House poised to vote on $1.3T spending bill The House is poised to vote on a bipartisan $1.3 trillion omnibus as soon as Thursday, less than 24 hours after GOP leaders unveiled the massive spending package needed to avert a government shutdown this week. The legislative text of the bill, […]
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Lucky Breaks, Video and Pink Gloves Led to Austin Bombing Suspect ROUND ROCK, Tex. — It was not much — surveillance footage in and near an Austin-area FedEx store showing a man in a disguise dropping off packages. But for investigators from federal, state and local agencies who had been […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Reckoning This Is a Major Trust Issue’ Whenever there’s an issue where someone’s data gets passed to someone who the rules of the system shouldn’t have allowed it to, that’s rightfully a big issue and deserves to be a big uproar,” Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, said in […]
U.S. ties ‘super important’ says Mexican leftist’s pick to lead NAFTA talks A former World Trade Organization economist picked to lead NAFTA negotiations by the front-runner in the race for Mexico’s presidency told Reuters on Tuesday that modernizing parts of the pact should be possible while stressing the importance of […]
Expelled Russian diplomats leave Britain in nerve agent crisis Twenty three expelled Russian diplomats and their families left London for Moscow on Tuesday as Britain and Russia traded recriminations over a nerve agent attack in England that has plunged relations into their worst crisis since the Cold War. Prime Minister […]
Taiwan shadows China carrier group after Xi warning Taiwan has sent ships and aircraft to shadow a Chinese aircraft carrier group through the narrow Taiwan Strait, its defense ministry said on Wednesday, after Chinese President Xi Jinping offered his strongest warning against Taiwan separatism to date. China claims Taiwan as […]
South Korea’s Moon says three-way summit with North Korea, U.S. possible South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday a three-way summit with North Korea and the United States is possible and that talks should aim for an end to the nuclear threat on the Korean peninsula. Moon is planning […]
Reuters reporters in court 100 days after their arrest in Myanmar Two Reuters reporters appeared in a Myanmar court for the 11th time on Wednesday, which marked 100 days since they were arrested in December and accused of possessing secret government papers. A Yangon court is holding preliminary hearings to […]
Israel goes public on 2007 destruction of suspected Syrian reactor, warns region Israel for the first time confirmed that it bombed a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, saying on Wednesday that the strike removed a major threat to Israel and the region and was a “message” to others. The […]
Florida 16-year-old allegedly beats friend to death with a baseball bat over a girl, officials say A 16-year-old Florida boy is suspected of beating his friend to death with a baseball bat, authorities said, alleging that the teen was jealous of his friend’s relationship with a girl. Police say the […]
