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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE US NATIONAL DEBT NOW EXCEEDS 34 TRILLION DOLLARS. THE INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THE US TREASURY'S WEBSITE.
THE PUBLISHED NUMBER OF TOTAL DEBT DATED DECEMBER 29TH READS AS $34,001,493,655,565.48.
THAT'S 34 TRILLION, ONE BILLION, 493 MILLION, 655 THOUSAND, 565 DOLLARS AND 48 CENTS...US TREASURY
Word that four closed border crossings on the US-Mexico border are to reopen.
Those border crossings closed to deal with massive flow of illegal migrants at the southern border.
The closures have been hurting cross border commerce.
It's being claimed that there have been fewer encounters with people illegally entering the US during the 'holiday season'...AXIOS
Politics in the USA and a USA Today/Suffolk Poll on the Presidential Contest.
A two-way contest shows Donald Trump at 44 percent and Joe Biden at 43 percent.
The multi-candidate matchup puts Donald Trump at 37 percent, Joe Biden at 34 percent and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at 10 percent...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS DROPPING NEW CHARGES ON DEMOCRAT SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ OF NEW JERSEY.
MENENDEZ NOW ACCUSED OF ACCEPTING GIFTS FROM THE NATION OF QATAR.
THE SENATOR ALREADY ACCUSED OF BEING AN AGENT FOR THE COUNTRY OF EGYPT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
A big story in the Mainstream Media today is the success of Chinese owned electric car maker BYD.
BYD sold more cars in the last quarter of 2023 than Tesla.
BYD selling a record 526,000 vehicles.
Tesla reporting that it sold more electric cars for all of 2023 than BYD 1.8 million in all...BBC NEWS
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS NEAR A MERCHANT VESSEL IN THE BAB EL MANDEB STRAIT JUST SOUTH OF THE RED SEA.
THIS IS THE LATEST INCIDENT REPORTED IN THE WATERS OFF YEMEN...ROYAL NAVY-UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT CLAUDINE GAY RESIGNING.
GAY ACCUSED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OF PLAGIARISM IN HER SCHOLARLY WORK.
THE PLAGIARISM ALLEGATIONS SURFACED AFTER HER CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY REGARDING ON CAMPUS PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS SEEN AS 'EXTREME' AND 'ANTI-SEMITIC'...BNO NEWS
An Iranian-affiliated group attacking the US base at Erbil in northern Iraq today. A drone used in the attack...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 25.50 points.
The NASDAQ down 245.41 points or 1.63 percent.
At 430 pm New York Time the price of oil 70 dollars and 52 cents a barrel down one dollar and 13 cents...MARKETWATCH
As planned France closing its embassy in the African nation of Niger. French troops pulled out of the country two weeks ago kicked out following a military takeover of the government...AFP FRANCE-VOICE OF AMERICA
After days of Mainstream Media reporting regarding threats to members of the Colorado Supreme Court an incident in the court's building early this morning.
A man arrested after entering the building and firing gunshots. Colorado State Police speak of 'significant and extensive damage'.
Details of the incident indicate it resulted when the suspect was involved in a car accident near the court building.
That person held a building security guard hostage following the accident and took his keys.
The Colorado Supreme Court recently issued a 4-3 ruling removing President Donald Trump from the ballot this year...THE INDEPENDENT-UK
ISRAEL ASSASSINATES HAMAS LEADER IN LEBANON, IRAN CONDEMNS 'TERROR AND CRIME'
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IN SOUTHERN LEBANON OUTSIDE BEIRUT A SENIOR MEMBER OF HAMAS KILLED IN A BOMB BLAST....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...LBCI NEWS LEBANON "X" (VIDEO EMBED OF EXPLOSION SCENE)...
DEPUTY POLITICAL LEADER SALEH AL-AROURI KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION.
FOUR REPORTED DEAD IN THE BLAST AT AN OFFICE USED BY HAMAS...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN...
IRAN CONDEMNING THE ASSASSINATION SAYING IN REFERENCE TO THE ATTACK AND ISRAEL'S RESPONSIBILITY:
"foundation of the Zionist regime is based on terror and crime"
"violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon".
IRAN CALLING FOR ACTION BY THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE (TURKEY)
Turkey (Türkiye) arresting 34 people and seeking additional suspects involved in intelligence work for Israel.
Turkish authorities say those people spied for Israel and plotted to kidnap Palestinians...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...DAILY SABAH TURKEY (TURKIYE)
A COLLISION BETWEEN A JAPAN AIR LINES PLANE AND A JAPANESE COAST GUARD PLANE AT HANEDA AIRPORT IN TOKYO.
THE AIRLINER HAD JUST LANDED WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
ALL 379 ON BOARD THE AIRLINER ESCAPED. FIVE CREW MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD PLANE HAVE DIED. 17 OF THE AIRLINER PASSENGERS WERE HURT...BBC NEWS BLOG
Politics in Taiwan the Presidential Election on Saturday January 13th polling is not allowed in the final ten days before the vote.
The polling showing a slight lead for Lai Ching-te of the currently ruling Democratic Progressive Party seen as hostile to Mainland China and pushing indepdenence.
Kuomintang Presidrntial Candidate Hou Yu-ih is in the second place in the polling seen as more friendly to Beijing.
In third place in the polling Ko Wen-je of the Taiwan Peoples Party...STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE
A COURT IN BANGLADESH SENTENCING NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER MUHAMMAD YUNIS TO PRISON FOR SIX MONTHS.
YUNIS SAID TO HAVE VIOLATED LABOR LAWS IN A CASE SEEN AS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
HIS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION TARGETED FOR ALLEGED VIOLATION OF LABOR LAWS.
YUNIS CLOSE TO WESTERN RULING ELITES NOT FRIENDLY TO PRIME MINISTER SHEIKH HASINA WHO MANY BELIEVE WILL HOLD A RIGGED ELECTION THIS SUNDAY...ASSOCIATED PRESS-BORNEO BULLETIN
A Biden Administration (US) official sees the decision by Israel to pull five brigades of soldiers from Gaza as a good sign.
The unnamed official says it appears Israel is shifting to less-intense military action of the kind Joe Biden is said to be seeking.
Meanwhile Israel says it is shifting its military actions from northern Gaza to central and southern Gaza...TIMES OF ISRAEL
In Israel the investigation into the death of a Palestinian prisoner in Gaza. A soldier suspected of killing the prisoner...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
ALL NEW ZEALAND DAIRY PRODUCTS ENTERING CHINA NOW TARIFF FREE.
THE LIFTING OF TARIFFS ON MILK POWDER MARKING FULL IMPLEMTATION OF A 2008 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND CHINA.
TRADE AND AGRICULTURE MINISTER TODD MCCLAY SAYING:
"It's really good news not only for dairy farmers but for the New Zealand economy"
MCCLAY SPEAKING OF 350 MILLION DOLLARS MORE REVENUE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY (220.815 MILLION US DOLLARS).
HE ALSO SAID THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE AND A 'LOT MORE WE CAN EXPORT'...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN ATTACK FROM LEBANON TONIGHT
ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE IN DAMASCUS AREA
MAARIV-ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
Two Israeli soldiers slightly wounded in an attack from Lebanon tonight...(Israel National News)
An Israeli airstrike this morning on the suburbs of Damascus...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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