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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN SAINT HELENS, OREGON NEAR PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DR. KATY WAGNER ACCUSED OF COVERING UP SEXUAL MISCONDUCT INVOLVING TWO TEACHERS.
WAGNER INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY YESTERDAY APPEARING IN COURT TODAY ENTERING A NOT GUILTY PLEA. SHE WAS GIVEN SUPERVISED RELEASE ON BAIL.
TEACHERS ERIC STEARNS AND MARK COLLINS RECENTLY ARRESTED ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE INVOLVING STUDENTS...KGW PORTLAND (VIDEO EMBED)
At Mar-a-Lago tonight Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg dining with President-Elect Donald Trump...OSINTdefender "X"
(UPDATED) A UKRAINE WIDE AIR RAID ALERT DECLARED THURSDAY MORNING...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...UKRAINE CLAIMING A MAJOR RUSSIAN ATTACK ON ITS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER ULF KRISTERSSON SAYS HE WANTS A CHINESE MERCHANT VESSEL TO RETURN TO SWEDISH WATERS AS THE PROBE CONTINUES INTO THE CUTTING OF UNDERSEA LINKS BETWEEN COUNTRIES IN BALTIC SEA.
MR. KRISTERSSON SAYING HE IS NOT LEVELING ANY ACCUSATION BY MAKING THE REQUEST.
THE GERMAN AND SWEDISH GOVERNMENTS ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT SAYING THE INCIDENT RAISES SUSPICIONS OF 'HYBRID WARFARE' RELATED TO THE UKRAINE WAR...USNI NEWS
The US Food and Drug Administration okaying a clinical trial of marijuana as a treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Veterans diagnosed with moderate to severe PTSD will be involved in the study designed to determine the impact of 'real world' use of cannabis.
The FDA decision follows months of negotiations between the agency and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) which will conduct the trial...Task and Purpose
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION URGING UKRAINE TO LOWER ITS DRAFT AGE TO 18.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR IN 2022 UKRAINE'S DRAFT LAW HAS APPLIED TO OLDER PEOPLE.
EARLIER THIS YEAR THE DRAFT AGE LOWERED TO 25 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE FROM 27 YEARS...THE HILL
Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs denied bail for a third time in US federal court.
His lawyers trying to get Combs out on 50 million dollars bail ahead of a trial on a host of charges related to sex trafficking...Independent UK
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaking of 'an excellent conversation' with President-Elect Donald Trump.
Sheinbaum saying Mexico is taking on the movement of migrants who enter her country from the South and keeping them away from the US border.
She spoke with Trump about "strengthening collaboration on security issues" and Mexico's policies regarding fentanyl consumption...AFP France-Digital Journal...
Tonight Mr. Trump saying that the Mexican president has made a commitment to shut down the flow of migrants through Mexico...Truth Social Post
RETIRED LT. GEN. KEITH KELLOGG IS PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP'S CHOICE TO BE SPECIAL ENVOY FOR UKRAINE...(NEWS AGENCIES)
US sanctions announced for 21 allies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
They are linked to the crackdown on opposition protests following the presidential election in July.
The opposition says that the election results showing a win for Mr. Maduro were fraudulent.
The Biden Administration recognizing opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner of the election...Al Jazeera Qatar
SOME OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NOMINEES GETTING BOMB THREATS AND SWATTING ATTACKS LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.
WORD FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRANSITION TEAM IS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER AUTHORITIES ACTED QUICKLY...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER
INFLATION IS HOT IN RUSSIA A .36 PERCENT WEEKLY RATE FOR THE WEEK THAT ENDED MONDAY. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THAT WOULD BE 18.72 PERCENT.
CONSUMER PRICES UP 1.15 PERCENT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER AND 7.8 PERCENT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR...TASS RUSSIA
A federal mediator in Canada suspending contract talks between Canada Post and unionized employees.
The postal workers have been on strike since November 15th.
Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon urging the two sides to reflect on their negotiating positions before coming back to the table...CBC News
ISRAEL APPEALING THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ARREST WARRANTS AGAINST PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT.
THE COURT WILL BE ASKED TO DELAY THOSE ARREST WARRANTS UNTIL THE APPEAL IS RULED ON...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 138.25 points.
The NASDAQ down 115.10 points or .6 percent.
At 427 pm New York Time the price of oil at 68 dollars 75 cents a barrel down two cents...Marketwatch
PHILIPPINE VP SAYS HER RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT HAS REACHED 'POINT OF NO RETURN' WITH TERRORISM PROBE
"I believe we reached the point of no return and it is clear that they are really going after me"
PHILIPPINE VICE-PRESIDENT SARA DUTERTE SPEAKING TODAY REGARDING HER RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT FEDINAND MARCOS JR.-GMA NEWS STORY
Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte being investigated under an Anti-Terrorism Law.
She has been subpoenaed to testify regarding remarks made last Saturday.
Duterte spoke of ordering a hit man to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. if she were to be killed.
She maintains that her statement was "taken out of its logical context"...GMA News Philippines
Under a weapons of mass destruction non-proliferation law the United States sanctioning one Russian and one Chinese business entity.
A Russian national and two North Korean nationals also sanctioned...Tass Russia
THREE AMERICANS DETAINED IN CHINA RELEASED AND RETURNING HOME TO THE UNITED STATES.
THE US GOVERNMENT SAYING THE THREE MEN WERE WRONGLY DETAINED ONE FACING A DEATH SENTENCE ON DRUG CHARGES THE OTHER TWO HELD FOR ESPIONAGE.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAD RAISED THEIR CASES IN DISCUSSIONS WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS...VOICE OF AMERICA
The International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan requesting an arrest warrant for Myanmar's military commander Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Hlaing accused of crimes against humanity involving the Rohingya Muslim minority in his country...Human Rights Watch
A MIDNIGHT CRACKDOWN BY PAKISTANI SECURITY FORCES DRIVING SUPPORTERS OF JAILED FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN OUT OF ISLAMABAD.
KHAN'S PTI POLITICAL PARTY SAYS THAT HUNDREDS WERE KILLED AND COUNTLESS OTHERS INJURED.
SIX MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY FORCES SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED DOZENS INJURED.
AT LEAST 450 ARRESTS MADE WITH LIVE AMMUNITION FIRED AT DEMONSTRATORS ALONG WITH TEAR GAS...INDIA TODAY
In Australia police officer Kristian White found guilty of manslaughter.
White tasered 95-year-old Clare Knowland as she approached him holding a steak knife and using a walker at a retirement home in May of 2023.
Knowland fell hitting her head she later died.
The jury deliberated five days before coming to its decision.
White is currently on bail and the court will consider the prosecution's request to detain him tomorrow...ABC News Australia
IN LEBANON A CEASEFIRE DEAL IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.
THIS INCLUDES THE WITHDRAWAL OF HEZBOLLAH FORCES FROM AREAS NEAR ISRAEL AND THEIR REPLACEMENT BY LEBANESE ARMY TROOPS.
LEBANON'S PREMIER APPROVING OF THE DEAL IN A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH JOE BIDEN...TASS RUSSIA
"retaliatory actions are being prepared"
That's part of a statement from Russia's defense ministry.
It follows a US-assisted attack by Ukraine on air defense positions in the Kursk Region of Russia.
The attack used US-supplied ATACMS missiles that need US military personnel and satellites to target long-range strikes...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
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In other news...
IN NEW ZEALAND THE RESERVE BANK LOWERING THE INTEREST RATE .5 PERCENT TO 4.25 PERCENT.
SOME ECONOMISTS IN NEW ZEALAND HAD PUSHED FOR AN EVER DEEPER CUT OF .75 PERCENT...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
In Canada an election win for the Progressive Conservative Party in Nova Scotia. Premier Tim Houston winning re-election for a second term...CBC News
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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