Democrat Cleo Fields wins election to U.S. House in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Cleo Fields wins election to U.S. House in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District.
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Malay MailDr Wan Azizah, Anthony Loke, Mat Sabu: Cabinet had ‘no room’ to discuss Batu Puteh as Dr M had decided for Malaysia in writing
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Anthony Loke, and Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu today asserted tha...
- Associated Press
China's Xi is likely to decline Trump's inauguration invitation, seeing it as too risky to attend
Chinese leader Xi Jinping would likely see President-elect Donald Trump’s invitation to attend his inauguration as too risky to accept, and the gesture from Trump may have little bearing on the increasingly competitive ties between the two nations as the White House changes hands, experts say. Trump’s incoming press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed on Thursday that Trump extended an invitation to the Jan. 20 ceremony.
- The Telegraph
Attorney General: Stripping Shamima Begum of citizenship was ‘extremely draconian’
The Attorney General argued that it was “extremely draconian” to strip Shamima Begum of her citizenship during one of her failed legal battles against the decision.
- Associated Press
America's closest ally in Syria is losing ground as a new order takes shape
The jihadi rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad say they want to build a unified, inclusive country. For Syria’s Kurdish minority, America’s closest ally in the country, the struggle for a new order is entering a potentially even more challenging phase. Over the course of Syria’s civil war, Kurdish fighters have fended off an array of armed factions, partnered with the U.S. to rout the Islamic State group and carved out a largely autonomous region in the country’s oil-rich east.
- People
Barron Trump Is a 'Ladies Man' at New York University, Source Says: 'Even Liberal People Like Him' (Exclusive)
"He’s really popular with the ladies," a source says of Donald Trump's youngest son, who is studying at NYU's Stern School of Business in Manhattan
- Malay Mail
Rumours swirl in Sabah of Musa Aman becoming next governor
KOTA KINABALU, Dec 13 — Speculation is intensifying that former Sabah chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman may become the ne...
- The Daily Beast
Tiffany Trump’s Father-in-Law Might Be a Bogus Billionaire
It appears Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law isn’t the ultra-wealthy business guru he’s long been described as. It was revealed Thursday that Massad Boulos, Donald Trump’s soon-to-be Middle East adviser, spent the last two decades as a truck and machinery salesman for a Nigerian company that profited just $66,000 in 2023, reported The New York Times. The Gray Lady also investigated multiple reports that tied him to a company named Boulos Enterprises, which is apparently owned by a different family w
- Reuters
Demoralised and abandoned by allies: why Assad’s army failed to fight in Syria
Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. For years, the Islamist rebels of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) had sat behind the nearby frontline, with Syria's long civil war frozen.
- The Telegraph
Russian missile scientist ‘assassinated by Ukrainian special forces’
A Russian scientist known for developing cruise missiles has been found shot dead in a snowy wooded area near Moscow.
- The Independent
Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and issues 39 pardons in biggest single-day act of clemency in history
‘America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,’ Biden said in a statement
- The Independent
Taliban minister and member of powerful Haqqani family killed in Kabul bombing
At least three of Haqqani’s bodyguards were also killed and eight others wounded in the suicide bombing claimed by Isis, officials say
- AFP
Edited 'handshake standoff' clip of China foreign minister, Israel PM spreads online
China has repeatedly called for peace talks to resolve the Gaza war, sparked by an unprecedented Hamas attack in October 2023 to which Israel retaliated with a blistering attack on the Palestinian territory. But a video purportedly showing China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi waiting for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to initiate a handshake has been edited -- the original footage from their meeting in December 2013 shows Wang was listening to a translator. There is no official record of
- The Independent
I sparked Syria’s revolution as a teenage boy – now I’m here to finish it
ON THE GROUND: Muawiyah Syasneh was 16 when his anti-Assad graffiti on a school wall led to his arrest, sparking protests that ended in civil war. Now, in the very same spot, he tells chief international correspondent Bel Trew about the years-long war – and his role in bringing it to an end
- CNN
South Korea’s ruling party backs impeachment as president refuses to step down over martial law
South Korea’s ruling party has thrown its support behind attempts to impeach embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol over his ill-fated decision to declare martial law that sparked a political crisis and widespread public anger in the country.
- Malay Mail
AG holds sole power to prosecute Dr Mahathir over Pulau Batu Puteh, not govt, says law minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — Only the attorney general has the authority to prosecute former two-time prime minister Tun Dr Ma...
- CNN
Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
Slender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al Assad.
- People
Pregnant Tiffany Trump Joins Sister Ivanka, Father Donald and Stepmother Melania to Ring Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange
The family outing comes as President-elect Donald Trump was named TIME's 2024 Person of the Year
- The Telegraph
South Korean president’s refusal to step aside is ‘declaration of war’, says opposition leader
Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s main opposition leader, has said the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, the country’s president, is the best way to restore order in the country ahead of a second vote on Saturday.
- Reuters
Exclusive-Major cloud providers could get key role in AI chip access outside the US - sources
In its latest jab at Beijing, the U.S. will empower companies like Google and Microsoft to act as gatekeepers worldwide for highly sought-after access to AI chips, two people familiar with the draft plan said. Under the regime, to be released as soon as this month, these companies would have to comply with strict requirements, from reporting key information to the U.S. government to blocking Chinese access to AI chips. The Commerce Department declined to comment on the content and timing of the new regulations.
- CNN
Biden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of some 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes – marking a broad use of the presidential clemency power just weeks from the end of Biden’s administration.