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Ukraine urges tougher Western squeeze on Russian oil prices
US intel chief thinking 'optimistically' for Ukraine forces
Russian oil cap begins, trying to pressure Putin on Ukraine
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NewsHuffPostFlorida Deputy Fatally Shoots Fellow Deputy While Playing With Gun: Sheriff
Brevard County Deputy Andrew Lawson was arrested for manslaughter after unintentionally shooting Deputy Austin Walsh, authorities said.
PoliticsHuffPostGOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski Condemns Trump's Call To Terminate Constitution
The Alaska Republican called Trump's suggestion to rip up portions of the Constitution "an affront to our Republic."
NewsReutersIndia PM Modi's home state Gujarat set to vote his party into power - exit polls
India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to win a comfortable majority in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat, three exit polls showed on Monday, cementing the party's fortunes ahead of national elections due in 2024. The western industrial state is a bastion of the Hindu-nationalist BJP, which has has not lost state assembly elections there since 1995. Modi served as Gujarat's chief minister for 13 years before becoming prime minister in 2014.
PoliticsHuffPostSen. Sherrod Brown Defends Union Rail Contract Democrats Voted For
The Ohio Democrat said a strike would have devastated the U.S. economy.
NewsAFP NewsJapan eyes 56% increase in defence budget over five years
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed ministers on Monday to boost the country's defence budget by 56 percent over the next five years to $318 billion.
LifestyleHuffPostI Interviewed 144 Of My Girlfriends About Our Friendships, And What I Found Changed My Life
"Through this process, what surprised me the most are the things that I learned about my friends, even those that I consider my lifelong friends."
NewsAFP NewsUK warns British Museum over Parthenon Marbles
The UK government Monday stressed the British Museum is legally forbidden from breaking up its vast collection, after a report said it could possibly hand the Parthenon Marbles back to Greece.
PoliticsHuffPostMargaret Brennan Presses GOP Lawmaker Over Trump's Dinner, Constitution Post
The "Face the Nation" moderator had a tense exchange with Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) after asking about the former president on Sunday.
NewsAFP NewsThousands protest corruption, inflation in Mongolia
Thousands braved freezing temperatures in Mongolia's capital on Monday to protest alleged corruption in the country's coal industry and soaring inflation, an AFP journalist said.
NewsHuffPostTrump Had Hidden $19.8 Million Loan From North Korea-Linked Company As President: Report
Trump failed to disclose the loan, which was paid off months after he took office, Forbes reported.
PoliticsHuffPostFox News Parts Ways With Lara Trump
Donald Trump's daughter-in-law will no longer be a paid contributor at the network after his 2024 announcement.
PoliticsHuffPostHakeem Jeffries Casts Doubt On Dems Supporting Kevin McCarthy Speaker Challenger
The new House Democratic leader said his members will let the GOP leadership selection play out.
BusinessAFP NewsTaiwanese iPhone maker seeks to restore production after protests
Taiwanese tech giant and key Apple supplier Foxconn said Monday it was hiring new workers and moving towards "restoring production capacity to normal" following violent clashes at its central China plant last month.
NewsHuffPostMom Pulls Vicious Raccoon Off Daughter's Leg In Heroic Act Caught On Camera
Logan Kelsey MacNamara was hailed as a hero by a wildlife biologist for her quick action as her daughter was being attacked.
BusinessReutersGhana's Swoove says set to deliver growth after startup contest
As a pair of motor-cyclists from Ghanaian startup Swoove zipped along Accra's back streets with deliveries last week, a team of software engineers tracked their progress on screens. Swoove's founders say because it started out during tough times, the firm is well placed to weather the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of conflict in Ukraine. "Businesses who can survive within this particular time frame will do even better when times get better," Kwaku Tabiri said of Swoove, which makes more than 5,000 deliveries per month.
NewsAFP NewsAfghanistan arrests 'foreign IS member' for Pakistan embassy attack
A foreign member of the Islamic State (IS) group has been arrested in connection with an attack last week on Pakistan's embassy in the Afghan capital, the Taliban's chief spokesman said Monday.
NewsHuffPostTampa Police Chief Put On Leave Following Badge-Flashing Episode At Traffic Stop
O’Connor, who was picked for the role in February, told the deputy about her position with the police department in Florida.
NewsAFP NewsMore people flee after eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru
Rescuers evacuated more people Monday from nearby villages after the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru, with officials warning of danger from cooling lava despite less activity from the volcano.
LifestyleAFP NewsMeet the Spanish twin chefs who earned a third Michelin star
When they were just eight years old, Spanish twins Sergio and Javier Torres set a goal: they wanted to become chefs who were among the top in their field.
NewsAFP NewsAfter doom and gloom, China's propaganda shifts gears on Covid
Once dominated by doom and gloom coverage of the dangers of the virus and scenes of pandemic chaos abroad, China's tightly controlled media has dramatically shifted tone as the country tentatively moves away from zero-Covid.
NewsReutersIndia's capital blanketed in smog despite drop in stubble burning
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's capital, New Delhi, was engulfed in thick smog early on Monday as cooler weather exacerbated pollution, even though government data showed that crop residue burning in neighbouring states had dropped significantly. Residents of New Delhi and its suburbs endure poor air every winter as colder, heavier air traps construction dust, vehicle emissions and smoke from the burning of crop stubble in the nearby states of Punjab and Haryana. However, paddy crop residue burning has reduced by 31% in the period from Sept. 15 till Nov. 30 this year, the government said in a statement on Monday.
NewsAFP NewsAustralia starts building 'momentous' radio telescope
Australia on Monday started building a vast network of antennas in the Outback, its section of what planners say will eventually become one of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world.
NewsHuffPostU.S. 'Actively' Working On Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan Release From Russia
"We’ve been engaged repeatedly, in any way that we can, to try to advance it," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday.
PoliticsHuffPostBibi Netanyahu Still Waiting For Trump To Condemn Antisemitism
Trump’s failure to condemn antisemitism and to distance himself from antisemites like Kanye West is “just wrong," Israel's returning prime minister said.
BusinessReutersIndia's housing market to remain resilient, defying global downtrend: Reuters poll
India's house prices will rise steadily in the next few years roughly in line with overall economic growth, with low chances of a significant slowdown over the coming year, according to property experts in a Reuters poll. The findings highlight how the housing market, one of the biggest employers in a country of around 1.4 billion people, is likely to remain a stable contributor to growth in Asia's third-largest economy going forward. Average house prices in India were expected to rise 5.0% over each of the next three years, lagging the current consumer price inflation rate, after increasing by 7% in 2022, according to the Nov. 9-Dec. 1 poll of 11 property market experts.
