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The HillOpinion - 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 theyâve caused, they are racing to do more.
- The Telegraph
Assadâs family âfleesâ to Russia â but Kremlin âwonât comeâ to Syrian leaderâs rescue
Bashar al-Assadâs 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.
- INSIDER
The South Korean president's party says he needs to go â and that he tried to arrest its leaders during martial law
Yoon already faces an impeachment motion by the main opposition party, which holds a majority in parliament. His party leader now wants him out.
- HuffPost
'He Knows That He F**ked Up': James Carville Calls Biden 'Most Tragic Figure' In U.S. Politics
The Democratic strategist slammed Biden for not exiting the presidential race sooner and lamented that his otherwise "stunning" legacy is now overshadowed.
- BBC
S Korea president ordered arrest of own party leader
The head of President Yoon's party called for his suspension in a sign it may back moves to impeach him.
- The Telegraph
Will the Senate approve Tulsi Gabbard? Our experts are united
Once is a mistake. Twice is a pattern. Thatâs the conundrum facing the Trump transition team right now, as rumours swirl that Tulsi Gabbard might be next on the senatorial chopping block.
- Associated Press
China's ban on key high-tech materials could have broad impact on industries, economy
China has banned exports of key materials used to make a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric vehicles, radar systems and CT scanners, swiping back at Washington after it expanded export controls to include dozens of Chinese companies that make equipment used to produce advanced computer chips. Both sides say their controls are justified by national security concerns and both accuse the other of âweaponizingâ trade. Hereâs why this could be a tipping point in trade conflict between the two biggest economies, coming at a time when antagonisms already were expected to heat up once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, given his vows to hike tariffs on imports of Chinese-made products. WHAT DID CHINA DO AND WHY?
- The Daily Beast
Secret Service Chief Screams at GOP Rep During Hearing on Trump Security
Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe and Texas Rep. Pat Fallon had a contentious exchange Thursday during a congressional hearing about Donald Trumpâs security detail. Since the July assassination attempt on Trump, that subject has been in the spotlight, with former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigning shortly after the close call. A Senate report released in September detailed âpreventableâ failures by the agency before the shooting. During a meeting Thursday of the bipartis
- Reuters
South Korea's Yoon: Embittered survivor staggers on after impeachment vote
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces the greatest challenge of his brief but chequered political career, despite surviving a bruising impeachment challenge, as members of his own party called for him to resign for imposing martial law. Yoon was regarded as a tough political survivor but became increasingly isolated, dogged by personal scandals and strife, an unyielding opposition and rifts within his own party. By the time Yoon attempted to impose martial law on Tuesday, he was badly bruised politically.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. âYou know what you need to establish, you know what kind of people you need to hire for your office,â she said on âFox & Friendsâ in a rare television appearance, where she showed off holiday ornaments she's selling and her memoir as Christmas approaches.
- Associated Press
Mexico president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries
Mexicoâs 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 âthey send people who come from other countries to their countries of origin.â 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.
- Reuters
Modi's BJP says US State Department targeting India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the State Department and "deep state" elements in the U.S. of trying to destabilise India in conjunction with a group of investigative journalists and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi. Gandhi's Congress party used articles by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) that "singularly focused" on the Adani Group and its alleged closeness to the government to undermine Modi, the ruling party said on Thursday.
- HuffPost
Pete Hegseth Torched For Defiant Comment About Who He Answers To
Critics were not impressed with the secretary of defense nomineeâs remark to reporters.
- AFP News
'Do your freaking job': S. Korean protesters frustrated by failing impeachment vote
Gasps of frustration.A gasp of disappointment rippled through the crowd when a special probe bill to investigate suspicions surrounding First Lady Kim Keon Hee was struck down.Â
- The Independent
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian strikes kill 12 as Kyiv unveils new long-range ârocket-droneâ
Ukraine says new drone can fly more than double the range of ATACMS and Storm Shadows
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.