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What Syria’s rebel takeover means for the region’s major players: Turkey, Iran and Russia

YoopyaDecember 10, 2024December 10, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 10, 2024December 10, 20240495

When I was buying coffee at a cafe owned by a Syrian man in the UK on Sunday, I asked him what he made of...

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Ghana’s president John Mahama makes a comeback – what lies ahead

YoopyaDecember 10, 2024December 10, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 10, 2024December 10, 20240544

John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s incoming president, has won a chance to rewrite his legacy. He was voted out of office in 2016 by what was then the highest margin in...

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Bitcoin tops $100,000 with Trump-election crypto rally rolling on

YoopyaDecember 5, 2024December 5, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 5, 2024December 5, 20240616

NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin topped $100,000 for the first time as a massive rally in the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, largely accelerated by the...

Europe

French lawmakers to vote on Wednesday on toppling government

YoopyaDecember 3, 2024December 3, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 3, 2024December 3, 20240576

PARIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) – French lawmakers will vote on Wednesday evening on a no-confidence motion which is all but certain to oust the fragile coalition of...

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Trump’s FBI pick has plans to reshape the bureau. This is what Kash Patel has said he wants to do

YoopyaDecember 3, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 3, 202402

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and...

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Biden makes no comment on son’s pardon in Cape Verde stopover on way to Angola

YoopyaDecember 2, 2024December 2, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 2, 2024December 2, 20240556

ESPARGOS, Cape Verde, Dec 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden did not answer reporters’ questions on the granting of a pardon to his son Hunter Biden...

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California bill would give public university admission priority to slaves’ descendants

YoopyaDecember 2, 2024December 2, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 2, 2024December 2, 20240431

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker said he will introduce a bill Monday that would give admission priority to the descendants of slaves at...

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Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

YoopyaDecember 1, 2024December 1, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 1, 2024December 1, 20240587

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions...

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Elon Musk’s team-up with Donald Trump is different to how media barons operated in the past. Here’s why

YoopyaDecember 1, 2024December 1, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 1, 2024December 1, 20240460

Elon Musk’s regular posts of strong support for president-elect Donald Trump on his social media platform X and his expected role within the new US administration present...

World

Zelenskiy urges Biden to rally support for Ukraine’s NATO membership

YoopyaDecember 1, 2024December 1, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 1, 2024December 1, 20240476

KYIV, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the outgoing U.S. administration of President Joe Biden on Sunday to help convince NATO...