Trump picks Pam Bondi for Attorney General

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By Linda Noakes

Trump nominates loyalist Pam Bondi to lead the Department of Justice, Russia says its hypersonic missile strike was a warning to the West, and Europe's EV ambitions suffer a blow.

Plus, how Gautam Adani's alleged bribery scheme took off and unraveled.

Today's Top News

Pam Bondi takes the stage to speak at a campaign rally with Donald Trump in North Carolina. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

Donald Trump said he would nominate former Florida Attorney General and loyalist Pam Bondi to be US Attorney General, moving swiftly to replace his former nominee Matt Gaetz after the embattled former congressman withdrew from consideration. Hear more on Gaetz's aborted journey to the Department of Justice on the Reuters World News podcast.
The Kremlin said that a strike on Ukraine using a newly developed hypersonic ballistic missile was designed as a message to the West that Moscow will respond to their "reckless" decisions and actions in support of Ukraine.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro plotted a coup to overturn the 2022 election along with dozens of ex-ministers and senior aides, federal police said in a formal accusation filed with the country's Supreme Court.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to run for a second term in upcoming snap elections after his popular Defense Minister Boris Pistorius - a possible replacement - ruled himself out.
Angry crowds gathered in the remote Pakistani mountain town of Parachinar, incensed by an attack on an escorted convoy of buses in which 40 Shi'ite Muslims died after being sprayed with automatic fire in an ambush.
Heavy gunfire erupted in South Sudan's capital Juba after security forces moved to arrest the former head of the intelligence service. The transitional government recently postponed elections for a second time.

Business & Markets

Supporters of India's main opposition Congress party protest against Gautam Adani in New Delhi. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Gautam Adani's Indian conglomerate could face a funding squeeze after a US arrest warrant for its billionaire founder, with some banks considering halting fresh credit to the group. Here's how Adani's alleged bribery scheme took off and unraveled.
Northvolt's CEO and co-founder Peter Carlsson is stepping down, the Swedish maker of battery cells for electric vehicles said, one day after the group filed for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Euro zone business activity took a surprisingly sharp turn for the worse this month as the bloc's dominant services industry contracted, a survey showed. European companies are cutting jobs as the economy sputters.
US stocks are extending their lead over global peers and some investors believe that dominance could grow if Trump can implement his economic platform without becoming mired in a full-blown trade war or ballooning the federal deficit.
Gap raised its annual sales forecast and said the holiday season was off to a "strong start", sending the Old Navy parent's shares up 15%.

The Week Ahead

'Trump trades' are likely to continue dominating market action. The US Thanksgiving holiday will usher in a key shopping period while inflation is in focus in Japan and Europe.
Irish voters head to the polls, with Sinn Fein's collapse from government-in-waiting to likely also-rans looking set to rob nationalists of a potentially transformative moment in their pursuit of a united Ireland.
Romanians vote in the first round of a presidential election, with worries about the cost of living likely to earn radical right leader George Simion a shot at victory.
And in South America, Uruguay's Alvaro Delgado is counting on support from an eliminated ally to triumph against the center-left frontrunner in a run-off presidential vote.

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