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US House committee withholds report on Trump attorney general pick Gaetz
Matt Gaetz has faced allegations of sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl, drug use, and misappropriating campaign funds.
Categories: South Asia
‘Do you sell cars?’: Jaguar’s rebrand prompts mockery, confusion online
British luxury automaker's advertising campaign features models of varying ages, genders and races - but no cars.
Categories: South Asia
Young Professionals Briefing With CFR Military Fellows
CFR Military Fellows discuss ways their respective branches are meeting the challenges of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, climate change, and an evolving global threat landscape.
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Categories: Defense Policy
US ‘Secret War’ remembered as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits Laos
Al Jazeera looks back at the most devastating period in Laos's history, when the US waged a years-long 'Secret War'.
Categories: South Asia
US ‘Secret War’ remembered as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits Laos
Al Jazeera looks back at the most devastating period in Laos's history, when the US waged a years-long 'Secret War'.
Categories: South Asia
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,001
These were the key developments on the 1,001st day of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,001
These were the key developments on the 1,001st day of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Categories: South Asia
Musk, Ramaswamy outline ‘drastic’ cuts as US gov’t efficiency tsars
Trump allies say they will 'liberate individuals and businesses from illicit regulations never passed by Congress'.
Categories: South Asia
Musk, Ramaswamy outline plans for ‘drastic’ cuts as gov’t efficiency tsars
Trump allies say they will 'liberate individuals and businesses from illicit regulations never passed by Congress'.
Categories: South Asia
US Senate votes down effort to withhold weapons to Israel amid Gaza war
The push led by Senator Bernie Sanders falls short, but advocates say it shows progress for Palestinian rights movement.
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Archegos’s Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison for massive US fraud
Hwang had been convicted in July on 10 criminal charges including wire and securities fraud, market manipulation.
Categories: South Asia
At least 150 people killed over past week in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince: UN
UN official warns millions of Haitians 'being held hostage' amid surge in gang-related violence in Haitian capital.
Categories: South Asia
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US for alleged bribery, fraud
One of the richest people in the world, Gautam Adani, was indicted over an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.
Categories: South Asia
National Security law under scrutiny as Jimmy Lai takes the stand
Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong’s ‘Apple Daily,’ testified Wednesday in his national security trial
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Comcast to spin off cable TV networks as ‘streaming won’
Pool of cable subscribers is shrinking as millions cut the cord and rely on streaming services for their entertainment.
Categories: South Asia
Hezbollah chief: ‘Halt to hostilities is now in Israel’s hands’
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says his group has reviewed the US-drafted ceasefire proposal to end fighting with Israel.
Categories: South Asia
COP29 negotiators seek climate finance deal as deadline looms
Vulnerable nations are seeking $1.3 trillion to deal with damage from climate change and to adapt to that change.
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What does the change in Russia’s nuclear policy mean for global security?
President Vladimir Putin paves the way for broader use of atomic weapons.
Categories: South Asia
Republicans support bathroom ban after US transgender lawmaker elected
Republicans have pushed an effort barring first federal transgender lawmaker from women's restrooms in the US Capitol.
Categories: South Asia
Palestinian UN ambassador calls out Security Council inaction
“The wrong nationality, the wrong faith, the wrong skin colour.”
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