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Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flower for the first — and only — time

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Towering talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives, decades after famed Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx introduced them in the 1960s. Towards the end of its life ...
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Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday announced increased vetting of applicants for H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, with an internal State Department memo saying that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech be considered for rejection. H-1B visas, ...
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The Media Line: 5 Israeli Soldiers Wounded, One Seriously, After Rafah Attack   

5 Israeli Soldiers Wounded, One Seriously, After Rafah Attack By The Media Line Staff 5 Israeli soldiers were wounded, one seriously, on Wednesday after terrorists emerged from a tunnel in the Rafah area and opened fire on Israeli troops. The IDF ...
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Mexican President Sheinbaum’s legal adviser is selected as the new attorney general

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's Senate on Wednesday selected Ernestina Godoy, a longtime legal adviser to President Claudia Sheinbaum, as the country's next attorney general. The appointment came after Alejandro Gertz Manero stepped down last week. Godoy had been filling in on an interim basis ...
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Thailand seizes $318 million in assets, issues 42 arrest warrants in scams crackdown

BANGKOK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Thailand has seized assets worth more than $300 million, including shares in a major regional energy company, and issued arrest warrants for 42 people in a high-profile push against regional scam networks, officials said on Wednesday. Parts of Southeast Asia, ...
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Japan’s Takaichi is winning fans not with politics but with her style and ‘work, work, work’ mantra

TOKYO (AP) - The pledge by Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to "work, work, work, work and work" for her country has been named the catchphrase of the year. The ultraconservative Takaichi uttered the phase in October when she was elected as head of the ...
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Farmers block Mexico’s Congress with tractors in protest against new national water law proposal

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Dozens of farmers drove their tractors in a caravan to Mexico City and blocked an entrance to Mexico's Congress on Wednesday to protest a new national water law that imposes stricter controls on water use. The farmers amassed outside the ...
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Pentagon review faults Hegseth over Signal messages on Yemen strikes 

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A Pentagon investigation has faulted U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for using Signal on his personal device to transmit sensitive information about planned strikes in Yemen, saying it could have endangered U.S. troops if ...
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France criticizes French journalist’s seven-year jail sentence in Algeria

PARIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The French government on Wednesday criticized the decision by an Algerian court to uphold a seven-year jail sentence for French journalist Christophe Gleizes despite its efforts to convince Algerian authorities to change the verdict. "It regrets that its full cooperation ...
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Honduras again halts release of vote count in presidential election as centrist Nasralla holds narrow lead

By Laura Garcia and Diego Oré TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Honduras again halted the publication of official results in its presidential election, an electoral official said on Wednesday, as centrist Salvador Nasralla maintained a narrow lead ahead of Trump-backed conservative Nasry Asfura. The release of ...
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The Media Line: Saudi Arabia Sends $90 Million To Rescue PA From Financial Collapse  

Saudi Arabia Sends $90 Million To Rescue PA From Financial Collapse By The Media Line Staff Saudi Arabia has delivered a major financial infusion to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as the PA struggles to function under mounting budget shortfalls and prolonged limits ...
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The Media Line: US Envoy Ortagus, Regional Officials Meet To Bolster Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire  

US Envoy Ortagus, Regional Officials Meet To Bolster Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire By The Media Line Staff Just over a year since the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, US envoy Morgan Ortagus is heading to Lebanon to participate in the "Cessation of Hostilities Implementation Mechanism," comprised of ...
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