California police plead for details on shooting at child’s party with suspect unknown

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Search continues after four people, including three children, were killed and 11 were injured in Stockton

Authorities in California urged witnesses of a deadly shooting at a child’s birthday party to come forward as the search for a suspect stretched into another day.

Three children ages eight, nine and 14 and a 21-year-old were killed on Saturday when gunfire broke out at a banquet hall in Stockton, in northern California. At least 100 people were gathered at the celebration, said the San Joaquin county sheriff, Patrick Withrow. Detectives believe the gunfire continued outside and there may have been multiple shooters.

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Ukraine rejects Kazakhstan’s criticism over drone strike on Russian oil terminal – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. Ukraine rejects Kazakhstan's criticism over drone strike on Russian oil terminal  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Oil climbs more than 1% on OPEC action, Ukraine attack  CNBC
  3. Oil Holds Gain as Traders Focus on Venezuela, Black Sea Outage  Bloomberg.com
  4. Oil climbs over $1 a barrel on OPEC action, Ukraine attack  Reuters
  5. Geopolitical Turmoil Supports Crude Oil  The Wall Street Journal
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OBR says inadvertent budget leak is ‘worst failure’ in its 15-year history

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Investigation finds organisation’s leadership over many years was to blame for error, and similar breach happened earlier this year

Britain’s budget watchdog has said the early leak of its budget documents before Rachel Reeves made her speech was the “worst failure” in its 15-year history as it emerged a similar breach had occurred earlier this year.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said an investigation had found that the leadership of the organisation, over many years, was to blame for the early release of its Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) document online nearly an hour before Reeves’s address last Wednesday.

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Trump says he’ll release MRI results but has ‘no idea’ which body part was scanned

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US president, who is 79, spoke about scan amid concerns over his cognitive abilities and mental fitness

Donald Trump said he will release the results of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan conducted during his surprise “semiannual physical” in October – but was unable to tell reporters what part of his body was under investigation.

The oldest-ever US president faced questions over the procedure on Air Force One as he traveled back to Washington DC on Sunday night after a Thanksgiving break in Florida. It is the latest episode of recurring concern about the cognitive abilities and mental fitness of the 79-year-old, who insisted he had “aced” earlier tests relating to his brain functioning.

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Jamaica Secures a Package of US$6.7 Billion Over Three Years in International Support for Recovery and Reconstruction After Hurricane Melissa – International Monetary Fund

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  1. Jamaica Secures a Package of US$6.7 Billion Over Three Years in International Support for Recovery and Reconstruction After Hurricane Melissa  International Monetary Fund
  2. Jamaica rebuilds for resistance after Hurricane Melissa  NPR
  3. 'I'm struck by the devastation and stoicism in Jamaica'  BBC
  4. Jamaica secures $6.7bn for hurricane recovery and reconstruction plan  Al Jazeera
  5. Neighbors In Need  Midcoast Villager
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Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba serving unlawfully as US attorney, says appeals court

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Habba disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, appeals court says

Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom his administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from serving in the role, an appeals court said Monday.

A panel of judges from the third US circuit court of appeals sitting in Philadelphia sided with a lower court judge’s ruling after hearing oral arguments at which Habba herself was present on 20 October.

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Josh Brolin on Donald Trump: ‘There’s no greater genius than him in marketing’

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The actor met the future president while making Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and says he is ‘not scared’ of him

Actor Josh Brolin says President Trump was a “different guy” when he first met him in 2009, and that “there is no greater genius than [Trump] in marketing”.

Brolin was speaking to the Independent to promote his new film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and said that while his clergyman character was not based on the president, there was a similarity in that once he “garners a sense of power, then there are no boundaries”.

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Teacher with Newborn Baby Admits Having Sex with Student, 15, Asking Him to Lie on Stand: Court – TooFab

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  1. Teacher with Newborn Baby Admits Having Sex with Student, 15, Asking Him to Lie on Stand: Court  TooFab
  2. Teacher with 8-week-old baby pleads guilty to having sex with her student, 15  New York Post
  3. Australian Teacher With 8-Week-Old Baby Pleads Guilty To Sexually Assaulting 15-Year-Old Student  Yahoo
  4. Weeks After Giving Birth, Teacher Admits to Sexually Abusing a 15-Year-Old Student  People.com
  5. Female teacher, 37, had sex with pupil, 15, multiple times as 'toy' text emerges  Daily Star
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Five South Africans in court over alleged recruitment for Russia’s war in Ukraine

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Suspects arrested after tipoff over accusation that 17 South Africans were tricked on to frontlines of the conflict

Five South Africans have appeared in court on charges relating to recruitment and fighting for Russia in its war with Ukraine, amid allegations that 17 South Africans had been tricked on to the frontlines of the conflict.

A female suspect was arrested on Thursday on her return to South Africa at OR Tambo international airport outside Johannesburg, police said. Three suspects were arrested at the airport on Friday and another on Saturday.

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Swiss prosecutors file charges against Credit Suisse and UBS over ‘tuna bonds’ scandal

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Banks accused of ‘organisational deficiencies’ relating to scam that crashed Mozambique economy nearly a decade ago

Switzerland’s federal prosecutor has filed charges against the failed bank Credit Suisse and its new owner, UBS, over the long-running “tuna bonds” loan scandal that crashed Mozambique’s economy nearly a decade ago.

The Swiss attorney general said on Monday that it had brought money-laundering charges against an unnamed employee of Credit Suisse, but was also taking action against the lender and its rival-turned-owner UBS.

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Third Tanker Carrying Russian Oil Hit by Explosions – The Moscow Times

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  1. Third Tanker Carrying Russian Oil Hit by Explosions  The Moscow Times
  2. Ukraine hits tankers in Black Sea in escalation against Russia  BBC
  3. Third Russia-Linked Oil Tanker Suffers Explosions at Sea  Bloomberg.com
  4. Ukraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea  CNN
  5. Ukraine hits two Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tankers with naval drones  NBC News
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Why Greece is now the world’s best place to retire – CNN

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  1. Why Greece is now the world’s best place to retire  CNN
  2. The World’s Top Retirement Destination—And How Americans Can Move There  Newsweek
  3. 10 Budget-Friendly Asian Countries Where Your Money Goes Further for Retirees and Others  Investopedia
  4. This Country Was Just Named the No. 1 Place to Retire for Health Care, Affordability, and Weather  Travel + Leisure
  5. Where to Retire Now: Global Retirement Index 2025 Rankings Unpacked  Dubai Chronicle
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EU’s climate funds risk being used for dirty projects, experts say – Euronews.com

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  1. EU's climate funds risk being used for dirty projects, experts say  Euronews.com
  2. EU lines up 100 hydrogen pipeline, storage and electrolyser projects for multi-billion-euro pot of funding  Hydrogen Insight
  3. EC assigns status of Project of Mutual Interest (PMI) to Black Sea Submarine Electric Cable (BSSC) Project  1TV.GE
  4. CEF Energy: Connecting Europe for an Affordable, Secure and Green Future  European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
  5. Italy's Snam wins EU backing for hydrogen pipeline and CO2 storage  Reuters
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Victoria could become first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgery on intersex children

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Exclusive: Legislation would prohibit deferrable, irreversible procedures until child can give informed consent, bringing state in line with ACT

Victoria will become the first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgeries on intersex children, with legislation to be introduced to parliament to ensure procedures are deferred until patients are old enough to consent to them.

The health minister, Mary-Anne Thomas, will on Tuesday introduce the health safeguards for people born with variations in sex characteristics bill, which if passed would prohibit deferrable, irreversible procedures and treatments on intersex infants and children until they can provide informed consent.

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Get shucking: South Australians urged to eat oysters and donate shells for reef restoration project

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Shrimp soundtrack will be played under water to lure baby oysters in program aimed at fighting algal blooms

South Australians are being urged to feast on local oysters and then donate the shells to restore native reefs, which will filter ocean water and help fight harmful algal blooms.

The program will also involve lumps of limestone being sunk in the ocean, with a soundtrack of snapping shrimp playing on underwater speakers to lure baby oysters in.

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Suspected members of neo-Nazi terror group arrested in Spain

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Three people are accused of belonging to the Base, an ‘accelerationist’ white power organisation founded in the US

Police in Spain have arrested three people on suspicion of belonging to the Base, a global neo-Nazi terrorist group that incites and trains members in techniques to overthrow governments and bring about a race war.

The group, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by the EU, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, is part of a worldwide “accelerationist” white power movement that prepares its cells to carry out violent and destabilising attacks.

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What I learned at the inaugural Your Party Conference – Middle East Eye

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  1. What I learned at the inaugural Your Party Conference  Middle East Eye
  2. Your Party’s antics assume a luxury the left does not have: time | Owen Jones  The Guardian
  3. Feuds, boycotts and the birth of Your Party  BBC
  4. Inside the wild launch of Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Your Party’  politico.eu
  5. What is the UK’s new socialist Your Party, which is beset with infighting?  Al Jazeera
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Trump reportedly gave Maduro ultimatum to relinquish power in Venezuela

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US president sent a ‘blunt message’ to his South American counterpart, sources say

Donald Trump reportedly gave Nicolás Maduro an ultimatum to relinquish power immediately during their recent call – but Venezuela’s authoritarian leader declined, demanding a “global amnesty” for himself and allies.

On Sunday, the US president confirmed the call had taken place, telling reporters: “I wouldn’t say it went well or badly, it was a phone call.”

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Bangladesh’s ex-leader Hasina and her British lawmaker niece both found guilty of corruption – AP News

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  1. Bangladesh's ex-leader Hasina and her British lawmaker niece both found guilty of corruption  AP News
  2. Tulip Siddiq MP says Bangladesh jail sentence is 'deeply unfair'  BBC
  3. Leading lawyers condemn ‘contrived’ Bangladesh trial of former UK minister  The Guardian
  4. British lawmaker Siddiq sentenced to prison by Bangladesh court for corruption  CNN
  5. Bangladesh’s ex-leader Hasina and her niece, British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, found guilty of corruption  NBC News
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