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Turkey halts trade with Israel until permanent Gaza ceasefire
ISTANBUL -Turkey said on Friday it will not resume trade with Israel, worth $7 billion a year, until a permanent ceasefire and...
May 3, 20242 min read
Yemen's Houthis say they will target ships heading for Israel anywhere within range
DUBAI - Yemen's Houthis will target ships heading to Israeli ports in any area that is within their range, military spokesman Yahya Sarea...
May 3, 20241 min read
Fresh chaos, arrests on US college campuses as police flatten camp at UCLA
LOS ANGELES -Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down...
May 3, 20244 min read
Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion
NEW YORK -A lawyer for Donald Trump sought on Thursday to portray the hush money payment at the center of his criminal trial as...
May 3, 20243 min read
Maryland estimates bridge replacement cost at $1.7 billion - $1.9 billion
WASHINGTON -Maryland said on Thursday it estimates it will cost $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion to rebuild a collapsed Baltimore bridge and...
May 3, 20241 min read
Hundreds of police file onto UCLA near pro-Palestinian protest camp, a day after violent clashes
LOS ANGELES - Hundreds of helmeted police descended onto the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles after darkness fell on...
May 2, 20243 min read
Factbox-Who are the candidates running in the 2024 US presidential election?
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face each other in the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5 in what looks set...
May 2, 20245 min read
Analysis-Russia can't match a Western asset seizure, but it can inflict pain
LONDON - Russia's ability to mete out like-for-like retaliation if Western leaders seize its frozen assets has been eroded by dwindling...
May 2, 20245 min read
Papua New Guinea has 'human capital crisis', says World Bank
SYDNEY - The World Bank has urged the largest Pacific Island nation, Papua New Guinea, to address a "human capital crisis" and invest...
May 2, 20242 min read
Biden blames China, Japan and India's economic woes on 'xenophobia'
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that "xenophobia" from China to Japan and India is hobbling their growth, as he...
May 2, 20241 min read
Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed
NAIROBI -Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes,...
May 2, 20242 min read
U.S., allies press UAE over Russia trade, sanctions
ABU DHABI - The United States, Britain and the European Union are pressing the United Arab Emirates to show it is cracking down on firms...
May 1, 20243 min read
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