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King Charles says doctors can reduce his cancer treatments in new year
King Charles said on Friday that his doctors can reduce his treatment for cancer in the new year, describing the moment as a “blessing” and a testament to remarkable medical advances. Source link
Indiana Republicans help defy Trump's push to redistrict House seats, including some who faced bomb threats
Indiana’s Republican-led Senate has decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map desired by the White House that would have favoured their party. Two Republicans who received bomb threats amid the highly charged battle were among those voting against the measure. Source link
Reddit files lawsuit against Australia's youth social media ban
Message board website Reddit has filed a lawsuit asking the High Court to overturn Australia’s social media ban for people under 16 as well as its inclusion in it, calling the law an infringement of free political expression. Source link
U.S. judge orders Kilmar Ábrego García released from immigration detention
A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Ábrego García, whose wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. The judge ruled that the federal government never secured a formal order for Ábrego García’s removal from the United States. Source link
Trump administration won't tear up CUSMA, says Canada's ambassador to U.S.
Canada’s lead negotiator in trade talks with the U.S. is downplaying signals from the Trump administration that it’s considering breaking up the three-way North American free trade agreement into separate deals with Mexico and Canada. Source link
‘Potentially destructive’ bark beetle found at Detroit airport — a 1st in U.S.: border officials
The roughly three-millimetre insect was found in bark from Ivory Coast and was brought in by a passenger heading to Texas. Source link
Baby dies of exposure after storm Byron floods Gaza tents, medics say
Torrential rain swept across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, flooding hundreds of tents sheltering families displaced by two years of war and leading to the death of a baby girl due to exposure, local health officials said. Source link
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado greets supporters in Norway after Nobel ceremony
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months early Thursday morning, when she waved to supporters at a hotel in Norway’s capital hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. Source link
Gaza aid deliveries falling short of ceasefire terms: AP analysis
Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling far short of the amount called for under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, according to an Associated Press analysis of the Israeli military’s figures as humanitarian groups say the shortfall is severely impacting the strip’s two million people. Source link
Israel approves hundreds of housing units in 3 settlements in the occupied West Bank
Israel has given the go-ahead for the construction of 764 more houses in three Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, a decision likely to further stoke tensions as a watchdog group accused the Israeli government of moving toward “de facto annexation” of the Palestinian territory. Source link