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All Blacks overpower Italy

New Zealand dominated Italy in a tour-ending 29-11 win in Turin. The All Blacks were restricted to their lowest score in this matchup in 15 years. They were held to 17-6 until the last 10 minutes before tries by backs Mark Tele’a and Beauden Barrett.

South America

Petro’s reforms spark anger

Thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets to oppose the policies of President Gustavo Petro, who accused demonstrators of trying to destabilise the government. Protesters in cities including Bogotá, Medellín and Cali decried a series of proposed health, labour and pensions reforms and accused Petro’s administration of corruption. The crowd, which included retired military officials and opposition lawmakers, waved Colombian flags, with some demonstrators holding signs that read, “No to Petro reforms,“ and “No to labour reforms.“

Government

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Trump completes executive picks

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies. The nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, which will be controlled by Republicans when Trump takes office January 20. Rollins would succeed Tom Vilsack, President Joe Biden’s agriculture secretary who oversees the sprawling agency that controls policies, regulations and aid programs related to farming, forestry, ranching, food quality and nutrition.

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Middle East

Attacks intensify amid ceasefire talks

Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut have killed at least 20 people, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon’s capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a ceasefire. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 66 people were wounded in the strikes, which were the fourth in central Beirut in less than a week. The escalation comes after US envoy Amos Hochstein travelled to the region in pursuit of a deal to end months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah that has erupted into full-on war.

Africa

In Ghana, a fashion festival with a difference

A festival in Ghana aims to find a solution to a destructive cycle that has made Western overconsumption into an environmental problem in Africa, where many discarded and worn-out clothes end up in waterways and garbage dumps. Ghana is one of Africa’s leading importers of used clothing. It also ships some of what it gets from the United Kingdom, Canada, China and elsewhere to other West African nations

Tennis

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Italy reach Davis Cup final

Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini have lifted defending champions Italy past Australia with singles wins in Malaga, Spain, and back into the Davis Cup final. Sinner beat Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4 after Berrettini came back to defeat Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-5.

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Food

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Listeria outbreak leaves infant dead, 10 sick

A California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that include chicken feet, duck neck, beef shank and pork hock, federal health...

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Nature

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Eagle camera back in business

Eagle lovers around the world who were crushed when a nest housing two birds and their chick collapse during a live stream, will get another viewing opportunity as a new eagle camera goes live. The new camera, operated by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, is in a different location and will show a different nesting pair, the agency said.

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History

Unearthed waltz may be by Chopin

The brooding waltz is carefully composed on a sheet of music roughly the size of an index card. The brief, moody number also bears an intriguing name, written at the top in cursive: “Chopin.” A previously unknown work of music penned by the European master Frederic Chopin appears to have been found at the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan.

Asia

Laos pledges justice in mass poisoning

The Laos government has officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, promising it will bring perpetrators to justice. Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes also died, though their exact causes of death have not been released. A New Zealander also has been sickened.

Argentina

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Argentina’s soccer power struggle

Argentina produces some of the best soccer players on the planet and has three World Cup titles to prove it. But, off the field, a major power struggle is transpiring between Argentina President Javier Milei and Argentine Football Association president Claudio Tapia.

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Weather

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Chaos as storms cause widespread damage

Heavy downpours have fallen over much of Northern California, causing small landslides, overflowing a river and flooding some streets, including in parts of San Francisco. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people were still without power in the Seattle area after several days in the dark. The storm arrived in the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, mostly in the Seattle area, before moving through Northern California, where several roads were closed due to flooding and strong winds toppled trees.

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Military

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Finland hosts NATO drills

Several thousand NATO troops have taken part in large-scale artillery drills in Finland for the first time since the country joined the military transatlantic alliance. More than 3600 soldiers and around 1000 military vehicles took part in NATO’s largest Dynamic Front artillery exercise in Finland’s Arctic, less than 100 kilometres away from the Russian border. ”We’re here to reassure our partners and allies that we can deploy to tough and demanding environments, train in any conditions, organise ourselves as allies and partners in multiple configurations,“ Major General John Rafferty, Commanding General of the US 56th Artillery Command, told journalists adding that the drills are not held in response to anything.

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North America

Canada urged to boost defence spending

A US senator and supporter of Donald Trump says the president-elect would laugh at Canada’s current military spending plans and has urged the country to do more. Idaho Republican Senator Jim Risch, ranking member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the remarks at the start of the annual Halifax International Security Forum, which attracts defence and security officials from Western democracies.

Denmark

Mega-tunnel designed to flood-proof Copenhagen

Twenty metres below the city’s surface, workers in Copenhagen are constructing a tunnel to protect the Danish capital from future flooding. Kalvebod Brygge Tunnel stretches 1.3 km beneath the city before draining at Kalvebod Brygge waterfront area. It has capacity to store 10,000 cubic metres of water during heavy rain, known as a cloudburst.

Ukraine

NATO, Ukraine to hold crisis talks

NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks on Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. The conflict is “entering a decisive phase”, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, and “taking on very dramatic dimensions”.

Explainer

What to know about Trump’s AG pick Pam Bondi

Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, was chosen by Donald Trump to serve as US attorney general hours after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration. The 59-year-old has long been in Trump’s orbit and her name had been...

Rescue

Stray penguin released: ‘It’s been an incredible few weeks’

The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia has been released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach, officials say. The adult male was found on November 1 on Ocean Beach sand dunes in the town of Denmark in temperate southwest Australia — about 3,500 km (2,200 miles) north of the icy waters off the Antarctic coast, the Western Australia state government said. He was released from a Parks and Wildlife Service boat earlier this week.

Odd Spot

Meet Daisy, the ‘AI granny’ outwitting scammers

An Associated Press reporter is trying to scam ‘Daisy’, a loveable elderly lady with a passion for knitting – but she’s no ordinary target. This AI-powered bot, developed by UK telecom company Virgin Media O2, is designed to outsmart fraudsters by...