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Venezuelans worried about economic turmoil shun Black Friday deals
Venezuelans are skipping Black Friday shopping due to the country's struggling economy
Talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapse in blow to Starmer’s bid to reset relations
UK had been pushing to join €150bn Safe fund, a loan scheme that is part of bloc’s drive to rearm EuropeKeir Starmer’s attempt to reset relations with the EU have suffered a major blow, after negotiations for the UK to join the EU’s flagship €150bn (£131bn) defence fund collapsed.The UK had been pushing to join the EU’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) fund, a low-interest loan scheme that is part of the EU’s drive to boost defence spending by €800bn and rearm the continent, in response to the growing threat from Russia and cooling relations between Donald Trump’s US and the EU. Continue reading...
Jacob Zuma’s daughter resigns amid claims South Africans tricked to fight for Russia
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla quits as MP after being accused of recruiting 17 men who are trapped in war-torn UkraineA daughter of the former South African president Jacob Zuma has resigned as an MP, after being accused of tricking 17 South African men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine by telling them they were travelling to Russia to train as bodyguards for the Zumas’ uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party.Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, 43, the most visible and active in politics of her siblings, volunteered to resign and step back from public roles while cooperating with a police investigation and working to bring the men home, the MK chair, Nkosinathi Nhleko, said at a press conference in Durban. Continue reading...
Parents of abducted children plead with the Nigerian government for news of rescue
Hundreds of parents in Nigeria are pleading for the rescue of their children abducted from a Catholic school last week
‘Not going to happen’: First Nations threaten to end Carney’s pipe dream
The Canadian PM’s breakthrough oil deal with Alberta cost him a cabinet minister and will still face stiff oppositionWhen the people of the Haida nation won a decades-long battle for recognition that an archipelago off the coast of British Columbia in Canada was rightfully theirs, it was a long overdue victory.The unprecedented deal with the provincial and the federal governments meant the Haida no longer had to prove that they had Aboriginal title to the land of Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai, “the islands at the boundary of the world.” Continue reading...
Rescue efforts end at Hong Kong tower block fire as death toll reaches 128
About 200 people still unaccounted for, say officials, as fire chief confirms no alarms went off in any of the eight towersAnger swells in Hong Kong over deadliest fire in more than 70 yearsHow the Hong Kong fire unfolded – visual guideThe death toll from the Hong Kong apartment complex fire that began on Wednesday has risen to 128 with as many as 200 missing, officials have said, as rescue operations were declared over.Firefighters had been combing through the high-rises on Friday, attempting to find anyone alive after the massive fire that spread to seven of eight towers in one of the city’s deadliest blazes. Continue reading...
Weaponized weather emerges as new hybrid warfare tool
Analysts who have been tracking Russia's widespread and increasingly elaborate hybrid war campaign against Europe -- including espionage plots, sabotage attacks and waves of drone incursions over sensitive sites -- are warning that Moscow is working on another weapon to deploy against adversaries: the weather itself.
Paris prosecutor says arrested man is thought to be 4th member of Louvre heist gang
A man arrested by French police earlier this week is thought to be the fourth member of the team that stole France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum, the Paris prosecutor said Friday, meaning that the entire gang that carried out the brazen heist is now believed to have been caught.
Congressional watchdog criticizes plans for Coast Guard's new cutter program
The $17 billion Offshore Patrol Cutter program, one of the U.S. Coast Guard's highest shipbuilding priorities, is at risk of delays and ballooning costs over a strategy to begin construction before the final design is complete, according to a recently released report from the Government Accountability Office.
One of world's longest-serving democratic leaders loses election in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is preparing to welcome a new prime minister for the first time in 24 years after preliminary election results show that Godwin Friday of the New Democratic Party beat Ralph Gonsalves of the Unity Labor Party.
Hong Kong community groups deliver aid to survivors of Wang Fuk Court fire
Volunteers that emerged during the pro-democracy protests regroup to help those affected by the blazeHong Kong’s grassroots community groups have sprung into action to help coordinate and deliver aid to the survivors of the Wang Fuk Court fire, a catastrophic blaze that is confirmed to have killed at least 128 people, with hundreds still missing.Restaurants, churches and gyms in the Tai Po area, where the Wang Fuk Court housing estate is located, have been turned into temporary shelters for people in need of clothes, food and information as a result of the tragedy. Continue reading...
Trinidad's leader backtracks and says U.S. Marines are in the country working on airport radar
The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago retracted comments where she asserted that no U.S. Marines were currently in the twin-island nation - a development that comes as the U.S. government seeks allies amid ongoing strikes on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and beyond.
