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'60 Minutes' segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally airs online

A news segment about the Trump administration's immigration policy that was abruptly pulled from “ 60 Minutes ” was mistakenly aired on a TV app after the last minute decision not to air it touched off a public debate about journalistic independence.

The segment featured interviews with migrants who were sent to a notorious El Salvador prison called the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, under President Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration.

The story was pulled from Global Television Network, one of Canada’s largest networks, but still ran on... Read More

US and Ukraine reach consensus on key issues aimed at ending the war but territorial disputes remain

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States and Ukraine have reached a consensus on several critical issues aimed at bringing an end to the nearly four-year conflict, but sensitive issues around territorial control in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, along with the management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, remain unresolved, Ukraine’s president said.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke as the U.S. showed the 20-point plan, hammered out after marathon talks in Florida in recent days, to Russian negotiators. A response is expected from Moscow on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said. Read More

World markets are mixed after the S&P 500 hits a record high, buoyed by strong US economic data

HONG KONG (AP) — World shares were mixed on Wednesday after the benchmark S&P 500 closed at another record high following a report that the U.S. economy grew at an unexpectedly strong 4.3% annual rate in July to September.

The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down less than 0.1%.

Britain’s FTSE 100 was down 0.2% at 9,870.89, while the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.2% to 8,121.32.

Stock exchanges including those in London, Paris, Hong Kong and Australia have closed early or will be closing early on Christmas Eve. Germany's... Read More

Pro-Russian hackers claim cyberattack on French postal service

PARIS (AP) — A pro-Russian hacking group claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack that halted package deliveries by France’s national postal service just days before Christmas, prosecutors said Wednesday.

After the claim by the cybercrime group known as Noname057, French intelligence agency DGSI took over the investigation into the hacking attack, the Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement to The Associated Press.

The group has been accused of other cyberattacks in Europe, including around a NATO summit in the Netherlands and French government sites... Read More

Explosion in Russian capital kills 3

MOSCOW (AP) — Three people, including two police officers, were killed in an explosion in Moscow on Wednesday, Russian investigators said, just days after a car bomb killed a high-ranking general not far away.

The two traffic police officers were approaching a “suspicious individual” when an explosive device detonated, Investigate Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement. The two officers, as well as another person standing nearby, died from their injuries.

Investigators and forensic experts are working at the scene, Petrenko said.
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'60 Minutes' segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally airs online

US and Ukraine reach consensus on key issues aimed at ending the war but territorial disputes remain

World markets are mixed after the S&P 500 hits a record high, buoyed by strong US economic data

Pro-Russian hackers claim cyberattack on French postal service

Explosion in Russian capital kills 3

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