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Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders Playing In Shrine Bowl
It’s become clear that scouts only view two quarterbacks in this year’s draft class as elite prospects: Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward. While it’s almost certain that both players will be taking the next step to the NFL following this college football season, Sanders pretty much made it official, this week by accepting…
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The viral fashion show by slum children that is wowing India
Innovation for Change The fashion show was put together by children who live in a slum in Lucknow A video of a fashion shoot in India has gone viral and unexpectedly turned a group of underprivileged school children into local celebrities. The footage shows the children, most of them girls between the ages of 12…
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Children shot dead after joining pot-banging protests in Mozambique
Anthony Irungu / BBC The mourners at a cemetery in crisis-hit Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, were strikingly young – children shedding tears as they bade farewell to a 16-year-old friend, who was shot dead while banging pots and pans in an opposition-organised protest against the outcome of last month’s presidential election. “Antonio was shot in the…
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Trump nominates Bessent to lead US Treasury in flurry of announcements
Getty Images Scott Bessent was an early backer of Trump’s 2024 presidential bid Donald Trump has nominated Scott Bessent to lead the US Treasury Department, a post with wide oversight of tax policy, public debt, international finance and sanctions. The selection ends what has proven to be one of the more protracted decisions for the…
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China's giant sinkholes are a tourist hit – but ancient forests inside are at risk
Xiqing Wang/ BBC Sinkholes in China’s Guangxi province have become a tourist attraction The couple stands on the edge of the sheer limestone cliff. More than 100 metres (328ft) beneath them is a lost world of ancient forests, plants and animals. All they can see is leafy tree tops and hear is the echoes of…
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Former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka returning to the White House in counterterrorism role
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that his former White House adviser, Sebastian Gorka, will serve in his incoming administration. Trump, 78, revealed in a Truth Social post that Gorka will serve as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism. “Since 2015, Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and…
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Trump Nominates Former NFL Player and White House Aide Scott Turner for HUD Secretary
In a recent announcement, former President Donald Trump has nominated Scott Turner, a former NFL player and current White House aide, to serve as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This move comes as part of Trump’s ongoing efforts to shape his administration’s cabinet. Scott Turner, who is currently the executive director of…
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White House officials meet with telecoms execs on suspected China hack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior White House officials met on Friday with telecommunications executives to discuss China’s “significant cyber espionage campaign targeting the sector,” the White House said. Earlier this month, U.S. authorities said China-linked hackers had intercepted surveillance data intended for American law enforcement agencies after breaking into an unspecified number of telecom companies. Senator…
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Trump taps Project 2025 co-author to lead White House budget office
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday invited Russell Vought to once again run the White House budget office, though it wasn’t entirely clear how the role will mesh with the government staffing and funding cuts envisioned by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. “Russ knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State and end Weaponized…
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Italy's Foreign Minister condemns rocket attack on UNIFIL base
The UNIFIL mission base in Shama in southern Lebanon was hit by rockets allegedly fired by Hezbollah or one of its affiliate groups. ADVERTISEMENT Italy’s Foreign Minister has condemned an attack on the UN peacekeeping mission headquarters in Lebanon after the base was hit by rockets allegedly fired by the militant group Hezbollah or its…