As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?
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As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As the reality sets in that the United States is drastically diminishing its foreign assistance to developing countries, an urgent conversation is starting among governments, philanthropists, and global health and development organizations. It is centered on one crucial question: Who will fill this…

Emboldened Kremlin Steps Up Efforts to Seize Businesses in Russia
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Emboldened Kremlin Steps Up Efforts to Seize Businesses in Russia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After the fall of Communism, Russia ushered in capitalism by selling off billions of dollars in state assets. Now, 30 years later, the Russian government is stepping up a wartime campaign to do the opposite: seizing private businesses, this time in the name…

The Man Who Broke Germany’s Government Wants a Chance to Fix It
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The Man Who Broke Germany’s Government Wants a Chance to Fix It

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It has been a rocky few months for Christian Lindner, and for the German political system that he has thrown into chaos. In November, Mr. Lindner, who was the federal finance minister, effectively toppled Germany’s fragile government in a bid for his political…

Hochul Plans to Impose New Oversight of New York City Amid Adams Scandal
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Hochul Plans to Impose New Oversight of New York City Amid Adams Scandal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York plans to announce on Thursday that she will not exercise her authority to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office at this time, but will seek to impose strict new guardrails on his administration of New York City,…

Opinion | Tom Friedman on Just How Far Trump Could Push the World
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Opinion | Tom Friedman on Just How Far Trump Could Push the World

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Just Trump saying he talked to Putin for 90 minutes, drove the global benchmark crude oil price down at one point. So you can see where the market is going. They smell this. What is Trump doing with both the Russians and Putin?…

Trump Media Group Sues Brazilian Judge Weighing Arrest of Jair Bolsonaro
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Trump Media Group Sues Brazilian Judge Weighing Arrest of Jair Bolsonaro

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s media company sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday, accusing him of illegally censoring right-wing voices on social media. The unusual move was made all the more extraordinary by its timing: Just hours earlier, the Brazilian justice had received an…

Meet Germany’s Far-Right Leader, a Study in Contradictions
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Meet Germany’s Far-Right Leader, a Study in Contradictions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Vice President JD Vance criticized his German hosts last week for sidelining far-right parties, he did not mention by name the Alternative for Germany, known as the AfD. But soon after his speech at the Munich Security Conference, in which he stunned…

Hochul Meeting on Eric Adams’s Future Plunges Him Deeper Into Crisis
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Hochul Meeting on Eric Adams’s Future Plunges Him Deeper Into Crisis

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On the 39th floor of a Midtown Manhattan high-rise, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday presided over a series of meetings to discuss one of the most consequential decisions of her tenure: whether to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office. She solicited opinions from…

Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup
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Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, was charged Tuesday with overseeing a vast scheme to try to undermine his nation’s trust in the 2022 elections and then overturn that vote even after his allies could not find evidence of fraud. Brazil’s attorney general, Paulo…