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US Senator Bernie Sanders has transferred $1 million to Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign after learning that the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC was planning to spend as much as $9 million to defeat him, the New York Times reported. The Vermont independent made the transfer on Wednesday and urged fellow progressives to help counter AIPAC’s spending in what has become the most expensive Senate race in Michigan history. Four Democratic senators — Martin Heinrich, Tina Smith, Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley — were among a dozen lawmakers…

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Security was stepped ‌up at malls, foreign embassies and other locations across Jordan on Saturday, the US embassy in Amman said, a day after a deadly assault on a church that authorities described as a ​terrorist attack by extremists. Seven people were killed, and 40 were injured when gunmen ​opened fire for several minutes in broad daylight during a funeral ⁠at the Greek Orthodox church in Karak governorate, the head of Jordan’s Public Security ​Directorate said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Such attacks are rare in Jordan, although…

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Elon Musk has invested about $1 billion in Skydance, the company formed after Paramount completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, as the combined entertainment group seeks to cut costs and manage a heavy debt burden, CNBC reported. The investment is part of a broader effort by Skydance to raise equity financing, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to comment publicly. Paramount completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on October 6, naming the combined entity Skydance.…

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“Welcome to my home, this is a surprise.” “I urgently needed to tell you that I need you to return the money I lent you, there is a family emergency….” “Ah you didn’t need to come over – you should have called.” “I couldn’t connect.” “That’s a surprise.” “Well whenever there is a foreign dignitary in town the mobile phones get….” “No, no that’s not the surprise, the surprise is that you were able to come to my home! I mean whenever they switch off the phones they block all…

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Apple’s first folding phone, the iPhone Duo, hit stores around the world on Friday with a ​price tag of about $2,000 and less of the fanfare that accompanied previous iPhone launches. From Singapore and Shanghai to London and San Francisco, demand was strong but with sales rationed, there were fewer of the round-the-block queues ‌and overnight camp-outs that once marked new iPhone days. Competitors such as Samsung Electronics and Huawei Technologies have sold premium foldable phones for years, and the Duo is a test of whether Apple can reinvent the…

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A replica of the Infinity Gauntlet, the powerful artifact featured in Marvel Comics ​and Marvel films, will go up for auction on ‌December 8 in Abu Dhabi, Julien’s Auctions and East Continental Gems said on Thursday. The oversized glove, embedded with six gemstones representing the Infinity Stones, ​was made famous in the 2018 film “Avengers: Infinity War,” ​in which the purple villain Thanos uses the gauntlet to ⁠wipe out half of all life with a snap of ​his fingers. Infinity Stones are six supercharged gems that control essential aspects ​of…

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The US intelligence community has found that Iran has significantly intensified efforts to target American officials in the Middle East and other countries, with some potentially lethal plots reaching advanced stages, Axios reported. The report on Friday cited an October 23 memo from Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, warning that the information was relevant to more personnel than were currently authorised to access it. The one-page, unclassified memo did not identify the intended targets, countries outside the Middle East or the nature of…

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived ​in Dandong, China, on ​a visit to the ⁠neighbouring country via a ​newly opened bridge, South Korea’s ​Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday, citing a South Korean government ​source. A spokesperson for ​South Korea’s Unification Ministry did not ‌have ⁠an immediate comment. China’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request ​for ​comment. China and ⁠North Korea officially opened their most ​significant land border crossing in ​Dandong ⁠this month, aiming to rejuvenate trade and commerce ⁠after ​years of strained ​ties and…

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German police said they had detained a ​suspect after a fire broke out at ‌a historic mountain guest house known as the “Eagle’s Nest”, used as a retreat by Nazi ​officials, including the dictator Adolf ​Hitler. Around 200 firefighters and emergency personnel ⁠in the area around Berchtesgaden in ​the southern region of Bavaria were battling ​the flames after the building, known as the Kehlsteinhaus, caught fire on Friday, police said. Police ​are investigating whether the suspect, who ​was detained close to the scene, was connected to ‌the ⁠fire, they said…

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The US Defence Department has designated ​Chinese-funded cultural centres on university campuses known ‌as Confucius Institutes as a threat to US national security, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said ​on Friday. Washington has long accused Confucius ​Institutes of being Chinese propaganda tools and ⁠has taken steps to crack down ​on them. Hegseth, in a video posted on ​social media, alleged that Confucius Institutes were operating under disguise at US universities and that the Pentagon ​had added them to its list ​of institutions that threaten US national security. “It turns out ‌that…

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