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Syrian rebels have taken control of Daraa, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, marking a dramatic turn in the country’s prolonged civil war. Daraa’s fall on Saturday, December 7, is the fourth major city…
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The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of a 2019 federal statute meant to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by Americans killed or injured in attacks in Israel and elsewhere. The justices took up…
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South Korea’s president said he’s “truly sorry” for causing public anxiety with his declaration of martial law earlier this week, and promised not to make another attempt to impose it. President Yoon Suk Yeol made a public apology in a…
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Notre Dame will formally reopen Saturday five years after the Paris cathedral was devastated by fire, with US president-elect Donald Trump among world leaders there to celebrate its remarkably rapid restoration. Held up as an example of…
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A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7 hit off the coast of a sparsely populated area of northern California on Thursday, prompting coastal towns to evacuate low-lying areas amid a tsunami warning that was later canceled. No deaths or…
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A global blueprint for modern air travel struck 80 years ago this week faces fresh tests managing change and rising air traffic in the developing world, a senior official at the UN’s aviation agency told Reuters. On Thursday, the UN’s…
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Billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy spent several hours Thursday swapping ideas with lawmakers about President-elect Donald Trump’s DOGE initiative to dismantle parts of the federal government. Meeting behind…
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US President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he has chosen former Senator David Perdue to be ambassador to China. “He will be instrumental in implementing my strategy to maintain Peace in the region, and a productive working…
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US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said he was appointing former PayPal Chief Operating Officer David Sacks as his artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency czar, another step toward overhauling US policy. “He will work on a…
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In a major decision after months of Sheikh Hasina’s exit from the country, Bangladesh is set to erase the image of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the former prime minister’s father and one of the founding figures of the nation, from its currency…
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