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Voice Of America | [
"Middle East",
"Turkey",
"russia",
"iran",
"syria"
] | # Russia, Iran, Turkey schedule weekend talks on Syrian war
By Begum Donmez Ersoz
December 7th, 2024 02:01 AM
---
Turkey, Russia and Iran are expected to meet this weekend in Qatar to discuss their response to a shock rebel advance that has dramatically altered the front lines in Syria's 13-year civil conflict.
T... |
CBC News | [
"Giller Prize",
"charges dropped",
"protesters",
"Literary awards",
"Arrests",
"Arrests",
"Protests and demonstrations",
"Genocides"
] | # Charges dropped against four of five who protested the 2023 Giller Prize ceremony
December 6th, 2024 06:44 PM
---
Protesters interrupted the literary award carrying signs that read 'Scotiabank Funds Genocide'
Pro-Palestinian organizers say charges against four of the five activists arrested for protesting last ye... |
The New Yorker | [
"south korea"
] | # A Coup, Almost, in South Korea
By E. Tammy Kim
December 4th, 2024 11:21 AM
---
President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law, then backed off, in a matter of hours. He now faces impeachment and mass protests.
Late on Tuesday night in Seoul, Yoon Suk-yeol, the unpopular South Korean President facing growing calls... |
CBC News | [
"Ingersoll",
"London",
"Ontario",
"Ontario Provincial Police",
"Car accidents",
"Car accidents",
"Storms",
"Police",
"Travel"
] | # Drivers stranded on 401 as blizzard pounds parts of southwestern Ontario
December 6th, 2024 01:59 AM
---
Motorists were getting out of their vehicles in the storm, some running low on fuel
Drivers travelling on Highway 401 in southwestern Ontario found themselves stranded for hours as a major snowstorm hit the re... |
The BBC | [
"Northern Ireland",
"Cost of Living",
"Northern Ireland Executive"
] | # Stormont extends welfare mitigation payments
By BBC News
December 5th, 2024 06:16 PM
---
The Stormont executive has agreed to extend welfare mitigation payments for another three years.
They were brought in to soften the impact of welfare reforms on people who would have been affected by the so-called bedroom t... |
Voice Of America | [
"Iran",
"iran nuclear program",
"iran",
"Taleghan 2"
] | # Satellite images of alleged Iranian nuclear site hit by Israel indicate Tehran tried to hide sensitive debris
By Michael Lipin
December 7th, 2024 01:58 AM
---
New satellite imagery of an Iranian military site that Israel apparently destroyed in October and that some Western analysts said was a nuclear facility s... |
CBC News | [
"Canada",
"Montréal",
"Montréal (region)",
"Fires",
"Health",
"Labour unions"
] | # Montreal fire department cuts back on gear containing 'forever chemicals'
By Sylvie Fournier
December 6th, 2024 06:00 PM
---
Move comes after Radio-Canada's Enquête finds high levels of PFAS
The Montreal fire department is taking steps to replace pieces of protective clothing shown to have high levels of potent... |
The BBC | [
"Congresbury",
"Bristol"
] | # Congresbury: Man jailed for 'terrifying' post office robbery
By BBC News
December 5th, 2024 06:22 PM
---
A 40-year old man has been jailed for more than six years for the robbery of a Bristol post office, which police said was a "terrifying ordeal" for the sub postmaster.
Josh Watkins, of no fixed address, alon... |
The New Yorker | [] | # The Other MAGA President
By Hannah Jocelyn
December 3rd, 2024 06:00 PM
---
In today's newsletter, Jon Lee Anderson reports on the slash-and-burn austerity measures in Argentina that have earned admiration from Trump acolytes. Plus:
The President, a libertarian economist given to outrageous provocations, wants t... |
Voice Of America | [
"Africa",
"Nigeria",
"ajo",
"community savings plan"
] | # Nigerians turn to community savings amid financial struggles
By Gibson Emeka
December 7th, 2024 01:30 AM
---
As Nigeria grapples with economic challenges, many are turning to Ajo — a community savings system rooted in trust and tradition.
For traders and low-income earners, it's a lifeline, providing lump sums ... |
CBC News | [
"Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.",
"Telus Communications Inc.",
"Senate",
"Legislation",
"Bills",
"Laws",
"Technology"
] | # Senators amend error in cybersecurity bill that could have cancelled half of it
By Catharine Tunney
December 6th, 2024 09:00 AM
---
Bill C-26 is meant to protect vital infrastructure from cyberattacks, ban telecoms from partnering with Huawei
It could take a while yet for the federal government's cybersecurity ... |
The BBC | [
"Royal Air Force",
"Fairford Royal Air Force Base",
"Fairford",
"US Armed Forces",
"Gloucestershire"
] | # RAF Fairford welcomes US Air Force personnel to Cotswolds
By Maisie Lillywhite and Lee Madan
December 5th, 2024 06:23 PM
---
A Gloucestershire airbase is currently hosting more than double the usual number of crew from the United States Air Force.
More than 200 American aircrew have flown in to RAF Fairford to ... |
The New Yorker | [
"syria",
"bashar al-assad",
"al qaeda",
"syrian refugees"
] | # How the Syrian Opposition Shocked the Assad Regime
By Isaac Chotiner
December 3rd, 2024 03:53 PM
---
A historian explains why U.S. sanctions and Iran and Russia's entanglements in other wars helped create an opening for rebel groups to overrun the Syrian Army.
In a stunning offensive that appeared to catch the ... |
The BBC | [
"Religion",
"The Church of England"
] | # Church abuse victims 'disgusted' by Justin Welby's speech
By Ian Aikman and Aleem Maqbool
December 5th, 2024 06:32 PM
---
The Archbishop of Canterbury has been condemned by victims of the Church of England abuse scandal for a speech they say made light of serious safeguarding failures.
In his first public speec... |
The BBC | [
"Innerleithen"
] | # Caerlee Mill demolition proposed for Innerleithen bike centre bid
By Giancarlo Rinaldi
December 5th, 2024 07:03 PM
---
A historic mill in the Borders is set to be demolished to make way for a new £19m mountain bike innovation centre.
It had been hoped the Caerlee Mill in Innerleithen could be converted but stru... |
The New Yorker | [
"podcasts",
"journalists",
"journalism"
] | # The Best Podcasts of 2024
By Sarah Larson
December 3rd, 2024 06:00 AM
---
Despite industry turmoil, old and new shows continue to innovate, whether investigating Elon Musk, high-school mysteries, or our relationship to death itself.
What a year, eh? In podcasts, as everywhere else lately, volatility abounds—yet... |
The BBC | [
"BBC",
"Metropolitan Police Service",
"Tim Westwood"
] | # Tim Westwood: BBC pauses report publication after Met request
By Chi Chi Izundu
December 5th, 2024 07:03 PM
---
The BBC has paused the publication of its report into what the corporation knew about the alleged behaviour of former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood following a request from the Metropolitan Police.
In 2... |
The New Yorker | [
"contraception",
"birth control",
"reproductive medicine",
"republicans",
"abortion",
"family planning",
"audio"
] | # Is Contraception Under Attack?
By Margaret Talbot
December 3rd, 2024 06:00 AM
---
You can now buy a pill over the counter, but a conservative backlash is promoting anti-contraceptive disinformation.
This year, for the first time in the roughly sixty-year history of the birth-control pill in the United States, i... |
Voice Of America | [
"USA",
"Proud Boys",
"Jan 6",
"enrique tarrio",
"Shane Lamond"
] | # Former police officer denies leaking information to Proud Boys leader
By Associated Press
December 7th, 2024 12:15 AM
---
A retired Washington, D.C., police officer charged with lying about his private communications with former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio testified Friday that he never leaked sens... |
The BBC | [] | # Irish Premiership: Rooney hails 'lift' provided by Millar return
By BBC Sport
December 5th, 2024 07:05 PM
---
Larne manager Nathan Rooney has hailed the "lift" that the return of midfielder Leroy Millar after a lengthy period out through injury has provided for his squad.
The former Ballymena player came off th... |
The New Yorker | [
"grownup",
"adults",
"childhood",
"adulthood",
"audio"
] | # Are Grownups Just Giant Kids?
By Joshua Rothman
December 3rd, 2024 06:00 AM
---
Adulthood might be less monolithic than it seems.
Late this past summer, I was at the convenience store with my son, buying ice cream, when a Tesla Cybertruck pulled into the lot. Peter is six, and fascinated by Cybertrucks; hushed ... |
The BBC | [
"Companies",
"Boeing 737 Max 8",
"Aviation accidents and incidents",
"Boeing",
"Air travel"
] | # Boeing plea deal tied to two fatal 737 Max crashes rejected
By Natalie Sherman
December 5th, 2024 07:06 PM
---
A Boeing plea deal intended to resolve a case related to two fatal crashes of its planes has been rejected by a US judge.
The plane maker agreed with the US government in July to plead guilty to one co... |
Associated Press News | [
"Noticias"
] | # Miles de personas huyen mientras rebeldes avanzan hacia la tercera ciudad más grande de Siria
By BASSEM MROUE
December 6th, 2024 09:40 AM
---
BEIRUT, Líbano (AP) — Miles de personas huyeron el viernes de la ciudad de Homs, en el centro de Siria, la tercera más grande del país, mientras los insurgentes se apodera... |
The BBC | [
"Mayor of London",
"London",
"Environment",
"Net zero"
] | # Greener Schools: Sadiq Khan launches scheme to lower energy bills
By BBC News
December 5th, 2024 07:06 PM
---
A pilot scheme to help schools save money on their energy bills and improve energy efficiency has been launched by London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
The Greener Schools initiative permits London boroughs to appl... |
The New Yorker | [] | # Joe Biden's Shortsighted Pardon of His Son
By Ian Crouch
December 2nd, 2024 06:00 PM
---
In today's newsletter, Isaac Chotiner on the personal over the Presidency. And then:
By granting clemency to his son, the President put his family above the American people.
In pardoning his son Hunter, Joe Biden "has once... |
The BBC | [
"Reading and Leeds Festivals",
"Hozier",
"Reading",
"Music festivals",
"Leeds",
"Music"
] | # Chappell Roan to headline Reading and Leeds festival
By Riyah Collins
December 5th, 2024 07:16 PM
---
Singer Chappell Roan and rapper Travis Scott will headline Reading and Leeds festival next year.
Metal band Bring Me The Horizon and singer-songwriter Hozier will also top the bill at both events over the Augus... |
The BBC | [
"Obesity",
"Health",
"NHS"
] | # Weight-loss drug Mounjaro 'changed my life,' says mother-of-two
By Amy Walker and Michelle Roberts
December 5th, 2024 07:21 PM
---
Weight-loss drug Mounjaro is set to be rolled out on the NHS in England from March.
It is one of many weight-loss drugs that have become increasingly popular in recent years, and ar... |
Associated Press News | [
"Alabama",
"Christmas",
"London",
"Montgomery",
"Holidays",
"Law enforcement",
"Bill Gillespie",
"LGBTQ",
"Politics"
] | # Federal judge rules Alabama city must allow gay pride float at Christmas parade
December 6th, 2024 11:26 PM
---
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered an Alabama city to allow an LGBTQ+ pride group to participate in the city's Christmas parade on Friday, after the mayor initially blocked the group fro... |
The BBC | [
"Douglas"
] | # Three men jailed for gang rape of teenage girl at Douglas flat
By BBC News
December 5th, 2024 07:22 PM
---
Three men who gang raped a teenager in a flat after she met them at a house party have been jailed.
James Doherty, 41, Steven Cannon, 45, and Graham Skillicorn, 65, attacked the then 18-year-old in June 20... |
The BBC | [
"Justin Trudeau",
"Donald Trump",
"Mexico",
"United States",
"Canada"
] | # Trump tariff threat puts a strain on Canada-Mexico ties
By Jessica Murphy and Nadine Yousif
December 5th, 2024 07:27 PM
---
Canada is being accused of throwing Mexico under the bus amid a tariff threat ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second term in the White House.
Last week, Trump threatened he would i... |
Voice Of America | [
"USA",
"Climate Change",
"climate change",
"methane",
"hydrocarbons"
] | # US state seeks $47.8M fine for air pollution by natural gas processor
By Associated Press
December 6th, 2024 11:50 PM
---
New Mexico environmental regulators issued a $47.8 million fine Friday on allegations of excess air pollution at a natural gas processing facility in a prolific oil production region near the... |
The BBC | [
"Europe",
"French politics",
"France",
"Emmanuel Macron"
] | # French President Emmanuel Macron vows to name new PM within days
By Paul Kirby and Maia Davies
December 5th, 2024 07:29 PM
---
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will name a new prime minister "in the coming days", after Michel Barnier resigned following a no-confidence vote in parliament.
In a 10-min... |
The New Yorker | [
"joe biden",
"hunter biden",
"presidential pardons",
"audio"
] | # Joe Biden's Pardon of Hunter Further Undermines His Legacy
By Isaac Chotiner
December 2nd, 2024 03:25 PM
---
By granting clemency to his son, the President put his family above the American people.
For the first seven months of 2024, in that long period before Joe Biden was finally forced to reckon with the rea... |
The BBC | [
"Earthquakes",
"California"
] | # Tsunami warning cancelled after magnitude 7 earthquake hits California
By Christal Hayes
December 5th, 2024 07:32 PM
---
A strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of northern California, according to the US Geological Survey.
A tsunami warning was initially issued along the coasts of both north... |
Associated Press News | [
"Noticias"
] | # Mercado laboral de EEUU añade 227.000 empleos en noviembre tras desaceleración de octubre
By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
December 6th, 2024 05:39 PM
---
WASHINGTON (AP) — El mercado laboral de Estados Unidos se recuperó en noviembre, añadiendo 227.000 puestos, en una sólida recuperación respecto al mes an... |
Associated Press News | [
"Pete Hegseth",
"Tammy Duckworth",
"Joni Ernst",
"Donald Trump",
"Mike Rounds",
"Kevin Cramer",
"Lloyd Austin",
"Markwayne Mullin",
"Military and defense",
"Iraq",
"Iowa",
"Diversity",
"equity and inclusion",
"United States Congress",
"Ron DeSantis",
"Government and politics",
"U.S. ... | # Hegseth faces senators' concerns not only about his behavior but also his views on women in combat
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO, and LOLITA C. BALDOR
December 5th, 2024 05:37 PM
---
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth has spent the week on Capitol Hill trying to reassure Republican senators that he is fit to ... |
The New Yorker | [] | # "The Sterling Silver Mirror," by Nikki Giovanni
By Nikki Giovanni
December 2nd, 2024 06:00 AM
---
No matter how the wind and the stars carried the newsThe slaves knewSherman was comingAll they had to do was wait:As they sang the Spiritual "Why can't I Wait on the Lord?"They had the patience to know He may not co... |
The New Yorker | [] | # Obscure Familial Relations, Explained for the Holidays
By Lillian Stone
December 2nd, 2024 06:00 AM
---
Children who share only one parent are half siblings. Children who have been bisected via a tragic logging accident are also half siblings, but in a different way.
A great-aunt is someone with whom you commun... |
The New Yorker | [
"music",
"musicians",
"albums"
] | # The Best Albums of 2024
By Amanda Petrusich
December 2nd, 2024 06:00 AM
---
It's possible that I listened to more music this year than any other. I lost interest in podcasts. I lost interest in silence. There was too much extraordinary work out there.
There is perhaps no moment in history when being a music cri... |
The BBC | [
"Northern Ireland",
"Northern Ireland Assembly"
] | # Belfast Health Trust questioned over Royal Maternity Hospital
By Marie-Louise Connolly
December 5th, 2024 07:41 PM
---
A member of Stormont's health committee has asked if the Belfast Health Trust should be placed on "special measures" considering the delays and costs surrounding Belfast's new maternity hospital... |
Voice Of America | [
"USA",
"Press Freedom",
"Syria",
"press freedom",
"Austin Tice"
] | # Austin Tice is alive, family of American journalist says
By Liam Scott
December 6th, 2024 10:45 PM
---
American journalist Austin Tice is still alive, more than 12 years after he was detained in Syria, his mother, Debra Tice, said Friday, citing a source vetted by the U.S. government.
"Austin is alive and being... |
The BBC | [
"East Leake"
] | # East Leake: Burst water pipe closes main road for repairs
By Samantha Noble
December 5th, 2024 07:46 PM
---
A main road in Nottinghamshire was closed after a water pipe burst, causing water to shoot into the air.
Severn Trent said teams have been carrying out emergency repairs in Main Street, East Leake, on Thu... |
Associated Press News | [
"Melania Trump",
"Donald Trump",
"Christmas",
"Government and politics"
] | # Melania Trump says heading to the White House for the second term is much different than the first
By COLLEEN LONG
December 6th, 2024 03:43 PM
---
WASHINGTON (AP) — Soon-to-be first lady Melania Trump said Friday that preparing to enter the White House for the second time looks a lot different from the first go-... |
Voice Of America | [
"USA",
"East Asia",
"China News",
"Uyghurs"
] | # US-China prisoner swap reunites Uyghur families as work continues to secure others' freedom
By Kasim Kashgar
December 6th, 2024 10:20 PM
---
Lost in much of the debate over "hostage diplomacy" after last week's rare prisoner swap between the U.S. and China is that in addition to the three Americans, three Uyghur... |
The BBC | [
"Police brutality",
"US police killings",
"US race relations",
"Tennessee",
"United States"
] | # Memphis police use 'excessive force', DOJ report says
By Brandon Drenon
December 5th, 2024 08:00 PM
---
The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and follows policies that discriminate against black people, the US justice department has said.
This includes unnecessarily escalating encounters with some ... |
Voice Of America | [
"USA",
"Africa",
"Angola",
"lobito corridor",
"Biden visits Africa"
] | # Lobito Corridor takes center stage; Angolans pin hopes on Biden's visit
By Salem Solomon
December 6th, 2024 10:18 PM
---
U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Angola highlighted the potential of the Lobito Corridor, a 1,300-kilometer, multinational railway project intended to connect markets and jumpstart trade.
... |
The BBC | [
"Christmas",
"Douglas"
] | # Gales force cancellation of Isle of Man Santa's on a Bike event
By BBC News
December 5th, 2024 08:01 PM
---
A popular festive ride out that attracts hundreds of motorcyclists each year has been cancelled because of the severe gales forecast for the weekend.
The Santa's on a Bike event was due to take place on S... |
Voice Of America | [
"Africa",
"Burkina Faso",
"Ibrahim Traore",
"Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela"
] | # Burkina Faso junta fires prime minister, dissolves government
By Reuters
December 6th, 2024 10:15 PM
---
Burkina Faso's ruling junta has dismissed interim Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the government, according to a decree issued Friday by the office of military leader Ibrahi... |
The New Yorker | [
"audio",
"argentina"
] | # Javier Milei Wages War on Argentina's Government
By Jon Lee Anderson
December 2nd, 2024 06:00 AM
---
The President, a libertarian economist given to outrageous provocations, wants to remake the nation. Can it survive his shock-therapy approach?
Did I want a selfie? Javier Milei, the President of Argentina, was ... |
Voice Of America | [
"Middle East",
"Hayat Tahrir al-Sham",
"HTS",
"Abu Mohammed al-Golani",
"syrian minorities"
] | # Rights groups cautious about Islamist rebels' pledges to protect Syrian minorities
By Sirwan Kajjo
December 6th, 2024 10:12 PM
---
Following its recent capture of major cities in Syria, the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, pledged to respect the rights of ethnic and religious minorities. Rig... |
Voice Of America | [
"USA",
"Ukraine",
"Petro Poroshenko",
"ukraine"
] | # Former Ukrainian President Poroshenko: We can stop the war in 24 hours
By Tatiana Vorozhko
December 6th, 2024 10:08 PM
---
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, now leader of the opposition European Solidarity Party, sat down with Voice of America during a visit to Washington to attend the annual forum of... |
The BBC | [
"Christmas markets",
"Bath"
] | # Bath Christmas Market closes early due to bad weather
By Dawn Limbu
December 5th, 2024 08:19 PM
---
A popular Christmas market in Bath has closed for an evening due to bad weather.
Storm Darragh, the fourth named storm of the season, is set to bring strong winds and heavy rain from Friday afternoon.
The organi... |
The BBC | [
"Europe",
"Iceland",
"Fishing industry"
] | # Iceland issues permits allowing whale hunting until 2029
By Amy Walker
December 5th, 2024 08:19 PM
---
Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns.
Under the new permits, 209 fin whales and 217 minke whales can be caught during each year's whaling season, which runs fr... |
The BBC | [
"Ian Paterson",
"Birmingham"
] | # Jailed surgeon Ian Paterson's mastectomies inadequate - inquest
By BBC News
December 5th, 2024 08:31 PM
---
A colleague of disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson raised concerns mastectomies he was carrying out on cancer patients were "not adequate" but did not report him to the General Medical Council (GMC), an ... |
Associated Press News | [
"Australia",
"Melbourne",
"Israel-Hamas war",
"Anthony Albanese",
"Antisemitism",
"Law enforcement",
"Fires",
"Daniel Aghion",
"Israel government",
"Race and ethnicity",
"Hamas",
"Australia government",
"Arson",
"Jacinta Allan",
"Religion",
"Jillian Segal",
"Race and Ethnicity"
] | # Australian leader blames antisemitism for arson that extensively damaged a Melbourne synagogue
By ROD MCGUIRK
December 6th, 2024 01:35 AM
---
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Arsonists extensively damaged a Melbourne synagogue on Friday in what Australia's prime minister condemned as an antisemitic attack on Australi... |
The BBC | [
"Artemis",
"Science & Environment",
"Space",
"United States"
] | # Artemis: Nasa delays mission to send astronauts around Moon
By Pallab Ghosh
December 5th, 2024 09:01 PM
---
US space agency Nasa has announced a further delay to its plans to send astronauts back to the Moon.
The agency's chief, Bill Nelson, said the second mission in the Artemis programme was now due for launc... |
Associated Press News | [
"Han Kang",
"Yoon Suk Yeol",
"Stockholm",
"Nobel Prizes",
"South Korea",
"Seoul",
"Europe",
"Entertainment",
"South Korea government",
"Democracy",
"Protests and demonstrations"
] | # Han Kang, winner of the Nobel Literature Prize, is shocked by recent events in South Korea
By FANNY BRODERSEN and VANESSA GERA
December 6th, 2024 02:25 PM
---
STOCKHOLM (AP) — South Korean author Han Kang, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, said Friday that she was shocked by this week's martia... |
The New Yorker | [
"judaism",
"converting"
] | # Converting to Judaism in the Wake of October 7th
By Jeannie Suk Gersen
December 2nd, 2024 06:00 AM
---
For decades, I maintained a status quo of living like a Jew without being one. When I finally pursued conversion, I discovered that I was part of a larger movement born of crisis.
The saga of my Jewish convers... |
The BBC | [
"Kidsgrove"
] | # Kidsgrove 'tornado' brings down trees and blocks roads
By Andy Giddings and Richard Price
December 5th, 2024 09:15 PM
---
High winds thought to have caused a tornado brought down more than 20 trees and forced a number of roads to be closed in part of Staffordshire.
The Met Office reported winds of more than 40m... |
Voice Of America | [
"USA",
"US Military",
"2024 Presidential Election",
"national defense spending"
] | # Poll: Most Americans want US leadership on global affairs, increased defense spending
By Carla Babb
December 6th, 2024 09:45 PM
---
A majority of Americans want the United States to lead on the global stage with a strong military, and a supermajority want to increase national defense spending, according to the l... |
The BBC | [
"Wales"
] | # Pembrokeshire MP's family transferred farm before tax rule changes
By Gwyn Loader and James McCarthy
December 5th, 2024 09:24 PM
---
A Labour MP's parents transferred ownership of farm land to one of their sons days before changes to inheritance tax rules were announced.
Questions have been asked about whether ... |
The New Yorker | [] | # Letters from Our Readers
By The New Yorker
December 2nd, 2024 06:00 AM
---
Readers respond to Emma Green's piece about the anti-abortion movement.
I was excited to see my home town of Cheverly, Maryland, represented in Emma Green's article ("The Family Plan," November 18th). Green perfectly captured the communa... |
Voice Of America | [
"Africa",
"G20",
"South Africa",
"Antonio Guterres"
] | # UN chief to visit South Africa as it steps up to helm G20
By Margaret Besheer
December 6th, 2024 09:36 PM
---
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will head to South Africa on Wednesday, visiting the first African nation to chair the G20 economic bloc.
"The secretary-general will underscore that with South A... |
Associated Press News | [
"Donald Trump",
"Pete Hegseth",
"Ron DeSantis",
"Lara Trump",
"Joni Ernst",
"Brett Kavanaugh",
"JD Vance",
"Kevin Cramer",
"Florida",
"Matt Gaetz",
"Joe Biden",
"Mike Rounds",
"Lloyd Austin",
"Marco Rubio",
"Lindsey Graham",
"District of Columbia",
"Military and defense",
"U.S. Dep... | # Trump offers a public show of support for Pete Hegseth
By COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN
December 6th, 2024 02:53 PM
---
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday offered a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his embattled choice to lead the Defense Department, whose confirmation by the Senate ... |
The New Yorker | [] | # Briefly Noted
By The New Yorker
December 2nd, 2024 06:00 AM
---
"Valley So Low," "The Impossible Man," "Blood Test: A Comedy," and "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things."
Valley So Low, by Jared Sullivan (Knopf). In 2008, a landslide at a coal-powered electricity plant in Kingston, Tennessee, released more tha... |
Voice Of America | [
"Middle East",
"Turkey",
"russia",
"iran",
"syria"
] | # Turkey, Iran, Russia to meet Saturday in Qatar to discuss Syria
By Reuters
December 6th, 2024 09:32 PM
---
The foreign ministers of Turkey, Iran and Russia will meet in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday to discuss a lightning rebel advance in Syria, a Turkish diplomatic source said Friday.
Syrian rebels have made their ... |
The BBC | [
"Domestic abuse",
"Greater Manchester Police",
"Little Hulton",
"Salford"
] | # Teresa McMahon: GMP mistakenly refused to divulge abuse history
By Lynette Horsburgh, Charlotte Rowles, and Aisha Doherty
December 5th, 2024 09:31 PM
---
A journalist was "mistakenly" told by police weeks before her death that she was not entitled to know if her former partner had any history of domestic abuse, ... |
Voice Of America | [
"USA",
"Immigration",
"US Customs and Border Protection",
"Rodney Scott"
] | # Trump taps forceful ally of hardline immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection
By Associated Press
December 6th, 2024 09:22 PM
---
The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump's hardline immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announ... |
The BBC | [
"Thornaby-on-Tees",
"Stockton-on-Tees"
] | # Thornaby leisure centre plans revealed by Stockton Council
By Gareth Lightfoot
December 5th, 2024 09:32 PM
---
Plans for a swimming pool and gym in a new leisure centre have been revealed.
The facility in Thornaby, Teesside, will be built on the site of the former Phoenix House in efforts to transform the town ... |
Voice Of America | [
"South & Central Asia",
"Taliban",
"Afghanistan",
"women in afghanistan",
"ban on women's education"
] | # Taliban bans women from medical training at private institutes
By Roshan Noorzai and Waheed Faizi
December 6th, 2024 09:17 PM
---
Second-year nursing student Khadija could not sleep the whole night after one of her classmates posted on WhatsApp that the Taliban were planning to bar women from being educated as n... |
The BBC | [
"UK Royal Family",
"Prince William, Prince of Wales",
"Catherine, Princess of Wales"
] | # Kate joined by children as she hosts carol service
By Sean Coughlan
December 5th, 2024 10:00 PM
---
The Princess of Wales has hosted her annual Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey - the biggest event in her return to royal duties after ending her chemotherapy.
It was a candle-lit, festive occasion, but... |
Associated Press News | [
"Donald Trump",
"Noticias"
] | # Elon Musk y Vivek Ramaswamy llevan el DOGE de Trump al Capitolio
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
December 5th, 2024 06:23 PM
---
WASHINGTON (AP) — En el Capitolio de Estados Unidos es la hora de DOGE: el nuevo Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental promovido por Trump.
El multimillonario Elon Musk llegó al ... |
Voice Of America | [
"Americas",
"Cuba",
"havana syndrome"
] | # Renewed concerns that US adversary behind 'Havana Syndrome'
By Jeff Seldin
December 6th, 2024 07:45 PM
---
A series of brain injuries and other serious health ailments that struck hundreds of U.S. diplomats and intelligence officials was almost certainly the work of a U.S. adversary, according to a new report by... |
The New Yorker | [
"donald trump",
"allegations",
"u.s. cabinet",
"whistle-blowers",
"sexual assault"
] | # Pete Hegseth's Secret History
By Jane Mayer
December 1st, 2024 11:22 PM
---
After the recent revelation that Pete Hegseth had secretly paid a financial settlement to a woman who had accused him of raping her in 2017, President-elect Donald Trump stood by his choice of Hegseth to become the next Secretary of Defe... |
The BBC | [
"Dog attacks",
"London"
] | # Man dies after dog attack in Stratford, east London
By Ian Aikman
December 5th, 2024 10:17 PM
---
A 42-year-old man has died after being attacked by a dog in east London on Wednesday morning, the Metropolitan Police has said.
Leanne McDonnell, 32, has been arrested and charged over the attack, which took place ... |
Voice Of America | [
"USA",
"Pete Hegseth"
] | # Trump offers public show of support for Hegseth, his embattled choice to lead Pentagon
By Associated Press
December 6th, 2024 07:37 PM
---
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday offered a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his embattled choice to lead the Defense Department, whose confirmation by the ... |
The BBC | [
"Housing",
"Homelessness",
"Home Office",
"Refugees and asylum seekers"
] | # Home Office doubles time given to refugees to find accommodation
By Jack Fenwick
December 5th, 2024 10:34 PM
---
The Home Office has said it will double the number of days someone granted asylum can stay in government accommodation.
Government letters seen by the BBC reveal the grace period given to refugees to... |
Associated Press News | [
"Capital punishment",
"Crime",
"Idaho",
"Boise",
"Legal proceedings",
"Lawsuits",
"Richard Albert Leavitt",
"Thomas Eugene Creech",
"Josh Tewalt",
"Keith Eugene Wells",
"Prisons",
"Associated Press",
"Wendy Olson"
] | # News groups sue Idaho prison leader for increased witness access to lethal injection executions
By REBECCA BOONE
December 6th, 2024 09:59 PM
---
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Associated Press and two other news organizations are suing Idaho's top prison official for increased access to lethal injection executions, say... |
The New Yorker | [
"disable inline signup unit",
"war",
"post-traumatic stress disorder (p.t.s.d.)",
"hungary"
] | # David Szalay on the Inarticulacy of Experience
By Dennis Zhou
December 1st, 2024 06:00 AM
---
The author discusses his story "Plaster."
Your story for this week, "Plaster" (which is drawn from your forthcoming novel "Flesh"), follows a Hungarian man named István as he gets discharged from the Army following a d... |
The New Yorker | [
"volkswagen",
"vehicles",
"electric",
"technology"
] | # What You Can Do with an Electric Volkswagen Bus
By Jill Lepore
December 1st, 2024 06:00 AM
---
I took the new VW ID. Buzz for a drive down memory lane. Things got bumpy.
The Shapiro brothers, Gefen and Yona, who are nineteen and sixteen and Harpo Marx look-alikes, own eleven cars between them, including a Girl ... |
The New Yorker | [
"college football",
"n.f.l. (national football league)",
"espn",
"college sports"
] | # The Strange Science of Scheduling a College-Football Season
By Louisa Thomas
December 1st, 2024 06:00 AM
---
"Cupcake games" are a critical part of the sport's ecosystem—but why?
On November 23rd, the University of Massachusetts football team played the University of Georgia. It was expected to be less of a gam... |
Voice Of America | [
"East Asia",
"China News",
"china defense",
"China"
] | # China arms sales experience slight growth globally as challenges remain
By Samuel Hui
December 6th, 2024 07:28 PM
---
China's drive to buttress its military modernization through increased international arms sales has slowed, according to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or... |
Voice Of America | [
"Africa",
"Namibia",
"namibia red line"
] | # Future of Namibia's red line goes on trial next month
By Vitalio Angula
December 6th, 2024 07:18 PM
---
Namibia's newly elected president is setting out the agenda for her coming administration, and one of the priorities may be removal of the red line, a remnant of Namibia's colonial period that divides the coun... |
The BBC | [
"Scotland",
"Keir Starmer",
"Edinburgh",
"John Swinney",
"Michelle O'Neill",
"Simon Harris",
"Eluned Morgan"
] | # PM and FM have 'helpful' talks over two-child cap
By BBC News
December 5th, 2024 10:49 PM
---
The Prime Minister and Scotland's First Minister have held private talks over Scottish government plans to shelve the two-child benefit cap.
Scottish government sources said Sir Keir Starmer and John Swinney had a "hel... |
The BBC | [
"New York City",
"Air travel",
"Plane stowaways",
"United States",
"Paris"
] | # Stowaway evaded airport security by sneaking into staff line
By Nadine Yousif
December 5th, 2024 10:54 PM
---
A stowaway who flew from New York to Paris in late November used a special lane for airline employees to get into the security line without a boarding pass, according to a complaint filed in a New York c... |
The BBC | [
"Comedy",
"Art",
"Stand-up comedy"
] | # Gray day for Glasgow comedy festival in artist tribute
By Pauline McLean
December 5th, 2024 10:57 PM
---
Three comedians walked into an archive.
Not the beginning of a joke but a new collaboration between the Glasgow International Comedy Festival and the Alasdair Gray archive which they hope will result in some... |
The New Yorker | [
"photography",
"photographers",
"bahrain"
] | # A Bahraini Photographer Returns Home
By M. Z. Adnan
November 30th, 2024 06:00 AM
---
Ali Al Shehabi's images of the Gulf kingdom dwell on the texture of a homeland he felt alienated from for most of his life.
At the beach, a young man wearing a faux Givenchy T-shirt and skinny jeans stands on the back of a hors... |
Voice Of America | [
"Europe",
"Ukraine",
"russia",
"ukraine",
"Volodymyr Zelenskyy",
"Peklo drone missile"
] | # Zelenskyy reveals new drone-missile hybrid
By VOA News
December 6th, 2024 06:48 PM
---
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday introduced new "Peklo" drone-missiles being manufactured in a Ukrainian factory, the first batch of which, he said, already has been delivered to the nation's armed forces.
In... |
The BBC | [
"Scotland",
"Police Scotland",
"Coronavirus"
] | # Police Scotland ditches plan to ban officer beards
By Katie Hunter
December 5th, 2024 10:57 PM
---
Police Scotland has scrapped plans that would have seen many frontline officers and staff having to shave off facial hair.
The clean-shaven policy was due to be introduced in May last year but caused controversy a... |
The New Yorker | [
"presidential campaign",
"canvassing",
"democratic primary",
"kamala harris",
"audio"
] | # A Kamala Harris Canvasser's Education
By Julia Preston
November 30th, 2024 06:00 AM
---
Even on my first day, I sensed dissonance between the campaign's celebrity-inflected exuberance and the raw divisions I saw in the streets.
In October, as a novice volunteer knocking on doors in Pennsylvania for the Kamala H... |
The BBC | [
"Wales",
"Welsh government",
"Newport",
"Childcare"
] | # Childcare providers in Wales warn of closures without more help
By Owain Evans
December 5th, 2024 10:58 PM
---
A nursery boss says "vital early years education" in Wales is at risk without significant financial help.
Childcare providers have united to tell the Welsh government the support it offers fails to cov... |
The BBC | [
"Wales",
"Welsh government"
] | # Matthew Rhys says cuts to Welsh arts sector are 'stabbing'
By Lorna Prichard
December 5th, 2024 10:58 PM
---
Hollywood star Matthew Rhys has said he is shocked at the severity of "stabbing" funding cuts to the arts scene in Wales.
The Welsh actor said the sector was "absolutely not" receiving the support it nee... |
The New Yorker | [] | # Life Among the Bears in California
By Paige Williams
November 29th, 2024 06:00 PM
---
In today's newsletter, reporting on an animal crisis in Lake Tahoe. And then:
Paige WilliamsStaff writer
When I went to Lake Tahoe to report for my story in this week's issue, I imagined finding amusing anecdotes about black ... |
The BBC | [
"Northern Ireland",
"Carrickfergus",
"Police Service of Northern Ireland"
] | # Carrickfergus: Man charged with attempted murder
By BBC News
December 5th, 2024 11:22 PM
---
A 47-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder by police investigating the serious assault of a man in County Antrim.
It happened on Tuesday evening in Irish Quarter West in Carrickfergus.
Police and the Nort... |
Voice Of America | [
"USA",
"China News",
"tiktok",
"China"
] | # Federal appeals court upholds law requiring sale or ban of TikTok in US
By Associated Press
December 6th, 2024 05:28 PM
---
A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights ... |
Voice Of America | [
"Africa",
"Democratic Republic of Congo",
"health",
"disease outbreak"
] | # Doctors want urgent action on DRC's yet-to-be identified disease outbreak
By Columbus Mavhunga
December 6th, 2024 05:14 PM
---
Africa's Center for Disease Control and Prevention — Africa CDC — says it is working to identify a new disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has claimed at least 79 lives and ... |
The BBC | [
"Australia"
] | # Worshippers flee arson attack at Melbourne synagogue
By Tiffanie Turnbull
December 5th, 2024 11:58 PM
---
Worshippers were forced to flee an Australian synagogue after it was set on fire in what the prime minister condemned as an "act of hate".
Firefighters were called to Melbourne's Adass Israel synagogue just... |
Associated Press News | [
"Bill Nelson",
"Aerospace technology",
"National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
"Space launches",
"Jared Isaacman",
"Reid Wiseman",
"Science",
"Victor Glover",
"Jeremy Hansen",
"Elon Musk",
"Christina Koch",
"Donald Trump",
"District of Columbia"
] | # NASA pushes back astronaut flights to the moon again
By MARCIA DUNN
December 5th, 2024 06:21 PM
---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA announced more delays Thursday in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo.
Administrator Bill Nelson said the next mission in the Artemis program -- fl... |
The New Yorker | [
"comedy",
"jokes",
"saturday night live (s.n.l.)",
"disable inline signup unit"
] | # The Best Jokes of 2024
By Ian Crouch
November 29th, 2024 06:00 AM
---
A suggestive tennis match, a manic "Hot Ones" interview, and other amusing moments in an often surreal year.
A good joke doesn't just fall out of a coconut tree. It exists in the context of all in which it lives and what came before it. And s... |
Voice Of America | [
"USA",
"Economy",
"inflation",
"interest rates",
"u.s. unemployment",
"U.S. job openings"
] | # US rebounds, adds 227,000 jobs in November
By Associated Press
December 6th, 2024 05:13 PM
---
America's job market rebounded in November, adding 227,000 workers in a solid recovery from the previous month, when the effects of strikes and hurricanes sharply diminished employers' payrolls.
Last month's hiring gr... |
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