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Germany set for early elections on Feb 23 after government collapse. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's finance minister was fired amid a budget fight, leading to a confidence vote expected to fail. #Press | #PlebChain…

A hit-and-run attack at a sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai killed 35 people and severely injured 43, local police said. The incident happened when a small off-road vehicle was driven into a large group of people exercising outside the sports center #Press | #PlebChain…

Israeli missiles hailed down on neighborhoods south of Beirut on Tuesday, shortly after Israel issued evacuation warnings for 11 buildings — an unusually large number — in the Dahiya, an area where Hezbollah holds sway. #Press | #PlebChain…

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the global Anglican church, faced mounting calls to resign on Monday over a report that his institution had covered up prolific abuse of boys and young men #Press | #PlebChain…

Russia said its air defenses had shot down waves of Ukrainian drones over Moscow’s suburbs on Sunday morning, in the largest such attack on the capital since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. #Press | #PlebChain…

Riot police in Amsterdam began breaking up a pro-Palestinian protest on Sunday after a court upheld a ban on demonstrations following clashes this week involving Israeli football fans #Press | #PlebChain…

Leaked intimate videos feature a presidential hopeful, Baltasar Ebang Mr Engonga, in a possible ploy for power. The long-serving president's nephew was arrested for embezzlement, and the videos emerged soon after. Activists claim it's an attempt to discredit potential successors. #Press | #PlebChain…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is suggesting that one way to deter US President-elect Donald Trump from imposing new tariffs is for Europe to buy more liquefied natural gas from America. #Press | #PlebChain…

A French trader bet $30 million on the crypto platform Polymarket on Donald Trump’s election win. He said that instead of asking pollsters whom they intended to vote for, he asked them whom they believed their neighbor would vote for. #Press | #PlebChain…

Israeli, Dutch and European leaders have condemned "anti-Semitic" clashes that erupted in Amsterdam overnight after a Europa League football match, with Israel sending rescue planes for their citizens. The violence flared after the game between home team Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv that Ajax won 5-0.

When asked by a reporter if he’d leave if Trump asked him to, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell simply replied, “No.” The reporter followed up and asked if Powell thinks he’s legally not required to leave, to which he also answered, “No.” #Press | #PlebChain…

Israeli forces stepped up bombardment across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and ordered more evacuations, creating a fresh wave of displacement from northern Gaza, to which Palestinians fear they will not be able to return #Press | #PlebChain…

The Bank of England cut its key interest rate for the second time this year, saying it was increasingly confident that inflation is coming under control. #Press | #PlebChain…