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• Nikki Haley faces backlash after calling for Raphael Warnock to be deported at Georgia rally

  07-11-2022 23:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The only person we need to make sure we deport is Warnock,’ the former UN ambassador said
  
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• North Korean General country’s first high ranking military official injured in Ukraine, says report

  22-11-2024 12:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  North Korean general injured as British Storm Shadow missiles hit Kursk in Russia
  
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• Moment delivery truck stolen with worker still inside

  22-11-2024 12:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  A delivery truck was stolen while a worker was still in the back of the vehicle in Oregon, surveillance footage from last week shows.
  
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• The ‘totally reasonable’ choice and the controversial MAGA loyalist: How Trump plans to shake-up the FBI

  22-11-2024 12:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump has made it clear he intends to shake up the bureau
  
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• Sicilian businessman receives horse’s head as Godfather-style mafia warning

  22-11-2024 12:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  The animal’s bloody head was left on the seat of a digger that belonged to the businessman
  
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• Melania and RFK Jr join forces to try to improve Trump’s diet: ‘Think fewer Big Macs and less KFC’

  22-11-2024 12:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Incoming first lady and Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary are apparently lobbying the president to make healthier choices
  
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• Matt Gaetz teases ‘different post’ amid speculation he could replace Rubio in the Senate

  22-11-2024 11:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gaetz, who withdrew his name from consideration as Donald Trump’s attorney general, posted a cryptic message suggesting he isn’t quite done yet with politics
  
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• Inside Trump’s phone call to Gaetz that ended his attorney general nomination

  22-11-2024 11:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘You don’t have the votes. These senators aren’t moving,’ president-elect is said to have told Gaetz hours before his withdrawal
  
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• Trump cabinet latest: Pam Bondi, impeachment trial lawyer, tapped as new attorney general pick after Gaetz

  22-11-2024 10:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former Florida congressman withdrew from consideration saying his candidacy was ‘becoming a distraction’ as more details of House Ethics Committee investigation into his past leaked
  
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• Laos methanol poisonings latest: Sixth tourist dies as police detain hostel owners over ‘tainted alcohol’

  22-11-2024 10:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Holly Bowles was taken to a Thai hospital after consuming ‘tainted’ alcohol shots in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war: What is an intercontinental ballistic missile and how many does Russia have?

  22-11-2024 10:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukraine’s air force has claimed an RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballist missile (ICBM) was fired on Dnipro
  
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• Nancy Mace tears down trans bathroom posters and throws them in trash in response to bill protest

  22-11-2024 10:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace is seen tearing down trans bathroom posters and throwing them in a bin in a new video.
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin firing new ballistic missile is ‘severe escalation’ as Nato and Kyiv to meet

  22-11-2024 10:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Zelensky urged worldwide condemnation and said the attack was proof Russia has ‘no interest in peace’
  
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• Trump cabinet latest: Pam Bondi tapped as new attorney general pick after scandal-plagued Matt Gaetz drops out

  22-11-2024 10:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former Florida congressman withdrew from consideration saying his candidacy was ‘becoming a distraction’ as more details of House Ethics Committee investigation into his past leaked
  
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• Taiwan president will visit allies in South Pacific as rival China seeks inroads

  22-11-2024 10:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te will visit the self-governing island’s allies in the South Pacific, where rival China has been seeking diplomatic inroads
  
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• Australian teenager becomes sixth to die in Laos ‘methanol poisoning’ as police detain hostel bosses

  22-11-2024 09:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Australian backpacker Holly Bowles, 19, became the sixth traveller to die from suspected methanol poisoning
  
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• Trump goes to war with the press: multi-billion dollar lawsuits and commands to ‘kill’ media protections

  22-11-2024 09:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president-elect spent his campaign suing news organizations for billions of dollars. In office, he could strip press freedoms and kill legislation that aims to protect sources, Alex Woodward reports
  
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• Laos hostel bosses detained after British backpacker becomes fifth to die in suspected methanol poisoning

  22-11-2024 09:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Simone White one of five people dead following poisoning incident in backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng
  
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• Brazil’s Bolsonaro and allies accused of plotting to overthrow democracy

  22-11-2024 09:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Federal police name 37 individuals, including the ex-president and top military officials, in a major coup investigation
  
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• Tariff hikes will backfire, and China can manage such 'external shocks,' a senior official says

  22-11-2024 08:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  A senior Chinese official says higher tariffs on Chinese exports will backfire by boosting prices paid by consumers
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv shuts parliament after Putin launches new ballistic missile attack

  22-11-2024 06:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian lawmakers have been asked to keep their families out of Kyiv’s government district
  
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• Countries at UN climate summit under pressure with no finance deal entering final day

  22-11-2024 06:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Countries at the United Nations climate summit have amped up the pressure on themselves by entering their final scheduled day of talks with no visible progress on their chief goals
  
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• Trump team believed Gaetz was too ‘blackmail-able’ to be attorney general, says report

  22-11-2024 05:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former Florida Congressman may be up for major role in Trump’s second White House, avoiding Senate confirmation process
  
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• Ohtani again wins MVP and Japanese newspapers print more special editions to mark history

  22-11-2024 04:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Shohei Ohtani is going to save the newspaper industry in Japan — singlehandedly
  
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• Bill O’Reilly claims Trump’s cabinet will have zero policy input: ‘Say ‘yes, sir’ or they’re not going to be OK’

  22-11-2024 04:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The second time around is going to be totally different than the first time, and this is why there is so much chaos and confusion,’ said former Fox News host
  
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• Alabama killer curses and makes obscene gesture as he becomes third death row inmate executed by nitrogen gas

  22-11-2024 03:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Grayson was pronounced dead on Thursday evening at William C. Holman Correctional Facility
  
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• Trump’s new AG pick didn’t pursue lawsuit against Trump University – after he donated $25k to her campaign

  22-11-2024 02:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former Florida official has lengthy record of high-profile prosecutions, as well multiple moments of ethical scrutiny
  
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• Cartel boss’s son-in-law faked death to lead secret life of luxury, police say

  22-11-2024 02:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa was charged with international drug trafficking and money laundering offenses
  
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• Alabama puts to death inmate Carey Dale Grayson in third execution using nitrogen gas in US

  22-11-2024 02:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Grayson was pronounced dead on Thursday evening at William C. Holman Correctional Facility
  
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• Ex-military chief slaps down claim by Trump defense secretary pick that women shouldn’t serve in combat

  22-11-2024 01:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mark Milley, who served as the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the US military ‘must be and always should be’ standards-based
  
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