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U.S. and Russia hold new talks in Abu Dhabi as Trump pushes for a Ukraine peace deal
- The United States is holding meetings with a Russian delegation in Abu Dhabi, two U.S. officials told NBC News, as the Trump administration intensifies its new push to end the Kremlin's war with Ukraine . Kyiv said it was hoping to finalize a peace deal with President Donald Trump in the coming days after voicing optimism it had secured changes to the plan, initially viewed across Europe as granting the Kremlin its ...

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'Slender Man' stabber recaptured. A timeline of the original case, her disappearance and return to custody
- A woman who pleaded guilty to the 2014 stabbing of her sixth grade classmate is back in custody after Wisconsin police say she vanished from a group home where she lived under supervised release Saturday night. Morgan Geyser, 23, was found over 100 miles away approximately 24 hours later in Illinois with an acquaintance. Geyser's disappearance comes more than 10 years after investigators say she and a friend, ...

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Shedeur Sanders earned his next opportunity with the Browns, now what will he do with it? 10 Tuesday takeaways
- CLEVELAND, Ohio — There's just no way to have a normal conversation about Shedeur Sanders. Every comment about how he played on Sunday is perceived as a line in the sand. You either believe he's the Browns ' savior or he'll be out of the league in three years. There's no in between. Except that's exactly what his first career start was: it was in between. It was fine. If his last name was anything other than ...

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POLITICS  
Trump's emerging health care plan could put GOP leaders in a bind
- President Trump's germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill.  Since 2010, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted by former President Obama, Republicans have hammered the law as a government takeover of the nation's health care system that's eroded patient liberties and undermined the quality of care while increasing costs for individuals ...

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Australian Sen. Pauline Hanson suspended from Parliament for wearing burqa in protest
- MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber. Pauline Hanson, the 71-year-old leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation minor party, was accused of performing a disrespectful stunt on Monday when she walked into the Senate shrouded in the ...

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Semaglutide fails to slow Alzheimer's in clinical trial
- Weight-loss drug no silver bullet for Alzheimer's as big trial fails Scientists have failed to show that weight-loss wonder drug semaglutide slows the progress of Alzheimer's disease (AD), as two-year clinical trials end in disappointment for patients, medical scientists and drugmaker Novo Nordisk. In February 2024, we covered the news that researchers at the University of Toronto had found an intriguing – ...

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What is prostate cancer and how is it diagnosed in the UK?
- As David Cameron receives treatment and backs calls for NHS screening, we look at the disease and its treatment David Cameron has become the latest high-profile figure to back growing calls for the NHS to start screening men, or at least those at highest risk, for prostate cancer after being treated for it himself. He joined Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy and prostate cancer charities in saying that recent ...

Source: theguardian.com
WORLD   POLITICS  
Trump wades into China and Japan's escalating dispute over Taiwan
- HONG KONG — President Donald Trump has spoken with the leaders of U.S. ally Japan and rival superpower China amid the pair's escalating dispute over Taiwan . Trump's surprise call Monday with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping , was followed by a call with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi , who angered China earlier this month with comments on the Beijing-claimed island democracy. Both China and Japan ...

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MEDICINE  
Neuroscientists detect five broad phases of brain structure in the average human life
- Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five "major epochs" of brain structure over the course of a human life, as our brains rewire to support different ways of thinking while we grow, mature, and ultimately decline. A study led by Cambridge's MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit compared the brains of 3,802 people between zero and ninety years old using datasets of MRI diffusion scans, ...

Source: news-medical.net
SCIENCE  
NASA Grounds Starliner Crewed Flights, Cargo Only Until 2026
- Next Starliner flight will carry cargo instead of crew Boeing has suffered another setback after NASA renegotiated its agreement with the company. Under the new contract, on its next flight o the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's Starliner capsule will carry only cargo and no crew. Once the front-runner in the competition to build a new American spacecraft to carry cargo and astronauts to the space ...

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WORLD   POLITICS  
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Calls It Quits After Thousands Die Seeking Its Aid
- The aid group oversaw relief in Gaza during a period defined by the killings of Palestinians seeking food during famine. A Palestinian carries the body of a man killed while trying to receive aid near a distribution center operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Netzarim, in the Gaza Strip, on Aug. 4, 2025. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announced its closure of operations in the ...

Source: theintercept.com
WORLD  
Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing 10 – including nine children – in strikes on Afghanistan
- Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing 10 – including nine children – in strikes on Afghanistan The strikes come a day after a suicide attack on a security compound in Pakistan's Peshawar city Pakistan strikes on neighbouring Afghanistan have killed 10 people – among them nine children – a Taliban government spokesperson has said, a day after a suicide attack on a security compound in ...

Source: theguardian.com
US  
National Zoo to welcome first Asian elephant calf in nearly 25 years
- The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute announced on Nov. 24 that one of its Asian elephants is expecting, marking the first time an elephant calf will be born at the zoo in nearly 25 years. Animal care staff at the zoo, which is located in Washington, D.C., are preparing for the "highly anticipated" birth of an Asian elephant calf, according to a . The zoo said its male elephant, Spike, ...

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Trump moves to blacklist Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organization
- Nov. 25 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has directed his departments of Treasury and State to consider designating chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations as he seeks to sanction the transnational Sunni Islamist group. The executive order , signed by Trump on Monday, gives Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio 30 days to submit a joint report evaluating whether ...

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Judge cites 'defective appointment' of U.S. attorney, killing 2 criminal cases Trump desired
- Criminal cases against ex-FBI director Comey, Letitia James dismissed in blow to Trump administration A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at U.S. President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. Lindsey Halligan was improperly ...

Source: cbc.ca
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Zohran Mamdani's Pragmatic Socialism Is Paying Off—for Now
- The incoming mayor has improbably charmed Donald Trump and given himself some political breathing room. But nobody should get too comfortable. Bluesky Like all autocrats, Donald Trump is surrounded by cronies who yearn for him to bestow a smile on them. Aspiring heirs such as JD Vance, a whole crew of White House underlings, sycophants such as Laura Loomer, and even Trump's own children (especially his sons) ...

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Pentagon investigating Mark Kelly over 'illegal orders' video that sparked Trump fury
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Navy veteran faces 'serious allegations of misconduct' over statement that prompted Trump to call for his imprisonment The Department of Defense is performing a "thorough review" of "serious allegations of misconduct" against Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, a naval veteran and ...

Source: independent.co.uk
US  
'That doesn't exist': DOGE, earlier led by Elon Musk, shut down ahead of schedule; employees move into new roles - The
- The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a signature initiative of US President Donald Trump , has reportedly been disbanded with eight months remaining on its charter, drawing attention to the early closure of a programme launched to streamline federal operations by "modernizing federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity." However, its guiding principles remain ...

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
Amazon to invest up to $50B to build AI infrastructure for US government agencies
- AWS CEO says investment will remove technology barriers holding back federal agencies EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday announced a plan to build and deploy purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing for the U.S. government for the first time. AWS' announcement includes a commitment to invest up to $50 billion to expand the  AI and supercomputing abilities available ...

Source: foxbusiness.com
X displays users' locations, fueling scrutiny over political accounts
- By The social site X launched a feature over the weekend that displays users' locations, renewing scrutiny of the provenance of many accounts, including those that post frequently about American politics. The new feature displays the country or region an account is based in, as well as when it was created and how many times its username was changed. It was announced by Nikita Bier, X's head of product, in a post on ...

Source: miamiherald.com
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US Justice Department renews bid to unseal Epstein grand jury materials
- Justice Department says a new law - signed by Trump - supersedes prior rulings to keep the highly anticipated transcripts sealed Reading Time: 3 minutes The US Justice Department on Monday renewed its request to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking cases, arguing they should be made public under a new law requiring the government to open its files on the late ...

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Trump administration plan to reduce access to some student loans angers nurses, health care groups
- WASHINGTON — A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases. Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields would face tighter federal student loan limits under the plan because it doesn't consider them professional programs. The revamp is part of ...

Source: bostonglobe.com
High school football players of the week: 28 standouts from the semifinals
- Here are the notable performances from high school football players in Eastern Mass. conferences/leagues. Dominic Funke , Xaverian — The BC-bound senior defensive end wrecked Springfield Central's offensive game plan with relentless pressure, forcing a late fumble and interception to seal a 36-22 state semifinals win. Funke helped hold Springfield's star tailback, Isaiah Rogers, to 43 rushing yards. Maxwell ...

Source: bostonglobe.com
POLITICS  
US Set to Label Maduro-Tied Cartel de Los Soles as a Terror Organization
- CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration is set to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization. But the entity that the U.S. government alleges is led by Maduro is not a cartel per se. The designation is the latest measure in the Trump administration's escalating campaign to combat ...

Source: military.com
BUSINESS  
Rad Power Bikes' e-bike batteries pose a serious fire risk and shouldn't be used, agency warns
- Batteries that power a popular brand of e-bike pose a fire hazard that can cause serious injury or death and shouldn't be used, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said in a  notice Monday.  The commission is warning customers to immediately stop using lithium-ion batteries that power e-bikes made by Seattle, Washington-based Rad Power Bikes. The batteries can ignite and explode, causing serious ...

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Ohio State has a chance to take something from Michigan on Saturday: 2025 Big Ten Power Rankings
- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State -Michigan game is always best when both sides have something tangible on the line. Since Ryan Day took over the Buckeyes program, The Game has had tangible consequences for both sides all but twice. In 2019, OSU had already clinched a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game the prior week after beating Penn State. Last season, the Wolverines' chances of reaching Indianapolis had been ...

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