Unbiased headline news – Vice President Kamala Harris expressed her “full resolve” in the wake of losing the presidential election to former President Donald Trump.
“Today, my heart is overflowing — with gratitude for the trust you’ve placed in me, with love for our nation, and with unwavering resolve,” Harris said during a speech at Howard University, her alma mater, in Washington, D.C. “This election’s result is not what we hoped for, not what we fought for, not what we voted for. But … America’s light will shine on, as long as we never lose hope,” Harris declared.
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Special Counsel Jack Smith is reportedly in active discussions with senior Justice Department officials about ways to conclude his cases against President-elect Donald Trump, sources revealed.
The move follows the Department of Justice’s established policy that prevents the criminal prosecution of a sitting president, sources indicated. Smith’s team is now deliberating on how to proceed in dropping the federal election interference case in Washington, D.C., along with handling the pending appeal over Judge Aileen Cannon’s prior dismissal.
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A Lebanese minister announced that the country is filing a complaint with the U.N.’s labor organization against Israel, citing recent lethal incidents involving exploding pagers that harmed Lebanese workers.
The mid-September blasts, widely attributed to Israel though unconfirmed, killed 37 people, including two children, injured over 3,000, and left even unaffiliated Lebanese citizens deeply shaken. An International Labor Organization (ILO) spokeswoman said she had not yet been briefed on the complaint or any potential courses for resolution it could pursue.
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The wrecked vehicle in which Jorge Tarazona’s three-year-old niece and sister-in-law lost their lives in last week’s extreme flooding in Spain now precariously dangles on the edge of a highway.
His brother, who managed to survive by gripping a fence, described how the family was trapped in traffic en route to their home in Paiporta, near Valencia, when a wave overwhelmed a nearby drainage canal, sending a torrent that engulfed the highway with little warning.
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Greek authorities recovered the bodies of four individuals from the waters off the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes, where a migrant smuggler allegedly forced passengers overboard en route from Turkey, the coast guard reported.
The bodies, three men and one woman, were found early Wednesday near Rhodes’ southern coast. Police discovered 25 survivors on land, initially locating 11 individuals shortly after midnight and subsequently finding the remaining survivors as the night went on.
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Bitcoin’s price surged to a new record on Wednesday, fueled by investor optimism that Donald Trump’s election victory could boost the cryptocurrency market.
Bitcoin climbed nearly 8% to an unprecedented $75,345.00 in early trading before retreating to about $73,500.00. Although previously skeptical, Trump reversed his stance and adopted a pro-crypto position before the election, vowing to turn America into “the crypto capital of the world” and establish a strategic bitcoin reserve.
