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Storm moves away from Mayotte, three dead in Madagascar
A tropical storm was moving away from the French territory of Mayotte on Sunday after causing torrential rains and flash floods that killed three people in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar.Three people died in the torrential rains that battered northern Madagascar, the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC) said on Sunday.
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MLK’s vision of love as a moral imperative still matters
Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of love was not sentimental. It demanded that individuals tell their oppressors what they were doing was wrong.
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Italy's justice minister seeks to revoke the arrest of an Iranian based on a US warrant
Italy’s justice minister has asked an appeals court to revoke the arrest of an Iranian citizen wanted by the U.S. over a drone attack in Jordan that killed three Americans a year ago. Mohammad Abedini is scheduled to appear at a Milan court on Wednesday in connection with his bid for house arrest pending the extradition process to the U.S. Sala, who was believed held as a bargaining chip for Abedini's release, returned home last week, giving rise to speculation about Abedini's fate.
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Is winter miserable for wildlife?
When you’re warm and cozy inside, it can be natural to wonder if the animals you see outside your window this winter are doing OK. Don’t worry – they’re doing better out there than you would.
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Israelis and Palestinians warring over a homeland is far from unique
Conflicts over the Alsace-Lorraine region and Northern Ireland offer examples of how territory is often at the center of a conflict − and what is necessary to pave the path to peace.
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Top Israeli security delegation in Doha for Gaza talks
A top level Israeli security delegation arrived in Qatar on Sunday for talks on a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in a possible sign of so-far elusive agreements nearing. Qatar and fellow mediators Egypt and the United States are making renewed efforts to reach a deal to halt the fighting in the enclave and free the remaining 98 hostages held there before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Netanyahu's office said on Saturday that the delegation includes Mossad Head David Barnea, the head of the Shin Bet domestic security service Ronen Bar and the military's head of the hostage brief, Nitzan Alon.
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New York City's congestion pricing picks up speed
The first congestion pricing plan in the U.S. has begun, charging most drivers $9 a day to enter the lower half of Manhattan. The long-debated plan is projected to raise up to $800 million a year for the city's aging public transit system. Will it work?
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German far right emboldened by Austria
Buoyed by the endorsement of Elon Musk and enjoying new highs in the polls ahead of elections in February, Germany's far-right AfD is hoping for a further boost from the success of the far right in neighbouring Austria.The anti-immigration AfD has little chance of being part of Germany's next government since other parties have committed to maintaining a so-called "firewall" to keep the far right out of government.
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Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned
Special Counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department effective Friday, according to a court filing.
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Los Angeles tree advocates wait and hope that fire damage won't be too severe
People across Los Angeles have worked for years to increase the number of trees that shade the pavement, provide a respite for people and even clean some air pollution. Bryan Vejar, associate director of community forestry for TreePeople, an environmental nonprofit that works to expand tree equity across Los Angeles, said city arborists have shown him “sobering” photographs of large trees knocked onto homes and parkways from the same powerful winds that sent fires out of control. Other images show scorched tree canopies.
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Biden's consumer watchdog is taking a big last-minute risk
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been finalizing consumer-friendly rules, in hopes they'll stick under a second Trump administration.
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The California wildfires could be leaving deeper inequality in their wake
The sight of celebrity mansions and movie landmarks reduced to ashes can make it seem like the wildfires roaring through the Los Angeles area affected a constellation of movie stars. Samantha Santoro, 22, a first-generation college student at Cal Poly Pomona, remembered being annoyed when the initial news coverage of the wildfires focused more on celebrities. “We don’t have like, ‘Oh, I’ll just go to my second home and stay there,'" Santoro said.
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Sweden to contribute up to 3 warships to reinforced NATO presence in the Baltic
Sweden will contribute up to three warships to a NATO effort to increase the alliance's presence in the Baltic Sea as it tries to guard against sabotage of underwater infrastructure, the government said Sunday. The Swedish military also will contribute an ASC 890 surveillance aircraft, the government said in a statement. Sweden became the Western military alliance’s 32nd member in March.
Reuters
Italian minister requests revoking of arrest of detained Iranian businessman
The Italian justice minister has filed a request to revoke the arrest of an Iranian businessman detained in Milan who was wanted by the United States on suspicion of involvement in a drone strike against its forces, the justice ministry said on Sunday. Mohammad Abedini was arrested in Milan last month on a U.S. warrant for allegedly supplying drone parts that Washington says were used in a 2024 attack that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan.
CNN
What ‘whole-body’ deodorants do to combat odor and who should avoid them, according to experts
An array of sticks, creams and sprays now promises full-body odor control. Here’s what they do — and how to tell them apart, according to experts.
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Senate immigration bill aims to overturn Supreme Court precedent in a sea change for legal system, experts say
Anti-immigrant state officials and federal judges would have new power to dictate immigration enforcement– including whether to detain individual migrants - under a GOP bill that has passed the House and is moving forward in the Senate with bipartisan support.
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L.A. small-businesses see years of work reduced to ash
From a decades-old diner to a yoga studio just getting off the ground, storefronts that anchored their communities were destroyed by the Palisades and Eaton fires.
CBS News
6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes southwest Mexico
The tremor was about five miles from Coalcoman de Vazquez Pallares, a municipality of around 20,000 people about 372 miles west of Mexico City.
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France's battered Mayotte islands hit by a new tropical storm just weeks after a devastating cyclone
The French territory of Mayotte was battered by a new tropical storm Sunday, just weeks after the worst cyclone to hit the islands in nearly a century laid waste to entire neighborhoods and villages and forced a huge recovery effort by authorities. Mayotte's people were ordered to stay indoors or find a solid shelter if they didn't have one, and store food and water, as Tropical Storm Dikeledi brought heavy rains and strong winds to once again pound France's poorest department. Mayotte, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa, had only just begun the process of rebuilding after the devastation of Cyclone Chido last month, which killed at least 39 people, left more than 200 still missing, and injured more than 5,000 when in struck on Dec. 14.
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From watts to warheads: Secretary of energy oversees big science research and the US nuclear arsenal
The Energy Department has a dual mission with a heavy science focus and manages large, expensive programs, many of which are behind schedule and over budget.

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