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Majority of Supreme Court seems reluctant to block state bans on medical treatments for minors

By MARK SHERMAN
Dec 04, 2024 12:19 pm - Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, a majority of the Supreme Court seemed reluctant Wednesday to block Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Starbucks and Nestlé face scrutiny over labor practices in China

Vic Chiang, Christian Shepherd
Dec 04, 2024 8:54 am - Coffee farms in Starbucks’ and Nestlé’s supply chains in China are not living up to the multinationals’ ethical standards, sometimes using children as workers, excessive hours and lax safety standards to meet their targets, according to a report by China Labor Watch, a New York-based human rights group.
Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there?

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Dec 04, 2024 8:51 am - It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until they turn 16.
Trump threatens tariffs to protect dollar against threat few see as real

David J. Lynch
Dec 04, 2024 8:47 am - President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to protect the U.S. dollar from the rise of an alternative new currency that does not yet exist and that few independent analysts take seriously.
‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden uses his visit to Angola to promote a major US-backed rail project in Africa

By WILL WEISSERT
Dec 04, 2024 8:18 am - Even in the waning days of his presidency and thousands of miles from home, U.S. President Joe Biden is finding ways to celebrate trains.
Sources: Trump considers DeSantis for the Pentagon with Hegseth under pressure over allegations

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and TARA COPP
Dec 04, 2024 8:15 am - Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's Pentagon pick, was fighting to hold on to his Cabinet nomination amid growing questions Wednesday about his personal conduct as the president-elect's team considers alternatives, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
South Korean president declares emergency martial law, accusing opposition of anti-state activities

Dec 03, 2024 8:32 am - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law,” Tuesday accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities.
Biden says the US is 'all in' on Africa during his Angola visit meant to counter China

By WILL WEISSERT
Dec 03, 2024 7:56 am - Joe Biden on Tuesday used the first visit to Angola by a U.S. president to promote billions of dollars of investments in the sub-Saharan African nation and speak at a slavery museum, where he'll acknowledge the trafficking of humans that once linked the nations' economies.
China bans exports to US of gallium, germanium, antimony in response to chip sanctions

By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Dec 03, 2024 7:53 am - China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general principle, lashing back at U.S. limits on semiconductor-related exports.
Trump’s FBI pick has plans to reshape the bureau. This is what Kash Patel has said he wants to do

By ERIC TUCKER
Dec 03, 2024 7:48 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump's orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect's skepticism of the FBI and int...

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