News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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President Biden authorizes Ukraine to use long-range US weapons in Russiahttps://t.co/7LSGjI6dKx
— CNN (@CNN) November 17, 2024
LATEST: Parts of upstate New York, New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts are at an increased risk of wildfire spread Monday due to northwest winds, minimum relative humidity and dry conditions. https://t.co/IzvrZUOwyM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 18, 2024
Goldman Sachs looking to spin out its digital assets platform, source says https://t.co/K7vZB9TxDg pic.twitter.com/0I0QzdmPjR
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 18, 2024
Poland signs agreement with domestic companies to manufacture explosives https://t.co/1ZCxlgyuJU pic.twitter.com/g4JTphawFl
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 18, 2024
#BREAKING China's Xi tells UK's Starmer world 'entering a new period of turbulence', at meeting on sidelines of G20 summit pic.twitter.com/8uZxGzGxQy
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 18, 2024
Police in Australia arrested former radio show host Alan Jones for alleged indecent assaults, indictments that followed accusations in a newspaper that Jones had assaulted young men for decades. https://t.co/aGGkhcqabO
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 18, 2024
A U.S.-born Buddhist lama celebrated his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony in Minnesota. It's the last party before Jalue Dorje joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills — thousands of miles from his home in suburban Minneapolis. pic.twitter.com/P3qDgURZJi
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2024
VIDEO: 🇹🇭 Thai police station comes under monkey attack
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 18, 2024
Police in Lopburi in central Thailand said they barricaded themselves into their own station over the weekend, after a menacing mob of 200 escaped monkeys ran riot on the town#AFPVertical pic.twitter.com/9Zf0PI9ILf
Multiple brands of bagged organic carrots have been linked to at least 40 E. coli cases and one death.
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) November 18, 2024
The organic carrots grown by Grimmway Farms are no longer on grocery store shelves, but they could still be in your fridge. pic.twitter.com/v7gTE4Zuhd
The iconic Notre-Dame de Paris is set to reopen in December, more than five years after a fire destroyed a significant portion of the structure.
— ABC News (@ABC) November 18, 2024
Here's what to know: https://t.co/44jl0y6M5z
The late, beloved "Golden Girls" actor Betty White will be memorialized on a new postage stamp next year. https://t.co/dtimqWDYhm
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 18, 2024
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