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.
Continue reading...LED lights on underside of surfboards may deter great white shark attacks
An Australian-led study using seal-shaped decoys found underside lighting disrupted ability of great whites to see silhouettes against sunlight above
Using LED lighting on the underside of surfboards or kayaks could deter great white shark attacks, new research suggests.
In an Australian-led study using seal-shaped decoys, underside lighting disrupted the ability of great whites to see silhouettes against the sunlight above, reducing the rates at which the sharks followed and attacked the artificial prey. The brighter the lights, the more effective the deterrent was.
Continue reading...War update: Ukrainian forces repel 8 attacks in Kurakhove sector, 13 battles still ongoing – Ukrinform
- War update: Ukrainian forces repel 8 attacks in Kurakhove sector, 13 battles still ongoing Ukrinform
- Russia Says Street Battles Start in Strategic East Ukraine City Bloomberg
- As Russian forces close in on Kurakhove, hundreds of residents remain in the front-line city The Associated Press
- Frontline update: 185 combat engagements, Russians intensifying activity in Vremivka sector Ukrinform
- Ukraine commander says challenges increase in war with Russia Reuters
Haiti appoints new prime minister as security crisis mounts
Entrepreneur Alix Didier Fils-Aimé replaces Garry Conille as country rocked by worsening gang violence
Haiti’s transitional presidential council has appointed the entrepreneur and former senate candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as the new prime minister, according to the official gazette in the country.
The businessman replaces Garry Conille, who was named prime minister in May. The shake-up is the latest blow to political stability amid soaring levels of gang violence.
Continue reading...Will COP29 yield a viable agreement on climate change?
Delegates gather in Azerbaijan for UN climate conference.
US House results: What to expect as Republicans eye control of Congress
Republicans inch towards winning the House after securing Senate majority in boost to Trump's legislative agenda.
Aid to Gaza falls to lowest level in 11 months despite US ultimatum to Israel
US government wrote to Israel a month ago threatening sanctions if there was no increase in humanitarian supplies
The amount of aid reaching Gaza has dropped to the lowest level since December, official Israeli figures show, despite the US having issued a 30-day ultimatum last month threatening sanctions if there was no increase in humanitarian supplies reaching the territory.
The ultimatum was delivered on 13 October, so will expire on Tuesday or Wednesday. It is unclear what measures Israel’s apparent failure to fulfil US demands will trigger, but they may include a temporary halt to the supply of some munitions or other military assistance.
Continue reading...Mauritius election: Pravind Jugnauth accepts ‘huge defeat’ – BBC.com
- Mauritius election: Pravind Jugnauth accepts 'huge defeat' BBC.com
- Mauritius opposition wins country’s election by a landslide The Hill
- Mauritian Leader Concedes Defeat as Election Results Flow In Bloomberg
- Mauritius election 2024: Amid wiretapping scandal, what’s at stake? Al Jazeera English
- Mauritius holds election, with cost of living on everyone's minds Reuters