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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:WH) rose modestly in early trading Monday (+0.5%) following reports from Reuters that rival Choice Hotels (NYSE:CHH) is preparing to nominate a slate of directors to the board after its recent takeover overtures were thwarted.

The Mastercard SpendingPulse data noted that black Friday shopping increased by 2.5% y/y, down sharply from a 12% y/y increase in 2022. When we think about this, adjusted for inflation, that would suggest a decline in Black Friday shopping in real terms, no matter which measure of inflation is used.

Palestine's Gaza. On Monday, Israel said that it had reached an agreement in principle for using his SpaceX company's Starlink communications in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also due to meet Musk on Monday to discuss the security aspects of artificial intelligence and hold a live online discussion, Netanyahu's office said.

Tron. Quicker and cheaper than its larger rival Bitcoin, Tron has overtaken its rival as a platform for crypto transfers associated with groups designated as terror organisations by Israel, the United States and other countries, according to interviews with seven financial crime experts and blockchain investigations specialists.

Israel's fight against the funding of Iran-backed militant groups from Hamas to Hezbollah: A fast-growing crypto network called Tron. Quicker and cheaper than its larger rival Bitcoin, Tron has overtaken its rival as a platform for crypto transfers associated with groups designated as terror organizations by Israel, the United States and other countries, according to interviews with seven financial crime experts and blockchain investigations specialists.

Telangana, the Congress Party has come up with a campaign that mocks state chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's «hypocrisy» and dubs him as 'dora'- a feudal dominant caste landlord. Full-page advertisements published on Monday in daily newspapers in the state list 14 statements made by KCR on which he allegedly changed his stand over the years. The statements over which the CM allegedly changed his stand include the appointment of a Dalit Chief Minster for the state and the implementation of a 12-percent reservation for Muslims. In the comic layout, several grids titled 'Dora then' portray the caricatures of KCR, who is shown promising certain things to the public in the past.

Srinagar: The war against militancy in Jammu and Kashmir is not fully over and security forces may be suffering losses but will not back down from the fight, the union territory's Director General of Police R R Swain said here on Monday. The forces, he said, were trying to minimise losses. «If the challenge is to move forward even though we have to bear losses… we will not back down from that challenge,» Jammu and Kashmir's top police officer added.

Narendra Modi visited the famous Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirupati and offered his prayers on Monday. Taking to 'X', PM Modi said in a post, «At the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirumala, prayed for the good health, well-being and prosperity of 140 crore Indians.» PM Modi arrived in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati on Sunday. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and Governor S Abdul Nazeer welcomed the Prime Minister on his arrival at the Renigunta airport.

Joe Biden said he hoped the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas can go on as long as hostages are being released, after the militant group freed 17 more people, including a 4-year-old Israeli-American girl. Hamas said it wanted to extend the pause in fighting, which will enter its fourth day and final agreed day on Monday, if serious efforts were made to increase the number of Palestinian detainees released by Israel. Thirty-nine teenage Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel on Sunday, taking the total since the truce began to 117. Hamas said it had handed over 13 Israelis, three Thais and one with Russian citizenship, and the International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed it had successfully transferred them from Gaza on Sunday. Biden said the 4-year-old hostage, Abigail Edan, had witnessed her parents being killed by Hamas fighters during their Oct. 7 rampage into Israel and had been held since then. «What she endured is unthinkable,» Biden said at a news conference in the U.S. Abigail was on her way to the hospital for checks, Israel's Channel 13 said.

Elon Musk, who is also accused by civil rights groups of amplifying anti-Jewish hatred on his X (formerly Twitter), will meet Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Israelis whose relatives have been held by Hamas in Gaza today, Monday, November 27. During the meeting, the Israeli President will emphasize the need to act to combat rising antisemitism online, Herzog's office announced on Sunday night, Reuters reported. The tech entrepreneur did not respond to requests for comment through spokespeople for Tesla and X, formerly known as Twitter.

KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday thanked Ukraine's military for fighting Russian attacks and its rescue services for tackling the consequences of extreme winter weather that he said had deprived about 400 settlements in 10 regions of power.

Danielle Smith will be using the province’s Sovereignty Act to challenge Ottawa’s requirement to achieve a net-zero electricity grid by 2035.Smith confirmed the plan on 630 CHED’s and QR Calgary’s Your Province Your Premier on Saturday.During the radio show, Smith said the province tried to work collaboratively with the federal government to make the province’s electricity grid net zero by 2050. However, Ottawa’s target of 2035 is “unachievable” and will make electricity unaffordable for Albertans, she said.“We will not put our operators at risk of going to jail if they do not achieve the unachievable,” she said.

Scores of hostages have been freed, and the pause in the fighting has also allowed humanitarian relief to reach thousands. This may not be the end of the conflict, which has claimed over 11,000 lives since Hamas’ 7 October terror attack. But how exactly did we get here? The truce was brokered by the United States, Qatar, and Egypt.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Elon Musk, the tech entrepreneur accused by civil rights groups of amplifying anti-Jewish hatred on his X social media platform, will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog in Israel on Monday, Channel 12 TV said on Sunday.

Aden, Yemen, on Sunday, authorities said. While no group immediately claimed responsibility, it comes as at least two other maritime attacks in recent days have been linked to the Israel-Hamas war. The attackers seized the Central Park, managed by Zodiac Maritime, in the Gulf of Aden, the company and private intelligence firm Ambrey said.

Kobbi Shoshani, on Sunday expressed solidarity with the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks saying that the «DNA» of both India and Israel to fight against terrorism is the foundation of a strong bond between the two nations. He also drew a comparison between the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai with the recent October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. Speaking to ANI, Shoshsaid, «26/11 saw terror being unleashed on innocents. This is the feature of terror attacks all over the world, this is a systematic work.

Narendra Modi, while accusing him of “spreading violence and hatred" in the country. Addressing the public in poll-bound Telangana on Sunday, Gandhi reiterated that he will take on PM Modi at the Center after defeating the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana.

26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as "horrendous" and emphasized the global nature of terrorism, urging collective action against it. Speaking to ANI, Gilon stressed the disruption caused by such events, likening the attackers' aim to that of Hamas, stating, "Their aim is not only to kill but also to create panic." Gilon also echoed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stance on terrorism, affirming Israel's unwavering support for India in combating this menace. He underscored the imperative for countries to unite unequivocally in the fight against terrorism, asserting, "When you come to fight terrorism, there are no ifs or buts." Also Read | Remembering 26/11: 15 years on since the terror attack – all you need to know "We are telling the Indians, like India is always standing with Israel, more recently but always.

HAMAS murdered and kidnapped 1,400 people on October 7th it triggered the biggest Middle East crisis in a decade and a brutal war in Gaza. On November 24th a small number of the roughly 240 captives tasted freedom again amid a four-day truce in the fighting. Israeli officials confirmed that 13 Israeli hostages had been handed over to the Red Cross; the authorities in Qatar said another 11 captives, ten holding Thai passports and one from the Philippines, were being released.

Statistics reveal that the world’s top 1 per cent of emitters produce over 1,000 times more CO2 than the bottom 1 per cent. That number gets starker, as studies reveal, with the richest 0.1 per cent of the world’s population emitting 10 times more than the entire top 10 per cent combined. These figures make one thing explicitly clear: if these top emitters globally continue to maintain such carbon levels, there is no way we can decarbonize fast enough.

As the war in Ukraine grinds into its second winter, a growing number of Russian soldiers want out, audio intercepts obtained and verified by The Associated Press indicate. Russian soldiers speak in shorthand of 200s to mean dead, 300s to mean wounded. The urge to flee has become common enough that they also talk of 500s — people who refuse to fight. These conversations also show clearly how the war has progressed, from the professional soldiers who initially powered Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion to men from all walks of life compelled to serve in grueling conditions. The verified the identities of people in the calls by speaking with relatives and soldiers — some of whom are still at war in Ukraine — and researching open-source material linked to the phone numbers used by the soldiers.