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Venezuela-Guyana tensions soar, US mounts military exercises
The United States announced joint flight drills with Guyana's military on Thursday as soaring tensions over a contested oil-rich region?on the Venezuelan border prompted the UN Security Council to call an urgent meeting.Increasingly alarmed at the threat from the authoritarian leftist Venezuelan government, the United States announced military exercises.
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Tesla's Dojo supercomputer head leaves, former Apple exec to lead - Bloomberg News
Peter Bannon, a former Apple executive and director at Tesla for the last seven years, is now leading the project, the report said. The Dojo supercomputer was designed to process vast amounts of data and video from Tesla cars to train the automaker's autonomous-driving software. Venkataramanan no longer appeared in Tesla's internal directories, the report added citing a source.
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Macron hosts Hungary's Orban in bid to break Ukraine deadlock
French President Emmanuel Macron meets Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday in a bid to break the deadlock ahead of an EU summit after the Hungarian leader threatened to block further backing for Ukraine.The dinner will mark a rare welcome by a major Western European leader for the Hungarian strongman, who has retained closer ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin than any other EU leader, even after Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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We Fought To Keep Our Dog Alive When He Was Diagnosed With Cancer — And I'm So Grateful We Did
"For more than a year, people had told us that we would know when it 'was time' by the look in our dog’s eyes."
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Turkey's Erdogan in Athens in 'new chapter' bid
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travels to Athens on Thursday in a keenly watched visit billed as an attempted "new chapter" between the NATO allies and historic rivals after years of tension.In an interview with Greek daily Kathimerini a day before his five-hour visit on Thursday, Erdogan said he was seeking a "new chapter" in relations on the basis of "win-win" principles.
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Australia, Papua New Guinea announce security deal
Australia clinched a security deal with Papua New Guinea on Thursday, bolstering ties with a Pacific state that has been courted persistently by China.??Allies Australia and the United States have been on a diplomatic blitz to shore up their relationships in the South Pacific region.
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India's Paytm tumbles on plan to curtail low-value personal loans
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's Paytm plunged as much as 20% on Thursday, its steepest decline since listing two years ago, as the digital payments firm plans to give out fewer low-value personal loans after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tightened rules on consumer lending. The non-bank lender said on Wednesday it will go slow on sub-50,000-rupee (about $600) loans but expand its portfolio of high-ticket personal and commercial loans. Giving out more high-ticket loans won't fully offset a scale
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Kevin McCarthy Tweet That Didn't Age Well Gets A Hilarious Community Note
A tweet from September in which the congressman said "I never quit" just received a community note on X.com reading "He just quit."
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Freed Hostages Reportedly Tell Netanyahu They Feared Israeli Bombs
Israeli news outlets reported on a tense meeting between Israeli officials and freed hostages.
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US oil prices slide below $70 a barrel; mixed day for global stocks
US oil prices finished below $70 a barrel for the first time since July on Wednesday on a mixed day for global equities, as traders pondered hopes for interest rate cuts from the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve.?Frankfurt's DAX stocks index hit a fresh record high, passing the 16,600 level for the first time, and in Paris the CAC 40 rose as sliding German factory orders added to hopes of an interest-rate reduction from the European Central Bank.
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Arizona Man Charged Over Online Posts That Allegedly Incited Terror Attack In Australia
Six people died in what police described as a “religiously-motivated terrorist attack” in the rural community of Wieambilla last year.
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Jake Tapper Unpacks Joe Biden's 'Stunning Admission' About His Campaign
"Is this the kind of admission a candidate should be making?" the CNN host asked a guest.
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'I Don't Like Extremes': Dr. Fauci Was Weirded Out By His Hardcore Fans
Fauci told the BBC seeing his face plastered around town during the pandemic was far more bizarre than it was flattering.
- BusinessReuters
SentinelOne raises annual revenue forecast on robust cybersecurity spending (Dec. 5)
The California-based company's shares rose nearly 18% in afterhours trading. Firms have prioritized expenditure on cybersecurity, as sticky inflation and high interest rates forced them to cut back on spending elsewhere. Worldwide spending on security and risk management is projected to increase 14.3% in 2024, according to research firm Gartner.
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Major Democratic Donor Gives $250,000 To Nikki Haley Super PAC
The former U.N. ambassador has been climbing in the GOP polls, but there's still a big gap between her numbers and Trump's.
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In rare Israel rebuke, US restricts visas on extremist settlers
The United States said Tuesday it would refuse visas for extremist Israeli settlers behind a wave of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, as it also asked Israel to do more to spare civilians in Gaza.- Wave of violence - Hamas militants stormed out of Gaza into Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials.
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Bus Driver Accused Of Kidnapping And Rape Of Student On Bus
Giovanny Campos pleaded not guilty to assaulting a New York student who rode on his route.
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'Turn tragedy into change': Italy mourns femicide victim
Thousands of Italians paid their last respects Tuesday to Giulia Cecchettin, a university student killed by her ex-boyfriend in a case that has triggered nationwide grief and rage at violence against women.?Cecchettin, who was studying biomedical engineering at the University of Padua, was stabbed to death last month by her former boyfriend, fellow student Filippo Turetta, who confessed to the murder before a judge, according to his lawyer.?
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Record Number Of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Attend COP28 Climate Summit
The annual summit to tackle global climate change is crawling with people with ties to planet-warming fossil fuels.
- BusinessReuters
Small-cap trading on London stock market hit by outages
MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) -Trading in small company shares on the London Stock Exchange was halted twice on Tuesday due to outages, the second time in less than two months that dealing in such shares has been disrupted. Trading was temporarily stopped twice on the FTSE small cap index, affecting hundreds of stocks including Tullow Oil, CMC Markets and Marston's. "We are still investigating an issue," LSEG said in a notice published on its website at 1123 GMT, around one hour after resolving an ea
