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Recent developments Israel says eight more soldiers have been killed in Gaza fighting, bringing its total to 114 since ground operations began United Nations/Cairo/Gaza, Dec. 13 (Reuters) – Israel faced growing diplomatic isolation in its war against Hamas as the United Nations called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and U.S. President Joe Biden…

CNN — New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has endorsed the Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley Tuesday night at a town hall in Manchester, the latest step in his long-running effort Donald TrumpThe march to the 2024 GOP nomination. “Let’s get this thing done. We’re all into Nikki Haley, no doubt. You can feel the energy….

Update for December 12th: This story has been updated to reflect the US Space Force’s current target launch date of Wednesday, December 13. We’ll have to wait until Wednesday (Dec. 13) to see SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket take off again. The US Space Force’s robotic X-37B space plane, known as USSF-52, is scheduled to…

2 hours ago The Mastercard Economics Institute expects inflation to moderate in 2024 Inflationary pressures are expected to ease in 2024 as global inflation eases to 4.9% year-on-year from 6.0% in 2023. Report Shown by Mastercard Economic Institute. “Most countries are coming out of the most disorienting kind of economy that we’ve been stuck in…

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – SpaceX has again delayed the next Falcon Heavy launch of the space shuttle’s secretive fourth-sized spacecraft, pushing it back a day for weather. “Standing down from tonight’s Falcon Heavy launch due to ground side issue; The vehicle and payload will be healthy,” SpaceX posted on X less than an hour before…

CNN — Advocates Alexei Navalny On Monday they lost contact with the jailed Russian opposition leader, who is believed to be imprisoned in a penal colony about 150 miles east of Moscow and whose whereabouts are unknown. Navalny was sentenced 19 years in prison In August, after he was found guilty of creating an extremist…

HONG KONG (AP) — Voter turnout in Hong Kong’s first election has fallen below 30% District Council Election New rules introduced under Beijing’s guidance effectively shut out all pro-democracy candidates, a record low since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. According to official data on Monday, 27.5% of the city’s 4.3…

Anna “Chickady” Cardwell, daughter of Mama June Shannon, died Saturday night at the age of 29, according to Instagram Mail Sunday by his mother. “With heavy hearts, we announce that @annamarie35 is no longer with us. He passed away peacefully at my home last night at 11.12 pm. He put up a hell of a…

‘Poor Things’ scores top special debut of fall with $644,000 Animation maestro Hayao Miyazaki’s epic coming-of-age story “The Boy and the Heron” earned $12.8 million in its opening weekend, becoming the first original anime production to top the domestic box office. The GKids release is being screened in IMAX and other premium large format auditoriums,…

9 December 2023 Updated 39 minutes ago image caption, Philippines accuses China of causing “severe damage” to a boat’s engine after using water cannon In the latest land dispute between the two countries in the South China Sea, a Philippine boat and a Chinese ship collided near the rocks. The Philippines said China had “harassed,…