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Two killed in US school shooting, student suspect also dead
A student opened fire Monday at a school in the northern US state of Wisconsin, killing at least two people and injuring several others before apparently taking their own life, officials said.At least 15,998 people have been killed in firearms violence in the United States this year, according to the GVA. In early September, a 14-year-old boy killed four people, including two students, at a high school in the state of Georgia, before being taken into custody.
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Trump calls rebel victory in Syria 'unfriendly takeover' by Turkey
President-elect Donald Trump characterized the rebel ouster of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad as an "unfriendly takeover" by US ally Turkey as he addressed the conflict at a news conference on Monday. Turkey did an unfriendly takeover, without a lot of lives being lost.
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Trump vows to speak to Zelensky and Putin to end 'carnage' of war
Donald Trump said Monday that he would speak to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin to end the "carnage" of almost three years of war, as the Kremlin leader lauded Russian army successes on the ground. Trump met Zelensky in a meeting hosted by French leader Emmanuel Macron in Paris this month, after which the Ukrainian leader said he had argued that Kyiv is seeking an "enduring" peace and "security guarantees."
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‘There’s Not A Darn Thing Anybody Can Do’: Rash Of Jan. 6 Pardons Will Mean Trouble, Former Prosecutor Says
No president before has pardoned people who were “essentially his co-conspirators in crime," one legal expert said.
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After budget row, French MPs pass 'special law' to keep show on the road
More than a week after a historic no-confidence vote brought down a prime minister unable to secure backing for an austerity budget, French lawmakers Monday unanimously passed a law to keep tax and social security machinery running.The text of the law was adopted unanimously by 481 lawmakers voting in the chamber -- though the far-left France Unbowed party abstained -- thereby avoiding a financial shutdown, and the text will now go Wednesday to the Senate for further examination.
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Trump touts $100 bn SoftBank investment, vowing 100,000 jobs
US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday praised Japan's SoftBank for its decision to invest $100 billion in the United States and create 100,000 new jobs, a big win for his incoming administration.The Japanese investment holding company ultimately parted with around $100 billion through its Vision Fund, with much of the money supplied by sovereign wealth funds in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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'Election Interference': Trump Threatens To Sue Des Moines Register Over Poll
The pollster behind the now-infamous survey has said she's "mystified" by the allegations she sought to release a biased poll showing Kamala Harris ahead.
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