- Ukraine is fighting 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk region, Zelensky says CNN
- In Chaotic Kursk, Russian Vehicles Roll Right Up To Ukrainian Tanks Forbes
- 50,000 Russian and North Korean Troops Mass Ahead of Attack, U.S. Says The New York Times
- Russia masses troops for Kursk offensive; Putin-Trump call denied by Kremlin NBC News
- Inside Ukraine's First Battle With North Korean Troops Business Insider
Bishop calls for Justin Welby to resign over failure to pursue serial abuser
Helen-Ann Hartley says archbishop’s position is untenable as members of Church of England’s ruling body launch petition
A Church of England bishop has added her voice to growing calls for the archbishop of Canterbury to resign over his failure to pursue a sadistic abuser of children when allegations were brought to his attention.
Helen-Ann Hartley, the bishop of Newcastle, said Justin Welby’s position was untenable and he should quit. A line needed to be drawn, she added.
Continue reading...Hundreds hospitalised in Pakistan as smog reaches record levels
Hundreds of people have been hospitalised following days of record-breaking smog in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
Kenya’s top judge: No-one has ever tried to bribe me
Martha Koome says the recent allegations of corruption within the judiciary are based on misogyny.
British Steel to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces operating past Christmas
Confirmation follows progress at talks over government support for switch to less polluting technology
The owners of British Steel are to keep the blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe site running past Christmas amid talks over government support for a switch to less polluting technology.
The government is thought to be considering aid for British Steel at the same level or even higher than the £500m pledged to Tata Steel, which closed its two blast furnaces in Port Talbot in September. However, no decisions on the shape of a package have been made.
Continue reading...Haiti has lost its prime minister. Gangs aren’t going anywhere – The Economist
- Haiti has lost its prime minister. Gangs aren’t going anywhere The Economist
- Gunfire closes Haiti’s main airport as new prime minister is sworn in The Washington Post
- New leader takes helm in Haiti pledging to stem spiraling violence Reuters
- Haiti swears in new PM as gunfire at airport hits flight from US Al Jazeera English
- Firefights break out in Haiti’s capital amid democratic turmoil after prime minister replaced The Associated Press
Asthma linked to memory problems in children, research suggests
Condition appears to affect episodic memory but researchers did not assess how it caused deficits
Children who have asthma can experience memory problems, according to research in the USthat is the first to link the two conditions.
The research also found that the earlier a child developed asthma, the greater the damage to their memory. The findings highlight the need to view asthma as a potential source of cognitive difficulty in children, the study’s lead author said.
Continue reading...Russia denies Trump call with Putin urging restraint in Ukraine
The US president-elect, who is promising to end the conflict, was reported to have spoken to Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
Trump demands Senate allow him to circumvent hearings to appoint cabinet
Trump urges support from Rick Scott, John Thune and John Cornyn for ‘recess appointments’ while US Senate is paused
Donald Trump has demanded that the three frontrunners to lead the Senate allow him to appoint officials to his new administration without confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, as a future Republican government began to take shape the week after his election victory.
In a demonstration of his political muscle, the US president-elect urged support for “recess appointments”, which allow the president to make appointments while the Senate is temporarily paused, and can be used to circumvent the confirmation process, which can result in appointments being delayed or blocked.
Continue reading...Rays’ Wander Franco arrested in DR over incident in which ‘guns were drawn’
- Shortstop held by police over incident on Sunday
- Player facing separate charges over sexual abuse claims
Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco after an altercation involving firearms.
ESPN reported that authorities held Franco and an unnamed woman for questioning on Monday after an incident in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Sunday “in which guns were drawn.”
Continue reading...Live Briefing: Nations gather for U.N. climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan – The Washington Post
- Live Briefing: Nations gather for U.N. climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan The Washington Post
- COP29 Kicks Off Under Trump’s Shadow Foreign Policy
- Cop29: which climate finance ideas are most likely to work? The Guardian
- The people cracking the world's toughest climate words BBC.com
- Who will play climate good cop to Trump's bad cop? Sky News
Wildfires spread in New York, New Jersey, prompting health advisories
The blaze kills one parks employee and prompts air quality alerts. Meanwhile California wildfire semi-contained.
Israel’s Smotrich orders prep work for annexation of occupied West Bank
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says he has ordered preparations for the annexation of the occupied West Bank.
Middle East crisis: Iran says ‘world is waiting’ for Trump administration to stop wars in Lebanon and Gaza – as it happened
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Lebanon’s National News Agency reports Israeli planes carried out airstrikes again overnight on locations in the south of the country. There are, as yet, no reports of any casualties.
Here are some of the latest images sent to us over the news wires from the Kerem Shalom crossing between Gaza and Israel.
Continue reading...Macron to attend ‘high-risk’ France-Israel football match
French president offers ‘fraternity and solidarity’ as Israel discourages wearing of ‘Jewish symbols’ abroad
Emmanuel Macron will attend the France-Israel football match at the Stade de France on Thursday in a gesture of “fraternity and solidarity” after attacks on Jewish fans in Amsterdam last week.
Thousands of extra police will be on duty for the game taking place against a backdrop of high tension caused by the conflict in Gaza.
Continue reading...Trump appoints UN ambassador Elise Stefanik and border tsar Tom Homan
All eyes are on the president-elect's picks for his top team as his party closes in on full control of Congress.
Huge crime network forging Banksy, Warhol and Picasso uncovered in Italy
Art police and Pisa prosecutor say 38 people being investigated, with about 2,100 fake artworks seized
Italian police have dismantled a Europe-wide forgery network suspected of producing sophisticated replicas of works by some of the world’s most famous artists, including Banksy, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Gustav Klimt.
Thirty-eight people had been placed under investigation in Italy, Spain, France and Belgium on suspicion of conspiracy to handle stolen goods, forgery and illegal sale of artworks, Italy’s art police and Pisa’s prosecutor’s office said in a joint statement on Monday.
Continue reading...COP29 opens for talks on climate funding
The United Nations climate summit has kicked off in Azerbaijan.
Case of doctor’s brutal rape and murder opens in India as suspect claims he was framed – CBS News
- Case of doctor's brutal rape and murder opens in India as suspect claims he was framed CBS News
- Trial over rape and murder of doctor in India begins Al Jazeera English
- Trial in R.G. Kar rape-murder case begins at Kolkata court The Hindu
- Accused in Kolkata doctor rape, murder case says he was framed by former top cop Deccan Herald
- As trial begins, RG Kar victim’s father deposes The Times of India
Man who allegedly disguised killing as bear attack captured in South Carolina
Nicholas Wayne Hamlett arrested almost one month after police found body of Steven Lloyd of Tennessee
Authorities in South Carolina have captured a man who allegedly murdered a hiker in woodlands in Tennessee then attempted to disguise the killing as a bear attack.
Nicholas Wayne Hamlett was arrested in Columbia on Sunday night almost one month after police found the body of the hiker, Steven Lloyd of Knoxville, Tennessee, close to the Cherahola Skyway in Monroe county, 80 miles north-east of Chattanooga.
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