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Obama wishes wife Michelle happy birthday as she stays away from key public events
Treasury Department recoups $31 million in improper government payments to dead people
RNC chair Whatley vows to be ‘tip of the spear’ to protect Trump after coasting to re-election victory
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Trump holds ‘very good’ phone call with China’s President Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping will skip Trump’s inauguration, sending a special representative in his place
Israel approves ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, beginning Sunday
Israel’s approval of the Gaza deal unmasks deep schisms that could threaten the ceasefire and Netanyahu’s political future
There’s a sudden thaw in US-Cuba relations – but for how long?
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Argentina walks away from COP29 – amid fears Trump may pull US out of Paris climate deal
Apple sued by Which? over iCloud use – with potential payout for 40 million UK customers
There’s already a risk COP29 will end in failure – and damage of Trump 2.0 could yet spread
Battle lines drawn on new climate fund despite ‘shot in the arm’ cash injection at COP29
The Guardian quits Elon Musk’s X social media platform
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Vanguard fined more than $100 million by SEC over violations involving target date retirement funds
Investors pitch new international basketball league that would offer players equity
American Express to pay $230 million to settle DOJ fraud probe, deceptive marketing claim
Capital One outage drags into Friday afternoon, leaving some customers without deposit access
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Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, but he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as his special representative. The...
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Israel’s government approved a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, paving the way for the agreement to take effect Sunday and potentially signalling...
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Don’t let Israel’s approval of the Gaza ceasefire fool you: There are deep schisms in Israeli politics that could threaten the longevity of the...
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Cuban officials on Thursday freed a prominent opposition activist, a last-minute diplomatic change in fortunes for the Biden administration which had sought his release...
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It’s many years since ISIS, also known as Islamic State, held sway over much of Syria and northern Iraq a time when it spawned...
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved sending a delegation to Qatar to continue the Gaza hostage and ceasefire negotiations, his office announced on...
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A police officer in Zambia has been arrested for allegedly releasing over a dozen prisoners so they could celebrate New Year’s Eve. Detective Inspector...
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Syria’s new government is facing backlash after announcing changes to the school curriculum, including introducing what some critics say is an Islamist slant to...
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A human rights group has filed a petition with Israel’s top court demanding to know the whereabouts of a prominent Palestinian hospital director detained...
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A huge red-hot object fell from the sky into a Kenyan village on Monday afternoon according to local residents cited by Kenya’s National Broadcaster,...
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The Dominican Republic deported more than 276,000 Haitians in 2024, the country’s Immigration Directorate said Wednesday. In the last three months of the year...
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Israel’s population growth slowed in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to the state’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), with the slump mainly...
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The breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria cut heating and hot water supplies to households on Wednesday after Russia stopped supplying gas via Ukraine. “There...
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Cigarettes have long been associated with fashion so much so that they remain an occasional feature of runways. Smoking, like the color black, seems...
