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She made the $990,000 pledge at an event focused on women in security as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit draws to a close in Cambodia. The funding will support grassroots and government projects in Cambodia and Laos to clear unexploded ordinances stemming from civil wars as well as US bombing during the Vietnam War. “When land is cleared, not only are people safer and children can play, but the land can be used for agriculture and development,” Trudeau said at a roundtable with local women-focused peacebuilding groups ....

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on GOP rival Ron DeSandis after the Florida governor’s impressive showing in the midterm elections. The one-term president called him “Ron DeSanctimonious” on the Truth Social on Thursday, explaining exactly how the Florida politician owed him his entire career....

Pereira scored a come-from-behind victory against Adesanya at UFC 281 on Saturday night to become the new UFC middleweight champion inside Madison Square Garden. The match will be a bitter pill for Adesanya to swallow. Similar to their two kickboxing matches, Adesanya was winning the contest until he wasn’t. Adesanya nearly added to his seven stoppages at UFC 281 in the first round with a one-two that had Pereira in all kinds of trouble....

In an interview with the Financial Times, Mick Lynch, general secretary of the RMT rail union, warned that the strikes next week would be followed by further action throughout the year, unless an agreement is reached. “Until there is a settlement, there will be a strike campaign and other unions will join us. . . “I expect more strikes,” Leeds said. “We will renew the orders until we reach a settlement of the problems in the conflict,” he added....

Ashlef said drivers at 12 companies will take action on Saturday, November 26, as the union pushes for a pay offer. The union’s general secretary, Mick Whelan, said drivers were being asked to take a real-terms pay cut when inflation was in double digits. Whelan said: “We are sorry that passengers will have to suffer for another day. We have come to the table, as we always will, in good faith, but while the industry continues to make no offer, we have no choice but to go on strike again....

Die Ukraine meldete russische Angriffe in mehreren Städten. In letzter Zeit haben die russischen Streitkräfte wiederholt die Energieinfrastruktur der Ukraine angegriffen. Inzwischen ist in Kiew der erste Schnee gefallen. Bei Temperaturen von bis zu minus zehn Grad könne die Lage “schwierig” werden, warnte der örtliche Gouverneur. Das russische Präsidialamt hat der ukrainischen Regierung vorgeworfen, Friedensgesprächen im Wege zu stehen. Kiew sei unzuverlässig, sagt Kreml-Sprecher Dmitri Peskow in einem kurzen Telefonat mit Reportern....

Moskau hat nach eigenen Angaben am Donnerstag mit dem Abzug seiner Truppen begonnen. „Einheiten russischer Truppen bewegen sich in Übereinstimmung mit dem genehmigten Plan zu vorbereiteten Positionen am linken Ufer des Flusses Dnipro“, sagte das russische Verteidigungsministerium. Kiew reagierte mit Misstrauen auf die Ankündigung des Truppenabzugs. Der Zeitplan für den am Vortag angeordneten Abzug der russischen Truppen aus Cherson und dem gesamten Gebiet um die Stadt am rechten Ufer des Dnjepr war nicht bekannt....

En faisant tomber les barrières entre les disciplines, nous ouvrons de nouveaux horizons pour proposer des solutions innovantes aux défis de notre temps. Et cette année s’annonce riche en projets transformateurs ! Je pense ici au don sans précédent de la Fondation Courtois de 159 millions de dollars pour la découverte de nouveaux matériaux, qui a donné naissance à l’Institut Courtois, lieu de collaboration où se rencontrent chimie, physique et intelligence....

Democrat John Fetterman won Pennsylvania’s pivotal U.S. Senate race, flipping a Republican-held seat as he recovered from a stroke on the campaign trail and giving Democrats hope they can retain control of the closely divided chamber for to bolster President Joe Biden’s agenda for two more years. Fetterman, the towering and unassuming lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania who became a progressive hero as mayor of a blighted steel town, defeated Dr....

Sign up for our free US News newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every weekday morning Sign up for our free US morning email newsletter University of Virginia officials had received a tip that Christopher Darnell Jones was in possession of a firearm shortly before he killed three fellow students and wounded two others on the college campus. Police revealed at a news conference Monday that a person contacted the college in the fall saying the 22-year-old had made comments about having a gun....

Le plus important des feux de forêt que l’Espagne subit actuellement a déjà détruit plus de 25.000 hectares dans la Sierra de la Culebra, un massif montagneux de la région de Castille-et-Léon (ouest du pays), selon les autorités régionales. Le travail des sapeurs-pompiers est rendu plus difficile par des températures élevées et des rafales de vent venant du sud, de plus de 30 km/h. \ud83d\udd34 Canicule en Espagne : le gigantesque incendie qui ravage la Sierra de la Culebra (Nord Est) a déjà détruit 20 000 hectares et a contraint à l’évacuation d’une quinzaine de villages pic....

Wie steht Höchst zu den bürgermeisterlichen Midterms? ©VOL.AT/Mayer Am Sonntag wird in Höchst ein neuer Bürgermeister gewählt. VOL.AT hat vorher bei der Community nachgefragt. Nach dem überraschenden Rücktritt von Herbert Sparr (ÖVP) wird Höchst am Sonntag seinen Nachfolger wählen. Um das Amt bewerben sich Heidi Schuster-Burda (ÖVP), die kommissarisch übernimmt, Stefan Übelhör (Höchste Zeit, Grüne), Robert Blum (FPÖ) und Jan Fausek (Neos). Wie Höchster über Sparrs Rücktritt denkt, ob sie abstimmen werden und ob sie bereits Favoriten haben, verraten sie im VOL....

Angeführt wurde die ÖFB-Auswahl erneut von Kapitän und Mittelfeldspieler Matthias Braunöder. Offensiv setzte Teamchef Werner Gregoritsch in seiner 3-5-2-Formation auf Bernhard Zimmermann und Christoph Lang. Die Anfangsphase war sehr intensiv. Nach etwas mehr als 15 Minuten landete der Ball erstmals im Netz, doch ein Kopfball von Pascal Estrada wurde wegen eines Fouls aberkannt (17.). Nach langer Pause ohne überzeugende Chancen auf beiden Seiten erhöhte die Türkei vor der Pause den Druck....

US morale “remains particularly problematic” within the military, the Department of Defense (MoD) said. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, the Foreign Ministry has said that cases of military units “refusing orders” continue. The ministry added that the drivers of “low morale” had suffered “heavy losses” and “continued poor logistics” in the Russian armed forces. “Ukrainian forces have probably suffered casualties in recent weeks, but Russian morale is very likely to remain very problematic....

A CNN panel discusses Gov. Ron DeSandis’ midterm victory and how the night was a “resounding loss” for former President Donald Trump. The group is also reacting to Trump’s interview with NewsNation, where he discussed the Republican candidates he supported in this year’s election.

Doctors at a news conference organized by the Ontario Medical Association said Wednesday that the flu has arrived early in the province and more than half of the cases of the disease in Canada so far have been in children and teenagers. The early arrival of the flu, a resurgence of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and the continued spread of COVID-19 have created a “triple threat” respiratory season that is sending many children to the hospital, and the situation is expected to worsen in the coming months, doctors said....