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Dec 3, 2025 - World

Donald Trump during a lengthy Cabinet meeting on Tuesday said he did not want Somali immigrants in the US, saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on US social safety net and add little to the United States.

Dec 3, 2025 - World

Presidents of both major parties have used the device and experts called into question legality of Trump’s move Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is terminating all documents, including pardons, that he said his predecessor Joe Biden signed using an autopen – an unprecedented attempt to rollback a previous president’s actions using what legal thinkers view as a flimsy pretext.The autopen is a device used to replicate a person’s signature with precision, typically for high-volume or ceremonial documents. It has been employed by presidents of both major parties to sign letters and proclamations. Continue reading...

Dec 3, 2025 - World

Claude, the de facto mascot for a local museum, was the subject of a children’s book and regularly received fan mailClaude, the beloved albino alligator who called the California Academy of Sciences home for the better part of two decades, has died at age 30.The San Francisco museum announced his death on Tuesday and said that the reptile had in recent weeks received treatment for a “suspected infection”. Claude, with his unusual white scales, had become a sort of mascot for the academy and the city. He was the subject of a children’s book and regularly received fan mail and gifts from around the world, the museum said. Continue reading...

Dec 3, 2025 - World

Court lifts order preventing details of former pilot’s dealings with Victoria police before his former partner died in 1999Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConvicted high country murderer Greg Lynn once escaped police custody and was subject to intervention orders obtained by his former partner before her 1999 death, it can now be revealed.A suppression order first made in January 2023 lapsed on Wednesday, after media fought for it to be overturned in the wake of the former Jetstar pilot’s conviction for the March 2020 murder of Carol Clay, 73, at a remote Victorian campsite. Continue reading...

Dec 3, 2025 - World

City argues corporations profit while communities bear the cost of diseases linked to ultra-processed foodsTSan Francisco filed the nation’s first government lawsuit against food manufacturers over ultra-processed foods (UPFs) on Tuesday, arguing that local governments have been shouldering the costs of treating diseases that stem from public consumption of the companies’ products.The city’s attorney, David Chiu, sued 10 corporations that create some of the country’s most popular food and drinks, from chicken nuggets and frozen pizzas to potato chips and sugary breakfast cereals – but also foods like breads and granola bars that are marketed as “healthy”. Continue reading...