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Russia's Lavrov joins top European diplomats at G20 meeting in South Africa

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and MICHELLE GUMEDE
Feb 20, 2025 5:42 am - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in South Africa on Thursday for a two-day meeting of the Group of 20 nations, where top European diplomats are expected to reinforce their support for Ukraine and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a high-profile absentee.
Israel identifies remains of child hostages but says body Hamas returned was not their mother

By MELANIE LIDMAN, JOSEF FEDERMAN AND WAFAA SHURAFA
Feb 20, 2025 5:40 am - Ariel and Kfir Bibas — two of the youngest hostages held in Gaza — became a symbol for Israelis of the brutality of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The return of what are presumed to be their bodies on Thursday dashed hopes they had survived captivity and struck another blow to a nation still reeling from Hamas' assault.
DC US attorney probing Democrats over alleged threats, documents show

By Spencer S. Hsu
Feb 19, 2025 9:00 pm - The top federal prosecutor in D.C. escalated his scrutiny of what he characterized as potential threats directed at billionaire Elon Musk and government workers, demandin...
Hegseth directs Pentagon to find $50 billion in cuts this year to fund Trump military priorities

By TARA COPP
Feb 19, 2025 8:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next year in order to redirect those ...
After ceding power of the purse, GOP lawmakers beg Trump team for funds

By Liz Goodwin
Feb 19, 2025 8:50 pm - Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated. Senators have in recent days...
Winter-weary East Coast hit with another storm as temperatures plunge elsewhere

By BEN FINLEY and JOHN RABY
Feb 19, 2025 6:09 pm - NORFOLK, Va. — Officials urged people to stay off the roads Wednesday in portions of Virginia and North Carolina where a storm dropped heavy snow and caused hundreds of a...
USDA tries to reverse mistaken firing of bird flu response workers

By Kelsey Ables
Feb 19, 2025 4:59 pm - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that it is moving to correct the accidental firing of several people working on the federal government’s response to an ou...
Trump administration freezes funds to Palestinian security forces

By Miriam Berger, John Hudson and Gerry Shih
Feb 19, 2025 4:44 pm - JERICHO, West Bank — The Trump administration has stopped all funding to the Palestinian Authority security forces as part of the global freeze on foreign assistance, acc...
Justice Department official urges quick dismissal of criminal case against New York City mayor

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Feb 19, 2025 4:40 pm - NEW YORK — At an extraordinary hearing Wednesday, the Justice Department’s second-in-command demanded that a judge dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor ...
Thousands of Palestinian families flee West Bank homes as Israel confronts militants

By ISABEL DEBRE
Feb 19, 2025 4:18 pm - FAR'A REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — By car and on foot, through muddy olive groves and snipers’ sight lines, tens of thousands of Palestinians in recent weeks have fled Israe...

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