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Trump’s potential Supreme Court impact and racist text messages about picking cotton: Morning Rundown

Republicans are looking ahead at the possibility of Donald Trump appointing more Supreme Court justices. Three people were charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne. And dozens of Black people have said they received racist text messages about picking cotton. Here’s what to know today. Trump has the potential to shape the majority of the Supreme Court With Donald Trump set to return to the White House and a new Senate majority, Republicans are gearing up to reshape the judiciary during Trump’s second term. That includes potentially installing several more Supreme Court justices. Conservatives are watching to see if two conservative stalwarts will retire: 74-year-old Justice Samuel Alito, who has served since 2006, and 76-year-old Justice Clarence Thomas, who ...

Mubi cancels film festival in Turkey after Daniel Craig film ‘Queer’ is banned

9Nov

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Mubi cancels film festival in Turkey after Daniel Craig film ‘Queer’ is banned

Mubi has scrapped an entire festival it had planned in Turkey after local authorities banned a screening of Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer.” The arthouse distributor and streamer was due to hold the annual Mubi Fest Istanbul between Nov. 7-10 with “Queer” — based on the William S. Burroughs novel and starring Daniel Craig as a gay expat living in Mexico — set as the opener. But when it was told to pull the screening at the last minute by authorities who deemed it to contain “provocative content,” the company opted to cancel the festival altogether, saying that the ban targeted the “very essence and purpose” of the event. “Queer” — releasing in the U.S. with A24 — world premiered in Venice to positive reviews. After the festival, Mubi acquired the film for multiple territories, inclu...

Passengers ‘jolted’ after Qantas plane suffers engine failure

9Nov

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Passengers ‘jolted’ after Qantas plane suffers engine failure

An engine failure forced pilots on a Quantas flight to make an emergency landing shortly after it took from an airport in Sydney, Australia . Passengers heard a loud bang shortly after flight 520 from Sydney to Brisbane left the runway on Friday afternoon, the airline said in a statement, adding that it was not an explosion. Engineers concluded after a preliminary inspection and confirmed the Boeing 737 jet suffered a contained engine failure, the statement added. “A really jolting shudder went through the plane,” passenger Mark Willacy, a journalist with the Australian broadcaster ABC News, told his network , adding that he heard the loud bang just after the jet pulled up from Sydney Airport. “We knew immediately something was wrong,” he added. “Tha...

Trade, Taiwan and now Trump: China braces for a volatile new era in U.S. ties

9Nov

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Trade, Taiwan and now Trump: China braces for a volatile new era in U.S. ties

HONG KONG — We must find a way to “get along,” Chinese President Xi Jinping told President-elect Donald Trump in a congratulatory message Thursday — an immediate nod to the long-frayed relations between the rival superpowers as well as the disruption Trump’s return to the White House might bring. Trump could inject new levels of volatility into what is often described as the world’s most important bilateral relationship, after an election win that comes at a critical moment for the globe’s two largest economies. Ties have been at their lowest point in decades amid disputes over trade, technology, Taiwan and Chinese aggression in the South China Sea . But since last year, the Biden administration has taken steps to improve relations with Beijing, which is o...

New Chinese stealth fighter to take center stage at China’s biggest airshow

9Nov

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New Chinese stealth fighter to take center stage at China’s biggest airshow

China ’s new J-35A stealth fighter jet will be displayed for the first time next week at the country’s biggest civil and military airshow, a biennial event where Beijing showcases its expanding aerospace industry . The six-day China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition begins Tuesday in the southern Greater Bay city of Zhuhai. The 2022 edition of the event led to about $40 billion in “cooperation agreements” being signed, according to its organizers. Developing domestic aerospace design and manufacturing capabilities is a major strategic priority for Beijing as it vies for regional military dominance with the U.S. amid escalating tensions around Taiwan and the South China Sea . China also seeks to reduce its reliance on foreign imports, a conce...

Llamas on the loose on Utah train tracks after escaping owner

9Nov

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Llamas on the loose on Utah train tracks after escaping owner

PROVO, Utah — A small herd of domestic llamas was spotted taking an evening stroll on the train tracks in Provo, Utah, on Thursday after the woolen creatures escaped from their owner, according to the Utah Transit Authority. Several emergency responders were dispatched to round up the five llamas after transit officials received reports of the animals wandering the Union Pacific line. The llama search did not delay train service, transit authority spokesperson Gavin Gustafson said. Whether the llamas had been caught was unknown as of 10 p.m. local time, about three and a half hours after crews were called to the area 43 miles south of Salt Lake City, Gustafson said. Details about how the llamas escaped and where they came from were not immediately available. Note: Thank you for vi...

China announces $1.4 trillion over five years to tackle local governments’ hidden debt

9Nov

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China announces $1.4 trillion over five years to tackle local governments’ hidden debt

BEIJING — China on Friday announced the central government would allocate an additional 6 trillion yuan ($840 billion) to local governments for tackling hidden debt issues. The program takes effect this year and will run through the end of 2026, Chinese Minister of Finance Lan Fo’an told reporters. That breaks down to around 2 trillion yuan a year. More from CNBC American interest in moving abroad skyrockets after Trump’s win — here’s how many would actually leave How Elon Musk stands to cash in on Trump’s presidential victory What Trump’s historic election victory means for the global economy Lan added that starting this year, central authorities would issue 800 billion yuan a year in local government special bonds over five years, for a total ...

Self-described Nazi becomes first person jailed in Australia for performing outlawed salute

9Nov

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Self-described Nazi becomes first person jailed in Australia for performing outlawed salute

MELBOURNE, Australia — A self-described Nazi became the first person in Australia to be sentenced to prison for performing an outlawed salute when he was ordered by a magistrate on Friday to spend one month behind bars. Jacob Hersant, 25, is also the first person in the state of Victoria to be convicted of performing the Nazi salute. The gesture has been outlawed nationwide since he committed the offense. He was convicted in the Melbourne Magistrates Court last month of performing the salute before news cameras outside the Victoria County Court on Oct. 27, 2023. Hersant had just avoided a prison sentence on a conviction for causing violent disorder. Performing a Nazi salute had been outlawed by the state parliament days earlier. Magistrate Brett Sonnet allowed Hersant to re...

Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 40 people around Baalbek, health officials say

9Nov

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Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 40 people around Baalbek, health officials say

Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the country’s health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have exchanged fire for over a year in parallel with the Gaza war but fighting has escalated since late September, with Israeli troops intensifying bombing of Lebanon’s south and east and making ground incursions into border villages. Israeli strikes on Baalbek and the Bekaa Valley killed 40 people and wounded 53, the health ministry said. The Israeli military did not comment. Israel has repeatedly battered strongholds of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut. The Israeli military ordered residents...

Tiny grain of nuclear fuel pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant in a step toward cleanup

9Nov

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Tiny grain of nuclear fuel pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant in a step toward cleanup

A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel on Thursday, in what plant officials said was a step toward beginning the cleanup of hundreds of tons of melted fuel debris. The sample, the size of a grain of rice, was placed into a secure container, marking the end of the mission, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings , which manages the plant. It is being transported to a glove box for size and weight measurements before being sent to outside laboratories for detailed analyses over the coming months. Plant chief Akira Ono has said it will provide key data to plan a decommissioning strategy, develop necessary technology and robots and lea...