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China's Xi is likely to decline Trump's inauguration invitation, seeing it as too risky to attend
Chinese leader Xi Jinping would likely see President-elect Donald Trump’s invitation to attend his inauguration as too risky to accept, and the gesture from Trump may have little bearing on the increasingly competitive ties between the two nations as the White House changes hands, experts say. Trump’s incoming press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed on Thursday that Trump extended an invitation to the Jan. 20 ceremony.
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Health insurance industry 'laying low' in aftermath of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's alleged killer was taken into custody late Monday as police search for a motive and the American public remains enraged.
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New York City mayor meets with Trump's 'border czar' to discuss how to go after 'violent' criminals
New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with President-elect Donald Trump's incoming “border czar” on Thursday, with the Democratic mayor expressing an enthusiasm to work with the incoming administration to pursue violent criminals in the city while Trump promises a mass deportation strategy. The mayor's meeting with Tom Homan, who will oversee the southern and northern borders and be responsible for deportation efforts in the Trump administration, came as Adams has welcomed parts of the president-elect's hardline immigration platform.
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US Senate chaplain Barry Black hospitalized after brain bleed
U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black has been hospitalized after suffering a bleed on his brain and is expected to have a “smooth recovery,” his office said. Black, 76, suffered a subdural hematoma earlier this week and is at a local hospital and under the care of the Capitol’s physician, said Rev. Lisa Schultz, Black’s chief of staff. A subdural hematoma is when blood builds up between the skull and the surface of the brain, increasing pressure on the brain.
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Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund after Zuckerberg's Mar-a-Lago meeting
The news of the Meta donation comes after Mark Zuckerberg met with president-election Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
AFP
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 58, hit flour trucks
Gaza's civil defence agency said a series of Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least 58 people, including 12 guards securing aid trucks, while the military said it targeted militants planning to hijack the vehicles."The (Israeli) occupation once again targeted those securing the aid trucks," Basal told AFP, though the military said it "does not strike humanitarian aid trucks".
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US claims North Korea put workers in US companies to extort money for weapons
The United States on Thursday offered a $5 million reward for information about an alleged scheme in which North Korean technology workers got jobs at unsuspecting U.S. companies then stole their trade secrets for ransom, with the proceeds used to fund Pyongyang's weapons programs. The U.S. State Department said about 130 North Korean workers got IT jobs at U.S. companies and nonprofits from 2017 to 2023 and generated at least $88 million that Pyongyang used for weapons of mass destruction. Part of the total was the workers' compensation from the employers, which ultimately went to the North Korean government, the U.S. said.
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Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow slide with rate cuts, sticky inflation in focus
Investors got the next piece of the inflation puzzle after the latest reading on consumer prices boosted bets on a December rate cut.
AFP
Trump 'vehemently' opposed to Ukraine firing missiles deep into Russia
US President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview published Thursday that he disagrees "very vehemently" with Ukraine firing American-supplied missiles deep into Russia."I disagree very vehemently with sending missiles hundreds of miles into Russia.
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Man alleges that Sean Combs drugged and raped him during a meeting at a New York hotel
Three men accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape and sexual assault in separate lawsuits filed Thursday that allege the rap impresario plied them with doctored drinks and then attacked them while they were unconscious.
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Biden grants clemency to nearly 1,500 people, most ever in a day
Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.All of the 1,499 people -- "the most ever in a single day" -- whose sentences were commuted were placed on home confinement during the Covid-19 pandemic, the White House said.
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Palestinian security forces admit responsibility for man's killing in West Bank
The Palestinian Authority admitted on Thursday that its forces were responsible for the death of a 19-year-old Palestinian man during unrest this week in Jenin city in the occupied West Bank.The PA has partial administrative authority in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967.
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Here are the retailers shuttering thousands of stores in 2024
Some major retailers are struggling to attract customers, leading to more than 7,100 store closures in 2024 — a 69% jump from a year ago.
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Play the lottery and skip the line for a chance to see the Supreme Court in action
People who want to see the Supreme Court in action can skip the line and enter a new online lottery system the court announced Thursday. Starting with cases that will be argued in late February, seats will be distributed via lottery for arguments as well as sessions where the justices don't hear new cases, but might announce decisions in previously argued ones. For high-profile cases, the line can start days before the arguments.
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Trump Cabinet picks soften past statements amid Senate scrutiny, while others plunge ahead
Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s most vulnerable Cabinet picks are racing to smooth out or overwrite past statements before contentious Senate confirmation fights.
AFP
Syria's rebel victors expose ousted government's drug trade
The dramatic collapse of Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime has thrown light into the dark corners of his rule, including the industrial-scale export of the banned drug captagon.Khattab also stressed that HTS, which has formed a transitional government to replace the collapsed administration, does not want to harm its neighbours by exporting the drug -- a trade worth billions of dollars. dc/it
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In Lesotho, UN chief Guterres urges rich nations to meet new commitments on climate finance
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged rich nations to honor their commitments to help the world's poor countries fight climate change in a speech to Lesotho's Parliament and repeated his hope that Africa would soon have permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council. Guterres is on a three-day visit to southern Africa and was in South Africa on Wednesday.
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Millions mark Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe Day but calls for a truce in drug violence go unheeded
Enormous crowds gathered early in the day, singing the traditional Mexican birthday song “Las mañanitas” at Mexico City’s Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe to honor the virgin on the 493rd anniversary of her apparition in 1531. Mariachi bands and traditional dance groups were also present at the basilica, which has a mix of modern and colonial-era architecture.
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Protesters hold a noisy demonstration against Serbia's populist leadership
Hundreds of protesters led by university students on Thursday held a noisy rally outside Serbia's state television headquarters despite the country's president pledging to fulfil all their demands as he faced one of the most challenging threats to his populist rule. The demonstration is part of wider protests that erupted after the fall of a concrete canopy in the northern city of Novi Sad last month, killing 15 people. Blowing whistles, booing and jeering, the protesters said they are angry the state RTS television is carrying President Aleksandar Vucic's accusations that the students were paid from the West and elsewhere to hold protests to overthrow his government.
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FBI missed 'basic step' when gathering intel in the lead-up to Jan. 6, DOJ watchdog finds
The FBI failed to take the "basic step" of canvassing its field offices for intelligence ahead of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a Justice Department's inspector general report found.

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