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India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh, architect of economic reforms, dies aged 92

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and ASHOK SHARMA
Dec 26, 2024 12:52 pm - India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died. He was 92.
Trump wants federal workers back in the office. It may be a tall task.

By Lisa Rein
Dec 26, 2024 8:39 am - President-elect Donald Trump warned federal employees last week that they must return to the office — or else “they’re going to be dismissed.” The threat was the latest a...
Israel announces new strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen's capital and ports

By WAFAA SHURAFA
Dec 26, 2024 7:31 am - Houthi rebels in Yemen said Israeli airstrikes on Thursday targeted the rebel-held capital of Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida, following several days of Houthi launches setting off sirens in Israel.
An analyst looks ahead to how the US economy might fare under Trump

By PAUL WISEMAN
Dec 24, 2024 8:06 am - President-elect Donald Trump won a return to the White House in part by promising big changes in economic policy — more tax cuts, huge tariffs on imports, mass deportations of immigrants working in the United States illegally.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions

By WILL WEISSERT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Dec 23, 2024 7:45 pm - President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment ...
‘It’s disgusting’: suburban congressman who pushed for Gaetz report’s release reacts to its accusations

By Russell Lissau
Dec 23, 2024 6:43 pm - A suburban congressman who pushed for the House Ethics Committee to publicize the findings of its investigation into now-former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz called the behavior depicted in the report “horrific” and “disgusting.”
Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal

By WILL WEISSERT
Dec 23, 2024 12:50 pm - First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.
House Ethics Committee accuses Gaetz of ‘regularly’ paying for sex, including with 17-year-old girl

By FARNOUSH AMIRI
Dec 23, 2024 9:13 am - The House Ethics Committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying women, including a 17-year-old girl, for sex and purchasing and using illicit drugs all while the Florida Republican was a member of Congress.
Congress is looking to ban Chinese drones that are widely used in US. What to know about the debate

By DIDI TANG
Dec 23, 2024 7:37 am - The economic and technological rivalry between the United States and China has come to the drone market, where Chinese-made flying devices are a dominant player.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions

By WILL WEISSERT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Dec 23, 2024 7:06 am - President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.

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