Nation and World
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US to ban Chinese purchases of farmland, citing national security
Jul 08, 2025 4:13 pm - U.S. Department of Agriculture chief Brooke Rollins announced Tuesday that the U.S. government will move to ban sales of farmland nationwide to buyers tied to China and o...
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Swiss medicines authority issues first approval for antimalarial drug for treatment of infants
Jul 08, 2025 3:54 pm - Switzerland's medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants, touted as an advance against a disease that takes hundreds of thousands of lives — nearly all in Africa — each year.
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Supreme Court clears the way for Trump's plans to downsize the federal workforce
Jul 08, 2025 2:56 pm - The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs.
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Officials push away questions about lack of widespread warnings before deadly Texas floods
Jul 08, 2025 2:29 pm - Public officials in charge of finding victims of the devastating flooding in Texas pushed away intensifying questions Tuesday about who was monitoring the weather that killed more than 100 people and warning that floodwaters were barreling toward camps and homes.
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Trump says he's 'not happy' with Putin and blames him for 'killing a lot of people' in Ukraine
Jul 08, 2025 2:27 pm - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's “not happy” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, saying Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine is “killing a lot of people” on both sides.
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Amazon extends Prime Day discounts to 4 days as retailers weigh tariff-related price increases
Jul 08, 2025 10:10 am - NEW YORK — Amazon is extending its annual Prime Day sales and offering new membership perks to Gen Z shoppers amid tariff-related price worries and possibly some consumer...
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5 Israeli soldiers killed in northern Gaza and 18 Palestinians dead in Israeli strikes
Jul 08, 2025 8:04 am - Five Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack in Gaza, the Israeli military said Tuesday, while health officials in the Palestinian territory said 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes.
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels attack a ship in the Red Sea after claiming they sank another, killing 3
Jul 08, 2025 8:01 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea killed three mariners and wounded two others, a European ...
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Netanyahu says he’s nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Jul 07, 2025 8:42 pm - WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Donald Trump that he was nominating the U.S. leader for a Nobel Peace Prize as the two took a victor...
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Trump says the US to send more weapons to Ukraine, days after ordering pause in deliveries
Jul 07, 2025 7:16 pm - President Donald Trump says the U.S. will have to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after ordering pause in critical weapons deliveries to Kyiv. The comments by Tru...