India vs. Pakistan Is Also U.S. vs. China When It Comes to Arms Sales
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India vs. Pakistan Is Also U.S. vs. China When It Comes to Arms Sales

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The last time India and Pakistan faced off in a military confrontation, in 2019, U.S. officials detected enough movement in the nuclear arsenals of both nations to be alarmed. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was awakened in the middle of the night. He…

Marco Rubio, Secretary of Everything
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Marco Rubio, Secretary of Everything

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Secretary of state. Acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Acting archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration. And now interim national security adviser to President Trump. Like a Christmas tree bedecked with shiny ornaments of every shape and size,…

Ukraine and U.S. Sign Deal on Proceeds From Rare Earth Minerals
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Ukraine and U.S. Sign Deal on Proceeds From Rare Earth Minerals

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States and Ukraine announced on Wednesday the creation of a new reconstruction and investment fund, formalizing an economic agreement between the two countries that is intended to give the U.S. access to proceeds from Ukraine’s reserves of rare earth minerals. The…

Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women
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Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States is ending its financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, cutting nearly 50 million women off from access to contraception. This policy change has attracted little attention amid the wholesale dismantling of American foreign aid, but it stands…

Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
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Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The United States, the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing. Even as President…

In Myanmar, Earthquake Aftershocks and Airstrikes Terrorize Residents
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In Myanmar, Earthquake Aftershocks and Airstrikes Terrorize Residents

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Myo Zaw and his team of volunteer rescue workers were the first to arrive at the site where a three-story house had collapsed in Mandalay, a little after 8 p.m. on Saturday. They were digging through the rubble with their bare hands when…

How Trump Is Inspiring Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere
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How Trump Is Inspiring Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Joseph R. Biden Jr. convened democracy summits at the White House in 2021 and 2023, he pointedly disinvited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, a man he had once described an “autocrat” who deserved to be driven from office by voters….