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CBS News - World

Hong Kong fire death toll climbs to 159, including a 1-year-old baby -- The youngest person who died in the fire was a 1-year-old infant, police said. The oldest was 97.

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Researchers lower estimate of drop in global income due to climate change -- The researchers, writing in the journal Nature in 2024, had forecast a 19% drop in global income by 2050. Their revised analysis puts the figure at 17%.

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Malaysia says hunt for MH370 to resume this month -- 11 years after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished without a trace, a U.S. firm is to resume its hunt for the Boeing 777 in the Indian Ocean.

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India revokes order for phone makers to install security app amid uproar -- India's government, amid an uproar over privacy, has revoked an order quietly issued to smartphone makers to pre-install a state-run security app.

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Trump's Venezuela boat strikes fuel war crimes allegations. Are they legal? -- Details about two strikes on an alleged drug boat on Sept. 2 have alarmed legal experts and lawmakers.

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Putin aide says "much work to be done" following Witkoff, Kushner meeting -- President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin​ in Moscow on Tuesday, amid a push by Mr. Trump to end the war in Ukraine.

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Venezuela says U.S. requested resumption of migrant flights -- The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday announced that the twice-weekly flights will go on following a request from the Trump administration.

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Sick ants invite self-sacrifice to save colony: "Come and kill me" -- Ant colonies act as one "super-organism" which works to ensure the survival of all, according to a team of scientists.

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Trump administration considering expanding travel ban to around 30 countries -- The Trump administration is considering expanding its travel ban to around 30 countries in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers.

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Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump released from prison -- President Trump's controversial pardon came as he is simultaneously ordering the bombing of boats in the Caribbean allegedly carrying drugs.

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"How much more can we give?" asks one wounded Ukrainian warrior -- As President Trump pushes Ukraine to accept a Russian landgrab in exchange for peace, a wounded soldier asks, "How much more can we give?" -- Dec 2

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Mosquito-borne viruses kill 33 people, including 21 children, in Cuba -- Most of the deaths were attributed to chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that causes joint aches, fever and fatigue. -- Dec 2

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Cartel boss was ambushed, drugged and flown to U.S., plea deal reveals -- U.S. prosecutors shared what had been one of the central questions after Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada fell into U.S. hands in July 2024. -- Dec 2

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Honduras election a "technical tie" as Trump tries to tip the scale -- Trump claims efforts in Honduras to "change the results" of an election in which he's backed the party of an ex-president convicted of trafficking cocaine to the U.S. -- Dec 2

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How the Trump administration's account of boat strike has evolved -- The U.S. military's early September strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat has drawn new scrutiny as the White House confirmed that the vessel was struck twice.

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