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World U.S. president-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate former George Soros money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent is an advocate for deficit reduction and founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital ManagementThe Associated Press · Posted: NovContinue Reading

World A New York judge on Friday granted Donald Trump permission to seek dismissal of the criminal case in which he was convicted in May of 34 felony counts involving hush money paid to a porn star in light of his victory in the Nov. 5 presidential election. Sentencing wasContinue Reading

World Alphabet’s Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with rivals and take other measures — including possibly selling Android — to end its monopoly on online search, prosecutors argued to a judge on Wednesday. Proposals include ending exclusive deals with Apple, forcing Google to share data withContinue Reading

World Israeli forces killed at least 33 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including a rescue worker, health officials said, as Israeli troops deepened an incursion along the territory’s northern edge, bombarding a hospital and blowing up homes. Northern Gaza hospital officials say patients dying daily due to lack of resourcesThomson Reuters · Posted: Nov 20, 2024 9:24 AM EST |Continue Reading

World Russia staged “a massive information-psychological attack” against Ukraine by spreading a fake warning, purportedly from Ukrainian military intelligence, about an imminent mass air attack, Kyiv’s top spy agency said on Wednesday. Threat had prompted shutdown of U.S., Canadian and other embassies in KyivThomson Reuters · Posted: Nov 20, 2024Continue Reading

World Two proposed class actions filed this week in U.S. District Court claim that four leading potato companies — including two Canadian ones — have privately swapped intel to inflate the price of frozen potato goods like fries, hash browns and tater tots over the last several years. Canadian companies namedContinue Reading

World U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson signalled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first openly transgender person to be elected to the U.S. Congress — from using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol once she’s sworn into office next year. Related resolution proposedContinue Reading

World An unauthorized person gained access to a file containing confidential testimony from women who have made allegations about former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s pick to become the next attorney general, a lawyer said Tuesday. Gaetz, whom Donald Trump wants to see serve as U.S. attorney general, has deniedContinue Reading

Convoy of aid trucks violently looted in Gaza, UN agencies say Nearly 100 trucks carrying food for Palestinians were violently looted on Nov. 16 after entering Gaza via an unfamiliar route ordered by Israel, say UNRWA and the World Food Program. As many of Gaza’s more than 2.3 million people desperately waitContinue Reading