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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday announced a major concession in a bid to end a standoff with the opposition over the budget, which has caused jitters on financial markets and risks bringing down his minority government. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, at Lancaster University.

Assembly passes law that would ban officials who support international sanctions from holding office for up to 60 years. Venezuelan lawmakers have approved a measure that would implement steeper penalties for those who support US sanctions against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. On Thursday, the country’s National Assembly passed the so-called Simon Bolivar Liberator … Read more

Two people were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in San Antonio on Thanksgiving morning.  Shots rang out around 8 a.m. in the city’s east side at a home off Potomac Street near St. James Street, KABB-TV reported. TEXAS MAN CONVICTED AFTER SAYING HE MUTILATED VICTIMS, ATE HUMAN HEART AS PART OF … Read more

Rob Gronkowski has four Super Bowl rings to his name, but one of his biggest wins came off the field. In an interview with Fortune this week, Gronkowski revealed that he benefitted from a piece of investing advice that helped him make hundreds of thousands of dollars. As a 25-year-old in 2014, the Patriots tight … Read more

BBC The family of four stood in the middle of the street in front of the pile of twisted metal and broken concrete, struggling to comprehend the devastation they were seeing. The building had been destroyed by a recent Israeli air strike and smoke was still rising from the rubble. The next building to the … Read more

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday announced a major concession in a bid to end a standoff with the opposition over the budget, which has caused jitters on financial markets and risks bringing down his minority government. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, at Lancaster University.

Lebanese return to rubble, Israelis focus on Gaza as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holds – CBS News Watch CBS News The truce between Israel and Hezbollah appears to be holding for a second day as Lebanese civilians return to destroyed homes and many Israelis turn their focus back to the remaining hostages in Gaza. CBS News foreign … Read more

Pause in hostilities renews a push to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza. A day after announcing the Lebanon ceasefire, US President Joe Biden said he would resume efforts with international partners to end Israel’s war on Gaza. Qatar and Egypt have shown a willingness to join the negotiations. The Palestinian armed group Hamas has indicated … Read more

President Biden on Thanksgiving said he was thankful that the transition of power to a second Trump administration has gone smoothly, while urging the incoming commander-in-chief to “rethink” threats to impose steep tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods.  “I hope that [President-elect Trump] rethinks it. I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do,” Biden told … Read more