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US State Reports First Death From A Rare Strain Of Bird Flu H5N5

The person from Grays Harbor County, about 78 miles (125 kilometers) southwest of Seattle, had a backyard flock of domestic poultry that had been exposed to wild birds, health officials said.

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Over 300 Students, Teachers Kidnapped From Nigerian School, Second Such Incident This Week

The number of boys and girls kidnapped from St Mary's is almost half of the school's student population of 629.

Adversaries To Allies: Changing Trump-Mamdani Bond Post White House Meet

The Republican president and New York City's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani were warm and friendly, speaking repeatedly of their shared goals to help Trump's hometown rather than their combustible differences.

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New Orleans braces for Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘We have rights’

As many as 250 federal agents are expected to descend on the city imminently – despite falling crimeNew Orleanians are bracing for a major deployment of US border patrol officers to the city, as Donald Trump forges on with his mass deportation agenda and sweeping federal immigration crackdown in Democrat-led cities.Despite falling crime, as many as 250 federal agents are expected to descend on New Orleans imminently to begin laying the groundwork for “Operation Swamp Sweep”, which the Associated Press reported is due to launch in south-east Louisiana and Mississippi on 1 December with the stated aim of arresting 5,000 people. Continue reading...

South Africa declares gender-based violence a national disaster amid G20 protests

Women’s groups welcomed the announcement on the eve of the international leaders’ summit in Johannesburg Hundreds of women gathered in cities across South Africa on Friday to protest against gender-based violence in the country before the G20 summit in Johannesburg this weekend.Demonstrators turned out in 15 locations – including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban – wearing black as a sign of “mourning and resistance”. Continue reading...