24.12.2024 3:14 Centrist Fran?ois Bayrou had promised a national interest government across the middle political ground but ended up leaning to the conservative rightThe French prime minister has announced his new government the countrys fourth since the beginning of the year in the hope his administration can see off another vote of no confidence from a bitterly divided parliament.There is a mix of old and new in Fran?ois Bayrous government, which includes several familiar faces: the former interior minister G?rald Darmanin has been appointed justice minister; the former prime minister Elisabeth Borne, a technocrat, returns to government as education secretary, while another former prime minister, Manuel Valls who served under the socialist president Fran?ois Hollande, has been appointed overseas minister. Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 4:09 A new CBS News poll finds Americans are more hopeful about 2025 than 2024. CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto unpacks the numbers.24.12.2024 4:11 A source close to the 42nd president told NBC News that the situation is "not urgent" and that Clinton is "awake and alert."24.12.2024 4:14 Anti-extremist initiative 'Don't Give Hate a Chance' was also gathering nearby in Magdeburg, the site of Friday's carnage.24.12.2024 4:15 Millions across the West Coast and Central Plains are expecting a warm holiday season while the East is bracing for another round of cold weather. CBS News Philadelphia meteorologist Andrew Kozak has the latest forecast.24.12.2024 4:23 The days are winding down for you to get those holiday gifts. Jordyn Holman, business reporter for The New York Times, joins CBS News with some options you have in these final few days.24.12.2024 4:54 Former President Bill Clinton remains in "good spirits," a spokesman said.24.12.2024 5:16 Taiwan was Asia's best-performing market in 2024, while South Korea was the worst. 24.12.2024 5:19 The major averages posted modest gains on Monday to begin the holiday-shortened trading week.24.12.2024 5:33 Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to murder and terrorism charges in New York state court Monday. Prosecutors allege he shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in the back and leg in Manhattan earlier this month. Lilia Luciano has more.24.12.2024 5:35 Just before leaving Washington, D.C., for the holidays, the House Ethics Committee released a long-awaited and damning report on the conduct of former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz. Scott MacFarlane has the latest from Capitol Hill.24.12.2024 5:35 Yana is estimated to have been only about one year old when she died. She weighs more than 397 pounds and measures about 4 feet and 200 centimeters long.24.12.2024 5:37 Traders will monitor any developments related to the planned merger of Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda.24.12.2024 5:45 Should you recline your seat while flying? An ad campaign says no, with a video showing the reasons the practice has fallen out of favor in the past decade.24.12.2024 5:57 Defence minister Israel Katz threatens Houthi rebels in Yemen, saying the military will decapitate their leadership just as we did with HaniyehIsraels defence minister has confirmed that the IDF assassinated former Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, and warned that the military would also decapitate the leadership of Yemens Houthi rebels.We will strike hard at the Houthis ... and decapitate their leadership just as we did with Haniyeh, [Yahya] Sinwar, and [Hassan] Nasrallah in Tehran, Gaza, and Lebanon, we will do so in Hodeida and Sanaa, Israel Katz said on Monday. Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 6:28 Honda and Nissan have announced negotiations to establish a holding company by August 2026 that will oversee both groups, with Mitsubishi Motors perhaps joining talks next month.24.12.2024 6:32 Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a Washington, D.C., hospital Monday afternoon for "testing and observation after developing a fever," an aide said in a statement. Clinton, who is 78, is said to be "in good spirits."24.12.2024 6:57 The buzzword which went viral after a student was filmed working on his laptop while riding his bicycle reflects a mix of competitiveness and hopelessness amid Chinas slowing economyOn the Chinese internet, the countrys current predicament slowing economic growth, a falling birthrate, a meagre social safety net, increasing isolation on the world stage is often expressed through buzzwords. There is tangping, or lying flat, a term used to describe the young generation of Chinese who are choosing to chill out rather than hustle in Chinas high-pressure economy. There is runxue, or run philosophy, which refers to the determination of large numbers of people to emigrate. Recently, revenge against society attacks random incidents of violence that have claimed dozens of lives have sparked particular concern. And there is also neijuan, or involution, a term used to describe the feeling of diminishing returns in Chinas social contract. Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 7:18 Once a month, a pie slinger in Chicago sells pizza out of a truck in an alley. His thin crust pizza is so popular, it usually sells out within minutes raising plenty of dough for a good cause. Charlie De Mar reports.24.12.2024 7:24 The appeal had asked the court to reinstate charges, including involuntary manslaughter, against Alec Baldwin.24.12.2024 8:08 In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that his America First philosophy has an expansionist dimension.24.12.2024 8:25 Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani was named The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the third time on Monday, tying basketball great Michael Jordan's total and claiming the award for the second straight year.
The 30-year-old is one shy of record four-time winners, road cyclist Lance Armstrong, golfer Tiger Woods and basketball icon LeBron James, in receiving the honor, winning 48 of 74 votes this year by sports journalists from the AP and its members.
Read full story here24.12.2024 8:36 A part of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed Monday afternoon during a high-surf warning, with authorities confirming two people had to be pulled from the water.24.12.2024 9:20 A government panel has failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel to purchase U.S. Steel.24.12.2024 9:22 Frank-Walter Steinmeier seeks to convey message of healing four days after the brutal attack in Magdeburg killed five people and injured more than 200A deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Germany has cast a dark shadow over this years celebrations, the nations president said on Tuesday, as he urged people not to be driven apart by extremists.In his traditional Christmas address German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, sought to issue a message of healing four days after the brutal attack in the eastern city of Magdeburg killed five people and left more than 200 wounded. Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 9:56 House report finds he made payments totalling tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex and drugs on at least 20 occasionsA House ethics committee report on Matt Gaetz, the former Florida Republican congressman, found substantial evidence that he paid for sex with a minor, among other serious violations of state law and congressional rules.The investigation concludes that Gaetz, Trumps first pick for attorney general, made payments totalling tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex and drugs across at least 20 separate occasions. The report also states that in 2017 Gaetz paid a 17-year-old girl for sex when he was 35 years old, which would constitute statutory rape under Florida law. Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 9:59 A North Korea-linked hacker group stole digital assets worth 48.2 billion yen ($307 million) from Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin Co. in May, Japanese police said Tuesday.
The hacker group was identified by the police as TraderTraitor following an investigation conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Read full story here24.12.2024 10:00 Alexandra Corcode documents daily life in Romania in this portrait of the trauma experienced by young people whose parent or parents work abroad. The project, which won a Tom Stoddart award for photojournalism, challenges the idea that migration only affects those who leaveA misty silence hangs heavy over the winter garden. It is day break, early March. From a distance, there are desperate cries of the grandmother, struggling to herd the sheep and chickens into the coop. The house silence is broken by the ticking clock in the kitchen and the worn washing machine, struggling for water that never comes.I sit alone on the sofa in the living room, as the darkness slowly swallows the afternoon. In the next room, Larisa is doing her math homework. Both of us wait for 5.30, the time when her mother finishes work and calls her when she gets home.Larisa and Monicas grandmother looks through the window that connects her house to her sons house in V?tava, Mure?, on 31 December 2023 as Monicas infant son, Elias, sits on the floor. Monica gave birth to Elias at 19, while her mother gave birth to her at 15. Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 10:00 The year already ranked among my very worst then I wound up on a tinsel-draped drip, while my family texted fun photos from the pubIt hadnt been a vintage year. I was in the middle of a divorce and had turned 30 believing my life was over in the way only a 29-year-old could. Christmas was set to be a nice reprieve from the misery, spending a week with my family and eagerly awaiting the promise of a new year. I felt tentatively hopeful.Ten days before the holiday, my throat began to hurt. Tonsilitis! the doctor said, giving me a prescription for antibiotics. The pain didnt abate, even after a week, so I dutifully went back for another dose. The pain got worse. On Christmas Eve, with no GP surgeries open, my mum drove me to the local walk-in clinic. A doctor took one look in my mouth and said I had a quinsy (dont Google this, for the love of God, but its basically a throat abscess) and told me to get to the nearest A&E as soon as possible. Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 10:00 Conservationists and scientists in New Zealand were astonished to find the worlds rarest whale washed ashore in South Island in July. As only the seventh spade-toothed whale identified, and with none ever seen alive, this month saw the first dissection of a complete specimen Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 10:01 Hun Manet, who took over as prime minister last year, has followed in the steps of his father, who ran Cambodia for nearly 40 years.24.12.2024 10:15 The Japanese government on Tuesday won an approval for a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by fiscal 2035 from fiscal 2013 levels, but rejected calls for it to pursue a more ambitious target.
At a joint meeting of the Environment Ministry and the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry, officials and experts also agreed to a longer-term target of a 73 percent reduction by fiscal 2040.
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