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Explainer-How quickly can Trump's Musk-led efficiency panel slash US regulations?
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who were tapped by Republican President-elect Donald Trump to lead a new Department of Government...
Nov 22, 20244 min read
Explainer-Jimmy Lai: What to know about national security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon
HONG KONG - Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai testified this week in court for the first time in a landmark...
Nov 22, 20244 min read
Factbox-UN Resolution 1701, cornerstone of any Israel-Hezbollah truce
DUBAI - A United Nations resolution that ended the last round of deadly conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006 is seen as the...
Nov 22, 20242 min read
Soccer-Guardiola signs two-year contract extension with Man City
LONDON - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2027, the...
Nov 22, 20242 min read
Adani's Australian coal unit faces human rights complaint
MELBOURNE - India's Adani Group, whose billionaire chairman has been indicted for fraud by U.S. prosecutors, is facing accusations of...
Nov 22, 20242 min read
China's Xi visits Morocco, meets with crown prince
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping made a short visit to Morocco on Thursday, according to state media from both countries. Xi was...
Nov 22, 20241 min read
Explainer-How the US tracks ballistic missile launches
SINGAPORE - The United States has layers of sensors that can spot, track and identify ballistic missile launches such as the Russian IRBM...
Nov 22, 20242 min read
Factbox-What is Russia's 'Oreshnik' missile?
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said Russia had struck Ukraine with a new hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile in response to...
Nov 22, 20242 min read
Atmospheric river pounds Northwest US, killing 2 and knocking out power across three states
A powerful storm clobbered Washington state on Wednesday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people while disrupting road...
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Climate finance talks face 'hardest' stage as COP29 nears end-game
BAKU - Countries at the COP29 climate summit were warned on Wednesday that the "hardest part" was about to start in talks over how much...
Nov 21, 20243 min read
US reopens Kyiv embassy after Ukraine firing of ATACMS missiles into Russia prompted potential strike threat
KYIV - The United States said it had reopened its embassy in Kyiv late on Wednesday after it had shut for the day due to what it called...
Nov 21, 20244 min read
Ugandan opposition politician kidnapped in Kenya, his wife says
KAMPALA - A veteran Ugandan opposition politician was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya at the weekend, transferred to Uganda and...
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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