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• ABC to pay $15 million legal settlement in Trump defamation case

  14-12-2024 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  ABC News will pay $15 million as part of a legal settlement with President-elect Donald Trump, closing out a dispute that centered on an interview in which Trump alleged anchor George Stephanopoulos defamed him.
  
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• Chris McCausland's journey from salesman to Strictly winner

  14-12-2024 23:44 via bbc.com
  
  The comedian impressed viewers after becoming Strictly Come Dancing's first blind contestant.
  
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• Jamie Foxx injured by glass amid reports comedian was involved in fight at Beverly Hills restaurant

  14-12-2024 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jamie Foxx was injured after someone threw a glass that struck him in the mouth, his representative said amid reports the comedian was involved in a fight at a Beverly Hills, California, restaurant.
  
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• Founder of fashion chain Mango dies in cave accident

  14-12-2024 20:14 via bbc.com
  
  The 71-year-old is remembered for his fashion leadership after the accident in caves near Barcelona.
  
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• Pelosi undergoes successful hip replacement surgery after fall abroad

  14-12-2024 19:09 via msnbc.com
  
  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement surgery after she was injured on a congressional delegation trip in Luxembourg. NBC News' Gary Grumbach reports on how Pelosi was airlifted to an American Air Force base in Germany to be treated.
  
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• Tracing the powerful family roots of suspected killer Luigi Mangione

  14-12-2024 18:25 via bbc.com
  
  In his home city, the accused shooter's family name has meant wealth, power, prominence and philanthropy for decades.
  
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• Skulls and body bags: Searching for Syria's disappeared

  14-12-2024 18:01 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC's Lucy Williamson finds family members exhuming human remains in a desperate search for their lost relatives.
  
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• Trump nominates conservative culture warrior to lead DOJ's civil rights division

  14-12-2024 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump tapped Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican lawyer known for championing conservative causes and the Republican national committeewoman for California, to lead the U.S.
  
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• Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ delivers a bittersweet buzz as tourists push up prices

  14-12-2024 14:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Success of Ghanaian president’s call to members of diaspora to visit country adding to inflation, say localsSince September, Effia Afful and her friends have been calling Accra establishments to reserve tables for the Christmas season, trying to beat other fun-seekers to it.“You have to reserve your tables now because by the time you are ready, there will be no table left,” said the 30-year-old advertising executive. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump's victory sets up fight for the House on his turf in 2026

  14-12-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The next battle for the House will be fought mostly in districts that Trump carried, giving Republicans hope they can buck historical midterm trends in two years.
  
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• Trump is vowing to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. Allies and critics alike say he needs a refresher.

  14-12-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump’s recent “Meet the Press” interview has triggered concerns among allies and critics about his level of awareness of the details of the sprawling investigation into the Capitol attack that has produced hundreds of convictions in the nearly four years since Jan. 6.
  
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• Defense bill banning trans care for minors could put some families in ‘survival mode’

  14-12-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The House passed a massive defense spending bill Wednesday with a provision that bars the military’s health care program from covering transition-related care for minors.
  
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• South Korean president is impeached over martial law declaration

  14-12-2024 10:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  South Korean lawmakers are set to vote for a second time Saturday on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law.
  
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• South Korea lawmakers vote to impeach president over martial law declaration

  14-12-2024 09:18 via foxnews.com
  
  South Korean lawmakers on Saturday voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration earlier this month. The National Assembly passed the motion in a 204-85 vote on Saturday. Saturday’s vote means that Yoon's presidential powers and duties have been suspended after the copies of a document on the impeachment were delivered to him and to the Constitutional Court. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will now assume the role of acting president. The
  
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• South Korea impeachment live: president Yoon Suk Yeol impeached over attempt to impose martial law

  14-12-2024 09:13 via theguardian.com
  
  The impeachment motion passes after 204 vote in favourVoting is now beginning. The process has been explained to lawmakers. We’ll bring you the result as soon as we get it.Tens of thousands of people have braved the bitter cold and poured onto the streets of the capital, Seoul, every night for the past two weeks, calling for Yoon’s ouster and arrest. They shouted slogans, sang, danced and waved K-pop light sticks. Smaller groups of Yoon’s conservative supporters — still i
  
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• Cyclists dies in NSW after car collides with group of riders near Armidale

  14-12-2024 08:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Three other cyclists were injured after incident on Saturday afternoon, NSW police sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA cyclist has died after a group of riders and a car collided on Saturday afternoon near Armidale, NSW police said.The force said in a statement that it received reports about 3.30pm that the driver of a car and several cyclists had collided, before the driver hit a tree on Long Swamp Road.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Conti
  
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• Huge crowds gather for impeachment vote on South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol

  14-12-2024 07:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Opposition needs ruling party support to suspend president over ‘insurrectionary’ martial law bid, while removal would need court approvalThousands have taken to the streets of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, in rival rallies as President Yoon Suk Yeol faces an impeachment vote over his failed martial law bid.Protests demanding Yoon step down kicked off around midday outside the National Assembly. Seoul police said they expected at least 200,000 people to demonstrate in support o
  
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• Snap out of it: Manchester club joins growing trend to ban phone cameras

  14-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Nightclub director says they ‘really want the music and experience to be at the forefront’, following in the footsteps of Berlin’s club sceneOver the past decade going to a live event has nearly always been accompanied by a sea of phones capturing every moment of the experience to be shared on social media feeds. But now living in the moment is becoming the new luxury.Partygoers in Manchester will be asked to cover their smartphone camera with a sticker in a strict rule being e
  
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• Restore, destroy or leave to rot? Battle lines drawn over west Africa’s architectural heritage

  14-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Uncompleted or abandoned buildings are a regular feature of the landscape. Now calls for restorations are increasingBeneath mango trees in the lush garden of the Palais de Lomé, an oceanside estate in the Togolese capital, dozens of students from the African School of Architecture and Urban Planning (EAMAU) were taking sessions on archiving.Established in 1905, the palace housed German, French and British colonial governors in succession and then the Togolese presidency before falling int
  
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• Police search for husband and consider ‘third party’ after woman found wrapped in plastic near Sydney airport

  14-12-2024 05:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Investigation unfolding ‘on an hourly basis’after Zhuojun ‘Sally’ Li’s body discovered on Monday in BotanyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are searching for the husband of a woman whose body was found wrapped in plastic near Sydney airport on Monday, and fear a “third party” may be involved in the case.Homicide squad detectives investigating the discovery of the body in Botany identified the victim as Zhuojun “Sally
  
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• Kevin Andrews: politicians across the spectrum pay tribute to former Liberal defence minister after death at 69

  14-12-2024 05:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Senior figure in Liberal party’s right wing held prominent cabinet positions in the Howard and Abbott Coalition governmentsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former defence minister and Liberal party stalwart Kevin Andrews has died aged 69.Andrews died on Saturday with his wife, Margie, by his side, his family announced in a statement shared by the former prime minister Tony Abbott on social media. Continue reading...
  
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• Energy generators poke holes in Dutton’s nuclear plan as questions over costings pile up

  14-12-2024 04:49 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘No one really has the foggiest idea of what it will cost to develop nuclear in Australia,’ one expert saysThe Coalition claims its nuclear policy is ‘visionary’ – but it needs to stand up to scrutinyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition’s nuclear energy plan creates “a significant risk” for the stability of the nation’s grid, according to the peak body representing power generators and retailers.Responding
  
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• 'I've been quiet long enough': Woman accusing Jay-Z of sexual assault speaks out

  14-12-2024 03:37 via nbcnews.com
  The woman who is accusing Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs of sexually assaulting her sat down with NBC News' Chloe Melas in an exclusive interview to talk about her lawsuit. She and her lawyers also acknowledge that there were some inconsistencies in her account in response to questions from NBC News.
  
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• Survivor of Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor dies in California aged 100

  14-12-2024 03:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Bob Fernandez was a 17-year-old sailor during 17 December 1941 attack that propelled US into second world warBob Fernandez, a 100-year-old survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, died shortly after deteriorating health prompted him to skip a trip to Hawaii to attend last week’s remembrance ceremony marking the 83rd anniversary of the attack.Fernandez died peacefully at the Lodi, California, home of his nephew, Joe Guthrie, on Wednesday. Guthrie’s daughter, Halie Torrrell, w
  
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• TikTok loses emergency bid to pause law that could lead to US ban

  14-12-2024 02:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Ruling means short-video app and Chinese parent ByteDance must appeal to supreme court by 19 JanuaryA US appeals court on Friday rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest of the short-video app by 19 January or face a ban on the app.TikTok and ByteDance on Monday filed the emergency motion with the US court of appeals for the District of Columbia, asking for more time to make their case to the US supreme court
  
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• Googly eyes on Oregon city sculptures cause officials to be on the look out

  14-12-2024 02:31 via theguardian.com
  
  In Bend, residents have been getting a chuckle out of seeing the decoration stuck on installations in roundaboutsGoogly eyes have been appearing on sculptures around the central Oregon city of Bend, delighting many residents and sparking a viral sensation covered widely by news outlets and featured on a popular late-night talk show.On social media, the city shared photos of googly eyes on installations in the middle of roundabouts that make up its so-called “Roundabout Art Route.” On
  
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• Woman arrested for attempting to smuggle 22 pounds of meth wrapped as Christmas gifts in carry-on bag

  14-12-2024 02:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Observant officers in a New Zealand airport unwrapped $2 million worth of methamphetamine wrapped as Christmas presents that a Canadian woman attempted to conceal.The woman, 29, arrived at Auckland International Airport in New Zealand on a flight from Vancouver on December 8 carrying the illicit drugs in her carry-on bag, according to a release from the New Zealand Customs Service. FLORIDA MAN WHO WAS HALF-NAKED, 'HIGH ON METH' BREAKS INTO HOME, GRABS CARPET CLEANERUpon landing, officers qu
  
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• Adelaide parents accused of shaving son’s head and faking cancer diagnosis to raise $60,000

  14-12-2024 01:46 via theguardian.com
  Police allege ‘devious and cruel scheme’ caused significant and serious psychological harm to the six-year-old and his siblingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Adelaide parents of a six-year-old boy have been accused of faking his cancer diagnosis, including shaving his head and eyebrows, to raise money for bogus treatment.The man and woman, both 44, have been charged with criminal neglect and deceptio
  
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• Man charged for allegedly displaying Hezbollah flag at Melbourne protest

  14-12-2024 01:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Man, 36, charged on Friday with publicly displaying the symbol of a prohibited terrorist organisation, AFP saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has been charged for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag during a pro-Palestine protest in Melbourne’s CBD in September.The 36-year-old Ferntree Gully man was charged on Friday with publicly displaying the symbol of a prohibited terrorist organisation, the Australian federal police said. Continue reading...
  
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• Democrats and Republicans condemn espionage-driven Chinese hack

  14-12-2024 01:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Ongoing infiltration by Salt Typhoon group has hit US telecoms companies and Trump, Vance and HarrisDemocrats and Republicans have come together in a rare moment of unity to condemn an espionage-driven Chinese infiltration of the US telecommunications system that has been called the worst hack in American history.Carried out by a group called Salt Typhoon that is believed to be linked to China’s communist regime, it has resulted in the infiltration of dozens of US telecoms companies and th
  
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• US supreme court to hear fuel firms’ challenge to California’s emission limits

  14-12-2024 00:39 via theguardian.com
  
  State has exemptions under Clean Air Act to set vehicle emissions standards higher than federal limitsThe US supreme court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by fuel producers to challenge California’s standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air-pollution law in a major case testing the Democrat-governed state’s power to fight greenhouse gases.The justices took up an appeal by a Valero Energy subsidiary and fuel industry groups over a lower court’s rejecti
  
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• Ex-FBI informant agrees to plead guilty to lying about Bidens’ Ukraine ties

  14-12-2024 00:08 via theguardian.com
  
  As part of plea deal, Alexander Smirnov will admit he made up story at center of Republican impeachment inquiryA former FBI informant accused of falsely claiming that Joe Biden and the president’s son Hunter had accepted bribes has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, according to court papers.As part of the plea deal with the justice department special counsel, David Weiss, Alexander Smirnov will admit he fabricated the story that became central to a Republican impeachment inquiry i
  
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