Author: The Gazette
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado dedicates award to Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump, thanking him for his help. Machado was awarded the prize on Friday despite a campaign from Trump and his international allies, who said his peacemaking efforts earned him the award. The award put Trump and Machado in an awkward place,…
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her “tireless work promoting the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people” and her “struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday. The decision places Machado—long the face of Venezuela’s democratic…
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Major US online retailers remove listings for millions of prohibited Chinese electronics
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that major U.S. online retail websites have removed several million listings for prohibited Chinese electronics as part of a crackdown by the agency. FCC Chair Brendan Carr said in an interview that the items removed are either on a U.S.…
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Blast destroys Tennessee munitions plant; 18 missing and feared dead
(Reuters) -Eighteen people were missing and feared dead following an explosion at a munitions factory in rural Tennessee on Friday that obliterated the building and was felt for miles around. The explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems about 60 miles (100 km) west of Nashville caused multiple fatalities but officials had yet to determine a death…
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White House lays off thousands of US government workers, blaming shutdown
By Ahmed Aboulenein, Andy Sullivan, Nathan Layne and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Democrats for his decision to lay off thousands of workers across the U.S. government as he followed through on his threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown. Job cuts were under way at the…
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US to publish CPI report for annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday it would publish September’s consumer inflation report on October 24 to assist the Social Security Administration with its annual cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 for millions of retirees and other benefits recipients. But the collection, processing and publishing of other official economic data…
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Denmark to boost Arctic defence by $4.26 billion, buy 16 new F-35s
HELSINKI (Reuters) -Denmark will invest 27.4 billion crowns ($4.26 billion) to boost its military presence in the Arctic and plans to buy 16 new F-35 aircraft, it said on Friday, seeking to fend off U.S. criticism over Greenland’s defence capabilities. The 16 F-35s, worth another 29 billion crowns, would be in addition to Denmark’s original…
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Michelle Bolsonaro tamps down talk of 2026 Brazil run as husband awaits prison
By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Michelle Bolsonaro is waving off speculation that she is ready to run for office in place of her husband, former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, after he was sentenced to 27 years in prison over a failed plot to overturn the 2022 election. “I may run for something or I…
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Blackouts envelop Ukraine as Russia targets energy infrastructure
Russia launched one of its most concentrated strikes of the war against Ukraine‘s energy infrastructure, plunging much of the country into darkness. Over the night on Thursday into Friday, Russia launched a combined missile and drone assault, using its upgraded Geran drones, Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, Iskander ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles. Ukraine’s Air Force said…
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Supreme Court asked to weigh in on whether schools can secretly transition students
Three separate Supreme Court petitions involving various school districts across the country asked the nation’s highest court to weigh in on whether schools can transition students without parental knowledge or consent. In Littlejohn v. Leon County School Board, plaintiffs January and Jeffrey Littlejohn say the Florida school district devised a secret “gender support” plan for…