Russia Freed Ksenia Karelina, a Detained American, Rubio Says
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Russia Freed Ksenia Karelina, a Detained American, Rubio Says

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that an American citizen had been released from Russian custody in a rare prisoner swap, amid a broader effort by Washington and Moscow to mend relations. The prisoner, Ksenia Karelina, a dual citizen of Russia…

Inside Factories in China, a Struggle to Survive Trump’s Tariffs
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Inside Factories in China, a Struggle to Survive Trump’s Tariffs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As President Trump ratcheted up new tariffs on goods from China to 125 percent this week, the mood in the dusty streets and small factories of southeastern China was a mixture of anger, worry and resolve. Thousands of export-oriented small factories in or…

Opinion | This Is No Way to Stop the World’s Trumps
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Opinion | This Is No Way to Stop the World’s Trumps

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Sure enough, Ms. Le Pen’s admirers soon spun the ruling as a tale of malicious muzzling. It was, Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social, a “witch hunt” and an example of “lawfare.” But this was not an instance of activist judges arbitrarily abusing…

Kim Shin-jo, North Korean Commando Who Sought to Kill South Korea’s Leader, Dies
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Kim Shin-jo, North Korean Commando Who Sought to Kill South Korea’s Leader, Dies

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Kim Shin-jo, the only captured member of a team of 31 North Korean commandos who came within striking distance of the South Korean presidential palace ​in central Seoul before they were repelled in 1968, died on Wednesday. He was 82. Mr. Kim’s death…

How a Ukrainian Teen Became a Suspected Foot Soldier for Russia
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How a Ukrainian Teen Became a Suspected Foot Soldier for Russia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The job offer, pitched to appeal to a 17-year-old Ukrainian refugee without work, promised a BMW car and about $11,000 in cash. Daniil Bardadim, a teenager on the run from war in Ukraine, received the offer early last year after making his way…

Grandmother Is Stranded When Her Parrot ‘Plucky’ Can’t Board Flight
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Grandmother Is Stranded When Her Parrot ‘Plucky’ Can’t Board Flight

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Maria Fraterrigo, a grandmother from the Bronx, was booked in seat 4A on a flight from San Juan to Kennedy International Airport on Saturday night. But when she got to the gate for her return flight to New York, she said, an agent…

Stocks Jump in Asia After Trump’s Tariff Reprieve
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Stocks Jump in Asia After Trump’s Tariff Reprieve

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Following President Trump’s decision to pause punishing tariffs on dozens of countries, markets in Asia reacted predictably: Stocks soared in the countries that were spared. In early trading on Thursday, benchmark indexes rose more than 9 percent in Taiwan, 8 percent in Japan…

Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies
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Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Wednesday signed executive orders punishing two officials from his first administration and an elite law firm, continuing a campaign of retribution that he has gleefully carried out since his inauguration. Two executive orders targeted Christopher Krebs, who as a senior…

Inside Trump’s Reversal on Tariffs: From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’
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Inside Trump’s Reversal on Tariffs: From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For the past week, President Trump has been urging calm in the face of the financial chaos that he created and resisting calls for him to rethink his approach. “I know what the hell I’m doing,” he told Republicans on Tuesday as the…

Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk
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Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday was forced to delay a vote on the Republican budget blueprint to unlock President Trump’s domestic agenda, after conservatives balked at a plan that they said would add too much to the nation’s debt. In a dramatic scene…