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I'm live-tracking the best Black Friday iPad deals still available: Apple discounts up to 25%
- Black Friday deals still feature some of the best prices you can get on an iPad, iPad Air, iPad Mini, and iPad Pro. Black Friday may be gone, but big sales on Apple devices  are still hanging around over the weekend. Apple's iPads are among ZDNET's best-rated tablets on the market, and during Black Friday sales this weekend you can find great deals if you're looking for a new tablet for work or entertainment ...

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US   POLITICS  
Trump's pardon of ex-Honduran president Hernández injects wild card into election
- , suddenly the main topics of conversation here shifted from domestic matters to and the former Honduran president he had pardoned. Trump cannonballed into the deep end of Honduran politics this week, first endorsing presidential candidate Nasry "Tito" Asfura from the conservative National Party and then announcing the pardon of ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández — of the same party — Until the ...

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WORLD   TECHNOLOGY  
Global Flights in chaos as top-selling Airbus jet hit by recall
- (Bloomberg) -- Airlines across the world canceled hundreds of flights and scrambled to adjust schedules, as a major Airbus SE software glitch threatened to derail a crucial holiday travel season. More than 6,500 jets in total may be impacted by the required fix, the European planemaker said Friday. A directive from Europe's aviation safety regulator said software upgrades must happen before the affected aircrafts' ...

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Consider airspace 'above and surrounding' Venezuela closed, Trump warns airlines
- In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY." The US has repeatedly threatened military action against Venezuela in recent weeks, as tensions between Trump and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro mount over alleged drug trafficking networks in the South American ...

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Three days of mourning begins after Hong Kong apartment fire
- Hong Kong officials have held a moment of silence at the start of a three-day mourning period to remember those killed after the city's deadliest fire in nearly 80 years. At least 128 people are now known to have died in the fire, which engulfed seven tower blocks on Wednesday. A further 83 were injured and 150 remain unaccounted for. Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of corruption over the renovation ...

Source: bbc.com
Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo will keep his job after Hurts, Barkley struggle again
- PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The chants started early from fed-up Eagles fans, and they were booming as the inept offensive plays piled up in yet another loss. "Fire Kevin! Fire Kevin!" Eagles fans made their vote to dump offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo heard throughout Friday's 24-15 loss to the Chicago Bears. Coach Nick Sirianni made yet another call the fans won't like: Patullo is staying. "We're not changing ...

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POLITICS  
US halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members
- BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports, seizing on the National Guard shooting in the nation's capital to intensify efforts to rein in legal immigration. The suspect in Wednesday's shooting near the White House that killed Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically wounded Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, ...

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US   MEDICINE  
FDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules
- The director of the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine division told agency staff in a memo that an internal review found that at least 10 children died "after and because of receiving" the Covid vaccine. The 3,000-word memo, obtained by NBC News, was written by Dr. Vinay Prasad, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. In it, Prasad claims that agency staff determined that "no fewer ...

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US   POLITICS  
Your Party conference thrown into chaos as Zarah Sultana boycotts first day
- Sultana skips Saturday's proceeding in solidarity with delegates expelled over links to other parties Zarah Sultana has boycotted the first day of Your Party's inaugural conference, throwing the party's first official gathering into chaos amid disagreements with co-founder Jeremy Corbyn over how the party should be run. Corbyn confirmed to journalists on Saturday that he preferred a single leader and is likely to ...

Source: theguardian.com
WORLD  
Pope Leo visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque during first overseas visit | World News
- Pope Leo's visit to the 17th-century Ottoman-era mosque marked part of his first overseas visit as head of the Catholic Church. He will travel to Lebanon on Sunday. The Pope has visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque during a day spent meeting both Muslim and Christian leaders. Pope Leo joined the imam at the 17th-century Ottoman-era mosque, officially called the Sultan Ahmed Mosque. The trip marked part of the third day ...

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POLITICS  
Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
- President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking  and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The president explained his decision on social media by posting that "according to many people that I greatly respect," Hernandez was "treated very harshly and unfairly." In March of ...

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Northwestern to pay $75 million in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
- Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding. President Donald Trump's administration had cut off in a standoff that contributed to university layoffs and in September of Northwestern president Michael Schill. The administration argued the ...

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WORLD   POLITICS  
Ukrainian officials head to US for peace talks - while dramatic footage shows Russian oil tankers being hit | World News
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country's delegation is looking to "swiftly and substantively work out the steps needed to end the war". Ukraine's representatives are preparing for renewed peace talks in the US, while dramatic footage has shown Russian tankers being hit by naval drones. President Zelenskyy said a delegation headed by national security chief Rustem Umerov was on its way to "swiftly and substantively ...

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US  
Frigid cold, snow-covered roads stretch across Midwest this weekend
- A in several Midwestern states on Nov. 29, while heavy rain and thunderstorms spread in the South, forecasters said. The "major" winter storm is stretching heavy snow over the central and northern Plains and will reach across the Midwest and Great Lakes region on Nov. 29, the National Weather Service said. Snowfall fates could exceed an inch per hour throughout the day on Nov. 29, with totals between 6 and 12 ...

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MEDICINE   POLITICS  
Measles deaths plummet but infections surge worldwide
- Global immunization efforts have led to an 88% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Nearly 59 million lives have been saved by the measles vaccine since 2000. However, an estimated 95 000 people, mostly children younger than 5 years of age, died due to measles in 2024. While this is among the lowest annual tolls recorded since 2000, ...

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Shoppers spend billions on Black Friday to snag holiday deals, despite wider economic uncertainty
- NEW YORK (AP) — Despite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this year's holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday — spending billions of dollars both in stores and online. Adobe Analytics, which tracks e-commerce, said U.S. consumers spent a record $11.8 billion online Friday, marking a 9.1% jump from last year. Traffic particularly piled up between the hours of 10 a.m. ...

Source: apnews.com
WORLD  
Pope joins patriarchs at historic Christian site in Turkey to commemorate creed and pray for unity
- Leo paid tribute to the country's tiny Catholic community and also visited a group of nuns, the Little Sisters of the Poor, who run a nursing home in Istanbul. IZNIK, Turkey — Pope Leo XIV joined Orthodox patriarchs and ecumenical leaders Friday in commemorating an important moment in Christian history, gathering at the site in Turkey of an unprecedented A.D. 325 meeting of bishops to pray that Christians ...

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POLITICS  
USCIS pauses all asylum applications in wake of D.C. shooting
- Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told staff Friday that it will pause all applications for asylum filed by migrants inside the United States in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. On Thursday, the president announced he will "permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries." Then Friday evening, all affirmative asylum applicants were ...

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WORLD  
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after they appear to surrender
- 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
WORLD   POLITICS  
Zelenskyy's chief of staff resigns after anti-corruption investigators search home
- – Ukrainian President announced Friday the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, who was also the country's lead negotiator in , after Yermak's residence was searched by at the heart of Ukraine's government was that risked disrupting his negotiating strategy at a time when Kyiv is under intense U.S. pressure to sign a peace deal nearly four years after Yermak has long been a trusted ...

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