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UN envoy to Syria warns conflict not over
Syria's conflict "has not ended" even after the departure of former president Bashar al-Assad, the UN's envoy to the country warned Tuesday, highlighting clashes between Turkish-backed and Kurdish groups in the north.Geir Pedersen, the UN's special envoy for Syria, also called at the Security Council for Israel to "cease all settlement activity in the occupied Syrian Golan" and said an end to sanctions would be key to assisting Syria.
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Biden calls for ban on congressional stock trading
President Joe Biden endorsed a ban on congressional stock trading in an interview that’s being released this week, belatedly weighing in on an issue that has been debated on Capitol Hill for years. “Nobody in the Congress should be able to make money in the stock market while they’re in the Congress,” Biden said. The interview was conducted by Faiz Shakir, a political adviser for Sen. Bernie Sanders, and published by A More Perfect Union, a pro-labor advocacy and journalism organization.
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Billion-dollar donation from Netflix's Reed Hastings leads 2024's list of biggest gifts
The Chronicle’s annual list of the biggest charitable donations from individuals or their foundations totaled nearly $6 billion in 2024, with half of that coming from three contributions of $1 billion or more each. Two of those three gifts went to medical schools to provide financial aid. Altogether, four of the top donations on the list, totaling $2.3 billion, went to support financial aid.
Reuters
Russian 'shadow fleet' to be boarded or sanctioned if it refuses to prove insurance
Vessels of Russia's so-called shadow tanker fleet will be boarded or put on a sanctions list if they do not provide proof of insurance, Estonia's prime minister said on Tuesday. 'Shadow fleet' refers to vessels used by Russia to move oil, arms and grains around in violation of international sanctions imposed on it over the Ukraine war. The vessels are not regulated or insured by conventional Western providers.
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Two stars may be orbiting each other near a supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxy
Scientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Nearly every large galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its heart. The one in the middle of the Milky Way, called Sagittarius A(asterisk), is about 4 million times more massive than our sun and is relatively quiet, occasionally swallowing gas or dust that comes its way.
AFP
US Fed begins final 2024 rate meeting with cut expected
The US Federal Reserve began its last interest rate meeting of the year on Tuesday, with expectations high for another rate cut and a signal from policymakers that the pace of cuts will slow next year.The Fed will also publish updated economic forecasts alongside its rate decision, and many analysts expect policymakers to slightly dial back the number of interest rate cuts they expect next year. da/des
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Business owners should not forget anti-money laundering rule currently in legal limbo
Small business owners should not forget about a rule — currently in legal limbo — that would require them to register with an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, by Jan. 1. The registration is part of the Corporate Transparency Act, an anti-money laundering statue passed in 2021. Under the CTA, the owners and part-owners of an estimated 32.6 million small businesses must register personal information with FinCEN, such as a photo ID and home address.
AFP
Whaling activist Watson freed after Denmark rejects extradition
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was on Tuesday released from detention after Denmark refused a Japanese extradition request over a 2010 clash with whalers. Tokyo accuses Watson of injuring a Japanese crew member with a stink bomb intended to disrupt the whalers' activities during a Sea Shepherd clash with the Shonan Maru 2 vessel in 2010.
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Canada's Justin Trudeau on the ropes as finance minister quits, Trump looms
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quit rather than take a demotion after she opposed Trudea's plans for more government spending.
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq slide as Fed kicks off two-day policy meeting
The Fed meeting kicks off with investors on alert for clues to the path of rates after the widely expected December cut.
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First Lady Jill Biden announces she is leaving her teaching post after historic tenure
Dr. Jill Biden was the first FLOTUS to keep her day job while serving in her White House role. She left Northern Virginia Community College.
Reuters
Austrian far right to lead state government in Styria for first time
Austria's far-right Freedom Party, which won a state election in Styria last month, announced a coalition deal on Tuesday that will make its leader there governor of the southern state. It is the first time one of Austria's nine states will be led by the eurosceptic, Russia-friendly Freedom Party (FPO) since its charismatic then-leader Joerg Haider was governor of Carinthia in the 2000s. The three weeks it took to reach a coalition deal contrasts with national coalition talks that are still ongoing following the country's general election on Sept. 29.
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Mike Johnson’s dealmaking with Democrats stirs anger among Republicans as negotiators inch closer to government funding plan
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s late-December dealmaking with Democrats is stirring intense anger across his GOP conference, just days before a government spending deadline and weeks before the pivotal vote the Louisiana Republican needs to win to keep his gavel.
AFP
UN envoy to Syria warns 'conflict has not ended yet'
Syria's "conflict has not ended yet," even after the departure of former president Bashar al-Assad, the UN's envoy to the country warned Tuesday, highlighting clashes between Turkish-backed and Kurdish groups in the north.A five-day ceasefire has now expired and I am seriously concerned about reports of military escalation," said Geir Pedersen, the UN's special envoy for Syria.
Time
The Supplements Doctors Actually Think You Should Take
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Politico
Trump sues Iowa pollster over survey that showed Harris ahead
Trump ultimately won Iowa by more than 13 points. But that has not stopped the president-elect from legal action against pollster J. Ann Selzer.
USA TODAY
Mars rover Perseverance reaches top of Jezero Crater ahead of next phase of exploration
NASA's Perseverance rover has summitted the top of the Martian Jezero Crater following a monthslong climb. Up next is a new phase of exploration.
Reuters
US targets North Korean money laundering network with sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two people and one entity based in the United Arab Emirates, accusing them of being involved in a network that launders millions of dollars generated by IT workers and cybercrimes to support the North Korean government. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement that the two people hit with sanctions worked through a UAE-based front company to facilitate money laundering and cryptocurrency conversion services that funneled the illicit proceeds back to Pyongyang. North Korea's mission to the United Nations didn't immediately return a message seeking comment.
CNN
Key Russian general killed in Moscow bomb blast claimed by Ukraine
A top Russian general accused of using chemical weapons on the battlefields in Ukraine was killed after a bomb went off in Moscow early Tuesday, Russian investigators said, in an attack swiftly claimed by Kyiv.
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Most US teens are abstaining from drinking, smoking and marijuana, survey says
Teen drug use hasn't rebounded from its drop during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results from a large annual national survey released Tuesday. About two-thirds of 12th graders this year said they hadn’t used alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days. The University of Michigan’s Richard Miech, who leads the survey, said: “It’s hard to know if we’re seeing the start of something, or not."

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