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After a healthy tech-led run-up this year, traders appeared to be seeing it out on a tepid note amid questions over the huge sums pumped into artificial intelligence and indications the Federal Reserve will pause cutting interest rates. All eyes are on the release later in the day of US November jobs data and the delayed reading for October, which will be followed on Thursday by consumer price index figures. The readings will be pored over for some idea about the Fed's plans for borrowing costs... Читать дальше...

Chile on Sunday voted in far-right leader Jose Antonio Kast, making it the latest country in Latin America to ditch the left. As many voters are looking for solutions to economic woes, US President Donald Trump has also upped the ante vowing to pull US support for some countries if leftist candidates are elected.

President Donald Trump sued the BBC on Monday for defamation, accusing the British public broadcaster of misleadingly editing clips of his January 6, 2021 speech to suggest he urged supporters to storm the US Capitol, while omitting remarks calling for peaceful protest.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday a father and son who opened fire at a Jewish festival on Sydney’s Bondi Beach appeared to be driven by Islamic State ideology. Sajid Akram and his son Naveed killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration, in what authorities called an antisemitic terrorist attack.

France’s first lady Brigitte Macron apologised on Monday for using a slur against activists that triggered a feminist backlash and a social media trend against her. Speaking to Brut, Macron, 72, said she was sorry if she hurt women, but defended the remarks as private comments.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago said on Monday it would allow the US military access to its airports in the coming weeks, as tensions rise between Washington and Venezuela. Authorities said a newly installed US radar in Tobago is for crime-fighting and denied the country would be used to launch attacks.

Despite logging record a trade surplus, economic data for November showed China's domestic woes are deepening.  Retail sales grew at their slowest pace in three years and investment slowed sharply, signalling Chinese people and businesses are becoming increasingly cautious. Plus, Roomba maker iRobot has filed for bankruptcy after struggling with competition, debt, tariffs and Amazon's buyout offer later being called off. It's now being taken private by its main Chinese supplier.

In the aftermath of the anti-Semitic Bondi Beach attack, footage emerged showing a mysterious bystander disarming one of the gunmen. Scores of users praised this courageous man, who was quickly identified by journalists. But other accounts claimed that the true hero was not Ahmed Al Ahmed, but Edward Crabtree. In this edition of Truth or Fake, we confirm that the genuine hero was indeed Ahmed Al Ahmed, a 43-year-old Syrian refugee living in Australia.

In tonight's edition, 200,000 displaced in the DRC as the M23 rebels eye the mineral-rich southern Congo. Also, ex-Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala was sentenced in France to 30 years in prison over atrocities committed two decades ago during the Second Congo War. And the West African Bloc ECOWAS rejects the transition plan put forth by Guinea-Bissau's new military authorities.