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At least 27 people died on Friday after a boat capsized in the Niger River in central Nigeria.More than 100 others — mostly women — are still missing, authorities said. Some 200 passengers were taking the boat across the river — which acts as a border between the states of Kogi and Niger — to a food market when it capsized, Ibrahim Audu, the Niger State Emergency Management Agency spokesperson said. None of the passengers were wearing life jackets. The final toll is likely to increase, Kogi state authorities warned, as local divers were still looking for the missing and no…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to meet Donald Trump in Florida as Canada seeks to head off the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. Canadian media reported that Trudeau landed in Palm Beach International Airport on Friday evening to visit Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Trudeau to meet Donald Trump in Florida It remains unclear whether the incoming Trump administration will actually move ahead with the threatened tariffs, as analysts note that the president-elect has been known to use such threats in the past as a negotiating tactic to achieve his goals. Neither the prime minister’s office…

California pastor fends off suspected burglar at church, says A California pastor fends off suspected burglar at church and grateful for his martial arts background but tells US News that “God was very gracious and protected me” as he fended off a burglar at his church on Thanksgiving Day.  This could have been so much worse, if the pastor had not been brave enough to take on the criminal, the Californian church could have lost their valuables and worse still, caused serious harm to the pastor. Local residents believe the police are not doing enough to protect the citizens. ‘God…

A new survey has found that 51% of Europeans tend to trust the EU, the highest result since 2007. It also shows that 74% of Europeans support the euro currency, and that many Europeans would like to see a stronger and more independent EU, especially in the face of the current global challenges. Source link Record high trust in the EU, finds survey

The funeral of Scottish comedian Janey Godley is set to take place after a two-day “final tour” of the cities she loved.Godley died on November 2 aged 63 after receiving palliative treatment for terminal cancer.Her funeral will be held at St Mary’s Cathedral in the west end of Glasgow on Saturday after a hearse carrying her coffin travelled through the centre of Edinburgh on Friday.Her daughter Ashley Storrie described the journey as her mother’s “final tour, in the two cities she loved with all her heart”.Janey Godley, left, became more widely known for her parodies of Nicola Sturgeon during the…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed his country will “invariably support” Russia’s war in Ukraine as he met Russia’s defence chief, state media reported Saturday.A Russian military delegation led by defence minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Friday, amid growing international concern about the two countries’ expanding co-operation after North Korea sent thousands of troops to Russia last month.The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Mr Kim and Mr Belousov reached “a satisfactory consensus” on boosting strategic partnership and defending each country’s sovereignty, security interests and international justice in the face of the rapidly changing international…

France’s President Emmanuel Macron vowed Friday, November 29, to give Ukraine intense support in its battle against Russia’s “escalation” of its invasion, his office said. Macron condemned Russia’s “indiscriminate” strikes against Ukraine’s cities and power infrastructure in a telephone call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Élysée Palace said. “These strikes, the growing cooperation with North Korea and the irresponsible rhetoric that accompanies them are of an unacceptable logic of escalation by Russia, which continues to pursue a revisionist, brutal and imperialist design in violation of the sovereign rights of Ukraine and the UN Charter,” Macron added. The French leader…

Ratings agency S&P maintained its grade for the French economy, saying on Friday, November 29, that the outlook was “stable” despite the European country’s mountain of debt and political troubles. S&P said it was keeping a “AA-/A-1+” rating for France’s credit ratings. “The outlook remains stable,” it said in a statement. “Despite ongoing political uncertainty, we expect France to comply – with a delay – with the EU fiscal framework and to gradually consolidate public finances over the medium term,” the US ratings agency said. “The stable outlook on France reflects balanced risks and strengths,” said S&P. “Rising political fragmentation…

The Palau Sant Jordi did not fail and hosted 15,000 people this Friday at the solidarity concert with the victims of the Valencia disaster. Organized by the Generalitat, Barcelona City Council, music sector associations and the company The Project, it raised 775,000 euros. The star of the concert, just one month after the flood, was Joan Manuel Serrat, who opened Barcelona and Valencia on an emotional Sant Jordi, who thought he would have definitively said goodbye to the singer-songwriter from the stage in December 2022. Serrat performed the most recognized songs from his repertoire, songs in both Catalan and Spanish.…

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