Trump says he is nominating TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Trump says he is nominating TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Malay MailCovid-struck Singapore PM thanks Anwar for care package with fruits and ‘real crab meat’
SINGAPORE, Dec 6 — Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong thanked Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for a care package he sent af...
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Mexico president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries
Mexico’s president said Thursday she will ask President-elect Donald Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries, rather than dumping them at the Mexican border. President Claudia Sheinbaum said she hopes to reach an agreement with Trump so that “they send people who come from other countries to their countries of origin.” Mexico, like any other country, is not obligated to accept non-Mexican migrants, but it has agreed to do so in the recent past, especially from countries like Cuba and Venezuela, which often refuse deportation flights from the United States, but may accept them from Mexico.
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Israel showed the 'power' of F-35s in destroying nearly all of Iran's air defenses without a loss, UK admiral says
The UK's chief of defense staff said Israeli F-35s took out "nearly the entirety" of Iran's air defenses in a single mission.
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PM Anwar: RCI on Batu Puteh report reveals ‘treachery’ against Malaysia, shouldn’t be taken lightly
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 6 — Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has reportedly labelled the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry...
- HuffPost
Bill Clinton Says He Wishes Joe Biden Didn't Do This Thing Before Pardoning His Son
Clinton said the president ultimately had "reason" to believe that his son could expect "far stronger, adverse consequences."
- Malay Mail
HR Minister: Govt to offer additional tax deductions for firms adopting flexible work arrangements
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — Human Resources Minister Steven Sim today announced that the government will provide additional ta...
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Meet Trump's pick for ambassador to China
A business executive before he entered politics, former Georgia Senator David Perdue has lived in Singapore and Hong Kong.
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El Salvador's president is triumphant after his bet on bitcoin comes true
As bitcoin reached historic highs, surpassing $100,000 for the first tim e, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele was triumphant on Thursday about his big bet on the cryptocurrency. The adoption of bitcoin — which has been legal tender in the Central American nation since 2021 — never quite matched the president’s enthusiasm, but the value of the government’s reported investment now stands at more than $600 million. Bitcoin has rallied mightily since Donald Trump’s election victory last month, exceeding the $100,000 mark on Wednesday night, just hours after the president-elect said he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to be the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Malay Mail
Declassified Pulau Batu Puteh RCI suggests criminal charges for Dr M, rejects civil suit
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — A police report should be filed against former two-time prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for...
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Undercover Israeli forces raid West Bank hospital, seize alleged militant from ICU
Israeli forces dressed in civilian clothes raided a hospital in the northern occupied West Bank on Wednesday night and detained an alleged Palestinian militant who had days earlier been injured in an Israeli airstrike that killed two Hamas militants.
- The Telegraph
China now a nuclear threat to the West, warns Armed Forces head
The world faces a “third nuclear age”, the head of the Armed Forces has said as he warned that China poses a major threat to the West.
- The Daily Beast
Biden Has Drawn Up Pardon List Over Fears of Trump’s Revenge
Blanket precautionary pardons are being considered for some of Donald Trump’s biggest political foes, according to a new report. Biden officials have been looking at who Trump and his FBI director pick Kash Patel may go after once they take over the White House, the latest sign of concern from the Democratic Party ahead of his impending inauguration. Some of those who are being considered for the precautionary pardon include newly-elected Sen. Adam Schiff, a Democrat who served on Congress’s Jan
- The Telegraph
China and Russia plotting military stranglehold on Arctic, warns Pentagon
China is working with Russia to increase its presence in the Arctic and could pose a threat to the US from the north, the Pentagon has warned.
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Strikes on key bridge linking Syria's Homs, Hama: war monitor
Air strikes targeted a bridge on the highway linking the Syrian cities of Homs and Hama, a war monitor said Friday, as government forces scramble to secure Homs after Islamist-led rebels captured Hama and commercial hub Aleppo."Fighter jets executed several airstrikes, targeting Al-Rastan bridge on (the) Homs-Hama highway... as well as attacking positions around the bridge, attempting to cut off the road between Hama and Homs and secure Homs," the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Right
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Neighbours protest after Muslim couple buy home in India: ‘This is a Hindu society’
Protesting residents hold up banners asking previous Hindu owner to take house back
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US judge rejects Boeing 737 MAX accord over diversity policies
A US judge rejected a criminal settlement with Boeing over the 737 MAX crashes on Thursday, slamming diversity policies at the aviation giant and the Justice Department that made him "skeptical" of a fair outcome.But O'Connor wrote that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies at the Justice Department left him "skeptical" of its assurances that it will pick a monitor solely based on skill.
- The Hill
Opinion - Republicans just won a permanent Senate majority
The loss of the Senate by the Democratic Party may lead to a permanent Republican Senate, limiting the enactment of broad campaign promises, entrenching the perception of dysfunction in Washington, and ensuring the conservative majority on the Supreme Court remains.
- The Independent
When will South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol be impeached and what happens next?
Opposition Democratic Party introduces impeachment bill against Yoon
- The Independent
Dua Lipa dances the night away in South Korea amid political chaos
Country’s president reversed his surprise declaration of martial law hours after facing immediate opposition from parliament and protestors
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UK must rejoin EU, warns Nick Clegg, claiming bloc will either ‘reform or die’
Former deputy PM suggests European Union must change or risk falling apart