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‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden uses his visit to Angola to promote a major US-backed rail project in Africa

By WILL WEISSERT
Dec 04, 2024 8:18 am - Even in the waning days of his presidency and thousands of miles from home, U.S. President Joe Biden is finding ways to celebrate trains.
Sources: Trump considers DeSantis for the Pentagon with Hegseth under pressure over allegations

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and TARA COPP
Dec 04, 2024 8:15 am - Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's Pentagon pick, was fighting to hold on to his Cabinet nomination amid growing questions Wednesday about his personal conduct as the president-elect's team considers alternatives, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
South Korean president declares emergency martial law, accusing opposition of anti-state activities

Dec 03, 2024 8:32 am - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law,” Tuesday accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities.
Biden says the US is 'all in' on Africa during his Angola visit meant to counter China

By WILL WEISSERT
Dec 03, 2024 7:56 am - Joe Biden on Tuesday used the first visit to Angola by a U.S. president to promote billions of dollars of investments in the sub-Saharan African nation and speak at a slavery museum, where he'll acknowledge the trafficking of humans that once linked the nations' economies.
China bans exports to US of gallium, germanium, antimony in response to chip sanctions

By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Dec 03, 2024 7:53 am - China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general principle, lashing back at U.S. limits on semiconductor-related exports.
Trump’s FBI pick has plans to reshape the bureau. This is what Kash Patel has said he wants to do

By ERIC TUCKER
Dec 03, 2024 7:48 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump's orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect's skepticism of the FBI and int...
Trump says he’ll attend Notre Dame Cathedral reopening celebration in Paris this weekend

By JILL COLVIN
Dec 03, 2024 7:43 am - President-elect Donald Trump will attend the reopening celebration for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this weekend, his first foreign trip since the election.
Biden's broken promise on pardoning his son Hunter is raising new questions about his legacy

By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER
Dec 02, 2024 6:24 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s decision to go back on his word and issue a categorical pardon for his son, Hunter, just weeks before his scheduled sentencing on gun a...
Some Democrats are frustrated over Joe Biden reversing course and pardoning his son Hunter

By BILL BARROW
Dec 02, 2024 2:02 pm - Already reeling from their November defeats, Democrats now are grappling with President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son for federal crimes, with some calling the move misguided and unwise after the party spent years slamming Donald Trump as a threat to democracy who disregarded the law.
Hezbollah fires into Israel-held area after multiple Israeli strikes in Lebanon since truce began

By NATALIE MELTZER and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD
Dec 02, 2024 1:59 pm - Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone held by Israel on Monday after multiple Israeli strikes inside Lebanon since a ceasefire took hold last week. The militant group said the volley, its first during the truce, was a warning shot in response to what it called repeated Israeli violations.

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