Putin-Trump praise, Iraq marriage age and $1M robot-made art

Donald Trump picks Mike Waltz to serve as his national security adviser and Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Mauritius opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam is appointed the new prime minister, 50K Russian and North Korean troops reportedly prepare a Kursk offensive, dozens are killed after a car rams into a crowd in China, New Zealand apologizes to over 200K people who were abused in state care, COVID critic Patrick Ruane is jailed for five years in the UK, details of a UK bill on assisted dying are published, Bitcoin nears $90K amid a post-election boon, and DNA-testing firm 23andMe prepares to lay off 40% of its staff. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Russia and Ukraine exchange their largest drone attacks of the war, Israel reports progress toward a Lebanon cease-fire, Trump names Thomas Homan as 'border czar,' The president-elect’s allies advocate for Rick Scott to lead the Senate, Shigeru Ishiba is re-elected as prime minister of Japan, Haiti's transitional council replaces the prime minister, Keir Starmer attends Armistice Day with Emmanuel Macron, Māori groups march to New Zealand’s capital against a controversial bill, Amsterdam police detain dozens of individuals for defying a protest ban, Wildfires burn on both US coasts, and extreme weather events are found to have cost the world $2T over the past decade. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Vladimir Putin praises Donald Trump and signal’s Russia’s readiness for dialogue, and Canada’s Justin Trudeau assembles a cabinet team to plan for Trump’s presidency, violence erupts against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, Iraq plans to lower the legal marriage age from 18 to nine, Jonathan Powell is appointed as the UK’s National Security Adviser, the US Dept. of Justice requests a pause on a key Trump case, while the US president-elect appoints Susan Summerall Wiles as his chief of staff, the US Fed cuts rates and markets soar after Trump’s victory, a judge dismisses a lawsuit from media companies against OpenAI, and the first auctioned robot-made artwork sells for over $1M. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Germany’s ruling coalition collapses, Joe Biden gives his first post-election address, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a phone call with Donald Trump, Lebanon files a UN complaint against Israel over September’s pager attacks, The Bank of England cuts rates to 4.75%, Australia moves to ban under-16s from social media, TikTok is banned from operating in Canada, 2024 is projected to be the world's warmest year on record, Researchers propose a cancer treatment strategy that targets rogue DNA, and police search for dozens of escaped monkeys in South Carolina. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Donald Trump is elected as the 47th president of the United States, Ukraine reports first contact with North Korean troops, Israel asserts that most people in Jabalia have fled, China sentences an ex-government employee to death for an alleged state secrets leak, the GOP takes control of the US Senate in the US elections, abortion referendums are held in 10 US states, while a Florida recreational marijuana legalization amendment fails, Spain announces €10.6B in relief funds for its catastrophic floods, Hurricane Rafael bears down on Cuba, and Japan launches the world's first wooden satellite into space. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

US voters head to the polls to choose a new president, Donald Trump casts his ballot in Florida, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is fired, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris plans a general election, Boeing workers end their seven week strike, Western analysts link mystery fires at European cargo depots to alleged Russian plots, The UK sacks nearly 600 police officers for misconduct, France begins a trial in the beheading of a teacher over Prophet Muhammad cartoons, A Pennsylvania judge approves Elon Musk's $1M daily election giveaway, and Indigenous Canadian Judge Murray Sinclair passes away at 73. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Moldovan Pres. Sandu wins a second term, Harris and Trump campaign on the eve of the election, Democrats say they’re ready if Trump prematurely claims victory, the UK’s Kemi Badenoch begins shadow cabinet appointments, Israel is investigating intelligence leaks from Netanyahu's office, federal police search PwC's Sydney headquarters over a tax leak, a female student is arrested in Iran after stripping in protest of dress codes, IKEA pledges to pay 6M euros to East German prisoners forced to build their furniture, schools in Lahore, Pakistan close as air pollution hits record levels, Spain's king and queen are pelted with mud over their flood response, and music titan Quincy Jones dies aged 91. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy condemns allies for 'zero' response to the North Korean troop deployment, the polio vaccination campaign in Northern Gaza is set to resume, Botswana’s ruling party loses its 58-year majority, an Australian judge rules that a senator violated racial discrimination law, Trump's “War Hawk” comments on Liz Cheney spark controversy, while Trump and Kamala Harris both make a push for support from Latino voters, the Associated Press claims that the White House changed the transcript of Biden's 'garbage' comment, a UK court hears more details of alleged abuse in the tragic Sara Sharif case, the striking Boeing union endorses a 38% wage hike offer, and a new study calls “Infinite Monkey Theorem” into question. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Joe Biden pledges to attend the US presidential inauguration regardless of who wins, Eight Mexican supreme court justices resign following contentious judicial reforms, North Korea launches its longest-ever missile flight, Flash floods kill dozens in Spain’s worst natural disaster in decades, The UN reports that its Lebanon mission has been targeted 30 times in October, Prosecutors seek a 17-year sentence for Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira, A former FTX executive avoids jail time, Donald Trump addresses a Wisconsin crowd from a garbage truck, Russia fines Google $20.5 decillion, and a long-lost Mayan city is discovered in Mexico.  Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Scores flee Baalbek in Eastern Lebanon after Israeli evacuation orders are given, Pres. Biden suggests that Ukraine should attack North Korean troops if they enter its territory, Australia announces that it’s ramping up missile production, the Republic of Georgia will conduct a partial recount of its parliamentary election vote, Kamala Harris makes a speech from the Ellipse while Biden's comments stir controversy, the US Supreme Court allows Virginia to remove suspected noncitizens from its rolls, while the Court also rejects an RFK ballot-removal request, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces the Labour Party's first budget since 2010, a scientific report suggests that climate change is causing a rise in heat-related deaths, and China launches a crew of three astronauts to the Tiangong space station. Sources: https://www.verity.news/