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Pentagon sends anti-drone tech to New Jersey after mysterious sightings

The Defense Department provided equipment capable both of detecting drones and disabling them

UN General Assembly asks court to say what Israel needs to provide in Gaza

Resolutions in the 193-member General Assembly are not legally binding, though they do reflect world opinion

Atlantic Navigation from India sanctioned for trade of Iranian petroleum

The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on four entities and three vessels involved in the trade of Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals, which generate billions of dollars' worth of revenue

Friday midnight deadline looms for US Congress to prevent govt shutdown

Republicans abandoned a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a shutdown after President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk came out against it

Trump backs new GOP plan to fund govt, raise debt limit as shutdown nears

The new plan would keep government running for three more months, add disaster assistance for hurricane-hit states and others, and allow more borrowing through January 30, 2027, Republicans said

Brics developing tools to lead global economy, attract new members: Putin

Russian head of state emphasised that the association works for the interests of the member states

Israeli forces preventing Syrian villagers from accessing their fields

Israeli military said in a statement that it is operating within the buffer zone and in several additional locations in its proximity to ensure the security

Canada's PM Trudeau to shuffle his Cabinet today amid resignation calls

Trudeau is facing rising discontent over his leadership, and the abrupt departure of his finance minister on Monday could be something he can't recover from

US attorney involved in fraud indictment of Gautam Adani to resign

He was appointed by President Joe Biden in 2021 and will leave before President-elect Donald Trump takes office January 20

Companies that spent billions on M&A now selling at knockdown prices

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced Tuesday it's going to sell Chinese department-store chain Intime to a local apparel group for $1 billion. The price is around 30% of the company's valuation

Russia's Prez Putin boasts of gains in Ukraine at annual news conference

He used the tightly choreographed event, which lasted for about 4 1/2 hours, to reinforce his authority and demonstrate a sweeping command of everything from consumer prices to military hardware

US economy grows at 3.1% pace in Q3, upgrade from previous estimate

Third-quarter growth in US gross domestic product the economy's output of goods and services accelerated from the April-July rate of 3 per cent

Immigration drives US population growth to highest rate in 23 years

The 1 per cent growth rate this year was the highest it has been since 2001, and it was a marked contrast to the record low of 0.2 per cent set in 2021 at the height of pandemic restrictions

Wall Street rebounds, dollar stalls as markets digest Fed's slowdown signal

The dollar gave back some of Wednesday's gains and gold rallied as investors grew accustomed to the reality that the central bank will take a slower, more measured approach to policy easing

Trump, not yet in office, already a figure in global economic policy

Some Fed officials incorporated 'highly conditional estimates' of Trump effects in new projections

Government shutdown at risk as Trump's demands put Speaker Johnson in bind

Trump said early Thursday that Johnson will easily remain speaker for the next Congress if he acts decisively and tough in coming up with a new plan to also increase the debt limit

Georgia court disqualifies district Attorney Willis from Trump 2020 case

The Georgia Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision Thursday is a major setback for state prosecutors in one of the two remaining criminal cases pending against Trump

Putin, Zelenskyy rule out renewal of key gas transit deal for Europe

Kyiv has refused to extend the five-year deal to ship Russian gas across Ukraine beyond its expiry at the end of this month, President Vladimir Putin said in Moscow

Suspect in killing of UnitedHealth executive transferred to NYPD custody

A grand jury in New York has indicted Mangione on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and murder as an act of terrorism

US existing home sales increase 4.8% to eight-month high in November

Home sales jumped 4.8 per cent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.15 million units, the highest level since March