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Asian stocks struggle as China support plan falls flat, bitcoin hits record
Most Asian markets fell Monday after China's keenly awaited plans to support the world's number two economy fell short of expectations, while traders were also keeping tabs on Washington as Donald Trump puts his cabinet together after last week's election win.Hong Kong led Asian losses Monday, shedding more than one percent, while Sydney, Seoul, Wellington, Taipei, Manila, Bangkok and Jakarta also fell.
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COP29 opens after Trump win with call for cooperation
The COP29 climate talks opened Monday in Azerbaijan with a call to show global cooperation was not "down for the count", as Donald Trump's re-election hangs over the key discussions.As the talks opened, UN climate chief Simon Stiell told countries: "Now is the time to show that global cooperation is not down for the count."
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Remembering Armistice Day: Starmer joins Macron to celebrate Franco-British friendship in Paris
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is joining French President Emmanuel Macron at a Paris ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the Armistice on Monday. This is the first time a British leader has done so since Winston Churchill was hosted by Gen. Charles de Gaulle in 1944, Starmer's office said. The Paris ceremony echoes Franco-British commemorations 80 years ago, when Allied troops liberated most of France's territory from Nazi occupation, Macron's office said.
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Trump inherits US embassies in Africa lacking staff, resources
A decline in U.S. influence in Africa means U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's administration will have to grapple with blind spots in its understanding of a fast-changing continent increasingly allied with China and Russia and threatened by spreading jihadist insurgencies. Interviews with eight current and former officials along with a review of U.S. government watchdog reports show that a dearth of staff and resources under President Joe Biden at embassies in Africa undermined efforts to implement Washington's goals. The U.S. racked up diplomatic setbacks over the past four years, including losing America's major spy base in Niger and failing to negotiate a deal with any ally to reposition those assets.
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Mauritius awaits results of tense election race
Mauritians are set to find out Monday who will govern their Indian Ocean island nation for the next five years after a hotly disputed election race.But some have voiced concerns that president-elect Donald Trump's approach to the US military presence in the Indian Ocean might have repercussions for the agreement. strs-txw
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Pakistan suspends train services in the country's southwest after deadly train station bombing
Pakistan's railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff. The train services would be suspended for four days for security reasons, according to a statement from Pakistan Railways. The attack, claimed by the separatist Baloch Liberation Army struck the station in the city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, on Saturday.
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Lawmakers vote to keep embattled Ishiba as Japan PM
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba kept his job in a parliamentary vote on Monday, despite having led the ruling coalition to its worst general election result in 15 years.MPs in parliament's powerful lower house convened on Monday for a special four-day session to nominate the prime minister, a necessary step after a general election.
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UK defence minister: We expect Trump to remain committed to Ukraine and NATO
British defence minister John Healey said on Monday he expected the incoming Donald Trump administration to remain committed to NATO and to Ukraine in its conflict against Russia for as long as it takes. "And I expect the U.S. to remain alongside allies like the UK, standing with Ukraine for as long as it takes to prevail over (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's invasion."
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Trump announces Tom Homan as incoming border czar
President-elect Donald Trump announced late that Tom Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be his administration's "border czar."
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White truffles, Italy's gold, menaced by climate change
Deep in a thick forest in Italy's northwestern Piedmont region, the hunt is on for the white Alba truffle, with excited dogs zigzagging and digging into the wet earth. Its intense and refined scent, a mixture of hay, garlic and honey, allows hunting dogs to detect it, even if the truffle is sometimes buried up to a metre deep.
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Middle East latest: Israeli strike kills 3 people in central Gaza, Palestinian officials say
Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli strike hit a tent sheltering a displaced family in the central Gaza Strip, killing at least three people, including the parents of twins. The strike late Sunday in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp wounded the two children, aged 10, who were being treated for serious injuries at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the nearby city of Deir al-Balah. The Israeli military says it only targets militants and accuses them of hiding among civilians.
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Chinese study recommends region-specific diets, amid rising obesity risks
Chinese scientists have recommended a region-specific diet they say is crucial to improving eating habits in the country amid a rise in obesity and lifestyle diseases, and as a means to conserve natural and environmental resources. China in October published its first set of guidelines to standardise the diagnosis and treatment of obesity, with more than half of China's adults already overweight and obese, and the rate expected to keep rising. The government has said that healthier diets are important to treat and prevent obesity.
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Main Ghana opposition leader tipped to win presidential vote, poll shows
Ghana's main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama looks set to win December's presidential election, an opinion poll showed on Monday, placing him ahead of his main challenger, ruling party candidate Muhamudu Bawumia. Former president Mahama, 65, and current Vice President Bawumia, 60, are the two main contenders for the Dec. 7 election to replace President Nana Akufo-Addo, who is stepping down in January after two terms as head of the gold- and cocoa-producing nation. Global InfoAnalytics, an Accra-based research group, released poll results on Monday that saw Mahama winning 52%, followed by 41.3% for Bawumia.
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Strikes kill six in Ukraine a day after drone barrage
Air alerts wailed across Ukraine early Monday as Russian strikes killed at least six people, a day after record drone attacks by both sides and US president-elect Donald Trump reportedly urging Russia's Vladimir Putin not to escalate the conflict.Early on Monday air alerts wailed across Ukraine after Russian air strikes killed at least six people in the south.
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Trump announces immigration official Tom Homan as 'border czar'
US president-elect Donald Trump said late Sunday he was bringing back hardline immigration official Tom Homan to oversee the country's borders in the incoming administration."I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation's Borders ("The Border Czar")," Trump posted on his social network Truth Social.
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Thousands flee as fourth typhoon in a month hits Philippines
Thousands of people sought shelter and ports shut down in the Philippines on Monday, officials said, as the disaster-weary nation was struck by another typhoon -- the fourth in less than a month.Before that, Severe Tropical Storm Trami and Super Typhoon Kong-rey together left 158 people dead, the national disaster agency said, with most of that tally attributed to Trami.
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Trump advised Putin not to escalate war with Ukraine
President-elect Trump has criticized the scale of U.S. military and financial support for Ukraine, vowing to end the war quickly, without saying how.
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US carries out second consecutive night of strikes in Yemen, defense official says
The US carried out a second consecutive night of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, according to a US defense official.
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Pro-US incumbent claims victory in Palau presidential vote
Incumbent Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr claimed victory Monday in national elections, keeping the pro-US leader in power as China seeks greater influence across the Pacific. Kathryn Paik, a former Pacific expert on US President Joe Biden's National Security Council, said "heavy bi-partisan" support for Palau would likely continue throughout Donald Trump's incoming administration.

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