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World The White House began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs. The move is the latest effort to overhaul the U.S. government by Trump, whose recent proposal to pause federal grants and loans was blocked by a federal judge.Continue Reading

World Rebels seized the airport of east Congo’s largest city, Goma, on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the city in an offensive that left dead bodies lying in the streets. Several embassies attacked in Congo’s capital,Continue Reading

World White House says Trump plans to follow through on Canada, Mexico tariffs on SaturdayU.S. President Donald Trump’s press secretary says the plan to slap Canada with punishing tariffs on Saturday is still in play. Ottawa has said it would respond with countermeasures should the tariffs materializeThe Canadian Press ·Continue Reading

World Norfolk Southern rail co., Ohio town announce final settlement over derailment, toxic burnThe Village of East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million US settlement resolving all of the village’s claims arising from a disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. All told, Norfolk Southern hasContinue Reading

As Marco Rubio, the freshly sworn-in U.S. secretary of state, gripped the Indian foreign minister’s hand for a photo op last Tuesday, the symbolism was clear.  It came ahead of Rubio’s very first bilateral meeting on his first day in office, suggesting the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and IndiaContinue Reading

World U.S. President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday to remove diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from the military, reinstate thousands of troops who were kicked out for refusing COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic, and take aim at transgender troops. Hegseth begins role as U.S. defence secretary, uses Confederate names for basesThomson Reuters · Posted: JanContinue Reading

World Israeli forces shot a two-year-old girl in the head in her West Bank home on Saturday while she was eating dinner with her family, according to health officials and family members. Laila Al-Khatib was shot in the head during a raid in the West Bank, Health Ministry saysThomson Reuters ·Continue Reading

World U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday fired more than a dozen Justice Department lawyers who brought two criminal cases against him, an official said, as the Republican moves swiftly to exert greater control over the department. More than a dozen who worked with special counsel Jack SmithThomson ReutersContinue Reading

Rwanda-backed rebels claim control of key Congo city M23 rebels claim they have captured Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, as the United Nations described a ‘mass panic’ among its two million people. An insurgency led by M23 rebels in eastern Congo has escalated and reached the city of Goma,Continue Reading