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Beaver Moon, last supermoon of the year, and Leonid meteors will light up sky on same weekend
The Beaver Moon, the last supermoon of the year, will share the celestial stage with the dazzling Leonid meteor shower.
NBC News
Ecosystem that predates the dinosaurs uncovered in the Alps by melting snow
Beneath the snowy slopes lay a prehistoric surprise: an ecosystem that predates the dinosaurs, revealed by melting snow before being stumbled upon by a hiker in the Italian Alps.
Politico
When playing nice is the new Trump resistance strategy
The new approach from state leaders reflects the markedly different political reality Democrats face heading into Trump’s second term.
Politico
A California Republican who’s not afraid to say the T-word
Many California Republicans had tried to keep Donald Trump at arm’s length. This one wants him on speed dial.
Associated Press
A man charged in a deadly 2022 shooting rampage in Memphis is set to stand trial in July
A man who faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder in a daylong shooting rampage that paralyzed Memphis and left three people dead and three others wounded will face trial in July, a judge said Friday. Ezekiel Kelly has pleaded not guilty to more than two dozen state charges in the September 2022 mass shooting, which led to a citywide shelter-in-place order and a frantic manhunt. Kelly, 22, was charged in the deaths of Dewayne Tunstall, Richard Clark and Allison Parker.
AFP
Leader of Spain flood region admits 'mistakes'
The head of the Spanish region devastated by the country's deadliest floods in decades admitted to "mistakes" and apologised on Friday but rebuffed calls for his resignation."I'm not going to deny mistakes" or "shirk any responsibility", Mazon told Valencia's regional parliament on Friday in a monologue lasting around two hours.
USA TODAY
'Sudden cardiac death' killed Wells Fargo employee found dead at desk: Medical examiner
Investigators did not find any “concerning items” at Denise Ann Prudhomme's desk and don’t suspect any foul play.
AFP
Leftist voices seek to be heard at Rio's G20 summit
Che Guevara stares out from a printed t-shirt worn by Miguel Hernandez as he walks through the streets of Rio de Janeiro, where left-wing activists hope to make their voices heard at an upcoming G20 summit.Ahead of that, he will attend Saturday's closing session of the three-day G20 Social event his government organized in Rio for 40,000 activists in an open-air square not far from where the summit will be held.
Associated Press
AP PHOTOS: An AP photographer captures a bomb falling on a building in his childhood neighborhood
Among them was an Associated Press photographer. Hassan Ammar had donned his flak jacket and helmet and rushed to the scene — taking up his position at a safe distance using a long lens — after the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning with a map marking the targeted building. The Israeli army said the building contained facilities belonging to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Associated Press
Trump's pick to lead Defense Department was accused of sexual assault in 2017
Pete Hegseth, a popular Fox News host who is Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Defense, was accused of sexual assault in 2017 after a speaking appearance at a Republican women's event in Monterey, California, according to a statement released by the city. Hegseth’s attorney, Timothy Parlatore, told The Associated Press the allegations were “completely false.” Monterey City officials declined to release a police report that documented the accusations and instead issued a brief statement Thursday night in response to press inquiries.
AFP
Scholz urges Ukraine talks in first call with Putin since 2022
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks with Ukraine, in the first call between the leaders in almost two years.The German leader "urged Russia to show willingness to negotiate with Ukraine with the aim of achieving a just and lasting peace", Hebestreit added in a statement.
USA TODAY
RFK Jr. nomination to HHS slammed by Mike Pence over abortion rights stance
Donald Trump's selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his Health and Human Services secretary drew opposition from former Vice President Mike Pence.
Yahoo Finance
Republicans will regret Elon Musk’s efficiency project
The federal bureaucracy is sprawling because Congress wants it that way. Elon Musk won't change that.
CNN
15 Salisbury University students charged with hate crimes after they allegedly beat a man they lured to an apartment
Fifteen students at Salisbury University in Maryland are facing assault and hate crime charges after they allegedly targeted a man “due to his sexual preferences” and lured him to an off-campus apartment where they beat him, police said.
Reuters
As Trump return looms, China's Xi at APEC criticises protectionism
With Donald Trump's imminent return to the U.S. presidency looming over the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that unilateralism and protectionism needed to be rejected in favour of economic globalization. Xi's critique of protectionism at APEC offers a preview of how China will seek to position itself once Trump takes office in January.
USA TODAY
Musk asks ‘high-IQ revolutionaries’ to work for Trump project without pay
Donald Trump's new department is seeking employees willing to work for free to help restructure federal agencies as well as cut regulation and waste.
The Wall Street Journal
Stocks Fall After Fed Comments, Strong Retail Sales Data
Boston Fed President Susan Collins said it was too soon to say whether the Fed should cut interest rates next month. “It’s not a done deal.”
Reuters
Apple deletes US-funded RFE/RL news app from Russian App Store, news outlet says
Apple and Roskomnadzor did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Reuters reporters in Russia could still access the app on mobile devices. Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has put dozens of opposition media websites on blacklists and banned several foreign social-media platforms in a crackdown it casts as part of an information war unleashed by the West after Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
AFP
Boeing strike will hurt Ethiopian Airlines growth: CEO
Africa's biggest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, is feeling the effects of a bitter seven-week strike at plane maker Boeing, its chief executive told AFP on Friday, warning that consequences could stretch into the longterm. "Delivery dates of the air planes that we have ordered from Boeing are still sleeping," Ethiopian Airlines CEO Mesfin Tasew told AFP in Addis Ababa.
AFP
China tests building Moon base with lunar soil bricks
China is seeking to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base, launching an in-space experiment to test whether the base's bricks could be made from the Moon's own soil."The experiments have a good chance of success, and the results will pave the way to building moonbases," he told AFP. - Lego bricks - Beijing is far from alone in looking to build the first lunar base.

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