Natalie Portman Shimmers in Mini Celine Dress at ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Premiere in L.A.

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Will Trump's former defense lawyer protect the Justice Department from Trump?
DOJ officials say Todd Blanche, a former federal prosecutor, knows its tradition of blocking politicians from influencing criminal investigations, but he faces a daunting task.
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Choir formed from the ashes of the Notre-Dame cathedral helps mark reopening
The members of Notre-Dame Compagnons Choir came together to do more than sing — the crew helped rebuild Paris' fire-devastated cathedral.
AFP
Basel votes to stump up bucks 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 glitzy annual TV extravaganza will go ahead with its full customary pomp.Swiss singer Nemo won Eurovision 2024 with "The Code", giving Switzerland the right to host next year's event.
AFP
Ukraine shows fragments of new Russian missile after 'Oreshnik' strike
Ukraine on Sunday showed journalists fragments of the Russian missile used to strike the city of Dnipro last week, after Moscow said it had tested its new Oreshnik ballistic missile.Russia on Thursday carried out a strike on the city which President Vladimir Putin said was a test of its new Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM).
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Police in Jordan kill gunman in shootout near the Israeli Embassy
Police in Jordan shot and killed a man after he opened fire near the Israeli Embassy early on Sunday, authorities said. Three police officers were wounded in the shootout in the Rabiah neighborhood of the capital, Amman. Jordan is a close Western ally that made peace with Israel in 1994.
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Israeli strike on Lebanese army center kills soldier, wounds 18 others
An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese military said. It was the latest in a series of Israeli strikes that have killed over 40 Lebanese troops, even as the military has largely kept to the sidelines in the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has said previous strikes on Lebanese troops were accidental and that they are not a target of its campaign against Hezbollah.
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Moscow offers debt forgiveness to new recruits and AP sees wreckage of a new Russian missile
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine. The measure, whose final version appeared on a government website Saturday, underscores Russia’s needs for military personnel in the nearly 3-year-old war, even as it fired last week a new intermediate-range ballistic missile. According to Russian state news agency Interfax, the new legislation allows those signing up for a one-year contract to write off bad debts of up to 10 million rubles ($96,000).
CNN
Missing Israeli rabbi found dead in UAE in ‘antisemitic terrorist act,’ Israel says
An Israeli citizen missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found dead, Israeli authorities said on Sunday, in what they described as an “antisemitic terrorist act.”
USA TODAY
Trump takes aim at government as public faith in US institutions continues to erode
A new Trump administration readies the dismantling of a government it was elected to manage – the very objective his most ardent supporters demand.
CNN
This fiery evangelical pastor offers a blueprint for Democrats’ revival in Trump’s second term
The Rev. William Barber, the prominent Black spiritual leader who supported Kamala Harris, suggests a way forward for left-leaning Americans who are struggling in the wake of the election.
Reuters
Israeli army orders Gaza City suburb evacuated, spurring new wave of displacement
CAIRO (Reuters) -The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders to residents in areas of an eastern Gaza City suburb, setting off a new wave of displacement on Sunday, and a Gaza hospital director was injured in an Israeli drone attack, Palestinian medics said. The new orders for the Shejaia suburb posted by the Israeli army spokesperson on X on Saturday night were blamed on Palestinian militants firing rockets from that heavily built-up district in the north of the Gaza Strip. The rocket volley on Saturday was claimed by Hamas' armed wing, which said it had targeted an Israeli army base over the border.
CNN
Senators bracing for confirmation battles over unorthodox Trump Cabinet picks
Republicans avoided a confirmation firestorm when former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration as attorney general, but lawmakers on Capitol Hill are already bracing for how they’ll navigate the next slew of unorthodox Trump picks — and they have warned the president-elect’s choice to lead the Pentagon, who faces controversy over his past comments and history, that the confirmation process is a long and invasive process.
AFP
Developing nations slam 'paltry' $300 bn climate deal
The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters as insultingly low.The agreement commits developed nations to pay at least $300 billion a year by 2035 to help developing countries cut emissions and prepare for worsening disasters.
Reuters
China's local governments step up public safety measures after attacks
Local authorities in China are stepping up safety management and police patrols following several high-profile mass killings, as the central government calls for enhanced public security, media reports said on Sunday. In the eastern city of Wuxi, where a 21-year-old student's stabbing spree left eight people dead and 17 injured on Nov. 16, local officials convened on Friday to discuss measures to maintain social stability, state-run local media reported. Campus safety was a focus point of the meeting, according to the report.
Reuters
Iran to hold nuclear talks with three European powers in Geneva on Friday, Kyodo reports
Iran plans to hold talks about its disputed nuclear programme with three European powers on Nov. 29 in Geneva, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, days after the U.N. atomic watchdog passed a resolution against Tehran. Iran reacted to the resolution, which was proposed by Britain, France, Germany and the United States, with what government officials called various measures such as activating numerous new and advanced centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium. Kyodo said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's government was seeking a solution to the nuclear impasse ahead of the inauguration in January of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
USA TODAY
Alcohol, antipathy cloud Pete Hegseth sex assault allegations with conflicting accounts
Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department changed his account of whether he was drunk during a 2017 encounter investigated as a sexual assault.
USA TODAY
'Tasting History's' Max Miller shares 3 historic recipes to add to your Thanksgiving feast
Max Miller, cookbook author and star of YouTube's "Tasting History," shares three historic recipes to try this Thanksgiving.
Associated Press
A prominent Cambodia environmentalist is arrested while investigating illegal logging
A prominent Cambodian environmentalist was arrested along with five others while investigating illegal logging in a national park, a rights group and a government official said Sunday. Ouch Leng, who was awarded a 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize for his activism, was arrested Saturday in northeastern Stung Treng province, the rights group Licadho said in a statement.
AFP
Frenchman who sleeps with alligators seeks refuge for venomous menagerie
His neighbours have cats and dogs, but when 72-year-old Philippe Gillet settles down to watch television there is usually an alligator dozing beside him."Calm down," said Gillet and Gator went back to his snooze near Alli, another dozing alligator.
AFP
Main points of the $300 billion climate deal
The deal reached at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan ramps up the money that wealthy historic emitters will provide to help poorer nations transition to cleaner energy and adapt to global warming.The deal states that developed nations would be "taking the lead" in providing the $300 billion -- implying that others could join.

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