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• Actress Selena Gomez announces engagement to record producer Benny Blanco
• Indian chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, becomes youngest world chess champion of all time
• Ruby Slippers worn by American actress Judy Garland in 1939 film The Wizard of Oz break sales record, sold for US$28 million at auction
• Impeachment of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol fails
• President of South Korea declares and lifts martial law
• World leaders attend grand reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris five years after damaging fire
• Manslaughter charges against Daniel Penny dismissed following jury deadlock
• Suspect in shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO fled New York City by bus, police say
• Court ruling upholds TikTok ban unless ByteDance sells stake
• Harvey Weinstein hospitalized in Manhattan after "alarming" blood test results
• Israel-Lebanon ceasefire faces several violations
• United States President-elect and Canadian Prime Minister have dinner in Palm Beach, Florida
• New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui capsizes one nautical mile from shore
• World AIDS Day 2024 is marked around the world
• International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Deif over alleged war crimes in Israel-Hamas war

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• Ruby Slippers worn by American actress Judy Garland in 1939 film The Wizard of Oz break sales record, sold for US$28 million at auction

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• Impeachment of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol fails
• President of South Korea declares and lifts martial law
• World leaders attend grand reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris five years after damaging fire

December 7

• Manslaughter charges against Daniel Penny dismissed following jury deadlock
• Suspect in shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO fled New York City by bus, police say
• Court ruling upholds TikTok ban unless ByteDance sells stake

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• President of South Korea declares and lifts martial law
• World leaders attend grand reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris five years after damaging fire
• Court ruling upholds TikTok ban unless ByteDance sells stake

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• Data breach and DDOS attacks bring down Wayback Machine
• England: Staffordshire town celebrates LGBTQ+ pride despite funding issues
• Cargo ship collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland

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• Data breach and DDOS attacks bring down Wayback Machine
• Thousands of pagers explode in Lebanon killing twelve people and injuring thousands
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• Actress Selena Gomez announces engagement to record producer Benny Blanco
• England: Staffordshire town celebrates LGBTQ+ pride despite funding issues
• The Ancient Pyramids of the World, a new photo exhibition by Viktor Pinchuk took place in Crimea

Education

• Four killed in Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia, United States
• Attack at Texas elementary school kills at least 19, including 18 children
• Scientists announce decoy-proof Ebola antibodies

Sports

• Indian chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, becomes youngest world chess champion of all time
• New Zealand defeats South Africa to win 2024 women's T20 cricket world cup
• Prosecutors charge man with attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump

Environment

• Lancet release yearly Countdown report raising alarm of increase in heat caused deaths
• Industry leaders see energy supply as the next hurdle for AI
• Environmental protesters arrested at Massachusetts airport

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• Princess Yuriko of Mikasa, Japan's oldest royal family member, dies at 101
• Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh dies, aged 84
• Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96

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• New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui capsizes one nautical mile from shore
• Thousands of pagers explode in Lebanon killing twelve people and injuring thousands
• NASA says object that hit Florida home is from International Space Station

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• Impeachment of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol fails
• Manslaughter charges against Daniel Penny dismissed following jury deadlock
• Suspect in shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO fled New York City by bus, police say

Health

• Harvey Weinstein hospitalized in Manhattan after "alarming" blood test results
• New American Psychological Association guidelines: Parents should advise teenagers on social media use, impose restrictions
• New study analyzes the varying levels of protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines

Weather

• Rio Negro tributary of the Amazon River experiences lowest water level on record
• Severe weather affects portions of Texas
• England: Parts of Birmingham area flood; music festival evacuates

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