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Analysis-China eyes negotiations as Trump threatens new tariffs
BEIJING - As Donald Trump steps up his tariff threats against China, Beijing is moving to beat the next U.S. president to the punch with...
Dec 13, 20243 min read


Biden pardons 39 people, commutes sentences of 1,500 others
Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he was pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes and commuting the...
Dec 13, 20242 min read


White House releases strategy to counter anti-Muslim, anti-Arab hate
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday released a long-awaited strategy for countering anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate, up...
Dec 13, 20242 min read


Trump to meet widow of former Japan PM Abe on Sunday, source says
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with Akie Abe, the widow of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Sunday...
Dec 13, 20242 min read


US grand jury charges former Syrian prison official with torture
WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles charged a former Syrian government official who headed the Damascus Central Prison from...
Dec 13, 20242 min read


Malibu fire evacuees start returning home as blaze now 30% contained
Some 3,700 evacuees from the Malibu wildfire returned home on Thursday as firefighters made progress in battling the blaze that has...
Dec 13, 20242 min read


UCLA police chief who was criticized over Gaza protest violence is out
WASHINGTON - The police chief for the University of California at Los Angeles, who was criticized for the handling of a violent mob...
Dec 13, 20242 min read


US announces new arms aid package for Ukraine worth $500 million
WASHINGTON - The administration of Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden announced another package of weapons aid for Ukraine on Thursday,...
Dec 13, 20241 min read


Blinken meets Erdogan as forces backed by US, Turkey clash in Syria
ANKARA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Thursday for talks focused on a critical aspect of establishing...
Dec 13, 20243 min read


Facts-Tariffs, tax cuts core to Trump’s economic agenda
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to make tariffs and tax cuts the key elements of his economic agenda when he takes office...
Dec 13, 20244 min read


Trump says he will use military for deportations to fullest extent of law
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump will use the U.S. military to the fullest extent of the law to support his mass deportation...
Dec 13, 20242 min read


US claims North Korea put workers in US companies to extort money for weapons
WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday offered a $5 million reward for information about an alleged scheme in which North Korean ...
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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