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You Won’t Have Kamala to Kick Around Anymore

Wall Street Journal Or will you? Readers consider the Nixon option. https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-wont-have-kamala-to-kick-around-anymore-4386c24a

Iran Told U.S. That It’s Not Trying to Kill Trump

New York Times The Biden administration had warned that the United States would consider any Iranian attempt on Mr. Trump’s life to be “an act of war,” officials said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/world/middleeast/iran-trump-assassinate.html

Trump Will Encounter a Very Different Middle East in His Second Term

New York Times The region has changed dramatically since the Oct. 7 attacks. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/world/middleeast/trump-will-encounter-a-very-different-middle-east-in-his-second-term.html

South Korea’s Yoon tells China’s Xi cooperation needed on Russia and North Korea

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Yoon also met US President Biden and Japan PM Ishiba on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Lima, Peru. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3286835/south-koreas-yoon-tells-chinas-xi-cooperation-needed-russia-and-north-korea?utm_source=rss_feed

UAE’s accession to BRICS to strengthen coordination with Russia on global problems

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russian foreign ministet Sergey Lavrov visited the United Arab Emirates and talked with his colleague Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan https://tass.com/politics/1873287

Princess Yuriko, Oldest Member of Japan’s Imperial Family, Dies at 101

New York Times Her death reduces Japan’s rapidly dwindling imperial family to 16 people, and only 4 men, as the country faces questions about the future under a male-only succession law. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/world/asia/princess-yuriko-dead.html

EU may impose sanctions on China for supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine – German media

Pravda Ukraine The European Union is discussing possible sanctions against China over evidence that it first supplied Russia with weapons for use in a full-scale war against Ukraine. Source: European Pravda citing German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) Details: Three FAZ sources said that EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell…

Rand Paul wants to abolish agency established under Trump, but calls prospect ‘unlikely’

Fox News Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., wants the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to be abolished, but described the prospect as “unlikely,” he told Politico. “I’d like to eliminate it,” Paul told the outlet. “The First Amendment is pretty important, that’s why we listed it as the First Amendment, and I would have liked…

Trump Asks Steven Cheung to Lead White House Communications

New York Times After serving as the president-elect’s chief campaign spokesman, Mr. Cheung will return to the White House next year. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/us/politics/steven-cheung-trump-white-house-communications.html

Relief from higher rates is uncertain, as Fed signals slower move on cuts

Washington Post Fed watchers see a greater chance the central bank may skip a rate cut at its last meeting of the year in December. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/15/fed-careful-on-rate-cut-pace/