Foreign Ministers Clash, Trump AI-Crypto Czar and Elderly Albatross Milestone

American, Russian, and Ukrainian foreign ministers clash in Malta, Israel bolsters forces along its Syrian frontier as rebels advance, Suspected arson damages a Melbourne, Australia synagogue, Colombia's Pres. Petro appoints a new finance minister amid a corruption scandal, Pres.-elect Trump names David Sacks has his AI and crypto czar, A US federal court upholds a law requiring the sale or ban of TikTok, US jobs surge in November as strike effects fade, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer refuses to rule out future tax hikes, Iceland issues five-year whale hunting permits, and the world’s oldest bird — an elderly albatross — lays an egg at age 74. Sources: https://www.verity.news/