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Fred Harris, former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, dies at 94

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. He was 94.

Harris' wife, Margaret Elliston, confirmed his death to The Associated Press. He had lived in New Mexico since 1976.

"Fred Harris passed peacefully early this morning of natural causes. He was 94. He was a wonderful and beloved man. His memory is a blessing," Elliston said in a text message.

Harris served eight years in the Senate, first winning in 1964 to fill a vacancy, and...
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'Don't forget us': Teenage refugee reminds Gen Z of silenced Afghan girls

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Nila Ibrahimi won the International Children's Peace Prize for her work giving Afghan girls a voice.
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Landmark $300bn for poorer nations in COP29 climate deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A deal is salvaged at the UN summit as poorer nations are promised record funding for climate action.
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India's 'rebel' Muslim princess who shot tigers and drove a Rolls-Royce

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Abida Sultaan defied stereotypes around women in general and Muslim women in particular.
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Nominee for agriculture secretary completes Trump cabinet

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Brooke Rollins - head of a pro-Trump right-wing think tank - is his pick for agriculture secretary.
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In stifled sobs and fierce accusations, family falls apart at mass rape trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Gisèle Pelicot, 71, is the woman at the centre of this trial, but no-one has emerged unscathed in her family.
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Just how big was Donald Trump’s election victory?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US president-elect has emphasised the scale of his win – but data shows that most voters picked someone else.
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Children shot dead after joining pot-banging protests in Mozambique

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The southern African state has been a shaken by a wave of protests and killings since disputed elections.
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GOP senator blocks promotion of general involved in Afghanistan withdrawal

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The promotion of a three-star general who was part of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has been paused by Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, three sources familiar with the move confirmed to CBS News Saturday.

Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue was slated to be promoted to a four-star rank and take command of the U.S. Army in Europe. However, he was not included in a batch of nearly 1,000 promotions that moved through the Senate Armed Services Committee this week despite receiving a Pentagon recommendation.

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Standing ovation as long awaited COP29 finance deal agreed

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The new deal offers $300bn (about £240) a year to developing nations by 2035.
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Trump picks former White House aide Brooke Rollins to lead the USDA

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies and another choice from within his established circle of advisers and allies.

The nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, which will be controlled by Republicans when Trump takes office Jan. 20, 2025. Rollins would succeed Tom Vilsack, President Biden's agriculture secretary who oversees the sprawling agency that controls policies, regulations and aid programs...
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Trump Picks Brooke Rollins, a Conservative Lawyer, to Lead Agriculture Dept.

  • News source: Linda Qiu
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Ms. Rollins is the chief executive of the America First Policy Institute, a think tank created to promote President-elect Donald J. Trump’s agenda.
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Israel investigating disappearance of rabbi in UAE

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Rabbi Zvi Kogan has been missing since Thursday, the Israeli prime minister's office said.
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'Are we not humans?': Anger in Beirut as massive Israeli strike kills 20

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The death toll from the strike on a multi-storey building in central Beirut's Basta district is expected to rise.
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Watch: Dozens of nations walk out of COP29 climate talks

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Samoan chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States explains why some of developing nations left the talks in Baku.
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