Biden pardons his son

And Guinea stadium crush kills 56 people after disputed refereeing decision.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Biden pardons his son after repeatedly saying he would not, a stadium crush kills 56 people in Guinea, and Georgia's president seeks Europe's support as she defies her own government. Plus, the space traffic crowding Earth's orbit. Today's Top News   Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Nantucket, Massachusetts, November 29, 2024. REUTERS/Craig Hudson United States US President Joe Biden said he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, a reversal after pledging to stay out of legal proceedings against the younger Biden who pleaded guilty to tax violations and was convicted on firearms-related charges. President-elect Donald Trump said Lebanese American businessman Massad Boulos would serve as senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. Boulos is the father-in-law of Trump's daughter Tiffany. In other news Georgia's president, locked in a standoff with her own government, appealed to European countries to confront what she described as a Russian attempt to impose control on her nation. At least 25 people were killed in northwestern Syria in air strikes carried out by the Syrian government and Russia, the Syrian opposition-run rescue service known as the White Helmets said. A controversial refereeing decision sparked violence and a crush at a soccer match in southeast Guinea, killing 56 people according to a provisional toll, the government said. Chad's President Mahamat Deby said the decision to terminate the country's military pact with France was taken because it had become outdated, in his first public remarks since the surprise announcement last week. Once presenting itself as one of the world's most welcoming countries to refugees and immigrants, Canada is launching a global online ad campaign cautioning asylum-seekers that making a claim is hard. Business & Markets   REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo The US will launch its third crackdown in three years on China's semiconductor industry, curbing exports to 140 companies including chip equipment maker Naura Technology Group, among other moves, said two people familiar with the matter. China's 10-year yield dropped below 2% to hit its lowest point on record, breaking a psychological barrier as a sputtering economy and bets on further rate cuts drive investors into the safety of bonds. Stellantis, whose CEO Carlos Tavares quit abruptly on Sunday, struggled as rising prices at its mass-market marques have driven away inflation-hit customers, according to Reuters' interviews and a review of pricing data. Workers at nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany started strikes lasting several hours, bringing assembly lines to a halt as labor and management clash over the future of the carmaker's German operations. British house prices rose at their fastest annual pace in two years in November, adding to signs of resilience in the property market despite high borrowing costs, data from mortgage lender Nationwide showed. Just days before UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel set his sight on a takeover target in Italy, more evidence emerged of fierce resistance to his interest in German flagship lender Commerzbank. Can the Panama Canal reinvent itself before the next drought?   Tres Hermanas community is one of the towns that will be drowned if a project to build a new water reservoir moves forward. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun Threatened by climate change, the Panama Canal has big plans to combat drought.  Energy Correspondent Marianna Parraga speaks to the Reuters World News podcast about the controversial dam project. Read more And Finally... Active and defunct satellites in low Earth Orbit. Digantara Handout/via REUTERS The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless companies and countries cooperate and share the data needed to manage that most accessible region of space, experts and industry insiders said. Read more Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036