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World The French government appears but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties submitted no-confidence motions on Monday against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Collapse would mark 1st such government ouster via non-confidence motion in decadesThomson Reuters · Posted: Dec 02, 2024 4:25 PM EST | LastContinue Reading

World Fifty-six people were killed and several injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium in southern Guinea, following clashes between fans, Guinea’s government said Monday. Opposition party calls for investigation into circumstances that led to deaths at Nzerekore stadiumThe Associated Press · Posted: Dec 02, 2024 6:54 AM ESTContinue Reading

World Hundreds of fighters from Iran-backed Iraqi militias crossed into Syria overnight to help the government fight rebels who seized Aleppo last week, Syrian and Iraqi sources said on Monday, and Tehran pledged to aid the Damascus government. Russian air support also mobilized to support forces of Syrian President BasharContinue Reading

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday night pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family. The Democratic president had previouslyContinue Reading

World No global treaty reached on cutting plastic production, talks to resume next yearNegotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution won’t reach an agreement in South Korea and are making plans to resume the talks next year.  Impasse over proposed, legally binding controls onContinue Reading

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted recent convoys. It blamed the breakdown of law and order in large part on Israeli policies. The decisionContinue Reading

Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. As Catherine, Princess of Wales, continues her gradual return to the public side of her role after chemotherapy for cancer, she offered words of support for thoseContinue Reading

World The nomination shows how Donald Trump, still fuming over years of federal investigations that shadowed his first administration and later led to his indictment, is moving to place atop the FBI and Justice Department close allies he believes will protect rather than scrutinize him. Patel a staunch loyalist whoContinue Reading

World The elder Kushner, a real estate developer, was pardoned by Donald Trump in December 2020 after pleading guilty years earlier to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations. Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post. Pardoned by Trump 4 years ago after pleading guilty to tax evasion,Continue Reading