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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.
Hamas and Fatah are near an agreement on who will oversee postwar Gaza

By SAMY MAGDY and JOSEF FEDERMAN
Dec 03, 2024 9:35 pm - CAIRO — Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Stri...
Trump signs agreement to allow Justice Department to conduct background checks on nominees, staff

By ZEKE MILLER
Dec 03, 2024 9:33 pm - WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump's transition team on Tuesday signed an agreement to allow the Justice Department to conduct background checks on his nominees an...
South Korea lifts president’s martial law decree after lawmakers vote against it

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Dec 03, 2024 8:10 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — The president of South Korea early Wednesday lifted the martial law he imposed on the country hours earlier, bending to political pressure after a te...
Is Enron back? If it’s a joke, some former employees aren't laughing

By JUAN A. LOZANO
Dec 03, 2024 4:02 pm - HOUSTON — An elaborate parody appears to be behind an effort to resurrect Enron, the Houston-based energy company that exemplified the worst in American corporate fraud a...
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...

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