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Israel was “closer to a ceasefire deal than we have ever been,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said during a closed-door parliamentary committee hearing Monday. Hamas would also see a large number of Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of the deal, the sources said. Hamas has not confirmed to NBC News or others’ reporting that it has agreed to Israeli troops in Gaza. "After the military and governmental power of Hamas in Gaza is defeated, Israel will securely control Gaza with full freedom of action" he posted on X, likening this outcome to Israel’s current control over the occupied West Bank. Katz did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for details on what “full freedom of action” would mean.

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☆ Global shipping industry is resilient despite potential U.S. tariff threats, says Hapag-Lloyd CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailGlobal shipping industry is resilient despite potential U.S. tariff threats, says Hapag-Lloyd CEOGlobal supply chains and shipping companies face uncertainty, as the industry braces for potential tariffs under the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Annette Weisbach reports from Germany's biggest port, Hamburg, where she speaks to Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd.

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☆ Trump vows to ‘hire American.’ His businesses keep hiring foreign guest workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Curt Devine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“We will build American, buy American and hire American,” he said during a rally in August. Forbes first reported on Friday Trump’s businesses hired more foreign workers than ever in 2024. While thousands of US businesses use guest workers, the process of hiring them can be cumbersome. Dattolo said dozens of country clubs and businesses in the county use guest workers, though she said before hiring foreigners, companies must advertise the jobs to American workers. In that time, Trump businesses requested and received government approval to hire foreign laborers for more than 2,100 positions.

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☆ China extends visa-free transit policy to 10 days as part of efforts to lure more foreign tourists
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —China has tripled the amount of time visitors can spend in the country without a visa in yet another move to entice more foreign tourists. Passport holders from 38 countries can enter China visa-free for up to 30 days, including France, Malaysia, New Zealand, Japan and Switzerland. Until 2023, US citizens seeking a China travel visa had to confirm a hotel booking, tour itinerary and flight reservation before applying for a visa, but those requirements have since been dropped. Foreigners eligible to visit under the new 240-hour transit policy do not have the freedom to travel throughout China. Meanwhile, Hong Kong and Macao both count as third destinations for those entering under the 240-hour visa-free transit program.

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☆ Bank of Japan expected to keep rates on hold this week — CNBC survey
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Lin Lin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The same number of economists expect the Japanese central bank to raise rates in January. The BOJ, which last raised rates in July, has signaled its readiness to tighten further if wage growth and prices align with its projections. Japanese interest rates are the lowest among developed countries due to the BOJ's longstanding policy of supporting the country's moribund economy. These trends could reverse as Japanese interest rates rise while central banks elsewhere begin to lower rates. The BOJ has yet to gain confidence in its outlook, according to Akira Otani of Goldman Sachs Japan.

Persons: Donald Trump, BOJ, Kazuo Ueda, Akira Otani, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Bank of Japan, U.S, CNBC, Goldman Sachs Japan

☆ Meet the Press – December 15, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +53 min

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM:Yeah, I'm in a good place with Pete, unless something I don't know about comes out. Unless somebody is willing to come forward, I think he's going to get through. If he's, if he’s called to do something, he's going to do it, all the way. So I – I think he's going to have a hard time doing this. He was very clear, “no,” when I asked him should President-elect Trump, his administration, jail the January 6th committee members.

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☆ When campaign politics and Cabinet confirmation fights collide: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. Plus, "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker breaks down a few of the below-the-radar answers Donald Trump gave during their interview. “Donald Trump is king of the Republican Party; he conquered it, and he earned it,” Deace told NBC News. “A lot of this is driven by gaslighting and attention-seeking — what can we say today to get more clicks? Read more →President JoeBiden is on track to have appointed more federal judges of color than any of his predecessors.

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It is also not clear if Trump's team has communicated with Putin’s government about Ukraine, and if so, what has been conveyed by either side. The transition team declined to comment on whether a Putin ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, carried any message from Russia to Trump in his recent visit to Mar-a-Lago. Asked if Walz and others on Trump's transition team are working with the Biden administration on a ceasefire plan, transition spokesperson Brian Hughes said: “Congressman Waltz and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan are in contact on many issues. “The atmosphere thus far in terms of the engagement between the Ukrainians and the incoming Trump team, including Zelenskyy and Trump himself, has been positive,” one of the sources said. The Trump transition team declined to comment on how Trump views the idea of barring Ukraine from joining NATO indefinitely or for some designated period of time.

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Pressure from President-elect Donald Trump was a major factor in Hamas relenting on two key issues during cease-fire and hostage-release talks with Israel, a senior administration official told NBC News on Friday. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report on the concessions Hamas was prepared to make. Basem Naim, a member of Hamas' political wing, told NBC News that he was not aware that the group had recently made concessions during negotiations. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Thursday that the Biden administration has had “very good consultation and coordination,” with the incoming Trump team. “And we’re going to keep working until we get it done.”The latest cease-fire proposal stems from U.S. proposals earlier this year, an Israeli official told NBC News.

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☆ Apo Reef, Philippines: One of the world’s largest connected coral reefs
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Kate Springer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Sherbien Dacalanio/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty ImagesWhen Gebhardt first started diving in Apo Reef in the early 1990s, it was beautiful but clearly in trouble. Apo Reef and its surrounding waters were upgraded to protected natural park status in 1996. Apo Reef Natural Park is currently the second-largest no-take zone in the Philippines. Challenges remainThe Pandan Island Resort, a pioneering eco-dive resort, is a popular option for Apo Reef visitors. Beyond divingWhile diving is the star attraction, an Apo Reef visit offers a few other things to do.

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☆ Victims ‘shocked’ after Biden grants clemency to ‘kids-for-cash’ judge and $54 million embezzler
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

His house arrest was set to end in 2026. She was sentenced to almost 20 years in prison, nearly the maximum, though she moved to house arrest during the pandemic. She was supposed to be on house arrest until 2028, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Many of these people have since completed their sentences, though plenty remain on house arrest. With grumblings among some Republicans about sending these convicts back to prison, Love said Biden “simply cleaned out this population” and took that option off the table.

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☆ Shipping giant Maersk expects strong demand and 'another year of disruption' for global trade in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

But Van der Steene said shipping companies expect the volatility that has pervaded global trade since Covid to be back in 2025. "The e-commerce market has been surprisingly strong," said van der Steene. Maersk has started to see a progression of trade moving over to the West Coast, Van der Steene said. Red Sea diversions and the ILA strike contributed to delayed arrivals in 2024. "We will be quite prominently driving from that 58% all the way up to 90% in the course of 2025," Van der Steene said.

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☆ Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, minister says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Daria Tarasova Markina | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Russia launched a new widespread attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, forcing the country to implement emergency power outages, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday. Once again, the energy sector across Ukraine is under massive attack,” Ukrainian energy minister German Halushchenko said on his official Facebook page. Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s energy grid operator, said it was introducing emergency power outages across the country. Russia’s latest assault comes after Moscow vowed on Thursday to respond to a Ukrainian attack on a city in southwest Russia, which Russia claimed involved six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles. Ukraine acknowledged making “tangible hits on Russian targets,” Wednesday, including military and energy facilities, but has not said what type of missiles were used.

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WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bipartisan bill backed by the federal judiciary that would create dozens of new judgeships despite President Joe Biden's pledge to veto it. House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, of Massachusetts, sent a note before the vote Thursday urging colleagues to vote against the bill. The bill passed the House on a 236-173 vote Thursday, with 29 Democrats voting in favor and two Republicans voting against. “At that time, Democrats supported the bill — they thought Kamala Harris would win the presidency,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement. Biden threatened to veto the legislation on Tuesday, with the White House saying it was "unnecessary to the efficient and effective administration of justice."

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☆ U.S. condemns reported Taliban move to suspend medical education for women and girls
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Brian Cheng | Brian Cheng Is An Intern On Nbc News'S Asia Desk. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The U.S. government condemned the Taliban on Wednesday for reportedly ordering the suspension of medical education for women and girls in Afghanistan. In August, the Taliban published vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public in an effort to completely erase Afghan women and girls from public life. Medical education, including nursing and midwifery, was one of the only forms of education still available to women in the country. “These directives, now coupled with excluding women from obtaining a medical education, further jeopardize the health, well-being, safety and lives of not just Afghan women and girls, but all Afghans,” Blinken said. The group said the availability of health care was already affected by an insufficient number of female health care workers in the country, where hospital wards are segregated by gender.

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☆ Wray’s departure will cement Trump’s control over the institutions of US justice
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —FBI Director Christopher Wray’s resignation announcement was the latest, and inevitable, step in the accumulation of massive and unusual power around President-elect Donald Trump. For Trump’s supporters, Wray’s exit will represent another moment of triumph following the president-elect’s political comeback amid criminal cases that once threatened not just his political career but his liberty. They insist that Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to replace Wray, will purge what they see as the politicization of the FBI. An internal Justice Department report found that there were serious errors made in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court applications on Carter Page, a former Trump 2016 campaign adviser. In many presidencies, tensions erupt between the bureau and Justice Department and the White House, since the agencies are regarded as quasi-independent.

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☆ This is what 4 of Trump’s cabinet picks think of the agencies they would lead.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Linda Qiu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

This is what 4 of Trump’s cabinet picks think of the agencies they would lead. If confirmed, Ms. Gabbard would oversee more than a dozen spy agencies and have access to highly sensitive intelligence. by firing its top officials, closing its headquarters in Washington and going after Mr. Trump’s rivals. But that case is not particularly relevant to Mr. Trump’s, as a federal judge ruled that the audiotapes were personal records. The letter does not contain evidence that Ms. Bowser turned down Mr. Trump’s authorization of additional National Guard troops.

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☆ Oil little changed as demand weakness offsets sanctions-driven supply risks
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Oil prices were little changed in early Asian trade on Thursday as forecasts of weak demand and a higher-than-expected rise in U.S. gasoline and distillate inventories stemmed gains from an additional round of European Union sanctions that threatened Russian oil flows. OPEC cut its demand growth forecasts for 2025 for the fifth straight month on Wednesday and by the largest amount yet. Weak demand, particularly in top importer China, and non-OPEC+ supply growth were two factors behind the move. However, investors anticipate a rise in Chinese demand, after Beijing unveiled plans this week to adopt an "appropriately loose" monetary policy in 2025, which could spur oil demand. The Kremlin said that reports of a possible tightening of U.S. sanctions on Russian oil suggested the administration of President Joe Biden wants to leave a difficult legacy for U.S.-Russia relations.

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☆ Biden admin says it is surging deliveries to Ukraine as Trump criticizes decision to allow US weapons to strike inside Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In the latest show of support for Ukraine, the Biden administration plans to announce an expected $500 million aid package in coming days that will pull equipment out of the US military’s stocks. And the senior administration official told CNN that the administration is pouring resources into getting previously announced weapons for Ukraine into Kyiv’s hands before Biden leaves office. “DoD is undertaking a historic effort to move massive quantities of weapons into Ukraine in the next five weeks,” the senior administration official said. He said in the interview that he “vehemently” disagreed with the decision by the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US-provided weapons. But still, the biggest challenge facing Ukraine is not its weapons stocks, the senior administration official said — it’s manpower.

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☆ Biden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Mj Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

White House officials are billing Thursday’s move as the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history. “America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” Biden said in a statement released shortly after CNN reported early Thursday morning on the coming announcement. With less than six weeks left until the end of Biden’s term, the president is expected to provide further relief. “I will take more steps in the weeks ahead,” Biden said. The White House counsel’s office has also been in consultation with the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney.

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Biden administration officials said Wednesday they have no current plans to authorize a stockpiled bird flu vaccine, despite an escalating outbreak among livestock in the U.S. and at least 58 human infections across seven states. Almost all bird flu cases in the U.S. have been in farmworkers who have had contact with infected animals — either dairy cows or poultry — aside from a patient in Missouri and a child in California. The federal government has two bird flu vaccine candidates available in limited quantities in the nation’s Strategic National Stockpile, though they need to be authorized by the Food and Drug Administration before they can be used. Still, some public health experts believe the time for vaccination is now, particularly for farmworkers. In 1976, at the first signs of an H1N1 swine flu outbreak in the U.S., public health officials quickly initiated a nationwide vaccine campaign.

Persons: Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Nirav Shah, ” Shah, ”, “, farmworkers, Jennifer Nuzzo, Shah, William Schaffner, Schaffner, Keith Poulsen, it’s, ” Poulsen, Nuzzo, Poulsen Organizations: Biden, Department of Health, Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Agriculture, USDA, Food and Drug Administration, Pandemic, Brown University School of Public Health, Administration, Strategic Preparedness, HHS, FDA, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Trump, CDC, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Locations: U.S, farmworkers, Missouri, California, Canada, Barre, Wisconsin

When Syria’s new interim prime minister, Mohammad al-Bashir, chaired a Cabinet meeting in Damascus on Tuesday, hanging behind him was the flag of the country’s suddenly victorious opposition. That path will largely depend on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel organization that led the charge into Damascus and is now stewarding Syria’s political overhaul. Its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, said a decade ago that there would be no room for religious minorities in the Islamist Syria of which he dreamed about. The leader of Syria's Islamist HTS group, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Sunday. Aref Tammawi / AFP - Getty ImagesSome observers, such as Gerges, see the interim prime minister as little more than an Jolani figurehead.

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☆ Biden faces mounting pressure to protect immigrants before Trump takes office
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and allies to extend protections to immigrants in the United States amid party fears over President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations. Some administration officials are skeptical that expanding or redesignating TPS would pass muster under an incoming administration beyond those that will already be up for renewal. Temporary protections for El Salvadorans in the United States, for example, are set to expire in early March. Just before leaving office in 2021, Trump provided Venezuelans already in the United States temporary protection from deportation. “People are on the edge of their seat,” one immigrant advocate told CNN, referring to immigrants in the United States.

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☆ What propelled the Nasdaq above 20,000 — plus, a few weak spots in the stock market
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Market moves: Tech stock strength on Wednesday pushed the Nasdaq up nearly 2% and above 20,000 for the first time ever. Both of the Club stocks made a strong move higher Wednesday, with Krispy Kreme revealing that it was hacked bringing further attention to the cybersecurity stocks. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Dow, Tesla, Thursday's, Eli Lilly, Wells, Charlie Scharf, Goldman Sachs, Scharf, Jim Cramer's, Donald Trump, haven't, Krispy, we'll, Jim Organizations: CNBC, Wednesday, Nasdaq, Dow, Apple, Broadcom, Myers Squibb, Utilities, Federal Reserve, Fed, Bank, Financial Services Conference, Palo Alto Networks, Club, Adobe, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: Bristol, U.S, Wells Fargo, Palo

☆ Luigi Mangione charged with murder and Syrian regime collapse a blow for Iran: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

A suspect in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing is charged with murder. And how the New York Mets can justify paying Juan Soto $765 million. Suspect charged with murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO killingThe man accused in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was charged with murder in New York hours after he was arrested at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania. Mangione, of Maryland, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020 and appeared to have a significant online footprint. Staff Pick: How the New York Mets can justify a $765 million contractJuan Soto rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the World Series in October.

Persons: Juan Soto, Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, Mangione, Jessica Tisch, Joseph Kenney, ”, Ted Kaczynski, “, Alexandria Ocasio, Gerry Connolly, Jamie Raskin, Jerry Nadler, Cortez, Raskin, Biden, Trump, Caleb Vitello, KC Crosbie, Lara Trump, Bashar al, Assad, Iran’s, Abu Mohammad al, Austin Tice, Lester Holt, Shawn Carter, Jay, Daniel Penny, Jordan Neely, Disney influencer Dominique Brown, Michael Owens, Juan Soto’s, Shohei Ohtani, Soto, hasn’t, Steve Cohen, Rob Wile, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: New York Mets, New York Police, NYPD, University of Pennsylvania, Rep, Democratic, House Democrats, Natural Resources Committee, Agriculture, Biden, Dems, Customs, Republican National, RNC, NBC, Merriam, Getty Locations: New York, Pennsylvania, Altoona , Pennsylvania, New York City, America, Maryland, Alexandria, Cortez, Los Angeles, Syria, Iran, Russia, Lebanon, Israel, Washington, U.S, American

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