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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a short phrase in the Constitution, mentioned in passing. But it’s already taking on an outsize significance as President-elect Donald Trump charts his return to office. The withdrawal of Matt Gaetz as Trump’s nominee for attorney general dramatically affirmed that the Senate still maintains its “advice and consent” powers when it comes to vetting and installing a president’s Cabinet. Yet it may be only a brief […]

DALLAS (AP) — Just as there are good odds the turkey will taste dry, airports and highways are expected to be jam-packed during Thanksgiving week, a holiday period likely to end in another record day for air travel in the United States. The people responsible for keeping security lines, boarding areas and jetliners moving — from the U.S. transportation secretary and airline chiefs on down the line — swear they […]

VILNIUS (Reuters) – A DHL cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport on Monday, at about 0330 GMT, Vilnius airport and Lithuanian police spokespersons told Reuters. (Reporting by Andrius Sytas in Vilnius; Editing by Himani Sarkar) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Simon Jessop, Karin Strohecker and Virginia Furness BAKU (Reuters) – COP29 deals on finance and carbon markets could lead to billions more dollars flowing around the business world if countries next year can deliver climate plans with clear policies for markets and investment. Those plans, which are due to the climate body of the United Nations before the next U.N. climate summit in Brazil, need to describe steps for […]

(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, will prioritize delivering on election tax cut pledges, he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Sunday. Tax cuts policy measures would include making Trump’s first term tax cuts permanent as well as eliminating taxes on tips, social-security benefits and overtime pay, the WSJ said. Bessent would also focus on enacting tariffs, cutting spending and […]

(Reuters) – Russia’s air defence systems destroyed seven Ukrainian missiles overnight over the Kursk region, governor of the Russian region that borders Ukraine said on Monday. He said that air defence units also destroyed seven Ukrainian drones. He did not provide further details. A pro-Russian military analyst Roman Alyokhin, who serves as an adviser to the governor, said on his Telegram messaging channel that “Kursk was subjected to a massive […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An advocate for major social media platforms told an Australian Senate committee Monday that laws to ban children younger than 16 from the sites should be delayed until next year at least instead of being rushed through the Parliament this week. Sunita Bose, managing director of Digital Industry Group Inc., an advocate for the digital industry in Australia including X, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, was answering […]

TOKYO (AP) — Police thought a shoe thief was on the loose at a kindergarten in southwestern Japan, until a security camera caught the furry culprit in action. A weasel with a tiny shoe in its mouth was spotted on the video footage after police installed three cameras in the school in the prefecture of Fukuoka. “It’s great it turned out not to be a human being,” Deputy Police Chief […]

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Left-wing politician Yamandú Orsi is poised to become the next president of Uruguay after his main challenger in the runoff conceded defeat Sunday and even the outgoing leader of the South American country congratulated him. His victory marks the return of a center-leftist government to Uruguay’s presidency after five years of a conservative administration. But who is Yamandú Orsi? A teacher of history, folk dancer and […]