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Weather organizations from around the world agree that the planet's average global surface temperature in 2024 could well have passed a crucial threshold meant to limit the worst effects of climate change. LA Times
Action rather than rhetoric would have saved more lives says Senate Foreign Relations Chairman. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Biden has been weak from the beginning.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said the country would respond to Washington's 'hostile' actions. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Putin should have his fools not to egg Trump on.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's priorities ahead of meeting with President-elect Donald Trump are ensuring Ukraine never joins NATO and that the military alliance pulls back some of its deployments in eastern Europe, according to a new report. New York Post
VOA VIEW: NATO will have Ukraine.
Los Angeles was forced to slash funding for the fire department after mayor Karen Bass awarded gilded contracts to city workers, a review of public records by the Manhattan Institute shows. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Bass should resign.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s order for Israeli troops to “take over” a buffer zone with Syria upended decades of relative calm along the de facto border between the two countries. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Who will try to stop Israel?
The committee’s Republican chairman and its top Democrat were briefed on F.B.I. findings into Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick. Democrats questioned whether there were gaps. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Those who are honest and want to keep their jobs better do right.
President Joe Biden continues to tout the economy of the United States during the last days of his presidency. OANN
VOA VIEW: Biden is in a dream.
Múte Egede, the leader of Greenland, has announced that he is “ready to talk” about the future of the mineral-rich artic territory with President-elect Donald Trump. OANN
VOA VIEW: As they should.
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The Supreme Court on Friday announced it would review the Department of Education's attempt to discharge student loan claims for borrowers at for-profit schools. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Students should pay their own debt.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned of bad actors who seek to use the trauma and chaos created by the wildfires in California for their own gain. CBS
VOA VIEW: As it should be.
A New York judge sentenced President-elect Donald Trump to unconditional discharge Friday in his "hush money" case, meaning he will serve no jail time and receive no punishment for his conviction. The judge said that the sentence was his only option given Trump's return to the White House. Weijia Jiang explains. CBS
VOA VIEW: Makes no sense.
Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan that Apple hasn't invented anything great in roughly two decades, since Steve Jobs created the iPhone. CNBC
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Health care and government were the top two drivers of job creation in 2023 and 2024, but that could change under a new administration. CNBC
Some experts say there is really nothing the government can do about high food prices. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Good!
Flight disruptions stretched from Dallas to Atlanta. CNBC
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Americans are still moving to the Sun Belt, but overall migration is slowing due to high homeownership costs. CNBC
Approximately 2,000 North Carolina households that survived Hurricane Helene will have to move out of their FEMA-expensed hotel rooms on Saturday amid a winter storm. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Sounds wrong.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass recently rejected an offer for assistance from the New York Fire Department, outlets reported. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Bass is an idiot.
Israel is sending the head of the country's intelligence service to Qatar to engage in negotiations to free remaining hostages held by Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed on Saturday. UPI
VOA VIEW: Hamas has 8 days to turn over its hostages.
Syria's new leader Ahmad Sharaa called on Lebanon Saturday to forget about the past "negative" relations resulting from decades of the Assad family's rule. UPI
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President Joe Biden's administration has extended by 18 months the temporary protected status for migrants from El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela due to "extraordinary and temporary conditions" in those nations. UPI
VOA VIEW: Biden is a fool.
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the U.S. Supreme Court Friday that President-elect Donald Trump could ignore the ban of TikTok if he chooses. UPI
VOA VIEW: It would be a foolish gesture.
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