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By GERALD IMRAY, Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Joe Biden is finally making his long-promised visit to Africa to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project in three countries that he has pushed as a new approach in countering some of China’s global influence. Biden’s first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president — which he left to the very end — will highlight the Lobito Corridor railway redevelopment in Zambia, Congo and Angola. Biden starts a three-day trip to Angola on Monday. En route to Angola, he stopped off in the Atlantic Ocean island of Cape Verde off the west coast of Africa for a meeting with Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva. A new strategy The Lobito railway project aims to advance U.S. presence in a region rich in the critical minerals used in batteries for electric vehicles, electronic devices and clean energy technologies. That’s a key field for U.S.-China competition and China has a stranglehold on Africa’s critical minerals. President Joe Biden is greeted by Cape Verde’s Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva at Amilcar Cabral international airport on Sal island, Cape Verde Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, en route to Angola as he makes

President Biden has issued a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, that applies to all crimes he may have committed from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024. The president had repeatedly said he wouldn’t pardon his son, who had been facing prison time in two separate federal cases. CBS News’ Willie James Inman, Katrina Kaufman and Rebecca Roiphe have the latest.

The military rulers of the West African nation of Guinea say at least 56 people were killed in a stampede sparked by clashing fans at a soccer match.

The transgender Tennessee teenager behind a historic hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court this week doesn’t want to show her face on television but is eager to speak about a case she says has the potential to make thousands of American kids feel “seen” for who they are. “The court has definitely ruled in ways that would make me think that they don’t exactly value bodily autonomy, but I have heard that they’ve been a little bit better about trans cases than people would think,” said 16-year-old LW in an exclusive interview with ABC News alongside her parents Samantha and Brian Williams. The court on Wednesday will hear the Williams family’s challenge to Tennessee’s 2023 ban on gender-affirming medical treatments for minors, including puberty-blocking medication and hormone therapies that have dramatically improved LW’s quality of life. While the medications have been used safely to treat minors of all genders for years, they are now prohibited in Tennessee when used to treat trans kids struggling with gender dysphoria, the distress experienced when one’s gender assigned at birth is different from one’s sense of identity. “It’s not

With e-cigarettes and flavored vapes booming in popularity, the Supreme Court on Monday will examine whether the Food and Drug Administration unlawfully blocked the marketing and sale of more than a million new sweet and candy-flavored nicotine products in recent years. The case comes as kid-friendly flavors, such as fruit, candy, mint, menthol and desserts, which are not approved by the FDA and are on the market illegally, have been fueling an explosion in retail sales of e-cigarettes. While vaping among youth is declining, more than 1.6 million children use the products, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 90% of them consume illicit flavored brands. A high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Mass., April 11, 2018. AP Photo/Steven Senne, File Two manufacturers of flavored nicotine-laced e-liquids such as “Jimmy the Juice Man Peachy Strawberry” and “Iced Pineapple Express” sued the FDA after their product applications were rejected, alleging regulators imposed unclear and unreasonable requirements to win approval. Triton Distribution and Vapetasia acknowledged that their products may appeal to youth but insisted that a “growing

WASHINGTON — Reactions started coming through shortly after the announcement on Sunday evening that President Joe Biden had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for his tax evasion and federal gun charges. A reversal for the president, the pardon came about two weeks before his son was scheduled for sentencing in both cases: on Dec. 12 on the gun-related charges in Delaware, and on Dec. 16 on the tax charges in California. Hunter Biden first released a statement directly after the pardon was issued, saying in part, “I will never take the clemency I have been given today for granted and will devote the life I have rebuilt to helping those who are still sick and suffering.” Shortly afterward, his sister, Ashley Biden, posted to her stories on Instagram: “Thank you, Dad! What they have tried to do to my brother is cruel + politically motivated. Period. Proud Sister + Daughter!” However, there was a less receptive response from Washington, D.C. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, Republican of Kentucky, said President Biden “lied from start to finish” about the circumstances surrounding his son’s case. In

‘The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular’ his hosted by Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro and airs Sunday on ABC  By Gina Sirico Monday, December 2, 2024 11:12AM Elton John, John Legend, Auliʻi Cravalho and more bring that Disney magic home in “The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular,” airing Sunday at 8p|7c on ABC.  “The Wonderful World of Disney Holiday Spectacular” is in its 9th year and it promises to be a memorable one! Helming the festivities are Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro. “I think they’re gonna expect a great show. I think it’s gonna be a little different. I’m joining Julianne this year for my very first time,” Ribeiro told On The Red Carpet. “Being here with Alfonso just feels like we’re back home in the ballroom, just like a bigger, grander ballroom. You know, Cinderella’s ballroom,” laughed Hough. “We’re gonna go on a journey and we’ve got the amazing Kristen Bell to kind of take us on this journey and we’re gonna really bring all the parks to life,” Ribeiro said. “And then of course what we can expect like usual are

Syria’s civil war has taken a dramatic turn, with dictator Bashar Assad once again leaning on Russian support after a shock offensive by Islamist rebels in Aleppo.

The drugs had a sale value of 760 million Australian dollars ($494 million), federal police said.