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Namibia votes for president and the chance for its first female leader
A 72-year-old woman who joined Namibia's independence movement in the 1970s is a strong contender to become its first female leader as the country votes in a presidential election on Wednesday. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is the current vice president and the ruling SWAPO party's candidate for president and leads after the results of special early voting among citizens overseas and the armed forces were announced earlier this month.
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Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall St records despite tariff talk
Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after U.S. stocks rose to records despite President-elect Donald Trump’s latest talk about tariffs, which caused only ripples on Wall Street. Tokyo’s Nikkei index fell nearly 1%, to 38,081.10 as the Japanese yen surged in value against the U.S. dollar. The dollar fell to 152.31 yen from 153.08 yen.
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Eight people including 6 children missing as heavy rains trigger flooding in Sri Lanka
Eight people, including six children who were returning from school, have gone missing in Sri Lanka when the farm tractor they were traveling on was swept away by floods triggered by heavy rains, police said Wednesday. Sri Lanka has experienced heavy downpours and strong winds over the past two days that have flooded homes, fields and roads and forced authorities to suspend train services in tea-growing mountain areas. In the worst incident, a farm tractor carrying 11 school children was swept away Tuesday evening in the eastern region of the country, police said.
AFP
Hello Kitty owner plunges 17% on sharesale plan
Shares in the Japanese entertainment giant behind the popular Hello Kitty brand plunged on Wednesday after major shareholders said they would reduce their stakes.A statement issued Tuesday by Sanrio said shareholders including major bank Mitsubishi UFJ will let go of as many as 25.9 million shares, sold at a price to be determined later.
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Worst November snowstorm in half century hits Seoul and grounds hundreds of airplane flights
The most severe November snowstorm to hit South Korea's capital in more than a half century blanketed the capital on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of airplane flights and disrupting commuter traffic.
USA TODAY
Trump picks Jamieson Greer as US trade representative to help lead tariff hikes
Jamieson Greer, Trump's pick for US trade representative, will play a pivotal role as Trump carries out tariffs hikes on Mexico, Canada and China.
Reuters
OpenAI allows employees to sell $1.5 billion stock to SoftBank, CNBC reports
The report comes after Microsoft-backed OpenAI completed a $6.6 billion funding round from investors, including SoftBank in October at a valuation of $157 billion. CNBC said the new financing was spurred by SoftBank's billionaire CEO Masayoshi Son, who was persistent in seeking a larger stake in the startup after investing in its last funding round. The tender offer is set to close this week and will allow current and former OpenAI employees to cash out their shares, according to the report.
Associated Press
Middle East latest: Displaced people return to south Lebanon as ceasefire appears to hold
Long-displaced residents of south Lebanon started returning to their homes amid celebrations hours after a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group took effect early Wednesday morning. Israel has said it will attack if Hezbollah breaks the ceasefire agreement, which was announced Tuesday. Thousands of people made their way into southern Lebanon, defying a warning from the Israeli military to stay away from previously evacuated areas.
Reuters
Supporters of Pakistan's Imran Khan call off protest, local media says
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party suspended street protests demanding his release from jail after a sweeping midnight raid by security forces in the capital Islamabad in which hundreds of people were arrested, local media reported on Wednesday. Broadcaster Geo News, citing a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) statement, said the party had announced a "temporary suspension" of the protest, in which at least six people, including four paramilitary soldiers and two protesters, have been killed. Thousands of protesters had gathered in the centre of Islamabad on Tuesday after a convoy, led by Khan's wife Bushra Bibi, broke through several lines of security all the way to the edge of the city's highly fortified red zone.
AFP
Protesters for jailed ex-PM Khan cleared from Pakistan capital's centre
Protesters who marched on the Pakistan capital to demand the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan were cleared from the city centre on Wednesday after a sweeping security crackdown."All Pakistanis participating in the protest must remain peaceful, stay united, and stand firm until our demands are met," he said in a social media statement released by his party, who often meet him in jail.
Associated Press
Long-sought court ruling restores Oregon tribe's hunting and fishing rights
Drumming made the floor vibrate and singing filled the conference room of the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, on the Oregon coast, as hundreds in tribal regalia danced in a circle. For the last 47 years, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians have held an annual powwow to celebrate regaining federal recognition. This month’s event, however, was especially significant: It came just two weeks after a federal court lifted restrictions on the tribe's rights to hunt, fish and gather — restrictions tribal leaders had opposed for decades.
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Trump promised mass deportations. Educators worry fear will keep immigrants' kids from school
Last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the school superintendent. Word spread that immigration agents were going to try to enter schools. There was no truth to it, but school staff members had to find students who were avoiding school and coax them back to class.
AFP
Environmentalists slam lobbyist influence on plastic talks
Environmental groups on Wednesday slammed the presence of dozens of petrochemical and fossil fuel industry lobbyists at UN talks on a plastic pollution treaty, accusing them of "obstruction" and "misinformation."Environmental groups and many countries say this is a mandate to limit new plastic production, putting the goals of the treaty in conflict with the business model of fossil fuel and chemical companies whose products are the raw materials for plastic.
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Massachusetts man who spent decades in prison for a murder he didn't commit is awarded $13 million
For the nearly three decades that he was behind bars, Michael Sullivan's mother and four siblings died, his girlfriend moved on with her life and he was badly beaten in several prison attacks. Earlier this month, the 64-year-old Sullivan got a degree of justice when a Massachusetts jury ruled that he was innocent of the 1986 murder and robbery of Wilfred McGrath. The jury also found a state police chemist falsely testified at the trial though his testimony isn't what guaranteed Sullivan's conviction.
AFP
Global security hotspots awaiting Trump in 2025
The coming year will put incoming US President Donald Trump's geopolitical strategies to the test, as wars rage in the Middle East and Ukraine and tensions rise in Asia.- Middle East - More than a year on from the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, the Middle East risks tipping into regional conflict.
Associated Press
Democrats in Pennsylvania had a horrible 2024 election. They say it's still a swing state
The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania in this year's election has prompted predictable vows to rebound, but it has also sowed doubts about whether Pennsylvania might be leaving the ranks of up-for-grabs swing states for a right-leaning existence more like Ohio's. The introspection over voters' rejection of Democrats comes amid growing speculation about Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as a contender for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination. Widely expected to seek reelection in the 2026 mid-terms, Shapiro was considered a rising star in the party even before he garnered heavy national attention for making Vice President Kamala Harris' shortlist of candidates for running mates.
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Millions will eat cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving. But where do those cranberries come from?
Weeks before Thanksgiving, some of the cranberries on dinner plates Thursday are floating on the Rocky Meadow bog in southeastern Massachusetts. The cranberries have turned this pond pinkish crimson. Several workers, up to their waist in water, gently coral the berries toward a pump that vacuums them up onto a waiting truck.
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Rats feast on New York’s City's bagged garbage. Can putting it in bins end the smorgasbord?
For half a century, New York City residents have taken out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with stinking garbage straight onto the sidewalk. Now, New Yorkers are slowly adjusting to a radically new routine, at least for America's biggest city: Putting their trash in bins. Earlier this month, covered bins became a requirement for all residential buildings with fewer than 10 living units.
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Conservatives love him. Liberals disdain him. For residents of Maine town, it's more complicated
Few people in America have done more to advance conservative causes than Leo. Years ago, the then-unknown conservative lawyer began executing a plan that has helped reshape the U.S. courts and Republican politics, an effort that culminated in Trump’s first term with the appointment of three conservative Supreme Court justices. The success moved Leo out of the shadows, turning him into a hero to conservatives and a villain to liberals.
CNN
How will Pope Francis and the Catholic Church navigate a second Trump presidency?
Catholic voters swung behind Donald Trump in the election. But his and Pope Francis’ visions couldn’t be further apart on issues from migration to climate change.

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