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• Justin Trudeau dances at Taylor Swift concert amid destructive riot in Montreal, sparking outrage

  23-11-2024 22:22 via foxnews.com
  
  Video of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dancing at a Taylor Swift concert amid a destructive protest in Montreal drew outrage over the weekend.Trudeau, who represents a district in Montreal, had attended the Taylor Swift concert in Toronto on Friday night. A viral video posted on X shows the Canadian politician dancing and singing along to the song "You Don't Own Me" before Swift took the stage.Toronto is roughly 280 miles west of the Canadian capital of Ottawa and 330 miles west of the
  
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• Hamas says Israeli female hostage killed in north Gaza combat zone

  23-11-2024 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Group’s armed wing says unnamed woman’s death established after long break in contact with her captorsHamas’s armed wing said on Saturday that an Israeli woman taken hostage during the October 2023 attack had been killed in a combat zone in northern Gaza, as the Israeli military said it was investigating.The spokesperson for Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, said contact had been restored with the woman’s captors after a break of several weeks and it was establis
  
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• Scientists study ‘very rare’ frozen remains of 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cub

  23-11-2024 18:15 via foxnews.com
  
  A mummified saber-toothed cub of a catlike animal dating back 35,000 years was left almost perfectly preserved in Siberia's permafrost.The remains had been found back in 2020, northeast of Yakutia, Russia. Research regarding the study of the cub was published in the journal Scientific Reports on November 14, 2024. The discovery of frozen remains from the Late Pleistocene period is "very rare," according to the published research, though most discovered in Russia lie in the Indigirka River b
  
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• Idaho teen arrested after dead newborn found in baby box at hospital

  23-11-2024 18:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Idaho teenager has been arrested over a month after a dead baby was found in the Safe Haven Baby Box at the Grove Creek Medical Center in Blackfoot, police said.
  
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• Laos government ‘profoundly saddened’ by deaths of tourists in Vang Vieng

  23-11-2024 16:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Six foreign visitors died earlier this month after suspected methanol poisoning during night out in backpacker hotspotWhat went wrong in Laos?The Lao government has said it is “profoundly saddened” by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng and has promised justice, as tributes were paid to victims of a suspected mass methanol poisoning which has claimed six lives.Two Danish citizens, two Australians, an American, and a Briton died after becoming ill following a night out in the
  
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• Singer Khalid comes out as gay after he was outed

  23-11-2024 16:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Singer Khalid came out as gay in a series of posts on X after he said he was outed by someone else.
  
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• Israel announces that West Bank settlers no longer face detention without trial

  23-11-2024 16:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Israel’s new defense minister has said security forces would no longer apply administrative detention orders to Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, and thus only Palestinian suspects can be held indefinitely without trial.
  
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• Homes flooded and travel disrupted by Storm Bert

  23-11-2024 16:12 via bbc.com
  
  Heavy wind and rain brings flooding to Dundonald and Coalisland, as well as widespread travel disruption.
  
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• Philippine vice president makes public assassination threat against country's president

  23-11-2024 16:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte shockingly declared Saturday that she had contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and other top officials should she meet an untimely demise.Duterte warned in an online press conference that she is deadly serious and not joking about her threat to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. killed if something happens to her first. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin referred the "active threat" against the president to an elite presidential guard for
  
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• Watch: Snowy Saturday as Storm Bert sweeps the UK

  23-11-2024 15:53 via bbc.com
  
  Parts of the UK are blanketed in snow, as the storm causes travel disruption and power cuts.
  
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• Hundreds flee deadly sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan

  23-11-2024 15:50 via theguardian.com
  
  About 300 families relocate after fresh violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims kills 32 peopleAbout 300 families have fled sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan as fresh clashes killed 32 people.Sporadic fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslims in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan has killed about 150 over the past months. Continue reading...
  
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• John the cat gets stuck in drainpipe

  23-11-2024 15:35 via bbc.com
  
  John the female cat became wedged inside a garage and had to be rescued by firefighters.
  
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• 'Are we not humans?': Anger in Beirut as massive Israeli strike kills 15

  23-11-2024 15:32 via bbc.com
  
  The death toll from the strike on a multi-storey building in central Beirut's Basta district is expected to rise.
  
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• Kayaker's leg amputated in middle of river after 20-hour rescue

  23-11-2024 14:49 via bbc.com
  
  Medics made the "life or death" decision with the tourist after multiple attempts to free him from rapids failed.
  
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• Storm Bert brings disruption with 82mph gusts

  23-11-2024 14:39 via bbc.com
  
  Wind gusts of 82mph (130km/hr) have been recorded at Capel Curig in Conwy county, Met Office says.
  
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• No 'red lines' in Ukraine support, French foreign minister tells BBC

  23-11-2024 14:01 via bbc.com
  
  Jean-Noël Barrot speaks to Laura Kuenssberg after a week of escalation in Ukraine.
  
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• Kimchi mac and cheese, please: Swap in banchan for your typical Thanksgiving sides

  23-11-2024 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  A new cookbook about banchan, or Korean side dishes, features dishes like smoky gochujang chicken salad.
  
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• Murder arrest after man shot dead in Birmingham

  23-11-2024 13:53 via bbc.com
  
  Police say a man in his 20s was found in a car and pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar drops surprise new album GNX

  23-11-2024 13:06 via bbc.com
  
  The 12-track album, which is the performer's sixth studio release, dropped on Friday.
  
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• Islamic State is primed to be thorn in the side of incoming Trump administration

  23-11-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The terrorist group has been looking to be active this holiday season, with online chatter about attacks increasingAmid a presidential campaign with foreign policy discussions more focused on the wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon, the Islamic State stayed under the radar while calling on supporters and operatives to attack Americans on election day.The FBI thwarted a serious plot in Oklahoma City only weeks before the vote, prompting a similar public reaction to news involving the terror group t
  
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• Art world shrugs at $6 million banana purchase

  23-11-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  This year has seen some of the worst sales in decades for the art market, and the “Comedian” piece is unlikely to move the needle one way or the other.
  
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• Analysis: Some of Trump’s largest gains came in highly-educated counties

  23-11-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Among Northeastern counties with the largest share of people with advanced degrees, the median county shifted 4.8 percentage points toward Trump from 2020 to 2024.
  
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• US scrambles as drones shape the landscape of war: 'the future is here'

  23-11-2024 12:30 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Army this week took steps to advance American military capabilities by ordering a potential of 5,880 drone systems small enough to fit in a backpack as the reality of battle shifts in favor of electronic warfare. The contract period is over five years.Conflicts around the globe, particularly the war in Ukraine, have drastically changed how major nations think about conducting war, explained drone expert and former U.S. Army intelligence and special operations soldier Brett
  
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• Huge election year worldwide sees weakening commitment to act on climate crisis

  23-11-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Among sweeping rightwing electoral victories across the globe, the ‘big loser of the elections has been climate’An unprecedented year of elections around the world has underscored a sobering trend – in many countries the commitment to act on the climate crisis has either stalled or is eroding, even as disasters and record temperatures continue to mount.So far 2024, called the “biggest election year in human history” by the United Nations with around half the world&r
  
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• Cold plunge or a hot bath? New study suggests which has more benefits for athletes

  23-11-2024 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  A new small study suggests that athletes will perform better if they soak in a hot tub rather than a frigid one, especially if there are breaks in their workouts.
  
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• Norris will 'do everything' to keep hopes alive as Russell takes pole

  23-11-2024 11:39 via bbc.com
  
  Lando Norris says he will "do everything" possible to keep the F1 drivers’ championship alive in the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
  
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• Kate invites Southport families to Christmas carols

  23-11-2024 11:25 via bbc.com
  
  It comes after the Prince and Princess of Wales met families of those killed in the attack.
  
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• Coca-Cola’s controversial Christmas ad, the pop star and the priest, and edible art

  23-11-2024 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  G20, Coca-Cola, banana art, Sabrina Carpenter, Joe Biden, influencers, Rafael Nadal, Dr. Oz, Department of Justice, Google
  
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• As Band Aid marks 40th anniversary critics take aim at Africa stereotypes

  23-11-2024 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest version of Do They Know It’s Christmas fundraiser reignites debate about ‘problematic’ lyrics and imagery Forty years ago this week, a group of pop stars gathered at a west London studio to record a single that would raise millions, inspire further starry projects, and ultimately change charity fundraising in the UK.Do They Know It’s Christmas, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure’s festive charity behemoth, would go on to raise almost £150m for famine relief and d
  
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• They're here to finance climate action. But COP29 is more about bickering

  23-11-2024 09:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nearly 50,000 people from 200 countries were in Azerbaijan for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, with the goal of reaching a climate finance deal.
  
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• Nightclub could be closed after large gun fight

  23-11-2024 09:15 via bbc.com
  
  Gunshots rang out as a health and safety officer was visiting the club to investigate safety fears.
  
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• Trump nominates Bessent to lead US Treasury in flurry of announcements

  23-11-2024 09:14 via bbc.com
  
  He also announces nominees for labour secretary, housing secretary and surgeon general.
  
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• Sisters build global beauty brand from a garage

  23-11-2024 08:13 via bbc.com
  
  Sophie and Hannah Pycroft's business has sold more than two million make-up brushes and accessories.
  
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• Racing star Billy Monger takes to the Strictly dancefloor

  23-11-2024 08:09 via bbc.com
  
  The TV presenter and former racing driver from Surrey is to compete in the Christmas Strictly show.
  
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• Former Wales football star faces fresh cash claims

  23-11-2024 08:09 via bbc.com
  
  Up to 70 parents and businesses now allege that they have lost money to Natasha Harding.
  
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• A week of massive changes in Ukraine war - and why they all matter

  23-11-2024 08:08 via bbc.com
  
  Russia made its loudest threat yet of nuclear war, as Western powers bolstered Ukraine's arsenal.
  
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• Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s deputy vows to have him assassinated if she is killed

  23-11-2024 07:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Vice-president Sara Duterte tells press conference she has given an assassin the instructions, prompting referral from Marcos’s office over ‘active threat’The Philippines’ vice-president, Sara Duterte, said on Saturday she would have someone assassinate the president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, if she herself were killed, leading Marcos’s office to vow “immediate proper action”.In a dramatic sign of a widening rift between the country’s two most powerful
  
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• Teammates tie ribbons as community mourns Melbourne teens after suspected methanol poisoning

  23-11-2024 06:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Players heard news of Holly Bowles’ death as they gathered to remember her friend Bianca Jones, Beaumaris Football Club saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTributes have continued to flow for two Melbourne teenagers who died while holidaying in southeast Asia, after the death toll from a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos rose to six.Holly Bowles, 19, died on Friday in a Bangkok hospital, one day after her best friend, Bianca Jones, also 19, died in another Tha
  
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• Spain’s floods force some UK sellers to buy oranges from southern hemisphere

  23-11-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  British suppliers source from South Africa and South America as Spanish farmers struggle to harvest and shipSome British retailers and wholesalers have been forced to switch to sourcing oranges from South Africa and South America early after last month’s “catastrophic” floods in eastern Spain left farmers struggling to harvest and ship their crops.Companies in the UK have moved to buying fruit from the southern hemisphere several weeks earlier than in a typical year to prevent
  
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• ‘Protect the climate for whom?’: Palestinians highlight Gaza at Cop29

  23-11-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Advocates and officials argue that consequences of Israeli siege are inextricably linked to tackling the climate crisisAs countries negotiate over climate finance, Palestinian officials and advocates have come to Cop29 in Baku to highlight global heating’s intersection with another crisis: Israel’s siege on Gaza.“The Cop [meetings] are very keen to protect the environment, but for whom?” said Ahmed Abu Thaher, director of projects and international relations at Palestine&
  
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• Pelicot rape trial: ‘It is Gisèle’s name that will be remembered’

  23-11-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Woman who has become a feminist hero says she is ‘determined to change society’, as trial approaches its endMore than a hundred women formed a line and applauded as Gisèle Pelicot left the courtroom of the French mass rape trial this week. Pelicot, whose husband has admitted drugging her and inviting dozens of strangers into her bedroom to rape her for a decade, thanked supporters, putting a hand to her heart.She would, she told the court, now go for walk. “I heal by hou
  
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• Deadly air strike on central Beirut after Israel hits Lebanon in north and south

  23-11-2024 05:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Israel targets Hezbollah in Lebanese capital while hospital director and six colleagues reportedly killed in north, with more medics and UN peacekeepers among other casualtiesA powerful airstrike targeted central Beirut on Saturday, security sources said, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel pressed its offensive against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.At least four people were killed and 33 wounded in the attack in Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, Hezbollah’s al-Manar broadcaster rep
  
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• Trump picks Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought to lead budget office

  23-11-2024 04:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump named Russell Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as a platform policy director for the Republican National Committee, as his pick to lead the to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
  
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• Putin says Russia will use experimental missile again after Ukraine strike

  23-11-2024 04:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukrainian president calls testing of nuclear-capable weapon on his country’s territory an ‘international crime’Vladimir Putin has vowed to launch more strikes using an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile as Ukraine decried the testing of the nuclear-capable weapon on its territory as an “international crime”.Speaking at a defence conference on Friday, Putin contested US claims that Russia possessed only a “handful” of the high-speed ballist
  
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• New York hospitals accused of knowing urologist sexually abused patients

  23-11-2024 04:18 via nbcnews.com
  New York hospitals are being accused of knowing that Dr. Darius Paduch sexually abused his patients. This comes after Paduch was sentenced to life in prison. NBC News' Tom Llamas talks to an attorney representing some of Paduh's former patients about the allegations. 
  
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• Trump's mass deportations could split 4 million families. How one is getting ready.

  23-11-2024 04:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Migrant families and immigration advocacy groups are preparing for millions of families to potentially be separated from each other during the mass deportations planned by President-elect Donald Trump.
  
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• Trump makes flurry of choices including labor secretary and CDC chief

  23-11-2024 03:48 via theguardian.com
  
  President-elect picks Fox News personalities and key loyalists as he looks to fill crucial agency and advisory rolesIn a flurry of announcements late Friday evening, Donald Trump released his picks for some of the most important agency and advisory roles in the country, further revealing his preference for Fox News personalities and those that are loyal to him. Continue reading...
  
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• Extreme fire danger warnings for Victoria as heatwave sweeps through south-east Australia

  23-11-2024 03:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Cool change expected to push through state late on Saturday, bringing intense rain and thunderstorms across the wider region into next weekGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastExtreme fire danger alerts are in place in parts of Victoria, as swathes of south-east Australia continue to swelter through a heatwave sweeping across the region.However, the weather system driving the warm conditions is expected to bring a cool change by late on Saturday for much of Victoria, before
  
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• Donald Trump announces picks for labor and treasury departments, CDC and surgeon general in flurry of nominations – as it happened

  23-11-2024 03:07 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed. Read our latest story hereTrump picks hedge-fund investor Scott Bessent for treasury secretaryTrump selects key Project 2025 figure Russ Vought to head budget officeIn a new interview on Friday, Matt Gaetz revealed that he will not be returning to Congress next year.Speaking to conservative talk show host Charlie Kirk, Gaetz, who withdrew his attorney general nomination yesterday, said:“I’m still going to be in the fight, but it’s going to be from a new
  
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• China's huge sinkholes reveal hidden treasures as viral videos draw tourists

  23-11-2024 02:22 via bbc.com
  
  These caves were unexplored for thousands of years, protected by swirling mists and terrifying tales.
  
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