Democrat Adam Schiff wins election to U.S. Senate from California
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The Daily Beast‘THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT’: Trump Rages Against U.S. Intervention in Syria
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday raged against any U.S. military involvement in Syria—and took a potshot at former President Barack Obama—as rebels broached the outskirts of the country’s capital city. The Syrian government, led by President Bashar al-Assad, has been engaged in a 13-year struggle to suppress domestic uprisings sparked by discontent with the authoritarian leader. With the conflict seemingly poised to boil over in Damascus, America’s president-elect offered his first detai
- AFP News
French first lady helps keep Trump, Bidens apart at Notre Dame
French officials solved an awkward seating dilemma at the Notre Dame cathedral re-opening on Saturday by placing First Lady Brigitte Macron between US President-elect Donald Trump and Joe Biden's wife and daughter in the front row at the ceremony.Jill Biden, representing the outgoing president, as well as the couple's daughter Ashley, were also seated on the front row but with Brigitte separating them from Trump.
- The Hill
Opinion - President Biden is leaving Trump a shocking mess to clean up
The Biden years have planted land mines on many fronts for the incoming Trump team. Shamefully, rather than trying to repair the damage they’ve caused, they are racing to do more.
- The Telegraph
Elon Musk pumped $260m into Trump’s campaign — and his reward has been handsome
Elon Musk may have spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars backing Donald Trump, but that was a drop in the ocean compared with what the world’s richest man has earned since the election.
- The Telegraph
Assad’s family ‘flees’ to Russia – but Kremlin won’t come to Syrian leader’s rescue
Bashar al-Assad’s family fled to Russia in the days after rebel forces launched a shock offensive that captured swathes of territory across northern Syria, it has been revealed.
- The Hill
Haley on Biden’s pardon reversal: ‘He thought he was going to be president again
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (R) recently weighed in on the reason behind President Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter, pointing to the twists and turns of the presidential election cycle. Biden, who announced on Sunday that he would offer clemency to Hunter Biden for his federal gun and tax charges, had previously vowed…
- Reuters
German far-right leader is Chinese-speaking economist with foreign partner
BERLIN (Reuters) -Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), is an unlikely public face for a male-dominated, anti-immigration party that depicts itself as a defender of traditional family values and ordinary people. The 45-year-old is raising two sons with a Sri Lankan-born woman, a filmmaker, and speaks fluent Mandarin, having done a doctorate in economics in China. A west German leading a party that is strongest in the former communist East, she worked for Goldman Sachs and Allianz Global Investors and as a freelance business consultant before entering politics.
- CBC
In Syria, a ruthless dictator is under siege. Will anyone step up to save him?
Across northern and central Syria this week, families who've been torn apart by more than a decade of civil war have been holding joyous reunions."I didn't believe it, it was very emotional," said Ismail Alabullah, a volunteer with the Syrian NGO the White Helmets, as he described returning to the city of Aleppo for the first time since 2013 and reuniting with his sister."I couldn't believe I was seeing her again," he told CBC News from northern Syria. "I lost my brother, my mother and father ov
- INSIDER
With the US caught off guard, Kim Jong Un may be about to capitalize on South Korea's turmoil
North Korea has long sought to exploit domestic chaos in South Korea.
- Reuters
US House to vote to provide $3 billion to remove Chinese telecoms equipment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on an annual defense bill that includes just over $3 billion for U.S. telecom companies to remove equipment made by Chinese telecoms firms Huawei and ZTE from American wireless networks to address security risks. The 1,800-page text was released late Saturday and includes other provisions aimed at China, including requiring a report on Chinese efforts to evade U.S. national security regulations and an intelligence assessment of the current status of China's biotechnology capabilities. The Federal Communications Commission has said removing the insecure equipment is estimated to cost $4.98 billion but Congress previously only approved $1.9 billion for the "rip and replace" program.
- Associated Press
Melania Trump says heading to the White House for the second term is much different than the first
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-around. “You know what you need to establish, you know what kind of people you need to hire for your office,” she said on “Fox & Friends” in a rare television appearance, where she showed off holiday ornaments she's selling and her memoir as Christmas approaches.
- The Independent
Ukraine-Russia war latest: US announces new $1bn weapons package for Kyiv before ‘baton passed’ to Trump
US president-elect Trump meets with Zelensky at reopening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris
- INSIDER
Ukraine just gave a first look at its new homemade Hell 'drone-missile' with more than twice the range of ATACMS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the weapon, called "Peklo," has already been used in combat.
- The Independent
Trump talks ending Ukraine war with Zelensky in ‘good and productive’ first in-person meeting since US election
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says the pair talked for peace in a discussion at the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris that was ‘good and productive’
- Reuters
Hezbollah sent 'supervising' forces to Syria's Homs, sources say
Lebanese armed group Hezbollah sent a small number of "supervising forces" from Lebanon to Syria overnight to help prevent anti-government fighters from seizing the strategic city of Homs, two senior Lebanese security sources said on Friday. "Homs must not fall," one of the sources told Reuters, adding that senior officers deployed overnight to oversee some Hezbollah fighters who had been in Syria near the border with Lebanon for years.
- The Independent
An Alabama couple were ardent Trump supporters. Then their trans son told them he wanted to die
Once news outlets called the election for Trump in the early hours of November 6, panic ripped through the LGBTQIA+ community and hotlines saw a dramatic surge in calls. Michelle Del Rey reports
- INSIDER
China's special forces are untested. Success in a Taiwan invasion could depend on them.
Chinese special operations forces would play key roles in any Taiwan assault, but serious issues like lack of combat experience limit their efficacy.
- INSIDER
Satellite images show Iran's new drone carrier has set sail, leaving its home port for the first time
A recent image captured by BlackSky shows the Shahid Bagheri missing from its berth at an Iranian shipyard.
- South China Morning Post
Why China's TikTok is under fire as Romania cancels presidential run-off
A geopolitical firestorm is erupting within the European Union and Nato ranks, and Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok is caught in the middle. On Friday, Romania's constitutional court dramatically annulled the results of its first round presidential election held last month, after intelligence services warned of "aggressive hybrid action" by Russia to influence the vote. A run-off had been scheduled for Sunday, in which Calin Georgescu, a far-right candidate with pro-Russian and anti-Na
- BBC
'Are we about to repeat history?': Martial law's traumatic legacy in South Korea
President Yoon Suk-yeol's martial law announcement left many Koreans with one thought: not again.