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Fed cuts interest rates a third time, points to inflation as challenge for 2025 18 Dec 2024 - 11:54 pm
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell leaves after speaking at a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
First severe bird flu case in US sparks alarm 18 Dec 2024 - 09:35 pm
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Trump jokes Canada becoming 51st US state 'a great idea' 18 Dec 2024 - 08:38 pm
President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
SoftBank pledges to invest $100 bn into US, creating 100,000 jobs 16 Dec 2024 - 10:24 pm
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son delivers remarks alongside U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Brazil ex-defense minister arrested in coup plot investigation: police source 14 Dec 2024 - 04:04 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Brazilian Navy officers guard the Marcilio Dias Navy Hospital located in the Lins de Vasconcelos neighborhood, north zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 12, 2024. Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP.
Trump calls for end to “inconvenient” daylight saving time 14 Dec 2024 - 12:13 pm
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US, China agree to extend Science and Technology Agreement for five years 14 Dec 2024 - 12:02 am
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Boeing invests $1 bn to boost 787 production 13 Dec 2024 - 04:52 pm
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'Life-changing' injury may have pushed NY suspect to kill CEO: police 13 Dec 2024 - 10:15 am
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led from the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Photo by JEFF SWENSEN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
Time Magazine names Donald Trump person of the year for second time 12 Dec 2024 - 04:44 pm
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Biden grants clemency to nearly 1,500 people: White House 12 Dec 2024 - 03:39 pm
US President Joe Biden speaks during the first-ever White House Conference on Women's Health Research, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Samuel Corum / AFP)
US offers $10 mn reward for wanted Chinese hacker 11 Dec 2024 - 05:59 pm
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Trump says solving Ukraine crisis his top priority 11 Dec 2024 - 11:31 am
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US disburses $20 billion Ukraine loan backed by profits from Russian assets 10 Dec 2024 - 09:24 pm
A Ukrainian soldier drives a vehicle on a road leading to the town of Chasiv Yar, in Kostyantynivka, eastern Donetsk region, on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Roman Pilipey / AFP)
NY gunman had manifesto railing against health insurance: police 10 Dec 2024 - 08:52 pm
Customers use the drive-thru at the Altoona McDonald's on East Plank Road where murder suspect Luigi Mangione was identified and later arrested on December 9, 2024 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Photo by JEFF SWENSEN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
Wildfire quickly spreads in western US city Malibu 10 Dec 2024 - 04:40 pm
Firefighters work as the Franklin Fire burns near a building on December 10, 2024 in Malibu, California. Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
Nearly 200 dead in Haiti massacre as voodoo community reportedly targeted 09 Dec 2024 - 09:44 pm
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US stocks little changed ahead of key inflation report 09 Dec 2024 - 06:15 pm
A file photo of traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading in New York City, US. (AFP)