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'Crucial week': make-or-break plastic pollution treaty talks begin
A final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opens on Monday, with the diplomat chairing the difficult negotiations warning nations not to miss a "once-in-a-generation opportunity"."This treaty is a once-in-a-generation opportunity," he said.
AFP
Basel backs splashing the cash to host Eurovision
Basel voters on Sunday overwhelmingly approved the city putting up nearly $40 million towards hosting next year's Eurovision Song Contest, meaning the giant TV extravaganza will go ahead with its customary full-on razzmatazz."I am delighted for Basel and for the project team, which has already invested a lot of passion in organising the Eurovision Song Contest 2025," Basel-City regional president Conradin Cramer told AFP. "For Basel, the 'Yes' means that we will be able to welcome visitors from
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Petrol industry embraces plastics while navigating energy shift
Amid the inexorable shift toward more electric vehicles, oil and gas producers are looking increasingly to plastics to help keep them afloat, even if that sector faces challenges of its own.Adding to the challenge, said Bailey of Wood Mackenzie, is that amid the global energy transition, the plastics industry itself faces risks both in "the need to lower its carbon footprint and address the challenge of plastic waste."
AFP
UAE arrests three after Israeli rabbi killed
The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it had arrested three suspects in the murder of an Israeli rabbi, which Israel has called an anti-Semitic attack.Israeli President Isaac Herzog called Kogan's murder a "vile anti-Semitic attack" that he said showed "the inhumanity of the enemies of the Jewish people".
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Trump should fire DOJ employees who investigated his cases, GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt says
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., on Sunday suggested that one of President-elect Donald Trump’s first priorities in his new term should be to fire any staff at the Justice Department who worked on cases that involved charges against Trump.
CBS News
Deepfakes of Elon Musk contribute to billions in fraud losses
A study found that Elon Musk is the most common celebrity used in deepfake scams.
USA TODAY
Republican Sen. Rand Paul opposes Donald Trump talk of using military in deportations
"If they send the Army into New York and you have 10,000 troops marching carrying semi-automatic weapons, I think it's a terrible image," Sen. Rand Paul said.
CNN
What to know about federal employees who telecommute as DOGE looks to end remote work
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are determined to force federal employees to return to the office in hopes that some will opt to quit instead. That effort is going to affect some agencies – and workers – much more than others.
USA TODAY
Who has Trump picked for his Cabinet? Brooke Rollins rounds out nominees
Donald Trump named America First Policy Institute CEO Brooke Rollins for Secretary of Agriculture, closing the last open spot in his Cabinet.
AFP
Israel records 250 launches from Lebanon as Hezbollah targets Tel Aviv, south
Israel's military said Hezbollah fired around 250 projectiles into its territory from Lebanon on Sunday, with the militants saying their attacks targeted the Tel Aviv area and Israel's south.The army later told AFP around 250 projectiles that were fired by Hezbollah have crossed from Lebanon into Israel, updating the figure from 160 earlier on Sunday.
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Breyten Breytenbach, writer who challenged apartheid, dies at 85
South Africa's award-winning writer Breyten Breytenbach, an anti-apartheid activist who was jailed for his beliefs, died on Sunday in Paris at the age of 85, his daughter told AFP. A poet, author and painter, Breytenbach left his native country in the early 1960s to settle in Paris, where he became one of the most influential voices against South Africa's legalised system of racial segregation."My father, the South African painter and poet Breyten Breytenbach, died peacefully on Sunday, November
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How Jussie Smollett’s overturned conviction is similar to Bill Cosby’s
The criminal cases of actors Jussie Smollett and Bill Cosby, both Black, high-profile entertainers found guilty before their convictions were overturned, differ widely in details but share some parallels.
AFP
Iran says will hold nuclear talks with France, Germany, UK on Friday
Iran said on Sunday that it would hold nuclear talks in the coming days with the three European countries that initiated a censure resolution against it adopted by the UN's atomic watchdog.On Thursday, the 35-nation board of governors of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution denouncing Iran for what it called a lack of cooperation.
USA TODAY
Meet Peach and Blossom, the turkeys Biden will pardon in annual Thanksgiving tradition
The Minnesota turkeys President Joe Biden will pardon Monday are named Peach and Blossom.
CNN
A pregnant law school student asked to move her exams away from near her due date and was denied until her friends stepped in
Brittany Lovely is expecting her first child in early December. Her final exams at Georgetown University Law Center are at the same time.
Politico
Sarah McBride on bathroom issues: 'It is an attempt to distract' by Republicans
"Every single time we hear them say the word 'trans,' look what they're doing with their right hand,” Rep.-elect Sarah McBride said.
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Transgender Rep.-elect Sarah McBride calls GOP attacks 'an attempt to distract' from the issues
Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., the first openly transgender person elected to serve in Congress, on Sunday called House Republicans’ moves to ban her from using women’s bathrooms in the Capitol “mean-spirited” and an “attempt to misdirect” from other policy priorities.
Associated Press
Sheltered Venezuelan government opponents decry police and intelligence agents outside embassy
Six Venezuelan government opponents who have sheltered for months at the Argentine embassy in Caracas decried Sunday that local police and intelligence agents were stationed outside of it for hours. The move prompted the U.S. government to call it a serious violation of international law and Argentina’s Foreign Ministry to describe it as an act of harassment. Most of the opponents belong to the Vente Venezuela party led by former legislator María Corina Machado.
CNN
Forget sharks and bears – it’s deer that you should worry about hurting you
Deer-vehicle collisions are surprisingly common in the United States, with 2.1 million occuring each year, accounting for 59,000 human injuries and 440 human deaths.
AFP
Israel launches wave of strikes on south Beirut: Lebanon state media
Lebanon's state media reported a slew of Israeli air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, after the Israeli military posted evacuation calls online for parts of the Hezbollah bastion.There were no immediate reports of casualties in Sunday's strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, which have been largely emptied of their residents during the fighting.

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