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Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning president appoints Cabinet after election win

Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president has sworn in a 22-member Cabinet after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority in last week's election

World - ABC News - November 18

GameStop appoints Nat Turner to board, tightens links with Collectors

Collectors Holdings CEO Nat Turner has joined the board of video game retailer and original meme stock GameStop.

Business - MarketWatch - November 18

Speaker Johnson open to supporting recess appointment for Trump nominees

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) left open the possibility of enabling President-elect Trump to appoint his Cabinet by recess appointment, bypassing the need for approval from the Senate. “We’ll ...

Politics - The Hill - November 18

What Are ‘Recess Appointments’ and How Might Trump Try and Leverage Them?

The Constitution allows the president to circumvent the Senate and put appointees in place while the chamber is in recess, a loophole created back when Capitol commutes involved long treks by horse.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 19

Far right gains traction in EU assembly

Patriots and ultraconservatives push centre-right EPP away from its allies

World - Financial Times - November 21

Senate Democrat: Trump wants to 'subjugate' GOP senators with Gaetz appointment

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) suggested President-elect Trump appointing former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as the head of the Justice Department (DOJ) is somewhat of a power play against ...

Politics - The Hill - November 21

Sam Altman's Startup Appoints Former X Executive as Policy Chief

Tools for Humanity named X’s former vice president of global affairs Nick Pickles as its head of policy, the latest executive from what was formerly Twitter to join the startup.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 21

GOP senators warn Trump against aggressive recess appointment move

Republican senators are pouring cold water on the idea that President-elect Trump could force the Senate into an extended recess next year so that he would be able to fill key positions in his ...

Politics - The Hill - November 22

Novak Djokovic Appoints Andy Murray as His New Coach for the Australian Open

Murray, Djokovic’s former rival and three-time Grand Slam champion, will return to tennis to help the 24-time Grand Slam winner prepare.

Sports - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Trump transition aide Boris Epshteyn sparking internal strife over appointments

Republicans vying for jobs allege Trump transition aide Boris Epshteyn has been mixing private consulting with his transition role.

Ex-official exits running for Trump team over Sebastian Gorka appointment

Michael Anton, national security official in first Trump term, reportedly removed name from contention over feud. A frontrunner to be deputy national security adviser in Donald Trump ’s ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Even the Roberts Court would repudiate Trump’s recess appointment scheme

Despite the facile comments that the president is “entitled” to have the Cabinet secretaries and of his own choosing, the Constitution rejects that notion of unbridled presidential discretion in ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Why an Offline Nuclear Reactor Led to Thousands of Hospital Appointments Being Canceled

Radioisotopes are a vital resource for imaging patients’ organs and tumors—but these unstable elements also suffer from an unstable supply chain.

Tech - Wired - 2 days ago

Rowing legend Katherine Grainger appointed as first female Olympic chair

Dame Katherine is the only British woman to win medals in five successive Olympic games.

Final recount confirms Georgia ruling party victory, says electoral commission

EU and US demand investigation as opposition and pro-European president cry foul . Officials in Georgia said a partial recount confirmed the ruling party had won its disputed election , while a ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Manchester United Confirms Ruben Amorim as New Head Coach

The Portuguese coach has signed a contract that runs until 2027, with his first game on Nov. 24.

Sports - The New York Times - November 1

Nintendo Confirms Switch 2 Announcement Is Less Than Five Months Away

Nintendo has reconfirmed that the Switch successor will be revealed by the end of March 2025 , when its current financial year concludes. Company president Shuntaro Furukawa made the ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 5

U.K. Confirms New Cases of Clade Ib Type of Mpox

The authorities said the risk of a rapid spread remained low because the new cases had had household contact with the first infected person.

World - The New York Times - November 6

Switch 2 Will Play Switch 1 Games, Nintendo Confirms

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has confirmed that the Switch successor will be backward compatible with the original Switch console "software" and the Switch Online service, and he added ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 6

Kristin Scott Thomas confirms secret wedding to Bloomberg News' John Micklethwait

Oscar-nominated actor Kristin Scott Thomas confirms her recent marriage to Bloomberg News editor-in-chief John Micklethwait. They exchanged vows in England.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 6

Mark Cavendish confirms that Sunday will be ‘final race of my cycling career’

Briton’s last race is Tour de France Criterium in Singapore ‘I have achieved everything that I can on the bike’ Mark Cavendish has confirmed he will retire on Sunday, ending a career that ...

World - The Guardian - November 9

Senators Vying to Be G.O.P. Leader Vow to Quickly Confirm Trump Nominees

Senators Rick Scott, John Thune and John Cornyn quickly responded to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s demand on social media, the latest example of his influence over Republican lawmakers.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 11

Shipwreck confirmed as WWI ship that lost over 500 sailors

On October 15, 1914, a German sub captained by U-boat ace Otto Weddigen attacked the HMS Hawke, killing 524 crew members,

Which of Trump's Cabinet picks could face most trouble getting confirmed?

Several of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks have generated controversy. CBS News political director Fin Gómez examines who could face the most trouble in the confirmation process.

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