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US Navy shoots down Houthi missiles targeting US-flagged ships in Gulf of Aden

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Two U.S. Navy destroyers show down incoming Houthi missiles and drones that were targeting three U.S.-flagged commercial ships that the destroyers.
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BBC hears of horror and hunger in Sudan massacre town

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Massacres scar the town of El Geneina in Darfur, now a near-empty city as Sudan's 19-month war grinds on.
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'People want nothing to do with him': How Ireland turned away from Conor McGregor

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The verdict in Nikita Hand's civil rape case saw already dwindling support for the UFC star fall further.
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California lawmakers to begin special session to ‘Trump-proof' state laws

  • News source: TrÂn NguyỄn | The Associated Press
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers will return to the state Capitol on Monday to begin a special session to protect the state's progressive policies ahead of another Trump presidency.

The Democratic governor, a fierce critic of President-elect Donald Trump, is positioning California to once again be the center of a resistance effort against the conservative agenda. He is asking his Democratic allies in the Legislature, who hold supermajorities in both chambers, to approve additional funding to the attorney general's office to prepare...
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Dozens killed in crush at Guinea football match - reports

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Guinea's PM Oury Bah says the government is working to restore calm after the crowd stampede.
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Global plastic talks collapse as oil states rebel

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Two years of negotiations to reduce global plastic production have collapsed amid a split between countries.
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Biden Issues a ‘Full and Unconditional Pardon’ of His Son Hunter Biden

  • News source: Michael D. Shear and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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The pardon comes weeks before President Biden leaves office and transfers power to President-elect Donald J. Trump, who spent years attacking Hunter Biden over his legal and personal issues.
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How a Ugandan opposition leader disappeared in Kenya and ended up in military court

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Uganda is facing condemnation following the arrest of the veteran politician while in Kenya.
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Hunter Biden's pardon shows rulebook being rewritten

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Joe Biden may be criticised for protecting his son but is likely to pay little political price.
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Read President Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter

  • News source: Megan Lebowitz | NBC News
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President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he was pardoning his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing later this month in two federal cases. The younger Biden was convicted of federal gun charges, and he pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges in September.

The president had previously maintained that he would not pardon his son, and his reversal prompted criticism from Republicans as well as a few Democrats.

Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s...
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Hunter Biden Likely Wouldn’t Qualify for a Pardon Recommendation Under Justice Dept. Criteria

  • News source: Kenneth P. Vogel
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The Office of the Pardon Attorney mostly recommends full pardons for people who have already served their sentences. Hunter Biden has not been sentenced.
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Analysis: In Pardoning Hunter, Biden Sounds a Lot Like Trump

  • News source: Peter Baker
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The president complained about selective prosecution and political pressure in a system he has spent his political life defending.
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Biden Pardons His Son Hunter, Citing ‘Political Pressure’

  • News source: Devlin Barrett
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Mr. Biden’s plea deal did fall apart at the last minute last year. But it did so after the judge overseeing the case raised issues.
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‘Italian’ purees likely to contain Chinese forced-labour tomatoes, BBC finds

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Some products described as “Italian” appear to contain Chinese tomatoes, BBC investigation suggests.
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Trump threatens 100% tariff on Brics nations if they try to replace dollar

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The president-elect warned the group of nine nations against moving away from the dollar.
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