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Hamas hands 4 dead hostages from Gaza over to Red Cross, as Palestinians leave Israeli prison

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEF FEDERMAN
Feb 26, 2025 5:00 pm - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas handed over four dead hostages to the Red Cross early Thursday in exchange for Israel's release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, days...
Trump says Zelenskyy is coming to the White House to sign US-Ukraine critical minerals deal

By AAMER MADHANI, HANNA ARHIROVA and JUSTIN SPIKE
Feb 26, 2025 4:41 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a long-sought minerals deal that...
Trump decries a ‘scam’ USAID contract. It supports a program he started.

Glenn Kessler
Feb 26, 2025 1:27 pm - “Here are some of the flagrant scams that, as an example, they’ve spent money on … $520 million for a consultant … you know, when I hired consultants, and they just take ...
Trump posts video offering imagined vision of Gaza after his takeover plan

By Sabrina Rodriguez
Feb 26, 2025 1:22 pm - President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social account late Tuesday an apparently AI-generated video that offers a splashy vision of his plan to transform the Gaza Str...
Stock market today: Wall Street climbs and heads for its first gain in 5 days

By STAN CHOE
Feb 26, 2025 10:03 am - NEW YORK — U.S. stock indexes are rising Wednesday after a four-day losing streak knocked Wall Street off its all-time high and threw some of its brightest stars into rev...
Not known for political coverage, Wired takes a leading role in tracking Elon Musk's team

By DAVID BAUDER
Feb 26, 2025 10:01 am - NEW YORK — Shortly after becoming Wired's global editorial director in 2023, Katie Drummond acted on an early-morning idea. With a presidential election coming, the tech-...
Keir Starmer heads to Washington with UK defense spending pledge to help sway Trump over Ukraine

By JILL LAWLESS
Feb 26, 2025 9:54 am - LONDON — U.K Prime Minister Keir Starmer flies to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an investment that he hopes will ...
Singer-musician Rhiannon Giddens calls off Kennedy Center show, citing Trump takeover

By HILLEL ITALIE
Feb 26, 2025 9:45 am - NEW YORK — Award-winning singer-musician Rhiannon Giddens has become the latest artist to call off an appearance at the Kennedy Center, which has been in upheaval since P...
Pope Francis sits upright in an armchair as Argentines in Rome pray for his recovery

By NICOLE WINFIELD, TRISHA THOMAS and SILVIA STELLACCI
Feb 26, 2025 9:12 am - Pope Francis was sitting upright and receiving therapy for double pneumonia Wednesday, the Vatican said, as Argentines, Romans and others kept up the steady stream of prayers for his recovery. Francis remained in critical condition but the Holy See machinery ground on, with the announcement of new bishops and a new church fundraising initiative.
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people

By DEVI SHASTRI
Feb 26, 2025 9:10 am - A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month.

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