News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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South Korea's opposition-led parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, suspending him from official duties over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law. Under the constitution, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo becomes acting president https://t.co/ukb8MDX2C7 pic.twitter.com/PD05HAP9d7
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 14, 2024
Lawmakers vote in far-right former soccer star as Georgia's next president as popular anger mounts over government's halt to EU accession talks https://t.co/1ieBNA8pWX
— CNN (@CNN) December 14, 2024
Norway will continue supporting Ukraine’s air defense capabilities by relocating its F-16 pilot training program from Denmark to Portugal in 2025, Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram announced on 13 December.https://t.co/rfm6qvEnAZ
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) December 14, 2024
ON THIS DAY: In 2012, a gunman with a semiautomatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then took his own life as police arrived. https://t.co/Wu2DybTisI pic.twitter.com/LPB5kRoXMj
— ABC News (@ABC) December 14, 2024
A federal appeals court has declined to temporarily block a ban on TikTok, teeing up a showdown at the Supreme Court over the controversial law https://t.co/yBhqogUkTE
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 14, 2024
NEW: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement in Germany after sustaining injuries during a trip to Luxembourg, a spokesperson says. https://t.co/GPRSbwSO41
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 14, 2024
Flybys of Jupiter’s fiery moon Io, carried out by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, are helping to solve the enduring mystery of why the small moon is the most volcanically active body in our solar system.
— CNN (@cnn.com) December 13, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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Next week marks 50 years since the release of the classic disaster movie "The Towering Inferno." The Oscar-winning film set the standard for disaster films during a decade that celebrated the genre like never before. @CBSMMiller examines the genre's popularity. pic.twitter.com/ofLJkpZ6ZV
— CBS Saturday Morning (@cbssaturday) December 14, 2024
— 🪷TheeTaboobooSF™️🪷 (@tabooboosf.bsky.social) December 13, 2024 at 7:51 PM