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The death toll from floods across large swaths of Southeast Asia rose to at least 321 on Friday, with authorities working to rescue stranded citizens, restore power and communications and co-ordinate recovery efforts as the waters began to recede. Source link

The Trump White House is blaming Operation Allies Welcome, a Biden-era program that brought thousands of Afghan nationals to the U.S., for bringing the suspect in Wednesday’s National Guard shooting to the U.S. Here’s what we know about the program. Source link

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicked off Thursday in New York City, with new balloons depicting Buzz Lightyear and Pac-Man taking to the skies and float favourites such as Tom Turkey gracing the streets. Source link

Pope Leo arrived in Turkey on his first trip outside Italy as leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday. He was expected to make appeals for peace in the Middle East and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches. Source link

The  chaos of this year’s Miss Universe pageant didn’t end after Mexico’s Fátima Bosch Fernández was crowned the winner last week in a competition plagued by bullying, a hospitalization and allegations of vote rigging. Some contestants have now renounced their titles while other have spoken out about controversies surrounding the event. Source link

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The prosecutor who recently took over the Georgia election interference case against U.S. President Donald Trump and others said in a court filing Wednesday that he has decided not to pursue the case further. Source link

Donald Trump is sticking with longtime friend and special envoy for peace missions, Steve Witkoff, even as a report late Tuesday appeared to portray Witkoff as coaching an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin on how to approach the U.S. president. Source link

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