Col. Yevgeny 'Eugene' Vindman talks about where Russia has faltered in attacking Ukraine

Reuters
More families stream out of north Gaza, as tanks push deeper
Israeli forces stepped up bombardment across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and ordered more evacuations, creating a fresh wave of displacement from northern Gaza where Palestinians fear they will not be able to return. As Israeli tanks advanced in Beit Lahiya a month into a new push on northern Gaza, dozens of families streamed out, arriving at schools and other shelters housing displaced people in Gaza City with whatever belongings and food they could bring. "After they displaced most or all of the people in Jabalia, now they are bombing everywhere, killing people on the roads and inside their houses to force everyone out," the man told Reuters via a chat app, giving only one name, Ahmed, for fear of repercussions.
Reuters
EU lawmakers in talks to further weaken deforestation law, document shows
Centre-right lawmakers in the European Parliament have made proposals to further weaken the European Union's beleaguered law to ban commodity imports linked to deforestation, a document seen by Reuters showed. In its current form, the landmark law would from Dec. 30 require companies importing soy, beef, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, timber, rubber and related products to prove their supply chains did not contribute to the destruction of the world's forests, or face hefty fines. EU lawmakers - who, alongside EU member countries, are in the process of approving the delay - now also want to weaken parts of the law.
AFP
India's Hindus bathe in holy river defiled by pollution
Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings Thursday against bathing in the sacred but sewage-filled Yamuna river, a grim display of environmental degradation in India's capital.In places, it was so thick it looked like the river had frozen.
Yahoo Finance
Warner Bros. Discovery earnings: Stock rises amid streaming strength as studios, linear TV pressure revenue
Warner Bros. Discovery will report third quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday. Here's what to expect.
AFP
2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU monitor
This year is "virtually certain" to be the hottest in recorded history with warming above 1.5C, EU climate monitor Copernicus said Thursday, days before nations are due to gather for crunch UN climate talks."It is now virtually certain that 2024 will be the warmest year on record and the first year of more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels," said Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Deputy Director Samantha Burgess.
Associated Press
The Latest: Biden to deliver remarks following Trump’s win, House control hangs in the balance
President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks to the nation in what will be his first appearance on camera in the aftermath of Donald Trump ’s decisive victory over Kamala Harris. Control over the U.S. House of Representatives hangs in the balance, teetering between a Republican or Democratic majority with dozens of races left to be called. The Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate early Wednesday.
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Police hunt 40 monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina research facility
A police search is underway after 40 monkeys escaped from an Alpha Genesis research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina on Wednesday night.
USA TODAY
What to expect when you're expecting a GOP trifecta
Republicans have won the Senate and are poised to maintain power in the House. That's good news for President-elect Trump and his agenda.
CNN
Los Angeles County district attorney election results add pall of uncertainty over possible release of Lyle and Erik Menendez
The prosecutor who has unseated progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón in a closely watched election said Wednesday that he may seek a delay in the move to have Erik and Lyle Menendez resentenced nearly 30 years after their convictions for murdering their parents.
Yahoo Finance
Elon Musk bet big on Trump — and won. Will it pay off for Tesla?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s embrace of President-elect Donald Trump is paying dividends for Tesla shareholders today.
Reuters
Developing world faces multi-billion climate adaptation cash gap, U.N. report says
The amount of finance provided to developing countries to help them adapt to the impacts of climate change is far short of the $359 billion a year needed even after the biggest annual increase yet, a U.N. report on Thursday showed. Funding from the developed world hit $28 billion in 2022 after a $6 billion rise, the most in any one year since the U.N. Paris deal in 2015 to try and limit the impacts of global warming, the annual U.N. Environment Programme report said. Countries are preparing to meet in Azerbaijan at COP29 from Nov. 11-22 for the next round of climate talks in a year marked by extreme weather aggravated by climate change, including floods in Bangladesh and drought in Brazil.
AFP
French parliament approves bill to rein in tourist rentals
The French parliament on Thursday approved a bill aimed at tightening the regulation of tourist accommodation such as Airbnb to combat the shortage of affordable housing.The bill -- the result of a compromise between the two houses of French parliament -- had been unanimously approved by the upper house Senate on Tuesday.
CNN
Workers found human bones by Hoover Dam in 2009. 15 years later, officials identified the John Doe
With the help of forensic genetic genealogy, Arizona authorities recently identified the remnants of a man whose case went unsolved for 15 years
CNN
Not all chaplains are religious. They just want to tend to the human spirit
Even as people move away from religion, the desire for spirituality and connectedness remains. That’s where atheist, or humanist, chaplains come in.
NBC News
What Trump's victory could mean for the future of abortion rights
President-elect Donald Trump has said he would not sign a federal abortion ban. But there are ways a new Trump administration could restrict abortion nationwide.
NBC News
Fed policy expected to collide with the reality of a second Trump term
The Federal Reserve is set to announce its latest rate decision Thursday — and while it is widely expected to lower its key rate for the second time since September, Donald Trump’s electoral victory brings a new set of uncertainties — and, most likely, conflicts — for central bank policymakers.
NBC News
How Trump won — and how Harris lost — the 2024 election
Democrats’ recriminations started immediately, but Trump’s victory was decisive enough that there may have been little Kamala Harris could have done.
Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures inch higher, eye return to Trump rally
Investors are drilling down into the impact of Trump's expected policies as they wait for a Fed interest-rate decision.
Associated Press
Italy opens procedure against China's Sinochem for possible breach of Pirelli governance
Italy has opened an administrative procedure against China’s Sinochem, the largest shareholder in Italian tiremaker Pirelli, for a possible breach of restrictions designed to protect national strategic assets. Pirelli announced Wednesday that the procedure was launched under the so-called “golden power” provisions, which include restrictions to the access of some information and higher vote thresholds for strategic decisions, invoked by the Rome government in mid-2023. Pirelli said Sinochem, which controls a 37% stake in the company, has denied any violations of the restrictions, adding the Italian government had 120 days to issue a finding.
AFP
UK sanctions Russia-backed Wagner group successor Africa Corps
The UK government announced sanctions on Thursday against three private mercenary groups operating in Africa with links to the Kremlin, including Wagner group successor Africa Corps.Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group or its successor, Africa Corps, now support several African governments and Russian "advisers" work with local officials.

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