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The Japanese government is in talks to invite Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Japan as a state guest as early as next month, Nikkei Asia reported on Wednesday.Marcos is expected to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to "confirm cooperation toward realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific and to coordinate responses to China's maritime expansion", the media outlet added. (Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore)

Japan considers inviting Philippines President Marcos for state visit next month, Nikkei reports

Guatemalan attorney general sanctioned internationally loses bid for third term

Meta breaks ground on over $1 billion data center in Oklahoma's Tulsa

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Fed's Waller would 'absolutely' oppose firing reserve bank presidents over rate disagreement

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Tuesday said he would "absolutely" oppose any effort to try to fire Fed regional bank presidents over disagreements on interest rate policy."That's not the design of the system. Period," Waller said when asked at an event in Washington what he would do if asked to fire some of the reserve bank presidents because of their views on interest rates."So you would be against that?" David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution, asked Waller in a follow-up question."I would absolutely be against

Air New Zealand's chief financial officer resigns, airline commences search for replacement

Trading Day: Trump extends ceasefire deadline ... after market close

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NYC's first table games casino, Resorts World New York City, set to officially open in Queens next week

NEW YORK (WCBS) -- New York City's first legal table games casino will open next week in Queens. Resorts World New York City says table games will begin on Tuesday, April 28, pending the New York Gaming Commission's final testing, which is taking place this week. It's an historic first for New York City, and comes on the heels of Resorts World New York City at Aqueduct Racetrack being selected as one of three downstate casino locations. Resorts World will have more than 240 table games when it opens including blackjack, craps, baccarat and roulette. "New York City has

Five things learned at Fed nominee Warsh's Senate hearing

Saving Spirit Airlines possibly puts 'good money after bad', Transportation head Duffy says

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Trump says he does not want to extend ceasefire with Iran

President Donald Trump told CNBC in an interview on Tuesday that he did not want to extend a ceasefire with Iran, adding the U.S. was in a strong negotiating position and would end up with what he called a great deal."I don't want to do that. We don't have that much time," Trump said when asked about the possibility of extending the ceasefire.Washington has expressed confidence that talks with Iran will go ahead in Pakistan, and a senior Iranian official said Tehran was considering joining.With the prospect of last-ditch further peace talks still up in the air, Trump said the U.S. would resum

US at risk of running out of missiles if another war breaks out after depleting stockpile in Iran operations

The US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during the war with Iran and created a “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in a future conflict should one arise in the next few years, according to experts and three people familiar with recent internal Defense Department stockpile assessments.Over the last seven weeks of war, the US military has expended at least 45% of its stockpile of Precision Strike Missiles; at least half of its inventory of THAAD missiles, which are designed to intercept ballistic missiles; and nearly 50% of its stockpile of Patriot

Flu vaccine no longer mandated for US troops, Hegseth says

The Latest: Trump extends the ceasefire with Iran but keeps the blockade

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US Senate Republicans to move forward with budget plan for Trump immigration enforcement

U.S. Senate Republicans will move forward this week on a budget blueprint that would boost funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies for the next three years, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Tuesday.Thune's comments come as the Republican-controlled Congress aims to end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. "The budget resolution before us this week will unlock funding for law enforcement border security at DHS for the next three years," Thune said in a speech to the Senate.An additional $70 billion sketched out in the budge

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Southern Poverty Law Center says Justice Department is investigating its work with informants

The Southern Poverty Law Center said in a statement Tuesday that it is under investigation by the Justice Department for its use of paid informants.The statement from CEO Bryan Fair said that he believes the organization may face criminal charges.“Although we don’t know all the details, the focus appears to be on the SPLC’s prior use of paid confidential informants to gather credible intelligence on extremely violent groups,” the SPLC statement said.The Justice Department did not have an immediate comment.The Southern Poverty Law Center has for decades acted as nonprofit advocacy and l

Domestic dispute likely cause of Louisiana shooting that left 8 children dead

Retail sales post biggest jump in more than 3 years on record spike in gas prices

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Israeli army reservist kills 2 Palestinians, including a 14-year-old, in the occupied West Bank

An Israeli army reservist shot and killed two Palestinians near a school east of Ramallah on Tuesday morning, authorities said, in the latest episode of violence convulsing the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan and 32-year-old Jihad Abu Naim were killed in an attack by Israeli settlers and soldiers on the village of al-Mughayyir that left three others wounded. Kazem Al-Hajj Mohammad, who witnessed the shooting, said that there was a volley of gunfire after settlers and the army arrived. School administrator

US judge blocks Trump administration actions stymieing wind, solar projects

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a series of permitting policies that wind and solar energy industry groups say have stymied the development of new energy generation projects.Chief U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in Boston issued a preliminary injunction sought by nine advocacy groups and industry trade associations that argued the administration had imposed unlawful roadblocks that have halted the development of wind and solar energy projects nationwide.The judge said the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in showing the U.S. Departme

Iran’s new supreme leader is nowhere to be seen. That might be helping the regime to survive

Pentagon makes flu shot optional for troops, rescinding requirement

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Trump opposes United–American merger, signals support for Spirit

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he opposes a potential merger between United Airlines and American Airlines, signaling resistance to a deal that would reshape the U.S. airline industry."I don't mind mergers," Trump said in a CNBC interview, adding he would "love somebody to buy" Spirit Airlines, which is in bankruptcy."But with American it's doing fine, and United is doing very well. I know the United people, they're doing very well. I don't like having them merge," he said.Trump's resistance underscores the political and economic risks of backing a deal that antitrust experts say

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US officials killed in Mexico car crash following drug raid worked for the CIA, sources say

The two US embassy officials who died in a car accident in Mexico on Sunday worked for the CIA and had been collaborating with Mexican officials on expanded counternarcotics operations in the country, three people briefed on the matter confirmed to CNN.Two Mexican officials who were part of Chihuahua’s State Investigation Agency (AEI) were also killed in the accident. The CIA officers and the Mexican officials were returning from a drug raid in the municipality of Morelos when their car crashed on the Chihuahua–Ciudad Juárez highway, according to initial reports.The circumstances of the a