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THE US NAVY DROPPING CASES AGAINST TWO NAVY SEAL OFFICERS. THOSE OFFICERS HAD BEEN ORDERED TO FACE BOARDS OF INQUIRY IN THE DEATH OF SEAL CANDIDATE KYLE MULLEN IN 2022...TASK AND PURPOSE
"President Biden got it absolutely wrong and created a lot of pain...some children took their lives because of this families were torn apart..."
That's Democrat Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro reacting to Joe Biden's pardon of former Luzerne County judge Michael Conahan who received a commuted sentence.
Conahan and another former judge convicted of deliberately sentencing juveniles to a for-profit detention center that gave the judges kickbacks...
WNEP VIDEO REPORT
IN MIAMI REAL ESTATE BROKER TAL ALEXANDER ORDERED HELD WITHOUT BAIL FACING FEDERAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES.
A 115 MILLION DOLLAR PLEDGE OF REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS REJECTED.
A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR WARNED THAT ALEXANDER MAY FLEE TO HIS PARENTS HOMELAND ISRAEL MAKING HIS EXTRADITION BACK TO THE US DIFFICULT.
SHE COMPARED THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM TO THOSE OF SEAN 'DIDDY' COMBS.
HIS TWIN BROTHERS ARE ALSO HELD ON SIMILAR CHARGES IN THE CASE.
TAL AND HIS BROTHER OREN FACING STATE CHARGES FOR WHICH THEY WERE GRANTED BAIL...TIMES OF ISRAEL
An Israeli television news program says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was told about Israel's vulnerability to attack months before the brutal Hamas assault from Gaza.
The Israeli Chief of Staff and Shin Bet domestic intelligence chief offered those warnings to Mr. Netanyahu when he was hospitalized in July of 2023 for a pacemaker fitting...Times of Israel
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP LINING UP BEHIND ONE OF HIS MAJOR SUPPORTERS ELON MUSK PUSHING FOR AN END TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.
TRUMP SAYING CHANGING THE TIME IS 'VERY COSTLY' WITH HIS ENDORSEMENT OF CONSISTENT TIME YEAR-ROUND...TRUTH SOCIAL POST
A MASSIVE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK LEADING TO A FUEL FIRE AT AN 'INFRASTUCTURE FACILITY' IN RUSSIA'S ORYOL REGION SOUTHWEST OF MOSCOW.
SOME DAMAGE TO THE GLAZING OF NEARBY RESIDENTIAL HOMES BUT NO CAUSALTIES IN THE ATTACK.
TONIGHTS ATTACK FOLLOWS THE MAJOR RUSSIAN ATTACK ON UKRAINE'S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE EARLIER TODAY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A US appeals court rejecting a bid by social media app TikTok to stop the law banning it on January 19th.
The Chinese-owned app being forced to shut down or sell to a new owner by that date...Reuters-Radio New Zealand
Canada's Labor Minister Stephen MacKinnon moving to force striking Canada Post workers back on the job.
He has sent the labor dispute between unionized workers and the company to the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
The board's determination of an impasse in the dispute would lead to an order for striking workers to return to work.
There is an expectation workers will be ordered back to work next week the week before Christmas...CBC News Canada
FORMER US HOUSE SPEAKER DEMOCRAT CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY PELOSI HOSPITALIZED IN BELGIUM.
SHE IS REPORTED TO HAVE TRIPPED AND FELL INJURING HER HIP.
PELOSI PART OF A US HOUSE DELEGATION COMMEMORATING WORLD WAR 2'S BATTLE OF THE BULGE 80 YEARS AGO...BBC NEWS
ON THE EVE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE NATION OF GEORGIA CURRENT PRESIDENT SALOME ZOURABICHVILI SAYING SHE WILL NOT GIVE UP HER OFFICE.
ZOURABICHVILI HAS QUESTIONED THE VALIDITY OF THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT AND ITS ELECTION VICTORY EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SHE IS IN THE PRO-US, EUROPEAN UNION CAMP OF GEORGIAN POLITICS WHILE THE CURRENT ELECTED GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERED FRIENDLY TO RUSSIA.
ANTI-GOVERNMENT FORCES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING NIGHTLY STREET PROTESTS.
TOMORROW'S ELECTION OF A NEW PRESIDENT BY AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE LEADING TO INSTALLATION OF A NEW PRESIDENT ON DECEMBER 29TH...TASS RUSSIA
In the Netherlands an investigation of state secrets found breaches in security.
The breaches in the office of the country's coordinator for counterterrorism and security as well as the police.
This probe follows the arrest of two individuals accused of possessing and disclosing state secrets to the intelligence service of Morocco...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP IS SAID TO BE WEIGHING MILITARY OPTIONS AGAINST IRAN INCLUDING SUPPORT OF ISRAELI ATTACKS.
YESTERDAY IT WAS REPORTED THAT ISRAEL SEES AN OPENING TO ATTACK IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES.
THE NOTION OF A MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAN JUSTIFIED AS A MEASURE TO PREVENT IRAN FROM OBTAINING NUCLEAR WEAPONS...TIMES OF ISRAEL
ISRAELI POLITICS AND THE LATEST POLLING SHOWS PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY BUT THE PARTIES IN HIS CURRENT GOVERNMENT FALLING WELL SHORT OF MAJORITY.
IF FORMER PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT CAME BACK INTO POLITICS WITH A NEW PARTY IT WOULD WIN SEATS IN PARLIMENT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF LIKUD SEATS BY TWO.
ISRAEL DOES NOT NEED TO HAVE A NEW ELECTION UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2026...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
French President Emmanuel Macron appointing Francois Bayrou as the new Prime Minister.
Mr. Bayrou a veteran 'centrist' politician whose political party supported Mr. Macron after he was first elected President in 2017.
This follows the censure of Macron's previous government in the National Assembly last week.
Bayrou saying he understands the seriousness of the problems facing France including its spiraling budget deficit..BFM-TV France Blog
RUSSIAN SECURITY OFFICIAL DMITRY MEDVEDEV SAYS THAT UKRAINE AND TAIWAN ARE BOTH ISSUES OF 'ARTIFICIAL ORIGIN' INSTIGATED BY 'FOREIGN DESTRUCTIVE FORCES'.
LEADING THOSE 'FOREIGN DESTRUCTIVE FORCES' IS THE UNITED STATES...TASS RUSSIA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 86.06 points.
The NASDAQ up 23.88 points.
The price of oil higher at 71 dollars nine cents a barrel up one dollar seven cents or 1.53 percent...Marketwatch
The British economy shrank in October. The .1 percent drop fueled by concern over the Labor Party government's budget. It was the second straight month of economic decline...BBC News
US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SPEAKING OF 'BROAD AGREEMENT' BETWEEN THE US AND TURKEY ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN SYRIA.
BLINKEN MET HIS TURKISH COUNTERPART IN ANKARA.
THE JIHADIST FORCES THAT TOOK CONTROL OF MUCH OF SYRIA ARE ALLIED WITH TURKISH NATIONALISTS.
TURKEY OPPOSES KURDISH SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES SUPPORTED BY THE US AND US MILITARY BASES IN EASTERN SYRIA...LBC UK
THE NETHERLANDS BANK PROJECTING INFLATION TO REMAIN AT 3.2 PERCENT IN HOLLAND NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S AN UPWARD REVISION FROM AN EARLIER 2.8 PERCENT PROJECTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
RUSSIA ANNOUNCING MASSIVE STRIKES ON UKRAINIAN FUEL AND ENERGY FACILITIES.
THIS IN RESPONSE TO A MISSILE ATTACK ON A RUSSIAN AIR BASE EARLIER THIS WEEK ASSISTED BY US MILITARY PERSONNEL AND US SATELLITES.
RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS ALL TARGETS WERE HIT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
UKRAINE'S ELECTRICITY SYSTEM IMPACTED WITH ROLLING BLACKOUTS IMPOSED...TASS RUSSIA
In the conflict in western Myanmar rebel forces are said to be in control of the entire border with Bangladesh. This following the surrender of a border police base.
It's being projected that the rebels fighting Myanmar's military government in the region populated by Rohingya Muslims may soon control all of Rakhine State by capturing its capital Sittwe...BBC News
THE US MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY CONDUCTING A SUCCESSFUL TEST OF A BALLISTIC MISSILE INTERCEPTION IN GUAM THIS WEEK.
THE US WESTERN PACIFIC TERRITORY IS WITHIN BALLISTIC MISSILE RANGE OF BOTH CHINA AND NORTH KOREA...USNI NEWS
In western Canada Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announcing her plan to strengthen security on the US border.
29 million dollars (20.39 million US) will be spent on an Interdiction Patrol Team of 51 officers with support staff and tools including drones, drug dogs and narcotics analyzers.
A two-kilometer or greater zone will be set up along the 298-kilometer border with the US where warrantless arrests will be allowed. These arrests to involve those suspected of illegal drug trafficking or illegal border crossing...CBC News Canada
FEARFUL OF NATURAL GAS SUPPLY SUSPENSION THROUGH UKRAINE FROM RUSSIA, THE NATION OF MOLDOVA DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
RUSSIA'S ABILITY TO EXPORT NATURAL GAS IS INCREASINGLY IMPEDED BY US-LED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST BANKS USED TO PAY FOR THE GAS...TASS RUSSIA
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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