An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicates has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash, according to the US…
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The mayor of a small town in southern Italy has issued an unusual proclamation: “Getting sick is prohibited.” Residents of Belcastro in the southern region of Calabria have been “ordered to avoid contracting any illness…
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World News
Mozambique opposition leader returns from exile as police fire tear gas at his supporters
Mozambique’s main opposition leader returned from exile Thursday as security forces fired tear gas at hundreds of his supporters who gathered near the main international airport to welcome him home. Venancio Mondlane was seen walking…
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Acrid smoke shrouded the sky in Altadena, California, as Gail watched flames from the raging Eaton Fire swallow her next-door neighbor’s house. Each ember carried by powerful gusts of wind could be the spark that…
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President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would declare a national energy emergency on his first day in office, ending President Joe Biden’s restrictions on energy production, doing away with the electric vehicle mandate, ending incentives…
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The Trump transition team is accusing Democrats in the Senate of ‘stonewalling’ Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation to the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI). A hearing has yet to be set for President-elect Trump’s DNI…
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Politics
Meta ending 3rd-party fact checkers ‘transformative,’ but other legal issues remain, says expert
The decision by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to end Facebook’s work with third-party fact-checkers and ease some of its content restrictions is a potentially ‘transformative’ moment for the platform, experts said, but one that is unlikely…
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Politics
AG Merrick Garland intends to release Special Counsel Jack Smith report on Trump election case
Attorney General Merrick Garland will release Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Trump, according to a court filing. The Department of Justice told the 11th Circuit U.S. Court…
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Politics
Trump eyes an end to new windmill production under second term, says they are ‘driving the whales crazy’
President-elect Donald Trump is envisioning a future without new wind energy projects under his administration, arguing that this power source is economically impractical and is causing harm to marine life. Trump has long criticized using…
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President-elect Donald Trump not only wants to make America great again, he appears to be angling to make America bigger. Trump has turned up the volume in recent days on his calls to acquire Greenland,…