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Friday, Nov 28th, 2025 -
United States President Donald Trump said he plans to suspend immigration from "all Third World countries", the day after an Afghan national was named as a suspect in the shooting of two members of the National Guard in Washington, DC. Trump's announcement marks the latest in a series of escalating restrictions on immigration to the US, after he earlier ordered the US government to re-examine all green card ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Nov 28th, 2025 -
The number of people killed in the devastating Hong Kong apartment complex fire has risen to 128 with as many as 200 missing, officials said Friday, as firefighters finally brought the blaze under control 42 hours after it ignited. At least 79 people were injured in the inferno that rapidly spread through multiple buildings in a public housing estate in the city's Tai Po neighborhood, Hong Kong's secretary for ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Nov 28th, 2025 -
Shop deals curated by our expert deal finders Thanksgiving is done and dusted, which means it's time for Black Friday . There are plenty of discounts on appliances and tech, but that's not it. You can also save a ton right now on Lego sets, which can make for great holiday gifts . Lego deals have been rolling in, and right now you can save as much as 50%. Whether you're looking to get the Millennium Falcon, ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Nov 28th, 2025 -
Five years after Donald Trump sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential race, the final criminal related to those efforts has been dismissed, meaning the president will face no criminal trial over actions prosecutors once said were supported by strong evidence. and federal election-interference charges abandoned due to presidential immunity, Trump faces no remaining criminal exposure for actions that ...
Source: bradenton.com
Friday, Nov 28th, 2025 -
In July, President Donald Trump signed the Republican-crafted One Big Beautiful Act into law, a legislative behemoth that boasted close to $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and changes to society-safety programs that sparked the ire of fiscal hawks and Democrats alike. But deep within the massive bill was a less discussed change to the federal government's financial-aid program with significant implications for students ...
Source: nymag.com
Friday, Nov 28th, 2025 -
Israeli security forces shot and killed two Palestinian men who appeared to be unarmed and surrendering in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to video filmed by Palestine TV that was distributed by Reuters, and video shot by the news agency itself. The shooting comes amid mounting settler violence and ramped up operations by the IDF in the West Bank in recent weeks. The U.N. human rights rights office ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Nov 28th, 2025 -
joined Eastern and Western patriarchs and priests Friday in commemorating an important anniversary in Christian history, gathering at the site in Turkey of an of bishops to pray that Christians might once again be united. Leo, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and other Christian leaders met on the shores of Lake Iznik, the site of the Council of Nicaea that produced a creed, or statement of faith, that is still ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Nov 28th, 2025 -
The golf star finished his career with 10 PGA Tour wins but his legacy was marked by comments he made about Tiger Woods. Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion, has died at the age of 74. The American, who became embroiled in a racism controversy for a joke he made about Tiger Woods , finished his career with 10 PGA Tour wins and two titles on the PGA Tour Champions. He is still the last golfer to win the Masters ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Rachel Reeves announced 43 tax rises at Wednesday's budget as well as a stealth tax as she froze income tax thresholds for another three years. Sir Keir Starmer has insisted Labour "kept to our manifesto" promises despite raising taxes in the budget - as he asked "everybody to contribute". The morning after the chancellor announced her record-breaking tax-raising budget, the prime minister told Sky News political ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
South Africa denounced US President Donald Trump's decision to bar it from the 2026 G20 summit, calling the move punitive and driven by distortions that erode global cooperation. The two countries are at odds over a range of domestic and foreign policies — a standoff that came to a head after Washington skipped the G20 summit in Johannesburg last week. Trump said South Africa would not be invited ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Senior figure allegedly referred to customers buying 'highly processed food' and denigrated Indian employees Campbell's has dismissed an executive who allegedly referred to the soup company's products as being made for "poor people" and denigrated its Indian employees. Martin Bally, who was the vice-president of Campbell's information technology department, was recorded making the alleged comments by another ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
A shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man taking an early morning swim with her at a national park beach on Australia's east coast Thursday, police said. Experts say a shark rarely attacks more than one person. The attack occurred at Crowdy Bay National Park, which is known for beach camping, fishing spots and hiking tracks 224 miles north of Sydney. The incident occurred just weeks after a ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Mixpanel warns of phishing attacks after criminals steal email addresses and organization IDs from some customer profiles. OpenAI has suffered a significant data breach after hackers broke into the systems of its analytics partner Mixpanel and successfully stole customer profile information for its API portal, the companies have said in coordinated statements. According to a post by Mixpanel CEO Jen Taylor , the ...
Source: csoonline.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Unlock more this Holiday Season while supporting the journalism you rely on. For a limited time, new Platinum members can unlock one month free. Support the newsroom that works every day to bring clarity and accountability to the headlines. Already a member? A junior college basketball player in Oklahoma has died following an injury sustained during a game. Ethan Dietz was a 6-foot-8 sophomore forward at Connors ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
The iPhone may feel ubiquitous, but Apple has consistently lagged behind rival Samsung in terms of global smartphone market share. Tim Cook's newest iteration, though, is breaking through — and returning Apple to the top of the industry. A new report from Counterpoint Research projects that Apple will be the leading smartphone producer in 2025, marking the first time since 2011 that it has held that title. ...
Source: insider.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
President Vladimir Putin has doubled down on his core demands for ending the war in Ukraine, saying Russia will lay down arms only if Kyiv's troops withdraw from territory claimed by Moscow. Putin has long pushed for legal recognition of the Ukrainian territories Russia has seized by force. They include the southern Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014, and the eastern Donbas region, which Moscow now occupies for the ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Cats have been on quite a journey from wild animal to undisputed ruler of millions of couches worldwide. A pair of new studies published on Thursday show that the road to cat domestication was far more complex than scientists first suspected. One of the new papers, published in Science , centers on ancient wild and domesticated cats in North Africa, Europe and the Middle East , while the other, appearing in Cell ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
ANKARA, Turkey — Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey to be a source of stability and dialogue in a world riven by conflict, as he opened his first foreign trip as pope on Thursday with a plea for peace amid efforts to end wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The American pope emphasized a message of peace as he arrived in Ankara , welcomed on the tarmac by a military guard of honor and at the presidential palace by President ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Thursday, Nov 27th, 2025 -
Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A federal judge who oversaw the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday demanded prosecutors explain how they are protecting victims' privacy after the release of unredacted documents. New York-based Judge Richard Berman issued the order in response to a letter raising alarm about how the names of some of Epstein's victims were included in a trove of documents released by Congress ...
Source: upi.com