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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
POLICE IN HUNGARY RAIDING OFFICES OF A CORRUPTION WATCHDOG.
PROSECUTORS ALLEGING CORRUPTION AT THE ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY.
THIS FOLLOWS IMPOSITION OF US SANCTIONS AGAINST A KEY OFFICIAL IN THE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN.
THE US ACCUSED ANTAL ROGAN OF CORRUPTION.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE WATCHDOG AGENCY FERENC BIRO SAYS HE IS NOT GUILTY OF ANY CORRUPTION ADMITTING HIS WIFE USED AN OFFICIAL CAR FOR SHOPPING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...BBC NEWS
FORMER CIA ANALYST ASIF RAHMAN ENTERING A GUILTY PLEA OVER LEAKING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ABOUT ISRAEL'S PLANS FOR AN ATTACK ON IRAN LAST YEAR.
THE LEAK SAID TO HAVE DELAYED ISRAEL'S ATTACK...YNET NEWS ISRAEL
CNN found liable for defamation of a US Navy veteran. A Florida jury ruling in favor of Zachary Young awarding him five million dollars.
As the jury moved to consider additional punitive damages CNN reached an out of court settlement with Young.
Mr. Young alleged that CNN's reporting on him implied that he illegally profited from helping people flee Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover in 2021...Fox News
ROMANIA ALLEGING THAT THE WRECKAGE OF A RUSSIAN DRONE WAS FOUND IN ITS TERRITORY. AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS SAID TO HAVE DETECTED THE DRONE EARLY THIS MORNING...TASS RUSSIA
...OTHER REPORTS LINK THIS DRONE TO A RUSSIAN ATTACK ON THE UKRAINIAN CITY OF ODESSA.
The Federal Aviation Administration grounding the Space X Starship rocket.
This following the mid-air disintegration after a launch from Texas yesterday.
An investigation underway during the grounding.
The FAA says it is working to confirm reports of property damage on the Turks and Caicos Islands...BBC News
THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND NEXT WEEK.
THE FIVE-DAY EVENT KICKING OFF MONDAY WITH WEF PRESIDENT BORGE BRENDE SPEAKING OF A 'GEOPOLITICAL RECESSION'.
THIS RUNS COUNTER TO THE WEF'S AGENDA OF CLOSER COOPERATION BETWEEN NATIONS.
NATIONS NOW COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER MOST NOTABLY THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA...TIME...
FINLAND'S DELEGATION TO DAVOS INCLUDES THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT ALEXANDER STUBB AND TWO CABINET MINISTERS...YLE FINLAND (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Outgoing US President Joe Biden with 2,500 pardons of 'non-violent drug offenders'. The sentences for those 2,500 commuted with Biden saying that some received 'disproportionately long sentences'.
Mr. Biden now setting a record for pardons issued by a US president...ABC News USA
President-Elect Donald Trump speaking by phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Mr. Trump calling the phone call "good" saying topics like Trade, TikTok and the alleged Chinese involvement in sending fentanyl into the United States were discussed...New York Post
CANADIAN POLITICS FORMER FINANCE MINISTER AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND ANNOUNCING HER CANDIDACY FOR LEADER OF THE LIBERAL PARTY.
SEEKING TO REPLACE JUSTIN TRUDEAU FREELAND SAYING SHE 'WILL FIGHT FOR CANADA'...CBC NEWS CANADA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 334.70 points or .78 percent.
The NASDAQ up 291.91 points or 1.51 percent.
Tonight in New York the price of oil lower at 78 dollars four cents a barrel down 64 cents or .81 percent...Marketwatch
An indoor inauguration speech from Donald Trump Monday with severe cold weather cited for the decision.
After the outdoor inaugural ceremony at the US Capitol Mr. Trump will give a speech in the Capitol rotunda.
The inaugural parade Monday afternoon moved indoors at the Capital One Arena in Washington...BBC News
COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT SUSPENDING TALKS WITH THE LEFT-WING ELN REBEL GROUP.
PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO SAYS THE ELN HAS BEEN COMMITTING ATROCITIES AND IS NOT INTERESTED IN PEACE.
THE ELN ATTACKING AND KILLING FIVE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE LEFTIST FARC GROUP THAT MADE PEACE WITH THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT IN 2016...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The US Supreme Court upholding the TikTok Ban Law.
It was a unanimous decision.
The TikTok Ban set to take effect Sunday but a delay expected.
This will allow the incoming Trump Administration the ability to find a solution to the questions about TikTok particularly the notions related to national security.
President-Elect Trump had asked the court to delay the law's implementation...The Hill...
Mr. Trump now saying he needs time to consider the enforcement of the ban.
(UPDATED) ISRAEL'S SECURITY CABINET MET TO APPROVE THE CEASEFIRE-HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL WITH HAMAS.
IT WAS LATER APPROVED BY ISRAEL'S FULL CABINET WITH DISSENT FROM FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH AND NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR...YNET NEWS ISRAEL...
AS ISRAEL WENT INTO THE SABBATH WITH MANY OF ITS CITIZENS DISCONNECTING FROM MEDIA FURTHER DETAILS LEAKED ABOUT THE AGREEMENT INCLUDING THE RELEASE OF MANY PALESTINIAN TERRORIST PRISONERS...BBC NEWS BLOG
Citing the deal with Hamas Israel's Defense Minister canceling arrest orders against five Israeli nationalists accused of attacking Palestinians.
The five sent home from detention...Israel National News
IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMANEI SAYS THE CEASEFIRE-HOSTAGE DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS IS A DEFEAT FOR ISRAEL
KHAMANEI SPEAKING OF 'STEAFAST RESISTANCE' FROM PALESTINIANS SAYING ISRAEL'S RESPONSE TO THE BRUTAL HAMAS ATTACK OF OCTOBER 7, 2023 WILL REMEMBERED AS A 'MOB' THAT 'ONCE KILLED THOUSANDS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN'...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow with a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty signed...Tass Russia
Pezeshkian meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
He says the new treaty between Iran and Russia 'will start a new meaningful chapter in our bilateral relations'...Tass Russia
A 14-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE HANDED DOWN TO FORMER PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN.
HIS WIFE BUSHRA BIBI GIVEN A SEVEN-YEAR SENTENCE.
THE CORRUPTION CASE IS ONE OF A SERIES OF CASES AGAINST MR. KHAN WHO WAS REMOVED FROM POWER IN APRIL 2022 WHEN SOME OF HIS OWN PARTY'S MEMBERS SWITCHED POLITICAL AFFILIATION.
MR. KHAN SAID AT THE TIME THAT PAKISTAN'S MILITARY AND THE UNITED STATES WERE INVOLVED IN HIS REMOVAL FROM POWER...BBC NEWS
Officially the TikTok Ban Law signed by Joe Biden is set to take effect Sunday but latest word is that implementing the law will be left to incoming President Donald Trump.
Mainstream media reporting that TikTok's CEO is expected to be seated with other corporate leaders at the inauguration of Mr. Trump on Monday...News Agencies-TRT World Turkey (Turkiye)
New York Mayor Eric Adams meeting President-Elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago today.
Adams, who is under federal indictment on corruption charges, has been supportive of Mr. Trump's immigration policies and critical of Joe Biden's administration.
As President Mr. Trump will have the power to pardon Adams...Politico
FORMER OAKLAND MAYOR SHENG THAO INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY WITH FEDERAL CHARGES PENDING TODAY.
THE CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS ALSO INVOLVE A FAMILY OWNING CALIFORNIA WASTE SOLUTIONS WHICH PROVIDES CURBSIDE RECYCLING SERVICE IN OAKLAND.
THAO WAS RECALLED BY VOTERS LAST NOVEMBER...KQED SAN FRANCISCO
FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR AND LAWYER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP RUDY GIULIANI REACHING A SETTLEMENT OVER A 150 MILLION DOLLAR JUDGEMENT IN A DEFAMATION CASE.
TWO GEORGIA ELECTION WORKERS BROUGHT THE SUIT AGAINST GIULIANI OVER COMMENTS LINKED THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN GEORGIA.
THE SETTLEMENT WILL PROTECT SOME OF MR. GIULIANI'S ASSETS INCLUDING HIS HOME AND NEW YORK YANKEES WORLD SERIES RINGS...CNN
Also, in the state of Georgia Conservative Republican State Senator Colton Moore ejected from the State Senate.
A ban on his presence enforced by state troopers.
Moore banned from the chamber he was elected to serve in since March of 2024 when he criticized honors for former Moderate Republican House Speaker David Ralston...Free Republic Post-Daily Mail Story-Discussion
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