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2 days ago · As Elon Musk and his aides take control of the US Treasury’s payments system, the drastic job cuts and other shake-ups he instituted on buying Twitter may offer a preview of what government workers can expect.. Musk, the world’s richest person, is leading President Donald Trump‘s federal cost-cutting efforts under the so-called Department of …

World • The Globe Post. More than 150 Rohingya refugees including women and children have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia after their boat...

Jan 21, 2025 · US President Donald Trump begins his first full day in office Tuesday, riding a wave of executive orders signed just hours after his inauguration on everything from immigration to the environment and culture wars.. After the pomp of his inauguration ceremony and stunning array of executive orders, the president’s Tuesday begins with a more solemn event: a prayer service at the National ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Investigators on Thursday recovered the black boxes from a passenger plane that collided mid-air with a military helicopter over Washington’s Potomac River, killing all 67 people, as rescuers pulled bodies from the freezing water. US President Donald Trump launched a political attack blaming ...

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Jan 24, 2025 · The Drug Trade’s Impact. The drug trade permeates all levels of Honduras and Guatemala, from the MS-13 and Barrio 18 street gangs in San Pedro Sula and Guatemala City to the highest echelons of government.. In June of last year, former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, was sentenced to 45 years in a US prison for distributing 400 tons of cocaine or 4.5 billion single doses of ...

Jan 29, 2025 · The vast majority of Greenland residents do not want their island to become part of the US as envisaged by President Donald Trump, according to a poll published Wednesday.. Trump, who returned to the White House in late January, has signaled that he wants the Arctic island – which is believed to hold large untapped mineral and oil reserves – to become part of the US and has suggested the ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Key mediator Qatar said on Wednesday that 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be released in the first stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the war in the Palestinian territory.. Two sources close to Hamas earlier told AFP that Israel would release about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, while an Israeli government spokesman said hundreds would be released.

Sep 24, 2024 · US President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned against “full-scale war” in the Middle East, urging leaders to find diplomatic solutions in both Lebanon and Gaza. “Full-scale war is not in anyone’s interest,” Biden told the UN General Assembly after Israeli strikes in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah killed more than 550 people. “Even though the situation has escalated, a diplomatic solution ...