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Lead On Nov. 28, 2025, Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff and a key negotiator on Ukraine’s international front, resigned amid a widening corruption investigation. The move follows a 15-month inquiry called Operation Midas that investigators say uncovered a roughly $100 million embezzlement scheme. Yermak, 54, stepped down after investigators searched his Kyiv … Read more

On Nov. 28, 2025, PlayStation’s Black Friday promotions expanded with a fresh wave of steep discounts across new and catalog PS5 titles, plus hardware and subscription offers. High-profile 2025 releases like Borderlands 4 and Battlefield 6 fell to $35, while Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater dropped to $30. Retailers including PlayStation Store and Walmart … Read more

At the close of COP30 in Belém, a leaked, presidency-drawn “informal list” claiming 84 countries opposed adding a fossil‑fuel transition roadmap to the summit outcome has been shown to contain multiple contradictions and likely mistakes. Carbon Brief obtained the list and found 14 countries named on both supporter and opposer lists, the full membership of … Read more

On Thursday, a Soyuz liftoff from Baikonur Cosmodrome successfully delivered Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev and NASA astronaut Christopher Williams on an eight‑month International Space Station (ISS) mission, while ground teams at Site 31 at Baikonur reported significant pad damage. Video from the site showed a heavy service platform — roughly 20 metric … Read more

President Donald J. Trump said on the evening of Nov. 28, 2025, that he would “permanently pause” migration from what he called “all Third World Countries” and move to remove some migrants already in the United States. The announcement came in two posts on Truth Social and followed a November 27 shooting in Washington, D.C., … Read more

Who: A French research team working with NASA’s Perseverance rover. When & Where: Analysis covers recordings from Perseverance across two Martian years (1,374 Earth days) while exploring Jezero Crater since the rover’s 2021 landing. What: Researchers say audio and electromagnetic signatures consistent with electrical discharges — dubbed “mini lightning” — were detected. Result: If confirmed, … Read more

On Nov. 27, 2025, human rights organization B’Tselem released a video it says shows Israeli soldiers shooting two Palestinian men who surrendered during an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. The men were later identified by B’Tselem as Yusef ‘Asa’sah, 39, and al-Muntaser bel-lah ‘Abdallah, 26; CBS News has not independently verified … Read more

Lead Paddy Pimblett was booked for an interim lightweight title fight at UFC 324 — headlining T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on 24 January — after champion Ilia Topuria said he would not fight in the first quarter of 2026 due to personal issues. The 30-year-old Liverpudlian, ranked fifth in the division, will face Justin … Read more

Lead: The Detroit Lions fell 31-24 at home to the Green Bay Packers on Thursday, a loss that left coach Dan Campbell blunt about the team’s position as the NFL season nears its business end. The defeat left the Lions 7-5 and third in the NFC North after being swept by Green Bay, while the … Read more

Lead Stock futures and U.S. equity benchmarks opened higher on the Friday following Thanksgiving after a temporary halt at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange triggered by a cooling failure at a CyrusOne data center. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4%, the S&P 500 gained 0.3% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 124 points (0.3%) as trading … Read more

Lead On Thursday night in Baltimore, the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Ravens in a divisional road game after a performance led by a revitalized Joe Burrow and a turnover-hungry defense. The Bengals forced five turnovers and leaned on kicker Evan McPherson’s six field goals in cold, windy conditions to secure the victory. Head coach Zac … Read more

On the second day of his Apostolic Journey to Türkiye, Pope Leo XIV led an ecumenical prayer at ancient Nicaea (modern Iznik) on the 1,700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council. He joined roughly 27 other leaders of Christian Churches and Communions in a service that recalled the Council of 325 and reaffirmed the Nicene … Read more

Hong Kong authorities said on Friday that the city’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) arrested eight people linked to renovation work at a high-rise apartment complex where a devastating fire killed 128 people. The arrests follow a large-scale, apartment-by-apartment search that uncovered dozens more bodies and pushed the confirmed death toll up by 34; officials … Read more

Lead The World Health Organization warned this week that a sharp rise in measles cases worldwide is acting like a ‘fire alarm’ — an early signal that other vaccine-preventable diseases could follow. WHO officials and national health authorities reported renewed outbreaks in 2024 and 2025 across multiple countries, including clusters in the United States. Rapid … Read more

Lead As Thanksgiving ends and retailers kick off the holiday push, Black Friday remains the single busiest in-store day of the year in the United States despite years of online competition and earlier seasonal discounts. This year’s kickoff arrives after a month in which The Conference Board reported weaker consumer confidence following a federal government … Read more