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  • The US Navy is racing to recover an F/A-18 Super Hornet and an MH-60 helicopter from the South China Sea, as analysts warn that the wreckage could provide valuable intelligence to China if not retrieved swiftly.
  • Amid geopolitical tensions, President Trump's new peace plan for Ukraine has drawn criticism for potentially conceding territory to Russia, with allies calling for significant revisions to the proposal.
  • A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at blocking domestic purchases of Chinese chipmaking equipment, highlighting ongoing concerns over national security and technological competitiveness.
  • In Brazil, authorities have arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro to prevent his possible escape from a 27-year prison sentence for his involvement in a coup attempt, intensifying political turmoil in the country.
  • Concerns over climate change were underscored at the COP30 summit, where negotiators reached a compromise that failed to address fossil fuel reliance directly, showcasing the ongoing challenges in global climate policy.

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  • US Navy Racing To Recover Crashed Jet And Helicopter From South China Sea an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    US Navy Racing To Recover Crashed Jet And Helicopter From South China Sea The US Navy is working to retrieve an F/A-18 Super Hornet and an MH-60 helicopter from the bottom of the South China Sea—wreckage that analysts say could hand Beijing valuable intelligence if China were to reach it first, according to CNN. Both aircraft went down within about 30 minutes in late October while operating from the USS Nimitz. All personnel were rescued, and while the Navy has not identified a cause, former President Donald Trump suggested soon afterward that “contaminated fuel” may be responsible. The Navy confirmed Friday that a

  • Vance Blasts Critics Of Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan As "Living In A Fantasy Land" 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Vance Blasts Critics Of Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan As "Living In A Fantasy Land" As expected, President Trump's 28-point peace plan has quickly seen plenty of pushback in Europe, given it is the first ever such US proposal to focus on Ukraine giving up land. Specifically Crimea, and most of Luhansk and Donetsk would be placed under "de facto" Russian control. While Moscow would be made to direct $100 billion in frozen assets to Ukrainian reconstruction, sanctions on Russia would be dropped and it would be welcomed back into the global economy. But hawks want to see Russia 'punished' and are pressing

  • Lawmakers Want To Block US Purchases Of Chinese Chipmaking Equipment 3 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Lawmakers Want To Block US Purchases Of Chinese Chipmaking Equipment Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced the Chip EQUIP Act on Nov. 20, with the goal of prohibiting American companies from buying Chinese chipmaking equipment. Technicians work on chip processing equipment at a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Suqian, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on Oct. 20, 2025. AFP Photo Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.), chair of the Research and Technology Subcommittee, introduced the bill in the House. It was co-sponsored

  • Brazilian Police Make 'Preventative Arrest' Of Jair Bolsonaro, Fearing He'll Flee 3 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Brazilian Police Make 'Preventative Arrest' Of Jair Bolsonaro, Fearing He'll Flee The plot thickens for the man once called the "Brazilian Donald Trump" as former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was detained on Saturday at his residence in Brazil's capital to prevent a possible "attempted escape" - police and court authorities have said. He has been on house arrest, and the 70-year old politician is just days away from starting a stiff 27-year prison sentence - though appeals are expected - but he's now been taken to the headquarters of the federal police in Brasilia. What's being called a 'preventative arrest' warrant was reportedly requested by the

  • How Andrew Jackson Freed America From Central Bank Control... And Why It Matters Now 4 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    How Andrew Jackson Freed America From Central Bank Control... And Why It Matters Now Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, It’s hard to believe the United States government was ever debt-free. But it happened once—in 1835—thanks to President Andrew Jackson. He was the first and only president to pay off the national debt completely. One biographer says the former president viewed debt as a “moral failing,” a sort of “black magic.” When he became president, Jackson was determined to rid the US of its national debt. After all, debt enslaves you to your creditors. Jackson knew that being debt-free was essential to independence. This outlook resonated


The Guardian

  • South Africa declares gender-based violence a national disaster amid G20 protests 6 hours ago by Jessie Williams
    Violence against women and girls, Women, G20, South Africa, Africa, Women's rights and gender equality

    Women’s groups welcomed the announcement on the eve of the international leaders’ summit in Johannesburg Hundreds of women gathered in cities across South Africa on Friday to protest against gender-based violence in the country before the G20 summit in Johannesburg this weekend. Demonstrators turned out in 15 locations – including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban – wearing black as a sign of “mourning and resistance”. Continue reading...

  • Nigeria reels after 215 children taken in second mass school abduction in a week 21 hours ago by Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan
    Nigeria, Africa, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US news, World news

    Twelve teachers also kidnapped from Catholic school amid threats from Trump to intervene over ‘Christian genocide’ Unknown gunmen have abducted 215 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, the second mass abduction in the country in a week. The latest kidnapping, in Papiri community in Niger state, came against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s threat to intervene militarily to end a “Christian genocide”, which the Nigerian government has denied is happening. Continue reading...

  • South Africa’s dispute with US escalates amid row over G20 handover event a day ago by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
    G20, South Africa, Africa, World news

    Trump press secretary accuses Cyril Ramaphosa of ‘running his mouth’ after US boycott of summit in Johannesburg The dispute between South Africa and the US over the Trump administration’s decision to boycott the G20 in Johannesburg has continued, with South Africa objecting to a US plan for a junior embassy official to take part in the closing ceremony meant to mark the handover to the next summit, which will take place in Florida. The two-day summit, which opens on Saturday, comes at a febrile moment in global politics. The US has proposed a deal to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which it

  • Keir Starmer defends trip to South Africa for G20 summit as budget looms 2 days ago by Kiran Stacey, Patrick Wintour and Rachel Savage
    Keir Starmer, G20, South Africa, Politics, Budget 2025, Labour, UK news, World news, Africa, Ukraine, UK cost of living crisis, Donald Trump

    PM says he aims to secure investment to help deal with cost of living and shore up support for Ukraine Keir Starmer has defended his decision to travel to South Africa for the G20 summit days before the budget and despite the planned absence of Donald Trump. The prime minister will arrive in South Africa on Friday morning for two days of summit discussions and bilateral talks on topics including sustainability and economic growth. Continue reading...

  • US in talks to attend G20 summit after initial boycott, South Africa says 2 days ago by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
    G20, South Africa, Trump administration, Africa, Donald Trump, Cyril Ramaphosa, US politics, US foreign policy, US news, World news

    Cyril Ramaphosa says US has had ‘change of mind’ but does not confirm Trump’s attendance in Johannesburg The US has changed its mind about attending the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa’s president has said, without confirming whether Donald Trump, who had said the US would boycott the event, now wanted to come. Trump has claimed that South Africa racially discriminates against the minority white Afrikaner community, which led the country during the apartheid regime that ended in 1994. Continue reading...


South China Morning Post

  • Paul Costelloe, personal designer to Princess Diana, dies at 80 an hour ago by Reuters

    Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe, personal designer to the late Princess Diana who became a fixture at London Fashion Week for four decades, has died aged 80, his family said in a statement on Saturday. Costelloe was appointed as Diana’s personal designer in 1983, shortly after establishing his own label, Paul Costelloe Collections, and their collaboration continued until her death in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Costelloe, who led the development of all his collections from his studio in...

  • Israeli air strikes kill at least 20 in Gaza, in latest test of ceasefire 3 hours ago by Reuters

    Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 80, local health authorities said on Saturday, in a further test of a fragile ceasefire between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel. Witnesses and medical staff said the first attack hit a car in the densely populated Rimal neighbourhood, setting it ablaze. It was not immediately clear whether the five dead were passengers of the car or included passers-by. Dozens of people rushed to extinguish the fire and...

  • World secures compromise deal at Cop30 that sidesteps fossil fuels 3 hours ago by Reuters

    World governments agreed on Saturday to a compromise climate deal at the Cop30 conference in Brazil that would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming but omit any mention of the fossil fuels driving it. In securing the accord, countries attempted to demonstrate global unity in addressing climate change impacts even after the world’s biggest historic emitter, the United States, declined to send an official delegation. “We should support it because at least it is going in the...

  • AI fake audio clip of Trump ‘not releasing’ Epstein files goes viral 4 hours ago by Agence France-Presse

    Left-leaning social media users have amplified an AI-generated audio clip purporting to show US President Donald Trump screaming at US officials to block the release of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, researchers said on Friday. In recent weeks, renewed public furore over the so-called Epstein files has consumed US politics, spurring a showdown between lawmakers and Trump, a former friend of the late convicted sex offender. “Not releasing the Epstein files,” a...

  • Ukraine weighs dignity against US demands in Swiss peace talks to end Russia war 7 hours ago by Agence France-Presse

    Ukraine and the US will soon meet in Switzerland to discuss Washington’s plan for ending the war with Russia, which currently heeds some of Russia’s hardline demands, Kyiv said on Saturday. US President Donald Trump gave Ukraine less than a week to approve the 28-point plan to end the nearly four-year conflict, which would see the invaded country ceding territory, cutting its army and pledging to never join Nato. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s European allies, who were not included in drafting the...


New York Times

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Resignation Hints at Divisions in Trump’s Movement 5 hours ago by Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein
    Republican Party, Conservatism (US Politics), Trump, Donald J, Vance, J D, United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2028, Midterm Elections (2022), Carlson, Tucker

    As the president forced a onetime loyalist from Congress, her defiant departure signaled a coming debate over Republican identity in a post-Trump era.

  • The Federalist Society Is Torn Between Its Legal Philosophy and Trump’s Demands 10 hours ago by Mattathias Schwartz
    United States Politics and Government, Federal Courts (US), Conservatism (US Politics), Courts and the Judiciary, Elections, Courts and the Judiciary, Appeals Courts (US), Leo, Leonard A, Pryor, William H Jr, Oldham, Andrew S, Trump, Donald J, Supreme Court (US)

    Guided by Leonard Leo, the society built a pipeline for traditional conservative judges. But that might not be enough for President Trump in his second term.

  • In the House, Censures Proliferate, Reflecting a Poisonous Climate 21 minutes ago by Megan Mineiro
    United States Politics and Government, House of Representatives, House Committee on Ethics, House Committee on Rules, Garcia, Jesus G (1956- ), Plaskett, Stacey (1966- ), Mills, Cory (1980- ), Mace, Nancy

    Formal reprimands, once rare, dominated the chamber’s agenda this week, prompting lawmakers in both parties to call for changes to the way the House handles such actions.

  • As Democrats Look to a New Generation, John Larson Hangs On 5 hours ago by Annie Karni
    United States Politics and Government, Elections, Senate, Content Type: Personal Profile, Democratic Party, Larson, John B, Connecticut, Age, Chronological

    The 77-year-old Connecticut Democrat is facing primary challenges from people who say he’s too old and has been around too long. He says his age and experience are his strength.

  • The A.I. Boom Is Driving the Economy. What Happens if It Falters? 10 hours ago by Ben Casselman and Sydney Ember
    Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, Computers and the Internet, United States Economy, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Alphabet Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Associated Builders and Contractors, Bank of America Corporation, Brookings Institution, Caterpillar Inc, Eaton Corporation, Microsoft Corp, Altman, Samuel H, Muro, Mark

    A windfall for companies that build data centers and their suppliers is overshadowing weakness in other industries.


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