get a tax cut.Victoria’s community benefit scheme provides a tax cut t
  
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