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The World in Brief from The Economist
Hurricane Erin intensifies; Zelensky to meet Trump, and more
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Under pressure from a federal judge, America’s Justice Department retracted its move to replace Pamela Smith, police chief in Washington, DC, with an “emergency police commissioner”
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Australia promises gun-law review; Jimmy Lai convicted, and more
12:17|Australian authorities promised to review the country’s gun laws and do more to fight antisemitism after a mass shooting on Sunday. Also, Hong Kong’s most famous media mogul and prisoner was found guilty of conspiracy to commit foreign collusion and sedition.
20251215. Mass shooting rocks Sydney; Jimmy Lai convicted, and more
03:03||Ep. 20251215Australian police said the attackers behind a mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney were a father and son.
Mass shootings rock Sydney and Brown University, and more
10:16|Hong Kong’s Democratic Party formally voted to disband.
A campus shooting in Rhode Island; Americans killed in Syria, and more
10:47|Belarus released 123 prisoners as part of an American-brokered deal.
20251214. A campus shooting in Rhode Island; three Americans killed in Syria, and more
02:56||Ep. 20251214Belarus released 123 prisoners as part of an American-brokered deal
Three Americans killed in Syria; Israel targets a senior Hamas commander, and more
09:44|Belarus released 123 prisoners as part of an American-brokered deal
EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets; Thailand-Cambodia fighting intensifies, and more
14:37|American stockmarkets fell on Friday amid fresh fears of a potential artificial-intelligence bubble.
20241213. Trump announces Thai-Cambodian truce; EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets, and more
03:45||Ep. 20241213Wall Street stock indices fell on Friday amid fresh fears of a potential artificial-intelligence bubble
EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets; Trump announces Thai-Cambodian truce, and more
14:24|The European Union agreed to indefinitely freeze Russian assets in Europe.