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FOX NEWS
- Taiwan has allegedly begun discussions with the Trump transition team over a massive military package in show to President-elect Donald Trump that it is serious about securing itself alongside the U.S. against China.
- For the first time, a group of U.S. researchers has concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers.
- Haiti's Prime Minister has been removed from office after serving for just six months Monday, with a controversial transitionary council ousting him.
- Questions remain over how U.S. support for Ukraine would continue under a second Trump administration as Russia continues its invasion and Republicans remain divided on future aid.
- The law is going to a second vote by the country's government, but it has opposition from youth activist groups and from 215 women parliamentary members.
- Israel's newly appointed minister of defense, Israel Katz, announced Sunday that his country has defeated Hezbollah after killing its leader in an airstrike in September.
- Amid rising Jew-hatred across Europe, Amsterdam recently became ground zero of an outbreak of violent antisemitism as local Arabs attacked visiting Israeli soccer fans following a soccer game.
- Days after Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted and killed nine people, the volcano on Saturday spewed towering columns of hot ash into the air.
- Police admitted in a statement late last month that they hav to restrict information related to the stabbing attack in July that sparked widespread riots across England.
- Iran's Foreign Ministry described a report from the DOJ stating that it thwarted an Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump as “completely baseless and rejected."
- Qatari officials have agreed to kick Hamas leaders out of their country after they were asked to do so by the Biden administration, according to a U.S. official.
- Elon Musk joined in on President-elect Trump's first official phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, as confirmed by Fox News.
- A fight over the cost of Republic Day celebrations in Turkey's capital resulted in lawmakers getting physical with one another during a recent meeting.
- Israeli soccer fans were attacked by anti-Israel protesters outside a stadium in Amsterdam.
- President Biden and Israeli PM Netanyahu clashed over blunting Iran’s regime and proxies Hamas and Hezbollah. President-elect Trump is expected to view Israel’s enemies as America’s.
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- The days of plugging in an iPhone to charge won't last forever.
- Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of one of India's biggest outsourcing companies, says an H-1B visa crackdown would ultimately hurt the U.S.
- Mexican Senator Armando Rios Piter told CNN that he plans to introduce a bill this week that would stop Mexican purchases of American corn.
- The market is at all-time highs and many say Trump is the reason. But stocks were rallying when investors thought Hillary Clinton would win. Janet Yellen and the Fed may deserve more of the credit for the market's move.
- Apple stock is less than $1 away from its all-time high amid renewed optimism for the iPhone.
- President-elect Donald Trump focuses his criticism of NAFTA on Mexico. But Canada and America have a rocky trade history too.
- Verizon has decided to bring back unlimited data plans. But while that's great for its subscribers, it's awful news for investors. It's another sign of how brutally competitive the telecom business is. And it's hurting Verizon's stock.
- The automaker announced Monday that its first official venture in the oil-rich Middle East will be in the United Arab Emirates.
- Sears Holdings, the company that owns retail stores Sears and Kmart, said this weekend that it would remove 31 Trump-branded items from its website.
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- The price of crude oil has more than doubled over the past year after bottoming out at $26 per barrel in February 2016.
- Uber's top rival in India has some unsolicited advice for the U.S. startup: Go local.
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- Universal Biopack makes packaging that it sells to restaurants and manufacturers. But rather than plastic, it uses a mixture of bamboo and cassava.
- Treasury secretary pick Steven Mnuchin is an executive producer on Warner Bros.' "The Lego Batman Movie," which pulled in an estimated $55.6 million from U.S. audiences during its opening weekend.