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DirecTV scrapping DISH merger

«FOX Business» (foxbusiness.com) 

Satellite TV provider DirecTV is walking away from its planned acquisition of EchoStar's video distribution service, DISH DBS, after DISH bondholders rejected a debt exchange.

'Very humiliating': Bangladesh's Yunus seethes over climate cash fight

France24.com (en) 

Now, the Nobel Peace Prize winner has been thrust into a brawl over money to help poorer countries deal with climate change -- and he is not pleased about it. The 84-year-old micro-finance pioneer, who took over after the toppling of autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina in August, likened the haggling at the UN COP29 climate summit to a "fish market". "I think that's very humiliating, for nations to come and ask for money to fix... (the) problem that others caused for them," Yunus told AFP in an interview in Azerbaijan, which is hosting the talks.

Save Up to $4,000 During Samsung’s Early Black Friday Sale - CNET

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  4. Amazon Officially Announces Its Black Friday Sale Dates for 2024  IGN
  5. The Samsung phone that most people should buy isn't a flagship (and it's finally on sale)  ZDNet

Happy’s Thursday’s Rugby News – Progress

Green and Gold Rugby 

What a difference a week makes after one of the great games of 2024. Word from League Central that the NRL hierarchy are enquiring of Channel Nine why they’re giving rugby so much coverage. Newsflash: rugby is an international game. This week it’s Wales, hopefully more progress is made. My other laugh for the week [...]

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6-year prison sentence against CFK upheld

«MercoPress» (en) 

A federal court of appeals in the City of Buenos Aires Wednesday unanimously upheld the six-year prison sentence on former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), who had been found guilty in December, 2022, of fraudulent administration in the so-called Vialidad Nacional case. She was also disenfranchised for life from public office. The scandal involved numerous public works in the province of Santa Cruz awarded to businessman Lázaro Báez in fudgy dealings.

Dutch police detain pro-Palestinian protesters at banned demo

The Punch 

Dutch police detained dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters Wednesday in Amsterdam, after they again defied a demonstration ban put in place after violence against Israeli football supporters last week. The protesters, who were wearing scarfs and chanting slogans, staged a demonstration in Amsterdam’s central Dam Square and were taken to waiting vehicles, AFP correspondents saw. The

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