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South Korea’s impeached leader avoids investigators as court begins meeting to determine his fate

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM
Dec 16, 2024 8:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol dodged requests by investigative agencies to appear for questioning over his short-lived martial law ...
Judge rejects Trump’s bid to toss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ
Dec 16, 2024 7:41 pm - NEW YORK — A judge Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immu...
Negotiators say Israel and Hamas are inching toward a ceasefire deal. This is what it may look like

By SAMY MAGDY
Dec 16, 2024 4:24 pm - After months of deadlock, Israel and Hamas appear to be moving closer toward a ceasefire to end their 14-month war. Top officials from the U.S., Qatar and Egypt have resu...
Prince Andrew faces questions over links to accused Chinese spy

By Karla Adam
Dec 16, 2024 3:46 pm - LONDON — Not for the first time, Britain’s Prince Andrew is at the center of a scandal over alleged links to questionable characters. The British establishment is abuzz o...
Canada's finance minister resigns as unpopular Trudeau faces biggest test of his political career

By ROB GILLIES
Dec 16, 2024 2:23 pm - TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces the biggest test of his political career after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful an...
Trump weighs in on NY mayor, vaccines and drones in freewheeling press conference at Mar-a-Lago

By COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN
Dec 16, 2024 2:09 pm - In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.
Federal Reserve is likely to slow its rate cuts with inflation pressures still elevated

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Dec 16, 2024 1:56 pm - Americans hoping for lower borrowing costs for homes, credit cards and cars may be disappointed after this week's Federal Reserve meeting. The Fed's policymakers are likely to signal fewer interest rate cuts next year than were previously expected.
3 dead, others injured in a shooting at a private Christian school in Wisconsin

By Associated Press
Dec 16, 2024 11:51 am - A student opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing two people in the final week before Christmas break. The shooter also died, police said.
Drone sightings lead to airspace shutdown at Ohio military base, arrests near Boston airport

By DAVE COLLINS and BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS
Dec 16, 2024 10:38 am - More suspected drone sightings in the eastern U.S. led to a temporary airspace shutdown at an Air Force base in Ohio and arrests near Boston's Logan International Airport, as elected officials increased their push for action to identify and stop the mysterious unmanned flights.
Germany’s Scholz loses confidence vote, setting up an election in February

By GEIR MOULSON
Dec 16, 2024 9:41 am - Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in late February.

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