News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: The U.S. has vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza because it's not linked to a hostage release. https://t.co/AnfEOO57o1
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 20, 2024
More than 500,000 energy customers are without power and one person was killed by a falling tree as severe weather caused by back-to-back powerful storm systems began battering the Pacific Northwest. https://t.co/53ijgQRhIo
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 20, 2024
Florida sued the FDA over what it said was a "reckless delay" in approving its drug importation plan. Nearly a year after the FDA gave the state the green light, the program has yet to begin. https://t.co/XyjagSrkbm
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 20, 2024
Comcast announced a plan Wednesday to spin off most of its cable television networks into a separate publicly traded company. https://t.co/dUwKOSbJL3
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 20, 2024
A Danish Navy vessel boarded the Chinese cargo vessel Yi Ping after it was discovered it had destroyed 2 undersea telecom cables in the Baltic Sea.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 20, 2024
Denmark exercised the right under Art. X of the Submarine Cables Convention. It's been done only once before, by the USA in 1959 pic.twitter.com/cIQgGl2yvp
Japan says it will watch China's military activity after Beijing admits violating Japanese airspace https://t.co/SU4OBOHpWO
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 20, 2024
BREAKING: The Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines to help fight off Russian forces, U.S. defense secretary says. https://t.co/2wcYwc9iHK
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 20, 2024
A so-called "doomsday fish" has washed up on a Southern California beach — typically an extremely rare occurrence, but this is the second time this year it has happened. https://t.co/ISrecnQPa9
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 20, 2024
'Operation Night Watch'
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 20, 2024
Shielded from the public by glass panels and staring intently through microscopes, a team of specialists has started work restoring Rembrandt's The Night Watch, one of the most iconic paintings of the Dutch golden agehttps://t.co/HYm8TjUhwL pic.twitter.com/3zCxUCyi7K
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