Mon 25 November 2024: The US national debt exceeded the mark of $36 trillion and updated the historical maximum, according to the US Treasury Department. This is the largest national debt in the world in nominal terms, and it has increased by $2 trillion since the beginning of the year. As of November 21 (the […]
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Sun 24 November 2024: Thousands of people have taken part in nationwide protests in France demanding better protection of women amid a high-profile rape case currently awaiting a verdict in court. The CGT trade union spoke of 100,000 participants at the rallies on Saturday, including 80,000 in Paris. Police estimated the number of demonstrators nationwide […]
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Sun 24 November 2024: The Australian government Sunday announced it is abandoning proposed laws that would have forced social media companies to regulate misinformation and disinformation on their platforms. In a statement, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland announced that the legislation would not proceed because there was “no pathway” in the Senate, local broadcaster SBS News reported. If passed, the […]
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Sun 24 November 2024: The tallest and shortest women in the world came together in London to celebrate the 20th annual Guinness World Records Day. Rumeysa Gelgi, a 27-year-old web developer from Turkey who stands at 215.16 cm (7 ft 1 in), met Jyoti Amge, a 30-year-old actor from India who is 62.8 cm (2 […]
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Sat 23 November 2024: British home price increases will outpace overall inflation and rental costs will rise even faster although affordability for first time homebuyers will improve, according to a Reuters November 11-21 poll of 21 housing market experts. Higher rent adds to the struggle for buyers to save the deposit needed to secure a […]
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Sat 23 November 2024: US President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Department of Justice, including by firing attorneys involved in a pair of federal cases against him and by pursuing investigations into alleged fraud during the 2020 election, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Trump’s plans, according to a report by the daily, include […]
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Sat 23 November 2024: The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) on Friday called for $16.9 billion to address global food insecurity, which affects 343 million people in 74 countries. In a statement, the WFP warned that hunger is nearing levels that were last seen during the global food crisis sparked by the pandemic. The UN […]
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Jaguar’s new advertising campaign has provoked a flurry of mockery online [Courtesy of Jaguar Land Rover] Sat 23 November 2024: British luxury automaker’s advertising campaign features models of varying ages, genders and races – but no cars. British luxury carmaker Jaguar is under fire over a colourful new advertising campaign that promotes inclusivity but […]
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Fri 22 November 2024: An explosives disposal team has been sent to London’s Gatwick Airport after a “suspected prohibited item” was discovered in luggage, police said, after a terminal was evacuated. Sussex police said on Friday that a security cordon would remain in place around the airport’s south terminal and the explosive ordnance disposal team […]
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Fri 22 November 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that his country struck a plant in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro using a new hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile. Initially, Ukraine’s Air Force claimed that Moscow launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on the city of Dnipro early in the morning, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also confirmed in a […]
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