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VIENNA (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday that Iran’s resolution in September to ban several high-ranking U. N. inspectors from tracking the country’s nuclear program is “a very serious blow” to the agency’s ability to perform its task “at the highest level. “more productive than their ability. ” level. “
IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi said the ban affected a third of the U. N. nuclear watchdog’s group of high-level inspectors designated for Iran. He said he would have “a conversation” on the issue with Mohammad Eslami, head of Iran’s civilian nuclear program. program.
A confidential IAEA report last week said Iran continues to exclude several inspectors and that Tehran has even larger stockpiles of weapons-grade uranium; As of Oct. 28, Iran had about 282. 9 pounds of uranium enriched to 60 percent purity, a small technical milestone from 90 percent weapons-grade levels.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police in Philadelphia said Wednesday that two men were killed in a shooting in the city the day before in which at least 70 bullets were fired and five other men were wounded.
Authorities said no arrests were made, but firearms were recovered from the scene of the shooting around 8:30 p. m. from the day before, leaving bullet holes in cars and nearby buildings. Acting Police Commissioner John Stanford said they were also discovered at the scene, Fairhill Street north of Philadelphia.
Roger Marquez, 31, and Leon Pierre, 38, both of Philadelphia, suffered gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital. The other victims, elderly men between the ages of 19 and 30, were being treated for gunshot wounds and are believed to be in critical or solid condition, police said Wednesday.
The United States has foiled a plot to kill Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on U. S. soil, a U. S. official said Wednesday. Officials have raised concerns in New Delhi that the Indian government may have been aware of the plot.
FIREARM: A 44-year-old Michigan man has been charged with being a felon for possessing a firearm in the death of a 2-year-old boy who died after shooting himself Oct. 24 with a gun he discovered in a pickup truck. the government announced on Wednesday.
MORTGAGE RATES: The average for a 30-year loan fell to 7. 29% from 7. 44% last week, client Freddie Mac said Wednesday, the fourth drop in as many weeks. A year ago, it averaged 6. 58%.
BUDGET: Russia’s parliament on Wednesday approved a federal budget that increases spending by about 25% over the 2024-2026 period and spends a record amount on defense, which is expected to surpass social spending for the first time in Russia’s elegant history.
VISAS: India has reinstated the e-Visa for Canadian nationals, an Indian External Ministry official said on Wednesday, two months after Canada alleged the South Asian country was concerned about the killing of a Sikh separatist in Canada.
PAKISTAN: Suspected militants killed five more people on Wednesday, in addition to two soldiers, in two bomb attacks on security forces in northwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, officials said.
ECONOMY
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, a sign that the U. S. hard labor market remains resilient despite emerging interest rates.
The Labor Department reported Wednesday that jobless claims fell from 24,000 to 209,000. Last week’s total (233,000), the highest level since August. The four-week moving average of claims, which dampens volatility week-over-week, fell from 750 to 220,000.
Applications are considered an indicator of layoffs. They remain extremely low by longstanding standards, indicating that most Americans enjoy job security.
A total of 1. 84 million Americans gained unemployment in the week ending Nov. 11, down 22,000 from last week.
The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate 11 times since March 2022 to slow the economy and curb inflation, which hit a four-decade high last year. The tough job market and economic expansion have remained strangely resilient, defying predictions that the economy would plunge into recession this year.
But hiring has slowed from the breakneck speed of 2021 and 2022, when the economy recovered from the COVID-19 recession. Employers created a record 606,000 jobs per month in 2021 and nearly 400,000 last year. So far in 2023, monthly hiring has averaged a still-strong 239,000 but has fallen below 200,000 in three of the past five months.
Employers are posting fewer job openings.
“But the expansion of tasks remains strong, the unemployment rate remains traditionally low, and corporations have not yet begun to significantly reduce their unemployment rate,” said Rubeela Farooqi, lead U. S. economist at High Frequency Economics. The effects of tight financial policy spread more widely throughout the economy,”
At the same time, inflation has slowed markedly. In June 2022, customer costs increased by 9. 1% year-over-year. Last month, year-over-year inflation fell to 3. 2%, remaining above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.
The combination of a slowing but enduring job market and falling inflation rates has raised hopes that the Federal Reserve can take care of what’s known as a soft landing: slowing economic activity enough to inflate without tipping the U. S. into a recession.
KOREAN PENINSULA
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea, but the launch most likely failed Wednesday night, hours after Seoul said it would resume frontline aerial surveillance in reaction to the release of a North Korean missile. Korean spy satellite.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a brief report on Thursday that it had detected a missile launch from North Korea’s capital region. The missile was fired towards the eastern waters of the north, but the launch reportedly ended in failure. He did not elaborate.
It was North Korea’s first known weapons launch in more than two months. Earlier Wednesday, South Korea announced it would partially postpone an inter-Korean agreement and restart North Korea’s frontline aerial surveillance in reaction to a North Korean satellite launch last night.
South Korea, the United States and Japan have strongly condemned the launch of the North Korean satellite, saying it was aimed at improving the country’s missile generation and building a space surveillance system. U. N. Security Council resolutions prohibit any satellite takeoffs through North Korea, viewing them as a canopy to control its generation of long-range missiles.
The northern neighbours want to see if the satellite is as good fortune as they claim and if it can perform reconnaissance functions.
South Korea’s military said it believed the satellite had entered orbit. But he said he needed more time to see if it worked. Earlier, the Pentagon claimed it was comparing the good luck of the launch, while Japan claimed there was no confirmation of the North’s data on the satellite’s access to orbit.
North Korea’s space company said its Malligyong-1 satellite was launched into orbit Tuesday night, about 12 minutes after liftoff. Leader Kim Jong Un attended the launch of the satellite at the site. He then traveled to North Korea’s space company center in Pyongyang, where he was informed that the satellite would officially start its reconnaissance project on Dec. 1, after an era of fine-tuning, according to state media.
North Korea’s official news firm reported that Kim had obtained satellite photographs of Anderson Air Base, the port of Apra and other U. S. military facilities in the Pacific U. S. territory of Guam taken on Wednesday morning.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Anti-Islamic far-right populist Geert Wilders won a landslide victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election, in one of the biggest upheavals in Dutch politics since World War II that will send shockwaves across Europe.
The result puts him in a position to lead negotiations to shape a new governing coalition and, in all likelihood, the country’s first far-right prime minister at a time of political turmoil across much of the continent.
Wilders’ Freedom Party won 35 of the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament, more than double the 17 it won in the last election, according to voting results published on national television channel NOS. The final official effects were expected on Thursday.
Wilders’ election manifesto calls for a referendum on the Netherlands’ exit from the European Union, the return of migrants at the borders and a complete cessation of the reception of asylum seekers. He also advocates the “de-Islamization” of the Netherlands.
The lawmaker, dubbed the Dutch edition of Donald Trump, would first have to form a coalition government before he can take the reins of power.
A white gunman who opened fire at an Ohio Walmart and wounded four others before killing himself likely may have been motivated by racial extremism, the FBI said Wednesday.
Four consumers — two black women, one white and one white man — were injured in the attack on the Walmart in Beavercreek, a suburb of Dayton, just days before Thanksgiving, the FBI said.
According to the FBI, the evidence, in addition to journalistic writings, shows that the shooting was possibly at least partially encouraged by a racist and violent extremist ideology.
The gunman, known as Benjamin Charles Jones, 20, of Dayton, entered the store Monday night with a Carbine Hi-Point . 45-caliber long pistol, police said. He fired an unspecified number of bullets before pointing it at himself, the government said.
Jones bought the gun two days before the attack at a Dayton store, the FBI said. Investigators said they are trying to see if he provided false information about his background form and are also proceeding to review his background and online activities.
THANKSGIVING | IN NUMBERS
FOOD
88%
Americans say they will eat turkey on Thanksgiving
$1. 28 billion
U. S. Spending on Thanksgiving Turkeys
MX$61. 17
Average Family Spending on Thanksgiving Dinner for 10 Other People This Year
$1. 71
Average consistent with pound of frozen turkey
$134 million
Value of American Pumpkin in 2022
4. 8 million
Blueberry Barrels Produced in Wisconsin in 2022
ENTERTAINMENT
97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
■ WHEN TO WATCH: Thanksgiving Morning on NBC and streaming on Peacock, 8:30 a. m. – 8:30 p. m. m. to EST.
■ WHAT YOU CAN WATCH: This year’s parade lineup includes 25 giant balloons, 31 floats, 29 clown teams, 18 performers, 11 marching bands, seven bands and more.
■ NEW BALLOONS: Beagle Scout Snoopy, Pillsbury Doughboy, Blue Cat and Chugs from “Cool Cats,” Po from “Kung Fu Panda,” Leo from the upcoming Netflix movie “Leo,” Monkey D. Luffy from “One Piece” and Uncle Dan from “Migration. “
HISTORY
Create the holidays
■ In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims (the first settlers of Plymouth Colony) held a three-day dinner to celebrate a bountiful harvest. For many, this occasion was the country’s first Thanksgiving.
■ Thanksgiving was proclaimed a national holiday by President Abraham Lincoln on October 3, 1863. The dinner will be held on the last Thursday of November.
■ In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt clarified that Thanksgiving should be celebrated on the fourth (not the last) Thursday of the month to inspire pre-Christmas shopping. Sometimes the last Thursday in November is the fifth Thursday.
SHOPPING
The day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, marks the classic start of the holiday shopping season. Below is a review of the planned expenditure:
46%
Americans Who Say Sailing or Shopping for the Holidays
196. 7 million
Number of shoppers during last year’s Thanksgiving weekend
US$875
The average amount consumers plan to spend on decorations, candy, and gifts.
Sources: American Federation of Farm Bureaus, U. S. Department of AgricultureU. S. Census Bureau, Macys. com, AAA, Associated Press, Tribune News Service, National Retail Federation
Forecasts 2023
Airports and highways may seem crowded this year, as AAA predicts 55. 4 million people will be crowded by Thanksgiving, up 2. 3% from 2022 and the third since 2000.
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