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Rival protests over South Korea's impeached President Yoon held in Seoul
Demonstrators supporting and opposing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held rival protests several hundred metres apart in Seoul on Saturday, a week after he was impeached over his short-lived declaration of martial law. Yoon's presidential powers are suspended but he remains in office. He has also not responded to attempts to contact him by the Constitutional Court, which decides whether to remove him from office or restore his presidential powers.
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Rotten, cracked, falling out: What are dreams about teeth really saying?
What do teeth dreams mean? A dream interpreter explains why teeth are falling out in your dreams and what it means.
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Capricorn season 2024 horoscopes: How your sign will be affected
What to expect from Capricorn season 2024: How will your zodiac sign be affected? Here are horoscopes for the season with dates spanning December 21 to January 19.
TODAY
Dietitian shares 30 healthy snack ideas for weight loss
These healthy snacks to help lose weight are great for adults and easy to take on the go. The best snacks for weight loss have fiber, protein and healthy fats.
TODAY
Best Christmas pageant ever? Watch Mary put a sheep in a headlock for stealing baby Jesus
"She just really wanted that baby Jesus."
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Is sunflower oil healthy? Yes, just follow this 1 rule, dietitians say
Ultraprocessed foods now make up approximately 70% of the food supply in the U.S, with many prepared with seed oils — oils from the seeds of plants that contain high amounts of omega-6 fatty acids.
AFP
US Congress passes bill to avert shutdown
The US Congress averted a Christmastime government shutdown early Saturday after weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the wire, passing a bill to fund federal agencies through mid-March.Trump had been clear that he was willing to see a shutdown if he did not get his way, and the passage of funding legislation without his priorities included demonstrated that even his great influence over Republicans in Congress has limits.
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Tel Aviv hit by projectile fired from Yemen, say Israeli officials
A projectile fired from Yemen hit Tel Aviv overnight into Saturday, Israeli authorities said, in a rare instance of a failed interception over the city.
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Here’s what’s in and out of the government funding agreement
The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early Saturday morning, averting a shutdown of the federal government. The legislation now goes to President Joe Biden for his signature.
CNN
Congress averts shutdown after House GOP drops Trump’s debt limit demand
Congress voted to avert a shutdown early Saturday morning after House GOP leaders dropped a demand from Donald Trump over the debt limit, highlighting the limits of the president-elect’s influence on Capitol Hill despite his position as leader of the party.
CNN
Chaotic scramble to avert shutdown highlights challenges ahead for Johnson
After a chaotic week in which House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself at odds, at different times, with President-elect Donald Trump, hardline conservatives and minority Democrats, he returned to a similar joke.
Reuters
Biden approves $571 million in defense support for Taiwan
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday agreed to provide $571.3 million in defense support for Taiwan, the White House said, while the State Department approved the potential sale to the island of $265 million worth of military equipment. The United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means to defend itself despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties between Washington and Taipei, to the constant anger of Beijing. Democratically governed Taiwan rejects China's claims of sovereignty.
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Congress approves changes to Social Security for some public sector workers
The legislation will now go to President Joe Biden's desk and is expected to be signed into law.
AFP
Sierra Leone student tackles toxic air pollution
In his small Freetown workshop, engineering student James Samba tinkered with batteries and electrical parts he hoped could help clean up Sierra Leone's polluting public transport system.- 'Good for business, environment' - Samba first ventured into engineering when he built an electric wheelchair for his uncle, who had long struggled to access public transport.
AFP
German leader to visit site of deadly Christmas market attack
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other politicians will Saturday visit the scene of a bloody car-ramming that targeted visitors to a Christmas fair in an old market city.Scholz and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser will on Saturday visit the market, where well-wishers had already left flowers of condolences.
Reuters
US Senate approves Social Security change despite fiscal concerns
The U.S. Congress early on Saturday passed a measure to boost Social Security retirement payments to some retirees who draw public pensions - such as former police and firefighters - which critics warned will further weaken the program's finances. The Senate in a 76-20 bipartisan vote shortly after midnight approved the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal two-decades-old provisions that can reduce benefits for people who also receive a pension. The House of Representatives last month approved the bill in a 327-75 vote, which means that Senate approval sends it to Democratic President Joe Biden to sign into law.
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Senate approves bill to expand Social Security to millions of Americans
Senators approve a bill to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans, with President Biden expected to sign it into law.
Associated Press
Florida requires teaching Black history. Some don't trust schools to do it justice
Buried among Florida's manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the long-lost cemeteries of enslaved people, the statutes of Confederate soldiers that still stand watch over town squares, the old plantations turned into modern subdivisions that bear the same name. In an old wooden bungalow in Delray Beach, Charlene Farrington and her staff gather groups of teenagers on Saturday mornings to teach them lessons she worries that public schools won't provide. Florida students are giving up their Saturday mornings to learn about African American history at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum in Delray Beach and in similar programs at community centers across the state.
Associated Press
Farmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South
Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South. The mangled remains of a grain bin sat crumpled by a road. On a Friday in early December, Hopkins dragged burly limbs from the path of the tractor-like machine that picks his cotton crop six rows at a time.
AFP
16 injured after Israel hit by Yemen-launched 'projectile'
Israel's military said Saturday it had failed to intercept a "projectile" launched from Yemen that landed in Tel Aviv, with the national medical service saying 16 people were lightly wounded.Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's emergency medical service, said 16 people were injured.

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