Raid: President Zelenskiy's powerful chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigned hours after anti-corruption police searched his home. A major corruption probe is ensnaring public officials and causing widespread public anger. Yermak has been a close friend of Zelenskiy since the president's days as a TV comedian. He has not been named as a suspect.
West Bank: Israeli security forces opened fire on two men in Jenin after they appeared to have surrendered. Itamar Ben-Gvir said the forces did what was expected of them and that "terrorists should die." A U.N. human-rights office spokesman called the right-wing national defense minister's comments "nothing short of abhorrent."
Middle East: Hezbollah's chief said the group retained the right to respond to Israel's killing of its top military commander as the Lebanese worried that Israel could escalate its bombardment. The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is closing after months of criticism over the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians who tried to seek aid at its hubs.
Alarm: Twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, one of the Guard members allegedly shot by 29-year-old Afghan man Rahmanullah Lakanwal, died of her wounds. President Trump said he would freeze migration from "Third World Countries" to the U.S. after the shooting. The U.N. urged Washington to keep the doors open for asylum seekers.
Thanksgiving surprise: Airlines raced to fix a software glitch on their Airbus A320 jets after the plane maker issued a major recall. Why? Intense solar radiation may corrupt data required for flight controls to function. Industry sources said a sharp loss of altitude during a JetBlue flight from Cancún to New Jersey that injured several passengers triggered the recall. The notice comes ahead of the busiest travel weekend of the year in the U.S.
AI: The European Parliament wants to raise the minimum age to 16 to allow people access to artificial-intelligence chatbots and social-media sites.
Suits and settlement: A startup that creates AI-powered courtroom simulations sued one of its cofounders for allegedly stealing its trade secrets. AI music companies Suno and Udio settled copyright disputes with two big music companies.
Panorama of pitfalls: Trump's $5 billion lawsuit against the BBC may cost it dearly as governments hostile to independent reporting say they now have an opening to go after the broadcaster.
Static and squelch: Bosnia's public broadcaster went on air from an improvised tent studio on a bitterly cold day outside parliament to urge the government to prevent its collapse. Viktor Orbán's government has spent 15 years eroding independent media in Hungary, but YouTube and other online platforms have given critical voices the popularity and financial independence to survive.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines' conservative opposition party won a landslide victory in this week's general election, ending the ruling party's 24 years in power. The big question: will the Caribbean nation end its relations with Taiwan and get closer to China?
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