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Israel Bombs Gaza Targets After US Vetoes Rare UN Ceasefire Bid

Israel bombarded targets in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas that has triggered alerts of an "apocalyptic" humanitarian situation.

International Business Times

US Vetoes Security Council Resolution Calling For Gaza Ceasefire

The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate ceasefire in the intense fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

International Business Times

Trump gag order is partially upheld in Jan. 6 case

The appeals court ruling would allow Trump to make public statements about the special counsel in the case, Jack Smith, but not other prosecutors, court staffers or their family members.

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Court Rules Binance's CZ Should Stay In US Until Sentencing

District Judge Richard Jones of the Western District of Washington sided with the Department of Justice on Thursday and decided not to allow Zhao to return to UAE until his sentencing.

International Business Times

Rockets fired towards US embassy in Iraqi capital’s Green Zone

US troops and installations have come under regular attack due to Washington’s support of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Watch: World’s largest menorah lit for Hanukkah in Washington DC

Watch as the world's largest menorah is lit in Washington DC to celebrate Hanukkah on Thursday, 7 December.

The Independent UK

Ukraine on its own? Support wavers as Kyiv faces battlefield stalemate

As a nation enters a third winter of fighting for its very existence, it must wait – one ocean away – on a domestic partisan feud. Republicans in the US Senate have shrugged off Joe Biden's plea not to gift a win to Vladimir Putin and have blocked aid for…

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David Cameron urges US Republicans to send Ukraine more long-range weapons

Foreign secretary says arming Kyiv is good value for money due to large amount of Russian ordnance destroyed, on Washington visit

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine recap: western divisions an ominous sign for Kyiv as the aid funding tap begins to dry up

For the past week or so it has felt as if Ukraine’s fate is more likely to be decided in Washington and Brussels than on the battlefield as US president Joe Biden struggles to get his US$111 billion (£88 billion) package of aid through the senate and EU members quibble…

The Conversation

Striking Washington Post Staffers Walk Off The Job

Hundreds of staff at the Washington Post, one of America's most storied newspapers, walked off the job Thursday in a 24-hour strike, their union said, after 18 months of contract negotiations failed to secure a deal.

International Business Times

OPINION - Vladimir Putin's Russia is getting stronger and Ukraine is in real danger

Ukrainian flags, last year a common sight on the East Coast of the United States, are now noticeably absent. With the battles in the Donbas having dropped off the headlines, eclipsed for months by Gaza, this speaks truth to the national mood — but also to the politics in Washington.…

Evening Standard

Watch Live: Foreign Secretary David Cameron speaks at Aspen Security Forum

Watch live as David Cameron speaks at the Aspen Security Forum (ASF) in Washington DC on 7 December.

The Independent UK

Washington faces UN showdown over fresh resolution for Gaza ceasefire

US may feel impelled to protect Israel with veto again as UAE prepares security council motion

The Guardian - UK

'Washington Post' journalists stage daylong strike under threat of job cuts

Workers are on a 24-hour strike to pressure owner Jeff Bezos and company leaders to negotiate a new labor contract. The Post says it needs to cut jobs and may resort to layoffs.

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The Independent UK

Republicans know January 6 is a political loser. So they’re trying to rewrite history

Republican attempts to rewrite history will not go the way they expect, Eric Garcia writes

The Independent UK

Watch: Biden speaks at White House Tribal Nations Summit

Watch as Joe Biden delivers a speech at the 2023 White House Tribal Nations Summit in Washington DC on Wednesday, 6 December.

Ballotpedia

Eight candidates filed to appear on Washington, D.C.’s Republican presidential primary ballot

The filing deadline for the Washington, D.C., Republican presidential primary passed on Dec. 1, 2023. Eight candidates qualified to appear on the March 3, 2024, ballot.

The Independent UK

2 bodies found in creeks as atmospheric river drops record-breaking rain in Pacific Northwest

Authorities in Oregon are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in creeks this week as an atmospheric river brings heavy rain, flooding and unseasonably warm temperatures to the Pacific Northwest

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The Conversation

Kissinger’s obsession with Chile enabled a murderous dictatorship that still haunts the country

Noticing my nonappearance at the start of a black-tie dinner at the Johannesburg home of Harry Oppenheimer, a mining magnate and Africa’s richest man, the host assumed I was boycotting the event on principle. It was a reasonable assumption: I was the Chilean ambassador to South Africa, and Henry Kissinger…

International Business Times

UK Announces New Sanctions Targeting 'Putin's War Machine' In Ukraine

Britain on Wednesday announced a fresh round of sanctions against Russia's "war machine" in Ukraine, as David Cameron headed to Washington for his first visit as foreign secretary.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The NFL’s most fireable coaches: Bill Belichick, why even bother?

Has Sean McDermott hit his ceiling with the Bills? Will the Titans trust Mike Vrabel with a rebuild?

The Independent UK

NATO member-to-be Sweden and the US sign defense deal, saying it strengthens regional security

On the brink of joining NATO, Sweden has signed a defense cooperation agreement with Washington that will allow the United States access to all of the military bases across the Scandinavian country, saying the deal would bolster regional security

WEKU

An atmospheric river is soaking the Pacific Northwest with record-breaking rain

The conditions closed rail links, schools and roads in some areas. Amtrak said no passenger trains will run between Seattle and Portland, Oregon, until Thursday because of a landslide.

USA Today Sports Media Group

WATCH: Terry McLaurin learns he’s Commanders’ Walter Payton Award nominee

Terry McLaurin gets emotional learning he's Washington's nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.

Al Jazeera

US says Russia rejected ‘substantial’ proposal to free two jailed Americans

Washington says ‘no higher priority’ than effort to secure release from Russia of Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan.

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