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Progress made in talks over Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release, officials say

By VICTORIA EASTWOOD, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEF FEDERMAN
Jan 13, 2025 9:41 am - U.S. and Arab mediators made significant progress overnight toward brokering a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of scores of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, but a deal hasn't been reached yet, officials said Monday.
Why Greenland? Remote but resource-rich island occupies a key position in a warming world

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Jan 13, 2025 9:24 am - Remote, icy and mostly pristine, Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking shape all over the planet.
Russian forces bypass a key stronghold in a bid to cut off its supplies, a Ukrainian officer says

By SAMYA KULLAB and YEHOR KONOVALOV
Jan 13, 2025 9:23 am - Russian forces are bypassing a key stronghold in eastern Ukraine that they have fought for months to capture and are focusing instead on cutting supply lines to it, a Ukrainian official said Monday.
Hegseth could lead troops who’d face getting fired for actions he’s done in the past

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Jan 13, 2025 9:10 am - If Pete Hegseth were still in uniform, his extramarital affairs and a decision to flatly ignore a combat commander's directive would not just be drawing the attention of senators — they could have run afoul of military law.
Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER
Jan 13, 2025 8:31 am - WASHINGTON — Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who t...
Trump’s impact on wind sector limited by sole term, Taiwan says

By Miaojung Lin and Jane Lanhee Lee
Jan 10, 2025 2:28 pm - Taiwan’s economic minister said the impact of Donald Trump in certain areas will be somewhat limited because he can only serve a single term, rare frank comments that sho...
Meta deals a blow to fact-checking. Critics says politics is to blame.

By Sarah Ellison
Jan 10, 2025 2:22 pm - When PolitiFact won a Pulitzer in 2009, it put fact-checkers on the map. Donald Trump’s MAGA movement gave them plenty of work. Now, Meta’s fact-checking retrenchment threatens to hollow out the industry.
As Los Angeles burns, Elon Musk stokes partisan outrage

By Pranshu Verma, Will Oremus, Trisha Thadani
Jan 10, 2025 2:12 pm - As flames have engulfed large swaths of Los Angeles, Elon Musk has been inundating his 212 million followers with posts casting blame for the blazes on Democrats and diversity policies, amplifying narratives that have taken hold among far-right activists and Republican leaders, including President-elect Donald Trump.
Biden extends time in US for 800,000 Venezuelans, Salvadorans as Trump readies immigration crackdown

By GISELA SALOMON
Jan 10, 2025 2:07 pm - About 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 230,000 Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday, barely a week before President-elect Donald Trump takes office with promises of hardline immigration policies.
US added a strong 256,000 jobs in December as unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%

By PAUL WISEMAN
Jan 10, 2025 7:58 am - U.S. hiring picked up unexpectedly in December as employers added 256,000 jobs, another sign of the economy’s resilience in the face of high interest rates.

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