- Flooding in South East Asia leaves 600 dead BBC
- Death toll from floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island rises to 248, authorities say ABC News
- Indonesia flood death toll climbs to 303 amid cyclone devastation, disaster agency says Reuters
- Indonesian rescuers search for survivors as the death toll from floods and landslides tops 300 AP News
- Death toll from floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rises to 248 Politico
Tunisia police arrest opposition figure Chaima Issa during protest
Arrest comes after appeals court handed jail terms to opposition leaders, businessmen and lawyers.
Why isn’t US media busting the ‘narco-state’ myth?
The US sabre-rattling against Venezuela shows how complicit the media can be in manufacturing a threat.
Closures in Washington Co. due to snow – Washington County Insider
- Closures in Washington Co. due to snow Washington County Insider
- Track Snowfall Totals Across Southeast Wisconsin WISN
- Snow totals range from 6 to 12 inches across Milwaukee County Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Wisconsin snowfall totals: Winter storm on Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 29-30 FOX6 News Milwaukee
- Southeast Wisconsin weather: Snow winds down, wind picks up TMJ4 News
Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’
Lead FDA vaccine regulator announced new approval process after claiming Covid vaccine had killed 10 children
The leading vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a far stricter course for federal vaccine approvals, following claims from his team that Covid vaccines were linked to the deaths of at least 10 children.
Experts suggest the announcement will make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.
Continue reading...GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism
Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan
GB News is facing calls to cut ties with a regular contributor who has been accused of racism after claiming that the House of Commons deputy speaker, Nusrat Ghani, should not be allowed in the house because she was born in Pakistan.
The comments by Lucy White, a rightwing activist, have drawn criticism from across the political spectrum amid warnings that explicitly racist language is becoming increasingly normalised in British life.
Continue reading...Sri Lanka death toll from floods and landslides reaches 153
Another 191 missing after heavy rains from Cyclone Ditwah while almost 78,000 evacuated to temporary shelters amid rescue operations
Torrential rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have killed 153 people across Sri Lanka so far, with another 191 still missing, the country’s Disaster Management Centre (DCM) said on Saturday.
The DMC director general, Sampath Kotuwegoda, said relief operations were under way with 78,000 people moved to nearly 800 state-run welfare centres after their homes were destroyed by the week-long heavy rains.
Continue reading...Trump to pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking
Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in the US to 45 years behind bars for conspiring to smuggle cocaine.
‘Congratulations to my good friend’: PM Modi extends greetings to Aus PM Albanese; wishes a ‘happy marrie – The Times of India
- 'Congratulations to my good friend': PM Modi extends greetings to Aus PM Albanese; wishes a 'happy marrie The Times of India
- Australian prime minister becomes first to wed in office BBC
- Albanese Becomes First Australian Leader to Marry in Office Bloomberg
- Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, marries partner Jodie Haydon The Guardian
- Australian PM Albanese marries partner in private ceremony Reuters
Russian attack on Ukraine kills six as Kyiv envoys travel to US for talks
Widescale Russian attack on Ukraine kills six, injures dozens, as Kyiv seeks US support for a resolution to the war.
Explainer: How could Venezuela’s military respond to a US attack? – Reuters
- Explainer: How could Venezuela's military respond to a US attack? Reuters
- Venezuelan military preparation: How Maduro’s forces are responding to US deployments in the Caribbean CNN
- Venezuela’s wily ruler digs in to defy Donald Trump Financial Times
- Maduro brandishes sword at rally as he rails against 'imperialist aggression' amid rising tensions with US Fox News
- Trump threatens Venezuela’s Maduro with ‘the easy way … or the hard way’ The Guardian
Pope Leo visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque
It is the first time Leo has attended a Muslim place of worship since he took up the papacy in May.
Pope Leo visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque
It is the first time Leo has attended a Muslim place of worship since he took up the papacy in May.
Pope Leo visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque – BBC
- Pope Leo visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque BBC
- Pope Leo removes shoes but does not appear to pray in first mosque visit CNN
- Pope's visit to Lebanon sparks hope but also frustration NPR
- Pope joins Eastern and Western patriarchs at historic Christian site in Turkey to pray for unity PBS
- Pope visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque for meeting with Turkish religious leaders CBS News
Ukraine’s naval drones strike Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast – AP News
- Ukraine’s naval drones strike Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast AP News
- Ukraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea CNN
- Mystery Blasts Rock Russia-Linked Oil Tankers Off Turkey’s Coast The Wall Street Journal
- "This Is Virat, Need Help": Russian Shadow Fleet Crew Before Drone Attack NDTV
- Two tankers carrying Russian oil suffer mystery blasts while in black sea The Boston Globe
Northwestern University agrees to pay US government $75m to restore research funding
Agreement will also end series of investigations of university over school’s alleged failure to fight antisemitism
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75m to the US government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding.
Donald Trump’s administration had cut off $790m in grants in a standoff that contributed to university layoffs and the resignation in September of Northwestern’s president, Michael Schill. The administration argued the school had not done enough to fight antisemitism.
Continue reading...How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’
At a time when distrust of big tech is high, Silicon Valley is embracing an alternative ecosystem where every CEO is a star
A montage of Palantir’s CEO, Alex Karp, and waving US flags set to a remix of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck blasts out as the intro for the tech billionaire’s interview with Sourcery, a YouTube show presented by the digital finance platform Brex. Over the course of a friendly walk through the company offices, Karp fields no questions about Palantir’s controversial ties to ICE but instead extolls the company’s virtues, brandishes a sword and discusses how he exhumed the remains of his childhood dog Rosita to rebury them near his current home.
“That’s really sweet,” host Molly O’Shea tells Karp.
Continue reading...Updates: Donald Trump says Venezuela airspace now closed as tensions surge
Venezuela condemns Trump’s comment describing it as a 'colonialist threat' and 'unjustified aggression'.
Zelenskyy faces ‘mini-revolution’ as Yermak’s fall reshapes Ukraine’s wartime power system
Exit of Zelenskyy’s most powerful aide could also have impact on Kyiv’s negotiating position in talks over ending war
Ukraine’s political system is bracing for a “mini-revolution” as the county’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is forced to adapt to life without his closest adviser, chief enforcer and most loyal associate, Andriy Yermak, who resigned on Friday after his apartment was searched as part of a widening anti-corruption probe.
Yermak’s resignation could have tremendous consequences for domestic governance, as well as for Ukraine’s negotiating position in talks over ending the war with Russia, where he had served as the head of Ukraine’s delegation to peace talks with the White House.
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