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Azerbaijan's president says crashed jetliner was shot down by Russia unintentionally
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit…
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Column: After a bruising election year in America what will 2025 bring?
SACRAMENTO — How do you summarize — or make sense of — 2024? It’s been a year of upheaval, division, winners and losers. And perhaps most…
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Opinion: Politics past will haunt Washington in 2025. It won't be pretty
To look back over the politics of the past year is to see a preview of the coming one. It’s not pretty. Donald Trump, as president again,…
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Kavelashvili is inaugurated as Georgia's president, complicating its path toward EU
TBILISI, Goergia (AP) — Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally inaugurated as president of Georgia on Sunday, cementing…
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Off-year 2025 elections to watch in Donald Trump's first year of new term
While 2024 was a pivotal year for elections in the United States, the off-year state and district elections ahead of the midterms may set…
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South Korea's impeached Yoon again ignores summons to appear
South Korea's suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has for the third time in a row failed to heed a summons to appear before the country's…
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Dozens dead in South Korean airport plane fire
A Jeju Air passenger plane crashed and caught fire at Muan International Airport in southern South Korea on Sunday after veering off the…
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Trump Leaves MAGA Supporters in Shock by Supporting Immigration Visas Backed by Elon Musk' for Foreign Tech Workers
Donald Trump left his MAGA supporters shocked by aligning himself with Elon Musk and other prominent tech leaders following a heated…
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Can Trump persuade the Supreme Court to stand aside so he can solve the TikTok problem?
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is telling the Supreme Court that he can make a deal that will resolve the national security…
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President-elect Trump weighs into debate among supporters to back H-1B visa program
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday appeared to step into a raging debate among his supporters over visas for skilled workers on the…
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Can H-1B visa holders change jobs? Critics call workers indentured servants
Amid Republican interparty contention over H-1B visas and immigration policy, some misconceptions about workers' ability to change…
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White House: Russia, North Korea treating troops as ‘expendable’ in conflict with Ukraine
White House National Security communications adviser John Kirby said Russia was treating North Korean troops as “expendable” by sending…
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Elon Musk's vow to "go to war" raises eyebrows
Tech billionaire Elon Musk's vow to "go to war" to defend H-1B visas has raised eyebrows from some on social media. Newsweek reached out…
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Russia's Gazprom ends deliveries to Moldova after Ukraine transit ban
The Russian gas company Gazprom on Saturday said it will no longer supply natural gas to Moldova in the new year, blaming the country's…
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Sweden embarks on a sober search for more cemetery space in case of war
GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Burial associations in Sweden are looking to acquire enough land for something they hope they'll never have to…
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Putin apologises for plane crash, without saying Russia at fault
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan for the downing of a commercial airliner in…
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Putin apologizes after Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev following the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane…
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Ukraine destroys Russian kamikaze drone facility deep behind front line
Ukraine has said it has destroyed a facility inside Russia where Iranian drones were being readied for Moscow's war effort. Ukraine's…
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CIA 'greatly complicated' Havana Syndrome treatment: Senate
A newly released Senate intelligence report has criticized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for its handling of cases related to the…
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The Unstoppable Rise of the State Symbol
If your New Year’s resolution is to stop obsessively reading post-election analyses, then perhaps you would welcome another way of…
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Fico offers Slovakia's 'hospitality' in possible Ukraine-Russia talks
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said that he has offered his country as a meeting place for possible talks on ending the war in…
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Germans abroad urged to register early for February election
Germany is urging citizens living abroad to promptly register in the electoral roll if they wish to participate in the upcoming election…
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Trump asks Supreme Court to pause law threatening TikTok ban
PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump thrust himself into the high-stakes fight over the fate of TikTok in the US by urging the Supreme Court to…
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China to cut import tariffs on some recycled copper and aluminium raw materials
CHINA will reduce import tariffs on ethane and certain recycled copper and aluminium raw materials from next year, the government said on…