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Prosecutor suspended by DeSantis testifies as lawsuit begins - The Associated Press - en Español
1. Prosecutor suspended by DeSantis testifies as lawsuit begins The Associated Press - en Español
2. Warren v. DeSantis trial day one: Suspended state attorney testified WFLA News Channel 8
3. Judge Will Decide Whether DeSantis Went Too Far in Ousting Prosecutor The New York Times
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Kate Gosselin ‘Would Be Open’ to Reconciling With Estranged Son Collin But Is ‘Still Bitter’ - Yahoo Entertainment
1. Kate Gosselin ‘Would Be Open’ to Reconciling With Estranged Son Collin But Is ‘Still Bitter’ Yahoo Entertainment
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3. Collin Gosselin Opens Up On How 'Jon & Kate Plus 8' 'Tore' His Family Apart HuffPost
4. Collin Gosselin Is Interested in Acting — but Won't Do Reality TV PEOPLE
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A New Satellite Is One of The Brightest Objects in The Sky, And It's a Big Problem - ScienceAlert
1. A New Satellite Is One of The Brightest Objects in The Sky, And It's a Big Problem ScienceAlert
2. Astronomers Troubled by 'Unprecedented Brightness' of Huge BlueWalker 3 Satellite PCMag
3. Astronomers 'Troubled' as New Satellite Outshines Most Stars in the Sky ExtremeTech
4. Astronomers Worldwide 'Troubled' By New 'Cell Phone Tower in Space' msnNOW
5. BlueWalker 3 is a Cellphone Tower in Space and one of the Brightest Objects Ever Launched. Astronomers Aren't Happy. Universe Today
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AI Predicts Future Heart Disease Risk Using Single Chest X-Ray - SciTechDaily
1. AI Predicts Future Heart Disease Risk Using Single Chest X-Ray SciTechDaily
2. This AI program can predict heart attack, stroke risk within decade using single chest X-ray Study Finds
3. Early research suggests promising use of AI to predict risk of heart attack or stroke using a single chest X-ray CNN
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Two Minerals – Never Before Seen on Earth – Discovered in Massive Meteorite - SciTechDaily
1. Two Minerals – Never Before Seen on Earth – Discovered in Massive Meteorite SciTechDaily
2. Strange meteorite that crashed into Earth contains two never-before-seen minerals... The US Sun
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4. Two minerals, never-before-seen on Earth, found in one of planet's largest known meteorites USA TODAY
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Clashes in Guangzhou as China tries to quell COVID protests - Reuters
1. Clashes in Guangzhou as China tries to quell COVID protests Reuters
2. Protests In China LIVE | China News LIVE | Anti-Xi Protest Intensifies In China | English News Live CNN-News18
3. Survivor of communist China warns CCP will use 'any means necessary' to end protests before ceding control Fox News
4. China's 'zero-COVID' policy could be Xi's undoing Fox News
5. Commentary: Easing zero-COVID measures will not placate China's dissenting youth for long CNA
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Jiang Zemin: Former Chinese leader dies aged 96 - BBC
1. Jiang Zemin: Former Chinese leader dies aged 96 BBC
2. Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin dies at the age of 96 South China Morning Post
3. Jiang Zemin, former leader who paved the way for China's rise, dies at 96 CNN
4. China Protests: With Jiang Zemin's Death, Xi Can't Risk a Repeat of the Past Bloomberg
5. Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies at 96 Fox News
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Protests Stretch China’s Censorship to Its Limits - The New York Times
1. Protests Stretch China’s Censorship to Its Limits The New York Times
2. China's security apparatus swings into action to smother Covid protests CNN
3. Top China security body calls for 'crackdown' on 'hostile forces' | Zero-Covid policy Protests WION
4. Social Media Is a Wreck. Protesters Are Rising Above It. Bloomberg
5. China plans 'crackdown' after Covid protests BBC
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Are We 'One Nation Indivisible,' or Doomed to 'Divided We Fall'? | Opinion
More and more voters are leaving the two parties to become unaffiliated as independents, and that is a signal that both parties ignore at their peril.
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Kanye West's Net Worth Explored as Rapper and Kim Kardashian Divorce
Ye became a billionaire thanks to his music and fashion careers, but his finances have taken a hit this year.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasted After Calling for Fuentes Twitter Return
The GOP congresswoman retweeted a post urging Fuentes to be allowed back on the social-media platform before claiming to have denounced the Holocaust denier.
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Chinese University Students Sent Home Amid Protests
BEIJING — Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests after crowds angered by its severe “zero COVID” restrictions called for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades.
Read More: Protests Against Zero-COVID Are Rocking China. Here’s What You Need to Know
With police out in force, there was no word of protests Tuesday in Beijing, Shanghai or other major cities.
Some anti-virus restrictions were eased Monday in a possible effort to defuse public anger following the weekend protests in at least eight cities. But the ruling party affirmed its “zero COVID” strategy, which has confined millions of people to their homes in an attempt to isolate every infection.
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Tsinghua University, Xi’s alma mater, where students protested Sunday, and other schools in Beijing and the southern province of Guangdong said they were protecting students from COVID-19. But dispersing them to far-flung hometowns also reduces the likelihood of more activism following protests at campuses last weekend.
Some universities arranged buses to take students to train stations. They said classes and final exams would be conducted online.
“We will arrange for willing students to return to their hometowns,” Beijing Forestry University said on its website. It said its faculty and students all tested negative for the virus.
Authorities have ordered mass testing and imposed other controls in areas across China following a spike in infections. But the move to disperse students was unusual at a time when many cities are telling the public to avoid travel and imposing controls on movement.
In Hong Kong, about 50 students from mainland China protested Monday at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in a show of support for people on the mainland. They lit candles and chanted, “No PCR tests but freedom!” and “Oppose dictatorship, don’t be slaves!”
The gathering and a similar one in Hong Kong’s business district were the biggest protests in the Chinese territory in more than a year under rules imposed to crush a pro-democracy movement.
“Zero COVID” has helped keep China’s case numbers lower than those of the United States and other major countries. But public acceptance has eroded as people in some areas have been confined at home for up to four months and say they lack reliable access to food and medicine.
The Chinese Communist Party promised last month to reduce disruption by changing quarantine and other rules. But a spike in infections has prompted cities to tighten controls, fueling public frustration.
Read More: China Just Relaxed Some Pandemic Measures, But Experts Suggest ‘Zero-COVID’ Probably Won’t Be Going Away Anytime Soon
Most protesters complain about excessive restrictions, but some turned their anger at Xi, China’s most powerful leader since at least the 1980s. In a video that was verified by The Associated Press, a crowd in Shanghai on Saturday chanted, “Xi Jinping! Step down! CCP! Step down!”
On Monday, the city government of Beijing announced it would no longer set up gates to block access to apartment compounds where infections are found.
It made no mention of a fire last week in Urumqi that killed at least 10 people. That prompted angry questions online about whether firefighters or victims trying to escape were blocked by locked doors or other anti-virus controls.
Urumqi and another city in the Xinjiang region in the northwest announced markets and other businesses in areas deemed at low risk of infection would reopen this week and public bus service would resume.
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What Is China's 'Zero-COVID' Policy?
Protests have erupted across China over the country's strict pandemic restrictions. The demonstrations indicate that many Chinese have grown weary of the lengthy lockdowns and widespread testing that is a part of China's "zero-COVID" policy. Here is a closer look at the policy.
What is China's COVID strategy?
China's goal in fighting COVID-19 is to keep cases as close to zero as possible. To achieve this, it has implemented mass testing, quarantined the sick in government facilities and imposed strict lockdowns that can span entire cities.
When did the policy begin?
China surprised the world when it locked down the entire city of Wuhan during the initial outbreak of the virus in 2019, confining more than 11 million residents to their homes. Since then, China has continued with the same methods, making them part of its zero-COVID policy.
What is Beijing's reasoning for the policy?
China says its strategy has kept coronavirus cases and deaths low compared with Western countries. China has nearly 16,000 COVID-19 deaths among its population of 1.4 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, while the United States — the country hardest-hit by the pandemic — has recorded more than a million deaths.
What is the public's response?
Initially, public discontent over the government's approach was minimal with many expressing pride in the country's ability to keep cases to almost none. However, as the virus has become more transmittable, cases have increased across China and lockdowns have become more severe. Public anger has mounted, leading to protests in multiple cities.
What are China's methods?
China's national zero-COVID policy is implemented at the local level. While policies can vary by region, they all tend to employ the following methods:
Lockdowns can be established even if only a few COVID-19 cases are detected. The affected area can span neighborhoods or even entire cities. Major cities have been shut down for weeks or months at a time.
Contract tracing apps are used by authorities to monitor people's movements to try to track the spread of the virus. Residents need to use the app to enter public places and are notified if they cross paths with an infected person or travel to a high-risk area, resulting in mandatory testing or isolation.
The government carries out mass testing in places where COVID-19 has been reported. Even in places where there have been no new cases, residents often need to have a recent negative COVID-19 test to be able to enter a business or public facility.
Anyone who has been in contact with an infected person is either put in government quarantine facilities or ordered to isolate. Even those who had only distant contact with an infected person or potentially infected person can be made to isolate. Such isolation can be enforced with electronic seals attached to residents' doors.
What are the policy's negative effects?
While's China's COVID-19 policy has kept case numbers lower than in most countries, the methods have come at a cost, including:
Lockdowns in some cities, such as Yining in the northwest, have led to widespread shortages of food and other daily necessities.
China's zero-COVID policy has had a huge effect on the economy, including global supply chains. Beijing's target economic growth for 2022 was 5.5%, but the country's economy had grown only 3.9% in the past year ending in September.
The policy has also greatly affected daily life and travel. Even residents not under strict lockdown must endure repeated testing and limitations placed on travel.
What about vaccines?
China has not yet authorized any foreign-made vaccines, which have been found to be highly effective. Its population has received vaccines that are developed in China and are not based on the mRNA technology that is used in most Western-made vacc[...]
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Washington Expresses Support for China Protesters
The White House is walking a fine line with China, its greatest competitor, by openly expressing support for peaceful protests popping up around the massive country. But administration officials are weighing their words carefully about the strict "zero-COVID" policies behind the protests. VOA's Anita Powell reports from the White House. Natalie Liu contributed to this report.
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WHO Renames Monkeypox as Mpox, Citing Racism Concerns
The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.
The U.N. health agency said in a statement Monday that mpox was its new preferred name for monkeypox, saying that both monkeypox and mpox would be used for the next year while the old name is phased out.
WHO said it was concerned by the "racist and stigmatizing language" that arose after monkeypox spread to more than 100 countries. It said numerous individuals and countries asked the organization "to propose a way forward to change the name."
In August, WHO began consulting experts about renaming the disease, shortly after the U.N. agency declared monkeypox's spread to be a global emergency.
To date, there have been more than 80,000 cases identified in dozens of countries that had not previously reported the smallpox-related disease. Until May, monkeypox, a disease that is thought to originate in animals, was not known to trigger large outbreaks beyond central and west Africa.
The 10 most affected countries globally are: the United States (29,001), Brazil (9,905), Spain (7,405), France (4,107), Colombia (3,803), Britain (3,720), Germany (3,672), Peru (3,444), Mexico (3,292), and Canada (1,449). They account for 86% of the global number of cases, Agence France-Presse reported.
Outside of Africa, nearly all cases have been in gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men. Scientists believe monkeypox triggered outbreaks in Western countries after spreading via sex at two raves in Belgium and Spain. Vaccination efforts in rich countries, along with targeted control interventions, have mostly brought the disease under control after it peaked in the summer.
In Africa, the disease mainly affects people in contact with infected animals such as rodents and squirrels. The majority of monkeypox-related deaths have been in Africa, where there have been almost no vaccines available.
U.S. health officials have warned it may be impossible to eliminate the disease there, warning it could be a continuing threat mainly for gay and bisexual men for years to come.
Mpox was first named monkeypox in 1958 when research monkeys in Denmark were observed to have a "pox-like" disease, although they are not thought to be the disease's animal reservoir.
Although WHO has named numerous new diseases shortly after they emerged, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS and COVID-19, this appears to be the first time the agency has attempted to rechristen a disease decades after it was first named.
Numerous other diseases, including Japanese encephalitis, German measles, Marburg virus and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome have been named after geographic regions, which could now be considered prejudicial. WHO has not suggested changing any of those names.
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Airbnb launches platform allowing renters to host apartments, partnering with major landlords - CNBC
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Android 13 for Samsung's beastly Galaxy A52s 5G goes international - SamMobile - Samsung news
1. Android 13 for Samsung's beastly Galaxy A52s 5G goes international SamMobile - Samsung news
2. Samsung's on a roll, brings One UI 5 to the Galaxy A52 5G, A52s, and Galaxy M62 XDA Developers
3. Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G and Galaxy M62 are the latest to taste One UI 5 with Android 13 GSMArena.com
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Kanye West to pay Kim Kardashian $200000 per month in child support as divorce settled - BBC
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Euro zone inflation rate eases slightly to 10% as surge in energy prices slows - CNBC
1. Euro zone inflation rate eases slightly to 10% as surge in energy prices slows CNBC
2. Eurozone Inflation Eased in November, but Further Rate Rises Likely The Wall Street Journal
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Oath Keepers leader and associates convicted of multiple charges in seditious conspiracy case - CNN
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Inside Biden's calculated move to buck labor allies in hopes of averting a rail strike - CNN
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ines. Over 90% of China's population is fully vaccinated, according to Reuters. Most residents do not have natural immunity because the coronavirus has not been as widespread in China as in most other countries.
How much does the government support the policy?
The zero-COVID policy has been a signature policy of President Xi Jinping since the pandemic began. China's state media has touted the government's political system under Xi as the main reason the country has been so successful in preventing COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Where does China go from here?
COVID-19 cases are rising in China as the virus becomes more transmissible, leading to growing public dissent against the government's strict containment policies. Following protests throughout the country, China began this week to ease some of its pandemic rules. However, it still affirmed its zero-COVID strategy.
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US Supreme Court to Hear Immigration Policy Case
The U.S. Supreme Court wades into the immigration debate on Tuesday as it examines the Biden administration's expulsion policies for undocumented migrants.
The Homeland Security Department, in a September 2021 memo, instructed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to concentrate expulsion efforts on persons who "pose a threat to national security, public safety, and border security."
"It is estimated that there are more than 11 million undocumented or otherwise removable noncitizens in the United States," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in the memo.
"We do not have the resources to apprehend and seek the removal of every one of these noncitizens," Mayorkas said. "Therefore, we need to exercise our discretion and determine whom to prioritize for immigration enforcement action."
The policy represented a shift from that of the administration of former Republican president Donald Trump which called for the expulsion of "all removable aliens."
The Biden policy was immediately challenged by several Republican-led states as being too narrow and was blocked by a court in Texas.
The states argued that it imposes a heavy cost burden on the taxpayers because of the public services that would be needed to be provided to noncitizens.
The Biden administration challenged the Texas court's ruling and the conservative majority Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case, United States v. Texas, on Tuesday.
The administration is arguing that a decision in Texas's favor could have wide-ranging repercussions beyond immigration policy.
"Federal policies routinely have incidental effects on states' expenditures, revenues, and other activities," the government said in its brief.
"Yet such effects have never been viewed as judicially cognizable injuries," it said.
"As the recent explosion in state suits vividly illustrates, respondents' contrary view would allow any state to sue the federal government about virtually any policy."
The court is expected to issue its ruling by the end of June.
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The meeting, hosted for the first time by Romania, will focus on the war in Ukraine and how to protect critical civilian infrastructure, among other topics, The Associated Press reported.
12:05 a.m.: Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz has asked the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, to help with additional natural gas volumes for the heating season, Oleksiy Chernyshov, Reuters reported quoting the company's chief executive.
Russia has been carrying out massive missile bombardments on Ukraine's energy and power infrastructure roughly weekly since early October, with each barrage having greater impact than the last as damage accumulates and a frigid winter sets in.
Snow has been falling for a couple of days in a row in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a city that had 2.8 million residents before the war, as people struggle with disruptions to electricity supply and central heating.
"The key is the additional volume of gas needed to get through this heating season," Chernyshov wrote on his Facebook page after a meeting with Elizabeth McKee, the assistant administrator of the USAID for Europe and Eurasia.
Chernyshov also said that his talks with McKee included sending necessary materials and equipment to Ukraine - on provision of which the Agency has already been working.
"We are talking, in particular, about methanol, gas compressors, diesel generators and equipment for gas production," Chernyshov said.
In October, USAID said it would invest $55 million in Ukraine's heating infrastructure to aid the country's preparations for winter, according to a statement on the Agency's website.
Some information in this report came from Reuters and The Associated Press.