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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
Energy expert weighs in on 23 state attorneys general suing EPA over new methane emissions fee
Gunman shoots dead 2 Supreme Court judges in Iran’s capital before turning gun on himself, state media says
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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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The damaged flight data recorder from the Jeju Air passenger jet that crash-landed in South Korea will be sent to the United States for...
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Police are searching for a burglar who stole more than £10 million ($12.5 million) worth of bespoke jewelry in north-west London in what is...
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Finnish investigators probing the damage to a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables said they found an anchor drag mark on the...
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Three women have died after eating a Christmas cake in a suspected poisoning case in Brazil. A police handout photo sourced to Polícia Civil...
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Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency after a spate of killings over the weekend added to what was already an exceptionally...
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The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women, the latest crackdown on women’s rights since they...
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A South Korean court on Tuesday approved an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was stripped of his presidential powers just weeks...
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India launched its first space docking mission on Monday, on an Indian-made rocket, in an attempt to become the fourth country to achieve the...
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Jimmy Carter redefined what a post-presidency could be after he lost re-election in 1980. From the Carolina Lowcountry to the Ethiopian highlands, Carter’s humanitarian...
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When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it’ll actually be late to the party as...
