Weakest president in a century capitulates to America’s old foe – Asia Times

  1. Weakest president in a century capitulates to America’s old foe  Asia Times
  2. Nicola Jennings on Trump’s Thanksgiving gift to Ukraine – cartoon  The Guardian
  3. Donald Trump wields dealmaking diplomacy to shape US foreign policy  Financial Times
  4. OPINION: Trump and Yanukovych – Parallels and Lessons  Kyiv Post
  5. Trump’s Inevitable Ukraine Fiasco  National Review
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A family of five was living off-grid in a remote cabin in central Italy. Then the courts intervened – CNN

  1. A family of five was living off-grid in a remote cabin in central Italy. Then the courts intervened  CNN
  2. They took our children because we live off grid, say wilderness couple  The Times
  3. Family lived off-grid with no running water, no toilet. Now Italy has taken the children away  Firstpost
  4. Children removed from off-grid family after wild mushroom incident  WKEF
  5. Chieti, Salvini: "An absolute shame, children must return home"  Lapresse.US
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Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria – BBC

  1. Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria  BBC
  2. Fifty students escape captors after mass kidnapping in Nigeria but more than 250 still held  CNN
  3. Security fears rise in Nigeria after more than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped  The Guardian
  4. Pope Leo calls for the release of hostages in Nigeria and Cameroon  Vatican News
  5. More than 300 children were abducted in an attack on a Catholic school in Nigeria  NPR
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COP30 climate talks end with more fizzle than bang – DW

  1. COP30 climate talks end with more fizzle than bang  DW
  2. World strikes climate deal but fails to agree to a roadmap away from fossil fuels after contentious, chaotic summit  CNN
  3. Many hoped UN climate talks in Brazil would be historic. They may be remembered as a flop  AP News
  4. COP30 ends with a whimper  The Economist
  5. U.N. climate talks end without agreement on phasing out fossil fuels  NPR
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China says Japan sent ‘shocking’ wrong signal on Taiwan – Reuters

  1. China says Japan sent 'shocking' wrong signal on Taiwan  Reuters
  2. Japan ‘crossed a red line’ with Taiwan remarks, Chinese foreign minister says  Politico
  3. The real reason behind China’s fury toward Japan’s Takaichi  CNN
  4. China spat with Japan on Taiwan deepens, reaches UN: What’s it all about?  Al Jazeera
  5. China & Taiwan Update November 21, 2025  Institute for the Study of War
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Cyril Ramaphosa closes G20 summit after US boycott and handover row

South African president bangs gavel after rejecting plan from US, which hosts next meeting, for him to hand over to junior official

South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, closed the G20 summit in Johannesburg by banging a gavel, having rejected a US proposal for him to hand over to a relatively junior embassy official for the next summit in Florida in a year’s time.

South Africa presented the two-day event as a triumph for multilateralism but it was marred by a boycott by the US, which has repeatedly accused South Africa of discriminating against white-minority Afrikaners, a claim that has been widely discredited.

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DragonFire laser shoots down high‑speed drones traveling at 400mph, costs $13 per shot — UK Navy to begin deploying system on destroyers – Yahoo

  1. DragonFire laser shoots down high‑speed drones traveling at 400mph, costs $13 per shot — UK Navy to begin deploying system on destroyers  Yahoo
  2. Boost for Armed Forces as new laser weapon takes down high-speed drones  GOV.UK
  3. Contract signed for laser that can take out drones  BBC
  4. Video Shows DragonFire Laser Taking Down High-Speed Drones In NATO First  Newsweek
  5. MBDA to deliver DragonFire LDEW for RN Type 45 destroyers  Janes
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Israel tries to assassinate Hezbollah’s top military commander in Beirut – Axios

  1. Israel tries to assassinate Hezbollah's top military commander in Beirut  Axios
  2. Israel targets Hezbollah chief of staff with first strike on Beirut in months  CNN
  3. Hezbollah chief of staff killed in Israeli strike on Beirut, Israeli media says  Reuters
  4. Five killed as Israel bombs southern suburbs of Beirut despite ceasefire  Al Jazeera
  5. Israel targets key Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months  BBC
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The G20 summit in South Africa ends with the glaring absence of the US after Trump’s boycott – AP News

  1. The G20 summit in South Africa ends with the glaring absence of the US after Trump's boycott  AP News
  2. Cyril Ramaphosa closes G20 summit after US boycott and handover row  The Guardian
  3. South Africa judges G20 summit a triumph of multilateralism despite US no-show  Reuters
  4. G20 summit in South Africa adopts declaration despite US boycott, opposition  CNN
  5. Macron, Who Called NATO Brain Dead, Warns End of G-20 Is Nearing  Bloomberg.com
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Ukrainian army on ‘search and destroy’ missions to clear Russians from central Pokrovsk – The Kyiv Independent

  1. Ukrainian army on 'search and destroy' missions to clear Russians from central Pokrovsk  The Kyiv Independent
  2. From Bakhmut to Pokrovsk, here’s how Russian tactics have shifted  CNN
  3. Fierce battle for frontline towns where Ukraine's soldiers are surrounded  Sky News
  4. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 18, 2025  Institute for the Study of War
  5. The Russians Captured Pokrovsk. Now A Fresh Air Assault Division Is Deploying To Sustain The March.  Trench Art | David Axe
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