November 25, 2024 (Monday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

The United Nations orders its staff to evacuate from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as clashes between armed gangs, police, and civilian vigilantes escalate in the city. Nonprofit organization Food for the Poor also ceases operations in Haiti due to gang disruptions.

(Al Jazeera)

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Business and economy

Germany's largest steelmaker conglomerate, ThyssenKrupp, announces plans to layoff 11,000 workers, including 5,000 in Europe, by 2030.

(DW)

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Disasters and accidents

Sixteen people are killed and six others are missing in flash floods caused by Tropical Low 01U in Sumatra, Indonesia.

(AP), (The Irish Examiner)

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Nine migrants, including six children, are killed and 39 others are rescued from a shipwreck off the coast of Samos, Greece.

(Al Jazeera), (The Express Tribune)

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Sixteen people are missing and 28 others are rescued after a boat carrying tourists sinks off the coast of Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt.

(BBC News)

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One crew member is killed and three others are injured when a DHL Boeing 737-400F cargo plane operated by Swiftair crashes into the ground near a residential building while approaching Vilnius Airport in Lithuania. No one on the ground is injured.

(Reuters), (DW)

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International relations

Foreign ministers of the G7 nations hold a meeting in Fiuggi and Anagni, Italy, to discuss ceasefire efforts between Israel and Lebanon as well as the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif.

(Digital Journal)

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Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Sergei Shoigu pledges Russia's intent to build closer ties with the Taliban Government of Afghanistan, and states that the United States should lead rebuilding efforts due to its part in the War in Afghanistan.

(Reuters)

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Law and crime

U.S. federal judge Tanya Chutkan of the District Court for the District of Columbia dismisses the two criminal cases by Jack Smith against President-elect Donald Trump, including the classified documents case and the case involving Trump's efforts to overturn his defeat to President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

(CBS News), (Politico)

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Australian Parliament vetoes a bill that would authorize the Australian Communications and Media Authority to implement detailed surveillance on digital platforms and enforce anti-misinformation punitive measures on them, which opposition politicians condemn as "censorship laws" and a betrayal to democracy.

(AP)

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Five people are killed in a mass shooting in Saint Andrew, Kingston, Jamaica.

(AP)

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Politics and elections

The Jubaland House of Representatives re-elects incumbent President Ahmed Madobe for the third time amid tensions with the Somali federal government that resulted in armed forces being deployed to Kamboni, Badhadhe District, Lower Juba, Somalia.

(AFP), (Garowe Online), (The Eastleigh Voice)

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