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“Bulgaria has arrested 35 people linked to a criminal network involved in large-scale trafficking of cultural goods across Europe, BTA news agency reported on Thursday, quoting the head of the country’s anti-organised crime unit. … international raids were carried out on Thursday, led by Bulgaria and coordinated with the Europol and Eurojust agencies, during which cars, safes and other items were seized. The criminal network had been operating for over 16 years in Western Europe, the Balkans, the United States and elsewhere, Sofia Deputy City Prosecutor Angel Kanev told the media briefing.” (11/20/25)
“The Trump administration is proposing to open federal waters off the entire coastline of California to drilling, as well as an area off the coast of Florida. Neither state’s waters have been open to new drilling for decades. President Donald Trump’s Interior Department released a five-year offshore drilling plan on Thursday that would open up vast parts of California’s coastline to drilling, which hasn’t happened in that state since the late 1960s. The Department is also proposing new oil drilling in parts of the Eastern Gulf — located approximately 100 nautical miles off Florida’s coast — a decision previously opposed by Florida’s Republican leadership.” (11/20/25)
“A Philippine court on Thursday convicted a former mayor, who officials say is a Chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online gaming complex in a northern province where hundreds of Chinese and other foreign nationals were forced to conduct scams. The Pasig city regional trial court in metropolitan Manila sentenced Alice Guo to life in prison with seven other Filipino and Chinese co-accused, and ordered them to pay a fine of 2 million pesos ($34,000) each and compensate several trafficking victims, who filed the complaints. Guo denied all allegations against her and says she is a Filipino citizen.” (11/20/25)
“Clay County authorities released additional details about an attack at an Orange Park home Monday that resulted in a Jacksonville woman being arrested and charged with attempted murder. The suspect, Serpil Adams, 62, showed up to the home of the victim — her estranged daughter …. The victim was home with her two daughters when Serpil, her estranged biological mother, came in through an unlocked door and attacked her daughter with a serrated utility knife, the news release states. ‘While attempting to protect her mother, the victim’s 8-year-old daughter retrieved a kitchen knife and stabbed Adams in the upper arm,’ the news release states. Adams left the home and returned to Jacksonville where she was staying with a friend. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested her at that home at about 1 a.m. without incident, the news release states.” (11/20/25)
“US President Donald Trump on Thursday assailed Democratic lawmakers who told members of the US military they must refuse any illegal orders, calling them traitors and saying they should face the death penalty. Trump reposted an article about a video released Tuesday by six Democratic lawmakers who served in the military or in the intelligence community. ‘This is really bad and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???'” Trump said on Truth Social. He then added in a later post: ‘SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!'” (11/20/25)
“Federal prosecutors moved Thursday to dismiss charges against a woman who was shot by a Border Patrol agent last month during the federal immigration crackdown in the Chicago area. Hours before a status hearing in the case, prosecutors moved to dismiss the charges against Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ruiz, 21, marking a dramatic reversal in one of the most closely watched cases tied to the crackdown in the country’s third-largest city. The Department of Homeland Security has characterized people who have protested ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ as violent rioters and vowed to prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. But of the more than two dozen people arrested for impeding or assaulting federal officers or other protest-related offenses, none have gone to trial and charges have been dropped against at least nine of them.” (11/20/25)
“Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday found the country’s attorney general guilty of leaking confidential information about the boyfriend of a leading conservative politician and government rival. The court banned Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz from his post for two years. The decision is a blow to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who defended García Ortiz during the monthslong investigation and court case. García Ortiz was accused of having leaked an email to journalists with personal information about Alberto González Amador, when the businessman was under investigation for alleged tax fraud. That tax inquiry remains open.” (11/20/25)
“The U.S. added 119,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Thursday, more than six weeks after it was initially set to be published. The September jobs report, which was delayed by the federal government shutdown, captured the U.S. labor market before the 43-day funding lapse rattled the economy. … While the September jobs gain was far greater than economists project, the BLS revised the August jobs data down from a gain of 22,000 to a loss of 4,000 jobs. The agency also knocked down the July jobs gain from 79,000 to 72,000, shaving off a combined 33,000 jobs over two months.” (11/20/25)
“Kosovo is heading toward a snap election after political parties failed to agree on a governing majority Wednesday, leading to the dissolution of parliament.
President Vjosa Osmani announced that the election will take place on Dec. 28, bringing Kosovo back to the polls for the seventh time since its independence from Serbia in 2008. More than nine months have passed since Kosovo held its latest parliamentary election, in which Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s ruling Self-Determination party (VV) won the most votes but fell short of securing the 61-seat majority needed to form a government. Parties have been engaged in talks but failed to meet the Nov. 19 constitutional deadline to form a government.” (11/20/25)
