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Australian Senate approves social media ban on under-16s

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The ban aims to reduce "harms" on children and will take at least a year to implement, the PM says.
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'Arctic' blast in US after Thanksgiving travellers fill airports

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Severe conditions are expected in northern and eastern areas during the country's busiest travel period.
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Voters 'don't see' Ireland's healthy bank balance

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Voters in the Republic of Ireland go to the polls on Friday for the country's general election.
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Houses swept away in Uganda landslide after heavy rainfall

  • News source: BBC News - World
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At least 13 bodies have been found but officials fear the true number of dead is much higher.
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WATCH: Thanksgiving turkeys air-dropped in rural Alaska

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Some residents in remote parts of Alaska living well off the grid get their turkeys delivered the only way they can — by air.
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Thanksgiving weather: Rain and snow may bring travel troubles to the northeast

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Rain is falling across the northeast on Thursday morning, setting up what's bound to be a soggy Thanksgiving for dozens of states.
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Donald Trump Jr. Emerges as a Loyal Enforcer

  • News source: Katie Rogers
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His siblings have long retreated from the inner circle, but the president-elect’s eldest son has made a name for himself as the person who can best assess loyalty to the Trump political brand.
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Republicans Built an Ecosystem of Influencers. Some Democrats Want One, Too.

  • News source: Shane Goldmacher and Ken Bensinger
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Democrats were badly outflanked online in the election, and progressive influencers are now trying to create networks to be a left-wing answer to Turning Point USA.
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Hamas Faces a Future Without Its Most Important Ally

  • News source: Julian E. Barnes, Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman
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Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah and the cease-fire to stop the fighting in Lebanon have left Hamas increasingly isolated.
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Houses swept away in Uganda landslide after heavy rainfall

  • News source: BBC News - World
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At least 13 bodies have been found but officials fear the true number of dead is much higher.
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Hangman of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann dies

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Shalom Nagar was chosen to hang one of the architects of the Holocaust, in Israel's only civil execution.
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Displaced Lebanese head for homes as fragile truce appears to hold

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Thousands are returning south as the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect despite warnings it is not yet safe.
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Israelis survey damage and mull return to north as ceasefire begins

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The deal has triggered discussions of what it would take for people displaced by Hezbollah attacks to return.
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Lyse Doucet: Nowhere else on Earth are so many children on the run

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC's Lyse Doucet writes about the horrific effects of the 19-month civil war in Sudan.
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Trump made “YMCA” a staple at his rallies. Data shows it's sticking around.

  • News source: Joe Murphy | NBC News
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President-elect Donald Trump made the disco classic “YMCA” a staple at his rallies during his past two campaigns. And new data shows that, much like Trump’s political fortunes, interest in the song is on the upswing.

The 1978 hit by the Village People has had a busy month four decades later, with skyrocketing search interest on Google, a tripling of measured listenership on the song-tracking site last.fm, and, finally, the topping of one Billboard sales chart for the first time.

Trump began dancing to the song at the end of his rallies in 2020...
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