• 03/17/2025

How Kemi Badenoch Became Leader of the UK Conservative Party

New York Times Ms. Badenoch’s ascent is partly the result of a deliberate diversifying of the party under David Cameron in the 2000s. In her politics, she exemplifies its more recent rightward turn. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/world/europe/britain-kemi-badenoch-conservative-party.html

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The world is trying to make sense of the U.S. electoral college

Washington Post The United States has a distinctive system by which presidents are elected indirectly. Every four years, the world tries to figure it out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/04/electoral-college-explained/

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Diver finds and returns graduation ring lost for decades in the ocean

Washington Post Alex Davis used a metal detector to find a lost graduation ring buried in Barbados. He returned it to its owner in Canada just before the man’s 83rd birthday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/04/diver-graduation-ring-barbados/

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U.S. soldier wounded during Gaza pier mission dies months after being injured

Fox News A soldier who was injured amid last summer’s Gaza pier mission recently died, the U.S. Army confirmed. Sgt. Quandarius Davon Stanley, 23, passed away on Oct. 31, according to an online obituary. He was one of three soldiers injured during the Gaza pier mission, which involved providing humanitarian aid to Gazans amid the…

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North Korea launches short-range ballistic missile hours before US election

Fox News Just hours before the U.S. election, North Korea was reported to have fired at least one ballistic missile into its eastern sea.  It remains unclear whether North Korea fired only one missile or multiple. It is also unclear what type of missile it was or how far it flew.  The launch came days…

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Player dies after being struck by lightning during soccer match in Peru

Washington Post Teams in a local tournament in the Andean highlands east of Lima were leaving the pitch amid a weather delay when lightning struck, injuring several other players. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/11/04/lightning-strike-kills-soccer-player-peru/

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Russia suspected in plot to target cargo planes in Europe and the U.S.

Washington Post Officials say proxies working for Russia were likely behind bombs destined for DHL flights in Europe, and U.S.-bound planes may have been a future target. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/04/russia-package-bombs-dhl-europe/

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UN peace exhibit features slogan calling for Israel to be wiped off the map: ‘Shameful’

Fox News FIRST ON FOX – A Global Peace Flag exhibit at the United Nations New York City headquarters features a slogan that many Israelis regard as an explicit call to wipe Israel off the map.  The picture shows a map of Israel, resembling a watermelon, without any West Bank or Gaza partition. In the…

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Documents reveal Russia’s initial ‘peace deal’ equated to the surrender of Ukraine: report

Fox News Newly revealed documents of Russia’s first proposal in 2022 in an alleged attempt to end its so-called “special operation” in Ukraine in actuality resembled an agreement to surrender, reported Radio Free Europe on Monday. The documents obtained by the Europe-based outlet showed that on March 7, 2022 – 11 days after Russia’s invasion…

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Israeli strikes in eastern Lebanon are hitting civilians without warning

Washington Post At least 10 of 14 strikes Friday that caused casualties in the northern Bekaa Valley were outside the Israeli military’s evacuation zone, a Post review found. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/04/lebanon-israel-airstrikes-bekaa-valley-hezbollah/

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