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A FEDERAL JUDGE IN CALIFORNIA GRANTING A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION BLOCKING A LAW SIGNED BY CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM BANNING FIREARMS IN MOST PUBLIC PLACES.
JUDGE CORMAC CARNEY STOPPING THE LAW SET TO TAKE EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST THAT WOULD HAVE BANNED FIREARMS IN PLACES LIKE CHURCHES, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND ZOOS AMONG OTHER THINGS.
HE CALLED THE LAW "SWEEPING" AND 'REPUGNANT TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT'....ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
Former New York Mayor and lawyer for President Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani ordered to 'immediately' pay 148 million dollars by a federal judge.
US District Judge Beryll Howell's order comes in a case filed by an election worker and her daughter in Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta) alleging Giuliani defamed them.
The jury in the case finding in favor of the women suing Giuliani ordering the massive payout...THE INDEPENDENT UK
Voting extended in elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There were lengthy lines at many polling stations today...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)
A LATE NIGHT BARRAGE OF ROCKETS FROM LEBANON HITTING THE NORTHERN ISRAELI CITY IF KIRYAT SHMONA.
NO INJURIES REPORTED. HEZBOLLAH CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
In Poland the new left-leaning secularist government cleaning house at state media companies.
An all-news television channel shut down completely with mass firings of executives...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
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WITH JUST WEEKS TO GO BEFORE THE ELECTION IN TAIWAN A TALKING POINT NEWS STORY ABOUT CHINA AND TAIWAN TODAY.
ON JANUARY 1, 1979 THE UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE WAS 'ONE CHINA' AND TAIWAN WAS PART OF IT...
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ANNOUNCES US-CHINA DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS 12/15/1978
TODAY A STORY PRESENTED ACROSS MEDIA PLATFORMS IN THE US REGRDING PRESIDENT XI JINPING OF CHINA.
XI SAID TO HAVE TOLD JOE BIDEN DURING A MEETING LAST MONTH ABOUT 'REUNIFICATION' OF TAIWAN WITH THE MAINLAND OF CHINA.
THE REPORT SUGGESTING THERE WAS AN OPTION OF MILITARY FORCE BEING USED TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL...
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China said to have suspended a currency swap agreement with Argentina.
Media in Argentina reporting the story saying China is looking for engagement with the recently installed government of President Javier Milei.
Milei campaigned on breaking ties between Argentina and China...SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST HONG KONG...
Argentine President Javier Milei announcing by decree the changing of 300 rules designed to deregulate the country's economy...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24...
(Updated) In Buenos Aires a mass protest against the new government of President Javier Milei.
Demonstrators converging on the Plaza de Mayo in the center of the city.
A strong police operation was launched to counter the protest.
Incidents involving fighting with police were reported.
President Milei at a command center with other top government officials monitoring the situation...TODO NOTICIAS ARGENTINA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
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AN ATTEMPT TO SPIN US POLITICAL POLLING DATA MAY BE UNDERWAY AS AN ECONOMIST/YOUGOV POLL COMES OUT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
IT SHOWS A 43 TO 43 PERCENT TIE FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN.
BUT NO THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATES INCLUDED WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE TREND IN MOST POLLING DATA RELEASED IN THE LAST WEEK...REAL CLEAR POLITICS-LATEST POLLS
The US Justice Department charging a member of the Lebanese group Hezbollah in connection with a deadly 1994 terrorist attack in Argentina.
Samuel Salman El Reda accused of providing assistance for the bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people.
El Reda, a dual Lebanese-Colombian citizen, said to be based in Lebanon...AL JAZEERA QATAR
PRO EUROPE DEMONSTRATORS SAYING SERBIA'S ELECTIONS LAST SUNDAY WERE RIGGED PROTESTING FOR THE THIRD EVENING IN A ROW.
THE DEMONSTRATORS OF THE 'SERBIA AGAINST VIOLENCE' MOVEMENT GATHERING OUTSIDE THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION'S OFFICES.
THEY ARE ALLEGING AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT SERBS LIVING IN BOSNIA WERE BROUGHT IN TO VOTE FOR THE RULING POPULIST SERBIAN PROGRESSIVE PARTY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
MEANWHILE WORD THAT THE ELECTION WILL BE RERUN AT 28 POLLING STATIONS INVOLVING MORE THAN 12,000 VOTERS. THIS WILL BE DONE ON DECEMBER 30TH.
WITH 99.66 PERCENT OF THE VOTE COUNTED THE ALLIANCE OF THE RULING SERBIAN PROGRESSIVE PARTY HOLDS 46.7 PERCENT OF THE VOTE. THE SERBIA AGAINST VIOLENCE GROUP AT 23.69 PERCENT...TASS RUSSIA
Media giant Comcast Xfinity revealing a data breach this week involving almost 36 million customers.
Names, addresses, security questions, encrypted passwords, usernames and last four digits of social security numbers among the items exposed to hackers by the breach.
Comcast customers asked to create new passwords and use two-factor authentication...PC WORLD
The markets today.
Near the close big drops.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 475.92 points or 1.27 percent.
The NASDAQ off 225.28 or 1.5 percent.
At 432 pm New York Time the price of oil 73 dollars and 80 cents a barrel down 14 cents...MARKETWATCH
A pilot and photographer are dead following the crash of a television news helicopter in New Jersey.
The "6ABC" chopper flying back to its home base in Philadelphia when it went down last evening...KYW NEWSRADIO PHILADELPHIA
IRELAND'S GOVERNMENT TARGETNG A BRITISH LAW OFFERING AMNESTY FOR SECURITY FORCES ACTIONS DURING 'THE TROUBLES' IN NORTHERN IRELAND DECADES AGO.
IRELAND MAKING A CASE AGAINST THE LEGACY ACT AS A VIOLATION OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY IN NORTHERN IRELAND SIR JEFFREY DONALDSON SAYS THE IRISH GOVERNMENT CHALLENGE IS AN EXAMPLE OF 'DOUBLE STANDARDS'
THIS IN LIGHT OF THE TERRORIST ACTIONS OF IRISH NATIONALIST GROUPS NOT BROUGHT TO JUSTICE...BELFAST TELEGRAPH
A US-Venezuela prisoner exchange.
Alex Saab, a close aide to Venezuela's ruler President Nicolas Maduro, freed by US authorities holding him on money laundering charges.
Some 36 prisoners set to be freed in Venezuela including 12 US citizens...BBC NEWS
In the UK a three-day strike involving junior doctors. The doctors for the National Health Service seeking higher pay in the midst of years of higher inflation...BBC NEWS
A JAPANESE COURT ORDERING THE GOVERNMENT IN OKINAWA TO APPROVE A REVISED LAND RECLAMATION PLAN FOR THE MOVE OF A US MARINE CORPS BASE.
THE OKINAWA GOVERNMENT REJECTED AN ORIGINAL PLAN THEN DELAYED AFTER THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN TOKYO CAME UP WITH A NEW ONE...NHK WORLD JAPAN
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi commenting on the alleged assassination plot involving an Indian government official aimed at a Sikh nationalist in the United States.
Mr. Modi saying his government will "definitely look into" any evidence presented by the US.
Federal authorities have arrested an Indian man Nikhil Gupta alleging he paid 100,000 dollars to a hitman to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
The US says that Mr. Gupta was being directed by an Indian government official.
The Indian government has designated Mr. Pannun a "terrorist".
This case in the US followed the murder of another Sikh nationalist leader earlier this year in Canada.
In that case, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a connection between the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and the Indian government...BBC NEWS
France's new tougher immigration law faces review from the Constitutional Council which may invalidate parts of the legislation.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne hailing passage of the law as a victory for the government of President Emmanuel Macron.
The law setting limits on immigration but also regularizing foreign workers being used in the country in essential jobs...(Info from BFM-TV France)
RUSSIA REDUCING ITS HOLDINGS IN THE US NATIONAL DEBT.
73 MILLION DOLLARS IN US TREASURY SECURITIES IN SPETEMBER REDUCED TO 31 MILLION DOLLARS IN OCTOBER.
FIGURES FROM THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT IN JUNE SHOWING JAPAN HOLDING THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF THE US NATIONAL DEBT 1.09 TRILLION US DOLLARS.
CHINA HAD 769.6 BILLION AND THE UNITED KINGDOM 693 BILLION...TASS RUSSIA
In New Zealand the new government delivering a mini-budget message promising tax relief for Kiwis in 2024.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis pledging 'meaningful income tax reduction'.
Planned measures include a 25% tax rebate for early childhood education expenses up to 75 dollars a week ($47.04 USD) and limiting taxation of capital gains on residential home sales to properties owned for two years or less...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
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