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Exclusive-US shifts some military aid to Lebanon from Egypt, letter says
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will divert $95 million in military aid allocated for Egypt to Lebanon, which...
Jan 172 min read
Exclusive-Qatar plans to help boost Syrian government salaries, sources say
DAMASCUS/DOHA - Qatar is planning to help finance a massive boost in public sector wages promised by Syria's new government, a U.S....
Jan 173 min read
Exclusive-UAEÂ in talks with US, Israel about provisional government for post-war Gaza
DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates has discussed with Israel and the United States participating in a provisional administration of...
Jan 174 min read
Exclusive-The Ghosts of Grenfell: No penalties for UK firms that used deadly building material
LONDON - When the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze in 2017 led to revelations that high-rise public housing buildings across Britain were...
Jan 176 min read
Exclusive-The Russian billionaires whose chemical factories fuel Russia's war machine
LONDON - Chemicals factories founded or owned by some of Russia's wealthiest men are supplying ingredients to plants that manufacture...
Jan 177 min read
Facts-China's deadliest earthquakes since 2008
BEIJING - At least 126 people were killed in Tibet by this week's earthquake of magnitude 6.8, the fifth-deadliest since 2008, data from...
Jan 172 min read
Facts-What Trump said about Canada, Mexico, NATO and Gaza hostages at news conference
WASHINGTON - Republican U.S. President-elect Donald Trump held a press conference on Tuesday and spoke about a range of issues including...
Jan 173 min read
Facts-Can Trump buy Greenland?
COPENHAGEN - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States, renewing an interest first...
Jan 174 min read
Moscow-backed enclave in Moldova feels pain from lack of Russian gas
The severing of one of Russia's last gas export routes to Europe is being felt most painfully in a small, mainly Russian-speaking...
Jan 43 min read
Trump's Republicans reelect Mike Johnson US House Speaker despite dissent
WASHINGTON - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job on Friday by a razor-thin margin...
Jan 44 min read
Israeli airstrikes push up Gaza death toll amid new truce push
CAIRO/JERUSALEM - Israel has carried out airstrikes on dozens of Hamas targets in Gaza over the past 24 hours, it said on Friday, in...
Jan 43 min read
Hanoi declared world's most polluted city, authorities seek action
HANOI - Vietnam's capital Hanoi has been covered in thick smog over recent weeks, putting it at the top of a list of the world's most...
Jan 42 min read
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