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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
NEW US RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORTS TO CHINA SET TO BE IMPOSED NEXT WEEK.
THEY WILL PREVENT US COMPANIES FROM SUPPLYING UP TO 200 CHINESE COMPUTER CHIP MAKERS.
THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GIVING ADVANCE NOTICE VIA E-MAIL...TASS RUSSIA...THE GUARDIAN UK
President-Elect Donald Trump selecting outgoing Republican Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon as Labor Secretary...CNN...
Fox News contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat selected by President-Elect Trump to be US Surgeon General...The Hill...
Mr. Trump also selecting Dr. Marty Makary to be Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Makary is a pediatric surgeon at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore who has appeared regularly on Fox News...NBC NEWS...
In addition the President-Elect picking former Republican Congressman Dr. Dave Weldon of Florida to head the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...FOX NEWS
Israeli air attacks in Beirut continuing late into tonight. Evacuation orders issued ahead of the attacks on targets Israeli links to Hezbollah...Times of Israel...Very late into tonight at least four missiles striking a neighborhood in central Beirut...Times of Israel
A NORWEGIAN CITIZEN WORKING AS A SECURITY GUARD AT THE US EMBASSY IN OSLO ARRESTED ACCUSED OF SPYING.
IT IS BEING SAID HE ADMITTED UNDER QUESTIONING THAT HE COLLECTED AND SHARED INFORMATION WITH RUSSIAN AND IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE...THE INDEPENDENT UK
Drones were spotted over and near the US Air Force base at RAF Lakenheath in England on Wednesday.
The number of drones said to have fluctuated with different sizes and configurations.
The US Air Force saying:
"none of the incursions impacted base residents or critical infrastructure"
US F-35 and F-15 fighter jets are based at Lakenheath.
There have been other drone incidents at US bases including one in New Jersey earlier this week now under FBI investigation...The War Zone
An 8-7 vote by the Texas Board of Education today approving a curriculum for Kindergarten through Fifth Grade that includes parts of the Bible.
The curriculum is not mandatory for schools but those schools buying the material will receive 40 dollars per student of additional state funding...BBC News
GERMAN AUTO PARTS SUPPLIER BOSCH CUTTING 5,500 JOBS WORLDWIDE. 3,800 OF THOSE JOBS ARE IN GERMANY.
EARLIER THIS YEAR THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED A MAJOR REORGANIZATION THAT ELIMINATED 7,000 JOBS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
PAT KING, AN ORGANIZER OF THE COVID FREEDOM CONVOY IN OTTAWA BACK IN 2022, CONVICTED ON FIVE OF NINE CHARGES TODAY.
KING FOUND GUILTY ON CHARGES RELATED TO 'MISCHIEF' THAT CARRY A POTENTIAL PRISON SENTENCE IN EXCESS OF TEN YEARS...REBEL NEWS CANADA
President-Elect Donald Trump selecting Wall Street financier Scott Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury.
Bessent once worked for George Soros and backed Mr. Trump's campaign in 2024.
Bessent saying that Mr. Trump's election would lead to a 'new golden age with de-regulation, low-cost energy, low taxes'...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
ROMANIA AND BULGARIA ARE ON VERGE OF BECOMING FULL MEMBERS OF THE 'SCHENGEN AREA' OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.
'SCHENGEN' THE 'BORDER FREE' AREA OF THE EU WITH EASIER MOEVEMENT FOR PEOPLE WITHIN IT.
WORD ABOUT THE CHANGE COMING FROM BULGARIA'S PRIME MINISTER.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN ON JANUARY 1ST, 2025...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
The Dutch Minister of Health Marie-Fleur Agema saying pharmacists will not be punished for importing needed medicines.
This follows a ruling this week from the Council of State against any bending of rules about importation of medicines.
Agema says the government will work on legislation to make sure medicines can be imported into the Netherlands if needed...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 426.16 points or .97 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 31.23 points.
The price of oil rising to 71 dollars 19 cents a barrel up one dollar nine cents or 1.55 percent...Marketwatch
The judge in the 'hush money' case brought to a conviction by New York Democrat prosecutors against President-Elect Donald Trump keeping the delay in sentencing going.
Judge Juan Merchan wants to hear more from the defense and prosecution about where the case should go next...Irish Examiner
President-Elect Donald Trump's team looking at a set of sanctions to impose on the International Court and United Nations.
The measures in response to the arrest warrants against Israeli leaders and other acts seen as biased...Israel National News
HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN INVITING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO VISIT HUNGARY.
ORBAN SENDING A MESSAGE ABOUT THE WORLDWIDE ARREST WARRANT FOR MR. NETANYAHU FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ALLEGING WAR CRIMES IN GAZA...POLITICO EU
Four Italian soldiers in the UN peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon slightly wounded in a rocket attack.
Fighting underway in the area involving Israel and Hezbollah.
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni saying 'these attacks are unacceptable'. Initial evidence said pointing to Hezbollah responsibility for the attack...ASSOCIATED PRESS-CBS NEWS USA
ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER ISRAEL KATZ ANNOUNCING THE END OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION WITHOUT COURT HEARINGS FOR JEWISH SETTLERS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA ('THE WEST BANK').
ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS FOR JEWS ACCUSED OF VIOLENCE AGAINST PALESTINIANS.
KATZ SAYING THAT NORMAL LEGAL CHANNELS WILL BE USED TO DEAL WITH ANY CRIMES ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED.
HE CONDEMNED ANY VIOLENCE AGAINST PALESTINIANS AND SAID SETTLER LEADERS SHOULD DO THE SAME...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
An Iranian announcement today of 'new advanced centrifuges' beginning operation. Those centrifuges enrich uranium making it more able to be converted into nuclear weapons use.
Iran responding to a resolution supported by the US, UK, France and Germany and passed by a majority of members of the International Atomic Energy Agency governing board.
It said that Iran was not sufficiently cooperating with the IAEA and needed to do more...ANI News India
NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN SAYS THAT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF 'US IMPERIALISM' 'REACTIONARY FORCES':
"are trying to establish a greedy, tyrannical order in the world"
KIM BELIEVES THE WORLD IS IN ITS MOST CHAOTIC AND VIOLENT PERIOD SINCE WORLD WAR II...TASS RUSSIA...
NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN ALSO SAYS PREVIOUS TALKS WITH THE UNITED STATES ONLY CONFIRM THE UNWAVERING HOSTILITY OF WASHINGTON TOWARD NORTH KOREA.
KIM SPOKE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN ARMS EXHIBITION IN NORTH KOREA'S CAPITAL CITY OF PYONGYANG.
KIM HELD TALKS IN SINGAPORE AND VIETNAM IN 2018 AND 2019 WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP DURING HIS FIRST TERM...KOREA JOONGANG DAILY
(Updated) Six people have died in a case of mass methanol poisoning in Laos.
Five others including an American, two Australians and two Danes died earlier.
All apparently consumed alcohol that was tainted with methanol.
Authorities in Laos are conducting an investigation saying they have set up a special task force...CNN
THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
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MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
LBC LEBANON
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
AL JAZEERA QATAR
TIMES OF ISRAEL
In other news...
The British Serious Fraud Office (SFO) joining French authorities probing defense and electronics group Thales.
The SFO says Thales is suspected of bribery and corruption.
A spokesperson for the company it complies with laws and is cooperating with the investigation.
It's not clear where the alleged corruption occurred one source pointing to an arms deal involving Brazil another to a deal in Asia...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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