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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Sam Bankman-Fried flown to the US from the Bahamas tonight. The FTX currency boss extradited to face federal fraud charges...BBC NEWS
THERE WILL BE AN EMERGENCY COURT HEARING IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA TOMORROW MORNING.
REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE ABE HAMADEH IS BEING CHALLENGED BY MARICOPA COUNTY ON HIS REQUEST TO INSPECT BALLOTS.
HAMADEH IN A VERY CLOSE RACE WITH DEMOCRAT KRIS MAYES WITH MAYES ONLY HAVING A 511 VOTE LEAD ACCORDING TO THE PUBLICLY RELEASED VOTE COUNT...ARIZONA CENTRAL
ALSO IN ARIZONA THE TWO DAY TRIAL FOR REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE KARI LAKE'S ELECTION CHALLENGE...FREE REPUBLIC POST-GATEWAY PUNDIT STORY-DISCUSSION
The FBI taking shots at the Twitter Files revelations.
Among other things the files revealed FBI efforts to suppress news about Hunter Biden's laptop right before the 2020 Presidential Election.
The bureau's statement today describes its communications with Twitter part of "traditional longstanding and ongoing federal government and private sector engagements".
The statement also says that FBI was trying to help the private sector to protect themselves and their customers.
And it concludes with an attack on "conspiracy theorists" that it says are "feeding the American public misinformation with the sole purpose of attempting to discredit the agency"...
"'The FBI and Twitter COLLUDED to elect Joe Biden.' Jesse Watters. In other words, the 2020 Presidential Election was RIGGED & STOLEN"
THE COMMANDER OF THE US NAVY'S SEAL TEAM 1 FOUND DEAD IN HIS SAN DIEGO HOME MONDAY.
NAVY OFFICIALS SAY THAT FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED IN THE DEATH OF COMMANDER ROBERT RAMIREZ III...NAVY TIMES
In Israel Benjamin Netanyahu says he has formed a new government.
Netanyahu giving notification to Israel's President Isaac Herzog before a midnight deadline.
There is now a January 2nd deadline for the new government to be sworn in.
That is expected to happen with legislation needed to facilitate the new government awaiting final approval in Israel's parliament...TIMES OF ISRAEL
In France railroad controllers going on strike Friday and into the weekend.
The French railroad system expects one-third of normal trains cancelled Friday and 60 percent on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day...(BFM-TV France)
THANKS TO GASOLINE PRICES AN OVERALL EASING OF CANADA'S INLATION RATE TO 6.8 PERCENT.
BUT FRESH FRUIT COSTS 11 PERCENT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO AND THE PRICE OF EGGS IS UP 16 PERCENT...(CBC News Canada)...BLOOMBERG
In New Zealand a "compromise" rolled out on "nitrogen emissions" from the agriculture industry.
A five-year price pathway will start in 2025 to achieve the 2030 goals with the government saying it will seek the "lowest possible emissions levy"...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
WALL STREET MOVING UPWARDS TODAY.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP 526.73 POINTS OR 1.60 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE NASDAQ ROSE 162.26 POINTS OR 1. 54 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE PRICE OF OIL UP TWO DOLLARS AND 34 CENTS TO 78 DOLLARS AND 43 CENTS A BARREL AROUND 5 PM EASTERN US TIME TODAY...MARKETWATCH
THE RANGE OF ELECTRIC CARS DRASTICALLY REDUCED IN THE SCANDANVAIAN WINTER.
CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS IN NORWAY AND SWEDEN HAVE CONDUCTED TESTS USING VARIOUS ELECTRIC CAR MODELS.
THE LOSS OF RANGE ON AVERAGE 14 TO 26 PERCENT WITH SOME MODELS LOSING MORE THAN 25 PERCENT OF THEIR RANGE...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
Meanwhile German officials concerned about the new US law that gives Americans up to 7,000 dollars a year if they buy electric cars.
They are afraid it will make production of cars in the United States more attractive...NOS NETHERLANDS
GREEK-TURKISH TENSIONS
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Two Turkish warplanes flew over Greek islands in the eastern Aegean Sea today.
Greek aircraft intercepted the Turkish planes.
Meanwhile Turkiye's Defense Minister says that Greece should stop hostile and provocative acts against Turkiye.
Hulusi Akar says there should be a dialogue over maritime and aerial boundaries.
The Turks say the recent incidents over the Aegean Sea are Greek harassment of Turkish planes on NATO missions...HURRIYET DAILY NEWS TURKIYE
AN AMBULANCE WORKERS STRIKE IN THE UK TODAY.
SOLDIERS DRAFTED IN TO HELP DEAL WITH THE SITUATION AS AMBULANCE WORKERS SEEK BIG PAY HIKES IN THE MIDST OF AN INLFATION RATE OVER 10 PERCENT.
THE GOVERNMENT REFUSING TO NEGOTIATE SIMPLY SAYING THE PAY HIKES ARE TOO STEEP AND UNAFFORDABLE.
ACCUSATIONS ABOUT THE STRIKING WORKERS HURTING PATIENTS ARE BEING SPREAD BY THE GOVERNMENT AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA...BBC NEWS BLOG
China warning the US and NATO against creating imaginary enemies on the world stage.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning noted that there have been 'unfounded accusations and slander' against China.
He was responding to statements made by the US Permanent Representative to NATO Julianne Smith...TASS RUSSIA
The visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington today with Joe Biden announcing two billion dollars more worth of military aid including a Patriot missile battery...TASS RUSSIA...
Zelensky traveling to Poland by train then flying a US military aircraft to the United States...TASS RUSSIA
THE RUSSIAN ARMY WILL BE EXPANDED.
DEFENSE MINISTER SERGEI SHOIGU CITING THE THREAT FROM NATO FORCES ON RUSSIA BORDERS AND THE ADDITION OF FINLAND AND SWEDEN TO NATO.
RUSSIA INTENDS TO MAINTAIN AN ARMY OF 1.5 MILLION SOLIDERS...RUSSIA TODAY...
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TALKING MILITARY MATTERS TODAY.
PUTIN TALKING ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES INCLUDING THE MODERNIZING OF RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
HE ALSO SPOKE ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF A FRIGATE EARLY NEXT YEAR WITH SEA-LAUNCHED HYPERSONIC MISSILE SYSTEMS...RUSSIA TODAY
US POLITICS AND THE DEMOCRAT DUMP OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS UNDERWAY.
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA SPIN OF THE INFORMATION ALSO UNDERWAY...THE HILL
US POLITICS AN ARIZONA JUDGE ALLOWING A LAWSUIT BY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL ABE HAMADEH CHALLENGING ELECTION RESULTS TO PROCEED...ARIZONA FAMILY
TURKEY SENDING DRONES TO KOSOVO CAUSING CRITICISM FROM SERBIA'S PRESIDENT.
THE MOVE COMES AMIDST TENSIONS AS SERBS IN NORTHERN KOSOVO HAVE SET UP BARRICADES IN PROTEST AT THEIR TREATMENT BY THE KOSOVO GOVERNMENT...TASS RUSSIA
North Korea holding a children's congress.
The Korean Children's Union meeting will be the first of its kind in five years for the group whose membership is from the ages of 7 to 13...KOREA JOONG ANG DAILY
NEW ZEALAND'S FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATING OPPOSITION LEADER SITIVENI RABUKA AS THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF FIJI.
PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN SPEAKING MORE CAUTIOUSLY AT THIS POINT.
CURRENT PRIME MINISTER FRANK BAINAMARAMA HAS NOT CONCEDED A LOSS YET.
THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL PARTY HAS DECIDED TO GIVE RABUKA THE MAJORITY HE NEEDS TO GOVERN...AFP FRANCE-DIGITAL JOURNAL
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
AIR RAID WARNINGS NATIONWIDE TODAY
Air raid warnings reported across all of Ukraine today...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
ELON MUSK SAYS HE'LL LEAVE AS TWITTER CEO AS SOON AS HE FINDS 'SOMEONE FOOLISH ENOUGHT TO TAKE THE JOB'.
A RECENT ONLINE POLL OF TWITTER USED VOTED FOR MUSK TO LEAVE AS CEO...BBC NEWS
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