⚠️ Trump Wants to Resurrect Keystone XL Pipeline - Politico

President-elect Donald Trump intends to revive the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office - after Biden shut it down upon his inauguration.

The 1,200-mile pipeline, developed by TC Energy, was supposed to carry some 800k bpd of Canadian heavy crude to US refineries.

“The US decision to revoke the permit was unfair and inequitable," TC Energy said in an arbitration filing back in 2021, with which it sought compensation for the losses it suffered from the cancelation of its project.

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⚡️ BREAKING: Britain now "directly involved" in Ukraine war, after its Storm Shadow missiles were used to strike targets inside Russia - Moscow's ambassador to London Andrey Kelin (Sky News)

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🥸 NOW: Biden admin rejects ICC decision to issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant - WH Spox (Axios)

"We remain deeply concerned by the Prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision.

The US has been clear that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over this matter,” the White House spox said.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Jeremy Corbyn writes to UK PM Keir Starmer - asking if he will comply with ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders

"You must decide: are you on the side of Israeli impunity or international law?"

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⚠️ Fourth Person Dies in Suspected Mass Drink-Spiking Case in Laos

An Australian teenager has become the latest victim from a suspected mass drink-spiking case in Vang Vieng.

Two Danish women and an American man have also died - it is suspected that they had unknowingly drank methanol while at a bar in the popular backpacking destination.

Sources in Laos claimed that the bar the tourists were drinking at was affiliated with organised crime and the Asian mafia. (Herald Sun)

WhatsApp messages show that the bar the pair visited offers free spirits and openly sells opium, ecstasy and ketamine, according to the Aussie newspaper.

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❗️President Putin announced that Russia's Armed Forces carried out a combined strike using the latest Oreshnik medium-range missile against a Ukrainian defense industry facility in response to American and British weapon strikes on Russian territory.

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💸Trump could create first crypto role at White House

Donald Trump’s team is considering creating a role in Washington solely focused on cryptocurrency policy. (Bloomberg)

The president-elect’s transition team is said to be vetting candidates for the role.

Trump addressed a Bitcoin conference in Nashville in July, telling the audience: “If we don’t embrace crypto and Bitcoin technology, China will, other countries will, they’ll dominate, and we cannot let China dominate.”

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❌ Israel launches overnight attack on Nuseirat Refugee Camp in besieged Gaza Strip - multiple dead, including children

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⚠️ JUST IN: Israeli DefMin Katz announces end to administrative detention orders for West Bank settlers - the controversial policy of detaining suspects without charge will only apply to Palestinians now in the occupied lands

Katz has handed a free reign to the extremists in the West Bank.

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🔴NOW: Beijing opposes violation of humanitarian, international law - condemns any practices that harm civilians and attacks on civilian facilities in Palestine (Chinese Foreign Ministry)

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