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Australia, Papua New Guinea announce security deal
Australia clinched a security deal with Papua New Guinea on Thursday, bolstering ties to a key Pacific neighbour that has been courted persistently by China.?Papua New Guinea granted the United States "unimpeded" access to key naval bases, ports and airfields under a deal hammered out in May this year.?
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Kevin McCarthy Tweet That Didn't Age Well Gets A Hilarious Community Note
A tweet from September in which the congressman said "I never quit" just received a community note on X.com reading "He just quit."
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Rakuten Group prices Rakuten Bank shares at 2,470 yen in $412 million overseas sale
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Rakuten Group said on Thursday it set a price of 2,470 yen per share in a planned overseas sale of 24.5 million shares of Rakuten Bank worth 60.6 billion yen ($411.9 million). Rakuten Bank's shares fell 9% in morning trading on Thursday. Rakuten said it would use the proceeds to repay bonds early as it was committed to reducing interest-bearing debt.
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Republicans Filibuster Aid To Ukraine Over Demands For Border Restrictions
President Joe Biden said he's willing to make "significant compromises" on the border, adding: "We need to fix the broken border system."
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Freed Hostages Reportedly Tell Netanyahu They Feared Israeli Bombs
Israeli news outlets reported on a tense meeting between Israeli officials and freed hostages.
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US oil prices slide below $70 a barrel; mixed day for global stocks
US oil prices finished below $70 a barrel for the first time since July on Wednesday on a mixed day for global equities, as traders pondered hopes for interest rate cuts from the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve.?Frankfurt's DAX stocks index hit a fresh record high, passing the 16,600 level for the first time, and in Paris the CAC 40 rose as sliding German factory orders added to hopes of an interest-rate reduction from the European Central Bank.
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Arizona Man Charged Over Online Posts That Allegedly Incited Terror Attack In Australia
Six people died in what police described as a “religiously-motivated terrorist attack” in the rural community of Wieambilla last year.
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'I Don't Like Extremes': Dr. Fauci Was Weirded Out By His Hardcore Fans
Fauci told the BBC seeing his face plastered around town during the pandemic was far more bizarre than it was flattering.
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SentinelOne raises annual revenue forecast on robust cybersecurity spending (Dec. 5)
The California-based company's shares rose nearly 18% in afterhours trading. Firms have prioritized expenditure on cybersecurity, as sticky inflation and high interest rates forced them to cut back on spending elsewhere. Worldwide spending on security and risk management is projected to increase 14.3% in 2024, according to research firm Gartner.
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Major Democratic Donor Gives $250,000 To Nikki Haley Super PAC
The former U.N. ambassador has been climbing in the GOP polls, but there's still a big gap between her numbers and Trump's.
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In rare Israel rebuke, US restricts visas on extremist settlers
The United States said Tuesday it would refuse visas for extremist Israeli settlers behind a wave of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, as it also asked Israel to do more to spare civilians in Gaza.- Wave of violence - Hamas militants stormed out of Gaza into Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials.
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Bus Driver Accused Of Kidnapping And Rape Of Student On Bus
Giovanny Campos pleaded not guilty to assaulting a New York student who rode on his route.
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'Turn tragedy into change': Italy mourns femicide victim
Thousands of Italians paid their last respects Tuesday to Giulia Cecchettin, a university student killed by her ex-boyfriend in a case that has triggered nationwide grief and rage at violence against women.?Cecchettin, who was studying biomedical engineering at the University of Padua, was stabbed to death last month by her former boyfriend, fellow student Filippo Turetta, who confessed to the murder before a judge, according to his lawyer.?
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Record Number Of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Attend COP28 Climate Summit
The annual summit to tackle global climate change is crawling with people with ties to planet-warming fossil fuels.
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Small-cap trading on London stock market hit by outages
MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) -Trading in small company shares on the London Stock Exchange was halted twice on Tuesday due to outages, the second time in less than two months that dealing in such shares has been disrupted. Trading was temporarily stopped twice on the FTSE small cap index, affecting hundreds of stocks including Tullow Oil, CMC Markets and Marston's. "We are still investigating an issue," LSEG said in a notice published on its website at 1123 GMT, around one hour after resolving an ea
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Moody's downgrades outlook on China credit rating over debt fears
Ratings agency Moody's on Tuesday downgraded the outlook on China's credit rating to "negative" from "stable" on the back of rising debt in the world's second-largest economy, with Beijing saying it was "disappointed" by the move.Beijing's finance ministry said in response it was "disappointed with Moody's decision".
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Record more than 2,000 fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28 talks: NGOs
A record almost 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have been accredited for UN climate talks in Dubai, as negotiators wrestle with calls to end all new oil, gas and coal projects to curb global warming, campaign groups said Tuesday.The COP28 negotiations, held during what is widely expected to be the hottest year on record, have been mired in controversy since Sultan Al Jaber, head of the UAE state oil firm, was appointed the climate talks' president.
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Eight dead as cyclone batters India's southeast coast
Chest-high waters surged down the streets of India's southern city Chennai on Tuesday with eight people killed in intense floods as Cyclone Michaung was set to make landfall on the southeast coast.Police said on Tuesday that eight people have been killed in state capital Chennai.?
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China issues safety guidelines for autonomous public transport vehicles
BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Tuesday issued safety guidelines for the use of autonomous vehicles in public transport, the latest in a series of measures preparing for the increased use of driverless cars. The guidelines apply to autonomous vehicles for passengers including taxis as well as for freight, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement. The guidelines cover vehicles of various degrees of automation and mandate they carry at least one driver or security inspector.
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Green turtles fight to survive against Pakistan's urban sprawl
Against the backdrop of the mega port city of Karachi, choked with traffic and construction, four green turtles emerge from the frothy Arabian Sea seeking a spot to lay their eggs.Now only the green turtles come to shore to lay their eggs on just two beaches in Karachi and on uninhabited islands in Balochistan province, further down the coast towards Iran.
