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Joe Biden and Donald Trump meet in the White House to discuss the transfer of power. A transfer of power may be imminent in Germany as well as Olaf Scholz is under pressure to call a confidence vote after the collapse of his governing coalition. Elsewhere in Europe, Kyiv is attacked by Russian missiles. A look at Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. secretary of defense. Plus, the economy of the West Bank.

US APEC envoy unconcerned that Xi may overshadow Biden’s Peru trip

Police investigating, did not provide a motive for attack

Olson argued 65 cases before the Supreme Court

Since winning its independence in 2011, South Sudan is just beginning its fourth extension of the transitional period government, with elections now rescheduled for 2026

Israel's new defense minister says there will be no easing up in war against Hezbollah. 

Military analysts call China’s ability to field two types of stealth fighter jets marks a milestone, but it still has a way to go to catch up with US

Coplan, Polymarket's 26-year-old founder, was roused from his bed at 6 a.m. by FBI agents demanding he give them his electronic devices

Two US agencies investigating compromise of US presidential campaigns say intrusion was part of 'broad and significant cyber espionage campaign' by Beijing

The undersea mass in the Pacific Ocean is so big it can be seen from space

The world’s largest coral colony has been discovered near the remote Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean – an undersea mass that is so big, it can be seen from space, National Geographic scientists announced Nov. 12, 2024.   

The panel also rejects a claim that a 2019 federal law designed to make it easier to seize Iranian assets held outside the United States waived Bank Markazi's sovereign immunity

Russian exiles plan a march Sunday in Berlin demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, the prosecution of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, and the release of all political prisoners. Ricardo Marquina reports. Narrator: Elizabeth Cherneff.

Iranian oil exports have climbed this year to near multi-year highs of 1.7 million barrels per day despite US sanctions

Former presidential hopeful is Florida Republican serving on Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees 

The defense ministry says its air defense units destroyed 23 Ukrainian drones overnight

Authorities in Sierra Leone have launched an Ebola vaccination campaign targeting at least 5,000 health workers. Many health workers caught the Ebola virus during the outbreak that hit West Africa a decade ago. Victoria Amunga reports from Kenema, Sierra Leone. Camera: Jimmy Makhulo.

President Joe Biden welcomed President–elect Donald Trump to the White House Wednesday. Despite the unprecedented nature of the election, the Biden administration continued a long-standing tradition of the United States’ democratic process of a peaceful transfer of power. A conversation about that tradition with VOA Chief National Correspondent and former White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman.