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- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is gearing up for the busiest Thanksgiving travel season in 15 years, with over 360,000 flights scheduled during the holiday period.
- Luxembourg leads the world in coffee consumption per capita, highlighting significant regional differences in global coffee market trends, particularly between Northern Europe and emerging markets.
- The UK has approved its first small modular reactor project with Rolls-Royce at Wylfa, amid criticism from the Trump administration favoring US-based companies for nuclear projects.
- The G20 summit in South Africa ended with tensions, particularly over the US boycott led by the Trump administration, demonstrating friction between US and South African relations.
- Taiwan and the US have reached a consensus to maintain tariff-free status on semiconductors, crucial for global supply chains, as tensions increasingly rise around chip manufacturing policies.
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FAA Prepared For Busiest Thanksgiving Travel In 15 Years
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
FAA Prepared For Busiest Thanksgiving Travel In 15 Years Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is preparing for the busiest Thanksgiving holiday travel period in 15 years. More than 360,000 flights are scheduled between Monday, Nov. 24, and Tuesday, Dec. 2, delivering people to and from their destinations across the country. Flights are set to peak on Nov. 25, with more than 52,000 flights alone, and Nov. 26 is expected to be nearly as busy, with more than 50,000 flights scheduled. Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, is expected to see the lowest air traffic that week, with the administration
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Luxembourgers Are The World's Biggest Coffee Drinkers
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Luxembourgers Are The World's Biggest Coffee Drinkers The global coffee market continues to grow, but consumption patterns vary widely across countries. Northern European nations dominate the upper tiers, driven by a long-standing café culture and high per-capita spending. Meanwhile, large emerging markets drink far less per person despite being major producers. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, ranks 65 countries by their daily coffee consumption per capita in 2025, showing how drinking habits differ around the world. The table below also includes data on lifetime coffee consumption, and average cup prices. The data for this ranking comes from Cafely. EUROPE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE GLOBAL
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UK Greenlights First Rolls-Royce SMR Project Despite US Pushback
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
UK Greenlights First Rolls-Royce SMR Project Despite US Pushback Authored by Felicity Bradstock via OilPrice.com, * UK selects Rolls-Royce as preferred SMR developer and launches its first project at Wylfa, aiming for mid-2030s power generation. * The decision triggers criticism from the Trump administration, which pushed for U.S. firm Westinghouse to lead the project. * Despite diplomatic friction, the UK says SMRs will anchor a domestic nuclear revival and leave room for future collaboration with U.S. developers. After selecting Rolls-Royce as the United Kingdom’s preferred bidder to build the country’s first small modular reactors (SMRs), the government has confirmed the start of
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G20 In South Africa Ends With A Whimper After Trump Snubs Event
3 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
G20 In South Africa Ends With A Whimper After Trump Snubs Event South Africa is back in the news yet again, and facing embarrassment yet again. South Africa's far-left government was hoping that the G20 Summit held this week in Johannesburg would elevate the country's global position and garner them international attention (and funding). It is the first time in history that the G20 has been held in South Africa. However, the Trump Administration has made it clear that the South African event is a nothing-burger and the real G20 will be held in the US (in Florida) in 2026. The meeting was
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Why'd Kazakhstan Join The Abraham Accords When It Already Recognizes Israel?
4 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Why'd Kazakhstan Join The Abraham Accords When It Already Recognizes Israel? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Many observers were surprised after Kazakhstan joined the Abraham Accords during President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s trip to DC to attend the latest C5+1 Summit since it’s already recognized Israel since 1992. The Presidential and Foreign Ministry websites shed more light on this decision. The first wrote that “By joining the Abraham Accords, Kazakhstan seeks to contribute to overcoming confrontation, promoting dialogue, and supporting international law based on the principles of the UN Charter.” It added that “The decision of Kazakhstan does not affect the country’s bilateral commitments with any state and represents a
The Guardian
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Cyril Ramaphosa closes G20 summit after US boycott and handover row
20 hours ago
by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
G20, Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa, US news, World news, AfricaSouth African president bangs gavel after rejecting plan from US, which hosts next meeting, for him to hand over to junior official South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, closed the G20 summit in Johannesburg by banging a gavel, having rejected a US proposal for him to hand over to a relatively junior embassy official for the next summit in Florida in a year’s time. South Africa presented the two-day event as a triumph for multilateralism but it was marred by a boycott by the US, which has repeatedly accused South Africa of discriminating against white-minority Afrikaners, a claim that has been widely discredited. Continue
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Security fears rise in Nigeria after more than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped
a day ago
by AFP
Nigeria, Africa, World newsChristian group revises up number of students and teachers missing after one of country’s largest mass abduction Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said on Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation. The early Friday raid on St Mary’s co-educational school in Niger state in western Nigeria came after gunmen on Monday stormed a secondary school in neighbouring Kebbi state, abducting 25 girls. Continue reading...
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South Africa declares gender-based violence a national disaster amid G20 protests
2 days ago
by Jessie Williams
Violence against women and girls, Women, G20, South Africa, Africa, Women's rights and gender equalityWomen’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...
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Nigeria reels after 215 children taken in second mass school abduction in a week
2 days ago
by Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan
Nigeria, Africa, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US news, World newsTwelve 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...
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South Africa’s dispute with US escalates amid row over G20 handover event
3 days ago
by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
G20, South Africa, Africa, World newsTrump 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
South China Morning Post
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Ex-UK PM Cameron urges prostate cancer screening after diagnosis
an hour ago
by dpa
Former British prime minister David Cameron has revealed he was successfully treated for prostate cancer as he backed a targeted screening programme for the United Kingdom’s most common cancer in males. Cameron was urged to get tested by his wife, Samantha, after the pair heard the founder of Soho House, Nick Jones, speaking about his experience with cancer during a radio interview a year ago, The Times reported. The politician had a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, an MRI scan and then a...
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The China factor behind Trump’s decision to upgrade Saudi air power
an hour ago
by Tom Hussain
The US is poised to supply Saudi Arabia with its most advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets, a move that analysts say reflects a new era of Middle East policy in which countering Chinese influence is fast becoming as important for Washington as maintaining Israeli military superiority. It would make Saudi Arabia only the second country in the region, after Israel, to operate the fifth-generation jet. US President Donald Trump announced the decision following a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s visiting...
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‘Important steps’: what Cop30 deal means for climate unity and Global South
2 hours ago
by Biman Mukherji
A joint declaration at the Cop30 summit in Brazil – reached without United States participation after Washington again pulled out of the Paris climate pact – has kept fragile climate cooperation alive for the Global South, even as the talks fell short of a fossil fuel phase-out. Observers said the outcome revealed both the limits of a strained multilateral system and the room that still existed for developing nations to influence the global energy transition, with several pointing to the UN...
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Russia’s rare earth gamble is about killing 3 birds with 1 stone
2 hours ago
by Hao Nan
By December 1, Russia is likely to approve and present its long-term road map for developing its rare earth sector, following President Vladimir Putin’s directive to the cabinet on November 4. On the surface, this is a domestic industrial policy story about catching up in the hi-tech arena. However, this view misses the woods for the trees. This road map is a sophisticated geostrategic manoeuvre, a single stone aimed at three strategic birds: reclaiming autonomy over strategic resources,...
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UK digital ID plan fuels conspiracies, but government denies it is for control
5 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
Plans for a new nationwide UK digital ID are sparking widespread public concern, but some critics including far-right politicians are fuelling fears with unproven claims that it will be used to boost government control over people’s lives. They have warned that a digital ID would be used to store data on vaccinations and carbon footprint and limit access to flying and food, which the government has vehemently denied. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in September said the ID card would be...
New York Times
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Ukraine, U.S. Meet About Trump’s Peace Plan to End War With Russia
3 hours ago
by Cassandra Vinograd and Nick Cumming-Bruce
Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), State Department, Rubio, Marco, Trump, Donald J, Witkoff, Steven, Yermak, Andriy, Zelensky, Volodymyr, Europe, Geneva (Switzerland), Ukraine, Russia, European Union, von der Leyen, Ursula, internal-open-access-from-nlPresident Trump lashed out at Ukraine even as the talks on his peace proposal were still taking place, accusing the country’s leadership of being ungrateful for American support.
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Zelensky Is Under Pressure from Trump and Domestically
19 hours ago
by Cassandra Vinograd and Andrew E. Kramer
Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Trump, Donald J, Zelensky, Volodymyr, Putin, Vladimir V, Ukraine, Russia, internal-open-access-from-nlOver nearly four years of wartime leadership, analysts say the Ukrainian leader has repeatedly played weak hands wisely. A U.S. peace plan may be his biggest test.
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Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
12 hours ago
by Alan Feuer, Adam Goldman and Glenn Thrush
Dating and Relationships, Threats and Threatening Messages, Nepotism, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Patel, Kashyap, Atlanta (Ga), Mueller, Robert S III, Government Accountability OfficeThe F.B.I. director’s travel on government jets has contributed to growing questions inside the administration about whether he is using taxpayer-funded resources inappropriately.
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As Trump’s Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role
20 hours ago
by Charlie Savage
United States Politics and Government, Federal Criminal Case Against Trump (Documents Case), Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates, Justice Department, Cannon, Aileen M, Trump, Donald J, Blanche, Todd (Attorney), Fort Pierce (Fla), Presidential Election of 2016, Special Prosecutors (Independent Counsel), Smith, Jack (Attorney)The prosecutor running an inquiry into those who investigated President Trump has established a grand jury under Judge Aileen M. Cannon, whose scuttling of the documents case made her a White House favorite.
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Mamdani’s Meeting With Trump Scrambled the MAGA-Sphere
12 hours ago
by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
United States Politics and Government, Conservatism (US Politics), Social Media, Trump, Donald J, Mamdani, Zohran, Bannon, Stephen K, Carlson, Tucker, Fuentes, Nicholas JProminent conservative influencers had different interpretations as they processed the meeting on podcasts and in social media posts.