## Pope Leo slams US military deployment off Venezuela: "With violence, we don't win"

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Rome, Italy - Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday criticized the US military deployment in the Caribbean, without naming US President Donald Trump , saying that "with violence we don't win".

Pope Leo XIV spoke out on Tuesday against the increasing US military deployment in the Caribbean.

It increases tension," said the 70-year-old pope, speaking of reports of US boats "each time ever closer to the coast of Venezuela".

Trump has launched a major military deployment in the Caribbean in recent weeks, conducting multiple strikes on vessels that the US has alleged – without evidence – were smuggling drugs, killing dozens.

The Chicago-born pope was also asked about migrants in detention in his home city – America's third-largest – which has been a key target of Trump's crackdown on immigrants.

"I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made in terms of what's happening.

Many people who have lived for years and years and years never causing problems have been deeply affected by what's going on right now," he said. »

### HUGE blow to Nintendo: head of U.S. patent office takes RARE step to order reexamination of “summon subcharacter and let it fight in 1 of 2 modes” patent – games fray

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Words that are underlined link to explanations in our IP Lingo dictionary unless the underlined passages explicitly refer to other articles.

It relates to claims 1, 13, 25 and 26 of the patent.

If they fall, which we believe will most likely happen, the remaining ones (which depend on those claims) will fall as well. »

### North Korea Sends Thousands of Troops to Russia Disguised as Construction Workers — UNITED24 Media

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North Korea has deployed approximately 5,000 military construction troops and 1,000 engineers to Russia since September, according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), as reported by Euractiv on November 4.

South Korean lawmaker Lee Seong-Kweun, speaking after a closed-door intelligence briefing, said that “around 5,000 North Korean construction troops have been sequentially relocated to Russia since September and are expected to be mobilized for infrastructure reconstruction.”.

South Korean intelligence estimates that at least 600 North Korean soldiers have been killed in the war in Ukraine, with thousands more wounded. »

### Trump's Venezuela plan 'makes no strategic sense' as expert exposes major flaws

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Trump's Venezuela plan 'makes no strategic sense' as expert exposes major flaws.

Donald Trump lacks a comprehensive plan for a potential ground invasion of Venezuela, a former assistant secretary of state claimed.

Aircraft carrier battle groups are also "precious, limited resources," and he said the U.S. needs to be strategic about how they're used. »

### Voter Turnout Highest in Half Century as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate

Authored by thecity.nyc

The in-person votes and absentee ballots tallied so far account for 34% of the city’s roughly 5.3 million registered voters.

Mamdani secured more than 1 million votes, reflecting how his campaign helped spur a highly engaged electorate — one that the city has not seen in decades.

The surge in turnout was largely propped by the 735,317 votes cast during nine days of early voting, which ended Sunday. »

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