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Trump's policies may not prove inflationary, Bernanke, others say
A number of leading economists, including advisers to past U.S. presidents, have coalesced around the view that President-elect Donald Trump's plans to broaden tariffs, cut taxes and curb immigration may not prove as inflationary as early analysis had suggested. At the same time, these economists said, any effort by Trump to exert control over the Federal Reserve would pose a real risk of reigniting price pressures, vexation with which helped get him elected. With two weeks to go before Trump's inauguration, the uncertainty about what his second stint in the White House will mean for the U.S. economy was a central focus of discussion over the weekend at the American Economic Association conference in San Francisco, one of the premier annual gatherings of leading economists.
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Pope names like-minded ally Cardinal McElroy as Washington archbishop
Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Catholic Church in the U.S. capital at the start of the second Trump Administration. McElroy, 70, replaces Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who at 77 is two years beyond the normal retirement age for bishops. The Vatican announced the appointment in a statement Monday.
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Wisconsin's Evers revives plan to enable voters to repeal and create state laws
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is reviving his plan to let voters repeal and create state laws without legislative involvement, this time through the state budget. Evers told reporters Friday that the state budget he plans to unveil next month will include a mandate that legislators take up a constitutional amendment allowing voters to petition for ballot proposals to repeal state statutes and create new ones.
Reuters
ICRC to expand Syria humanitarian efforts beyond $100 million programme
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to expand its work in Syria significantly beyond an initial $100 million programme, the organisation's president said on Monday, citing pressing needs in the health, water and power sectors. Syria requires $4.07 billion in aid this year, but only 33.1% has been funded, leaving a $2.73 billion gap, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The ICRC's expected expansion follows new access to all regions of the country after the toppling of president Bashar al-Assad last month.
AFP
Israel says Hamas has not given 'status of hostages' it says ready to free
Israel said Monday that Hamas had not yet provided the status of 34 hostages the group declared it was ready to release in the first phase of a potential exchange deal.Late on Sunday, a senior Hamas official told AFP the group had "agreed to release 34 Israeli prisoners from a list presented by Israel as part of the first phase of a prisoner exchange deal".
Reuters
Austrian far-right leader meets president, seeking coalition mandate
The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) met President Alexander Van der Bellen on Monday expecting to be tasked with forming a coalition government after a centrist bid to assemble one without the FPO collapsed over the weekend. The eurosceptic, Russia-friendly FPO, founded in the 1950s by a former senior officer in Hitler's elite paramilitary SS, came first in a parliamentary election for the first time in September with more than 29% of the vote. "First the people and then the chancellor," FPO leader Herbert Kickl said in a brief Facebook posting on Sunday evening, repeating a populist slogan from his campaign, adding that he would not comment before meeting Van der Bellen.
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Hamas approves list of Israeli hostages for potential exchange, Reuters reports
Hamas has approved a list of 34 Israeli hostages to be exchanged in a possible ceasefire deal, Reuters reported, citing a Hamas official.
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What to know about the Meta glasses the New Orleans attacker used to scout the French Quarter
The man who drove a truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing 14, had previously scouted the French Quarter and recorded video with his Meta smart glasses, the FBI said. On Oct. 31, Shamsud-Din Jabbar recorded video with the glasses as he cycled through the French Quarter and plotted the attack, said Lyonel Myrthil, FBI special agent in charge of the New Orleans field office. Here's what the glasses are capable of: What are Meta glasses?
AFP
North Korea fires missile as Blinken warns of Russia cooperation
North Korea on Monday fired a missile as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited South Korea, where he warned Pyongyang was working ever more closely with Russia on advanced space technology.Now we have reason to believe that Moscow intends to share advanced space and satellite technology with Pyongyang," Blinken said.
AFP
Japan PM says blocked US Steel deal could hit investments
Japan's prime minister on Monday urged Washington to dispel concerns that a decision by Joe Biden to block Nippon Steel's takeover of US Steel could impact future investments.Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said the veteran Democrat's decision had sparked worries over future Japanese investments in the world's largest economy.
Reuters
Biden travels to New Orleans to provide comfort after New Year's Day attack
U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to New Orleans on Monday to offer comfort to the community after a U.S. Army veteran killed 14 people and injured dozens by ramming a truck into a crowd of revelers on New Year's Day. Biden, a Democrat who leaves office on Jan. 20, said on Sunday that he would deliver a personal message to the loved ones of those killed if he got to meet with them alone. "My message is going to be personal," Biden told reporters at the White House.
CNN
Canadian PM Trudeau set to resign as party leader as polls plummet, reports say
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will step down as leader of the ruling Liberal Party, Canadian media reports, ahead of a general election to be held later this year that he is widely expected to lose.
AFP
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby faces final day in role
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will officially step down on Monday as leader of the world's Anglicans, nearly two months after resigning over failures in the Church of England's handling of a serial abuse case.He has also faced calls to resign over his own handling of a historical sexual abuse case.
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Residents of Syria's Quneitra are frustrated by lack of action to halt Israeli advance
A main road in the provincial capital of Quneitra in southern Syria was blocked with mounds of dirt, fallen palm trees and a metal pole that appeared to have once been a traffic light. On the other side of the barriers, an Israeli tank could be seen maneuvering in the middle of the street. Israeli forces entered the area — which lies in a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone in the Golan Heights that was established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement between Syria and Israel — soon after the fall of President Bashar Assad last month in the country's 13-year civil war.
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Pope wraps up busy Christmas season by calling for culture of welcome in Christian communities
Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of welcome and integration in their communities and reject discrimination. Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark Epiphany. According to the Bible, the feast marks the day that three wise men guided by a star came to visit the newborn Jesus. Francis said the star, in guiding humanity to God, doesn’t discriminate among ethnic, linguistic or national groups and is there for all.
Reuters
France's Sarkozy goes on trial over alleged Libyan campaign financing
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will go on trial on Monday charged with receiving millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya's late strongman Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential bid. Sarkozy has always denied the accusations. The conservative former leader faces charges of "concealment of embezzlement of public funds, passive corruption, illegal campaign financing and criminal conspiracy with a view to committing a crime," the financial prosecutor's office said.
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Austrian far-right leader meets president as expectations mount he will be asked to form government
Austrian Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl met the country's president on Monday as expectations mounted that he would be tasked with trying to form a new government, which would be the first led by the far right since World War II. Kickl's party won Austria's parliamentary election in September, taking 28.8% of the vote and beating outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer's conservative Austrian People's Party into second place.
USA TODAY
Will Donald Trump pardon January 6 Capitol rioters? Here's what he has said
Donald Trump has promised to issue the pardons to Jan. 6 rioters “very quickly,” starting on his first day in office on Jan. 20.
AFP
Myanmar addicts battle their demons in the 'House of Love'
More than a hundred shaven-headed men pour out of their Yangon hostel around 6 am for a day of weightlifting, karate drills, dancing and Buddhist prayer -- drug rehabilitation, Myanmar style. Joining in the karate-style drills, tug-of-war competitions and meditation sessions was not easy while he still had cravings, he said.
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Biden, in 11th hour action, bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters
President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling. Biden, whose term expires in two weeks, said he is using authority under the federal Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect offshore areas along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and portions of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea from future oil and natural gas leasing. “My decision reflects what coastal communities, businesses and beachgoers have known for a long time: that drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet our nation’s energy needs," Biden said in a statement.

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