Former Peoria Notre Dame basketball star transfers into the Big Ten Conference

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Fog and smog push Sarajevo towards top of world pollution charts
Only India's capital New Delhi, which has 100 times more people than Sarajevo, clocked worse air quality on Wednesday, according to IQAir, which tracks pollution levels in cities across the world. IQAir has consistently graded Sarajevo's air quality as "very unhealthy" or "hazardous" this week, two of its worst measures.
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Israeli minister criticises Pope's call to study whether Gaza offensive 'genocide'
An Israeli government minister criticised Pope Francis on Friday for suggesting the international community should study whether Israel's military offensive in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people. In an open letter published by Italian newspaper Il Foglio, Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli said the pope's remarks - made in excerpts from a forthcoming book that were published last month - amounted to a "trivialisation" of the term genocide.
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Russia and Ukraine exchange missile attacks, officials say, killing at least 1 person in Kyiv
A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Friday killed at least one person and injured nine others, officials said, while Moscow claimed it was in response to a Ukrainian strike on Russian soil using American-made weapons. At least three loud blasts were heard in Kyiv shortly before sunrise. The Russian Ministry of Defense said the strike was in response to a Ukrainian missile attack on Russia's Rostov border region earlier Friday.
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New York governor announces temporary ban on flights over ‘critical infrastructure’ amid drone sightings
The Federal Aviation Administration has placed multiple drone flight restrictions over some power infrastructure sites in New Jersey.
TODAY
TikToker gives scathing review of takeout that had been sitting for 4 hours, restaurant claps back
Inglewood, California restaurant Sunday Gravy responds to a scathing TikTok review from influencers Miss Fyatee and Naya that went viral.
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Unionized workers at US Starbucks stores plan strikes starting Friday
Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company. Starbucks Workers United, the union that has organized workers at 535 company-owned U.S. stores since 2021, said Starbucks has failed to honor a commitment made in February to reach a labor agreement this year. The union noted that Starbucks' new Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who started in September, could make more than $100 million in his first year on the job.
AFP
Markets struggle as traders digest Fed's hawkish pivot
Equities fell Friday while the dollar maintained gains against its peers as investors assessed the fallout from the Federal Reserve's revised outlook for interest rate cuts and prepared for a second Donald Trump presidency.The dollar held on to its latest gains against its major peers, briefly hitting a five-month high near 158 yen before easing slightly after the government warned Friday against speculators and hinted it could step in to support the currency.
TODAY
Can walking really help you lose weight? Experts weigh in
There are many benefits of walking — and yes, weight loss is one of them. Experts explain how to create a walking routine that can help you lose weight.
TODAY
Miss Peggy, 100, still goes to every Colorado home football game. She shares her 4 simple longevity tips
The secret to a long and healthy life might not be as complicated as you think.
AFP
China lifts rock lobster ban, bringing end to Australian trade barriers
China has lifted a ban on imports of Australian live rock lobsters, Canberra said Friday, demolishing the final barrier in a broader, multibillion-dollar trade war between the countries."This is great news for our live rock lobster producers and fishers here in Australia, and importantly, it means that they can now apply for import permits to go back into this market."
AFP
Australia agrees deal to strengthen Solomons police
Australia said Friday it had agreed to boost Solomon Islands' police force with a multi-year funding, training and infrastructure package for the Pacific nation, which has fostered close ties with China.Despite Australia's overtures, Solomon Islands ties with China remain tight.
Reuters
Indian opposition's Rahul Gandhi faces police probe over parliament scuffle
India's Rahul Gandhi is under police investigation over a scuffle between opposition members of parliament and those from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which injured two lawmakers, police said on Friday. Police were responding to a BJP complaint accusing Gandhi, the opposition leader, of pushing and shoving BJP lawmakers and causing injuries to two of them on Thursday as they protested outside parliament house against opposition parties.
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Italian court set to issue verdict in Salvini's kidnapping trial over migrants blocked at sea
A court in Sicily is expected to announce its verdict Friday on whether Italy's vice premier, Matteo Salvini, was guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was interior minister. Salvini faces up to six years in jail if convicted on charges of kidnapping for the 2019 incident when he refused to allow the migrants to leave the Open Arms rescue ship at Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa.
TODAY
14 plyometric exercises that burn fat and calories
Plyometric exercises boost metabolism, burn calories, burn fat and promote weight loss. Try a plyo workout with exercises like mountain climbers and burpees.
TODAY
A personal trainer shares her go-to no-recipe winter meal you can throw together in minutes
The winter months are tough for those trying to live a healthy lifestyle.
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Sri Lanka's navy rescues 102 Rohingya refugees found adrift aboard a fishing trawler
Sri Lanka's navy rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who were found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation, a navy spokesman said Friday. Navy spokesman Gayan Wickramasuriya said fishermen had spotted the refugees, including 25 children and 30 women, off Sri Lanka’s northern coast on Thursday. Navy vessels then escorted the trawler to naval base on Sri Lanka's east coast where they were given medical care, food and water.
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U.S. delegation arrives in Syrian capital for first meetings since Assad's fall
Senior U.S. officials arrived in Damascus on Friday for the first diplomatic mission to the Syrian capital since the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad this month.
AFP
US charges 'Chinese agent' over political influence
China's ruling Communist Party used an agent in California to influence state politics, US prosecutors said Thursday as they unveiled criminal charges against a Chinese national.FBI agents arrested Yaoning "Mike" Sun, 64, at his home in Chino Hills, near Los Angeles, on charges that he acted as an agent for a foreign government while getting involved in local politics.
Reuters
France's Macron to visit Mayotte shantytowns wrecked by Cyclone Chido
French President Emmanuel Macron was due on Friday to visit shantytowns in Mayotte ravaged by Cyclone Chido on the second day of a visit where he has faced calls to speed up relief to the Indian Ocean archipelago. Officials in France's have only been able to confirm 31 fatalities more than six days after the cyclone, the strongest to hit Mayotte in 90 years, but some have said they fear thousands could have been killed. Some of the islands' worst-affected neighbourhoods, hillside shantytowns comprised of flimsy huts largely inhabited by undocumented migrants, have not yet been accessed by rescue workers.
AFP
Medical help arrives by sea to Greece's isolated islands
Outside the school of one of Greece's smallest inhabited islands, Sikinos, two massive trucks have braved an eight-hour sea voyage to bring residents much-needed medical expertise in the depths of winter.- 'We feel vulnerable' - Sikinos lies in the middle of the Aegean Sea, eight hours from the port of Piraeus, and entirely off Greece's island tourism grid.

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