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Veteran Labour politician Peter Mandelson named UK ambassador to the US
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed Friday that veteran Labour Party politician Peter Mandelson will be the U.K.'s next ambassador to Washington, a rare appointment for someone outside the diplomatic corps. Mandelson, who served in senior posts in the governments of former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown between 1997 and 2010, is set to take up his job early next year. “The United States is one of our most important allies and as we move into a new chapter in our friendship, Peter will bring unrivalled experience to the role and take our partnership from strength to strength," Starmer said.
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What will Syria's future look like? The answer could lie in other Arab countries' recent pasts
The Middle Eastern and North African nations that attempted to transition to democracy in recent years can attest to that. It’s hard to draw lessons from the experiences of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Sudan since the wave of Arab Spring uprisings that began in 2011, as each country’s dynamics are different, But there are common themes. What do you do first, hold elections or write a constitution?
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Wisconsin police chief overseeing school shooting probe is named to Seattle job
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes was named as the chief of police in Seattle on Friday, five days after he was thrust into the national spotlight because of a shooting at a religious school in Wisconsin that killed a teacher and student. Barnes' departure comes as Madison police are still in the early days of their investigation into what motivated 15-year-old Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow to open fire at Abundant Life Christian School, killing teacher Erin West and 14-year-old freshman Rubi Patricia Vergara.
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Border agents brace for shutdown, work without pay during holidays
Three in four Homeland Security personnel would keep working, even if Congress fails to strike a deal to pay the government's bills.
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Delphi double murderer Richard Allen sentenced to 130 years in prison
Richard Allen was sentenced to 65 years for each death, totaling 130 years in prison.
AFP
Mandelson: 'Prince of Darkness' tasked with fixing UK-US ties
Peter Mandelson has been a pivotal figure in shaping modern British politics, but his Machiavellian tactics and questionable choice in friends have courted controversy, earning him the nickname, the "Prince of Darkness".More damagingly, a 2019 internal report by bank JP Morgan found that disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein "appears to maintain a particularly close relationship with Prince Andrew... and Lord Peter Mandelson", whom he called "Petie".
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'Senseless acts of violence': 5 dead in apparent Utah murder-suicide identified by family
The deceased are: Bu Meh, 38, her daughters Kristina Ree, 8, and Nyay Meh, 2, and her son Boe Reh, 11, according to a statement released by the family.
AFP
Wall Street rebounds despite US inflation ticking higher
Wall Street stocks bounced higher Friday despite data showing an uptick in inflation and a looming US government shutdown.European stocks finished the day lower although they cut their losses as Wall Street rebounded, with data showing tepid retail sales in the UK in the runup to Christmas dampening sentiment.
AFP
Major reshuffle as Trudeau faces party pressure, Trump attacks
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday shook up his cabinet, changing one-third of his team as political turmoil threatens his leadership and tensions erupt with incoming US president Donald Trump.Several cabinet recruits, as they headed into the swearing-in ceremony Friday, declared their confidence in Trudeau.
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Venezuelan opposition politician met with prosecutors after leaving Argentine diplomatic compound
Venezuela's attorney general said Friday an opposition politician met with prosecutors after leaving the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas, where he had sheltered for nine months to avoid arrest. Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a statement that Fernando Martínez “voluntarily presented himself” before authorities and gave a statement after leaving the diplomatic facility Thursday. Saab added that Martínez “decided to collaborate actively” with the prosecution.
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Richard Allen given maximum sentence in killings of Liberty German and Abigail Williams
Richard Allen was sentenced to the maximum 130 years for the murders. in Delphi, Ind., of Abigail "Abby" Williams,13, and Liberty "Libby" German, 14.
AFP
Serbia schools to shut amid new protests over station collapse
Serbia's government on Friday announced plans to close schools early for winter holidays, as teachers and students joined nationwide protests over the collapse of a train station roof that killed 15 people last month.Fourteen people, aged between six and 74, were killed at the scene on November 1 when the roof collapsed after major renovation works on the station.
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San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly: We want to finish the inflation fight
San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly tells Yahoo Finance the Fed has further room to push down interest rates to keep the economy growing while still not stoking renewed inflation.
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AP PHOTOS: Glimpses of horror emerge inside Syria's Saydnaya prison, dubbed 'The Slaughterhouse'
Behind the coils of razor wire and concrete walls, glimpses of the horror emerge from the warren of dank, airless corridors of what has been dubbed “The Slaughterhouse.” This is Saydnaya military prison, a sprawling complex just north of Damascus that has become synonymous with some of the worst atrocities committed under the rule of now ousted President Bashar Assad. The warren of corridors leads to windowless underground cells, where a mixture of what appears to be mud and sewage covers the floor of one section.
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President-elect Trump transfers close to $4 billion worth of his Trump Media shares to a trust
Shares of Trump Media and Technology Group slid in midday trading Friday after President-elect Donald Trump transferred all of his shares into a revocable trust, according to a regulatory filing. Trump transferred all of his nearly 115 million shares — worth around $4 billion on paper — in the parent company of social networking site Truth Social as a “bona fide gift” to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, the Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Thursday said. It's not clear why Trump transferred the stock.
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Syria’s new leader tries to reassure the U.S. he is no jihadi
As a former Al Qaeda fighter with a U.S. bounty on his head, experts say Abu Mohammad al-Jolani's first challenge has been proving to the world that he himself is a changed man.
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Lithuania says it sees no sign of sabotage in the crash of a DHL cargo plane
An investigation of last month's crash of a DHL cargo plane as it approached the airport in Vilnius has found no indication of “unauthorized interference,” the Lithuanian government said Friday. The Lithuanian Justice Ministry said in a statement Friday that after a preliminary analysis of the Boeing 737's flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, as well as an examination of evidence from the accident scene, “no signs of unauthorized interference were found.” The DHL aircraft was operated by Swiftair, a Madrid-based contractor.
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Malaysia announces new search for aircraft MH370, missing for over 10 years
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 went missing on March 8, 2014. 227 passengers and 12 crew were aboard the airplane.
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Senate set to approve 235th judge of Biden's term, beating Trump's tally
President Joe Biden is expected to secure the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency as soon as Friday, an accomplishment that exceeds his predecessor's total by one after Democrats put extra emphasis on the federal courts following Donald Trump's far-reaching first term when he filled three seats to the Supreme Court. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has teed up votes on two potential California district judges, likely to be the last judicial confirmations this year before the Congress adjourns and makes way for a new, Republican-led Senate. The first confirmation will tie Trump's number, the second will break it.
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Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on prison labor in Alabama
No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama. With a sprawling labor system that dates back more than 150 years — including the brutal convict leasing era that replaced slavery — it has constructed a template for the commercialization of mass incarceration. Best Western, Bama Budweiser and Burger King are among the more than 500 businesses to lease incarcerated workers from one of the most violent, overcrowded and unruly prison systems in the U.S. in the past five years alone, The Associated Press found as part of a two-year investigation into prison labor.

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