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Usually private, Melania Trump steps into the spotlight after the midterm election

There's a scene in Melania Trump's documentary in which she enters the room as Donald Trump is rehearsing his inaugural address. When he says the line about how “my proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker,” she offers a quick, verbal edit. “Peacemaker and unifier,” she tells her husband to say instead. But Melania is the Trump who is credited with recently bringing peace, if only for six days, to one war-torn city in southern Ukraine — an unusual intervention into an active war by an American first lady. Two days after Republican loss

Trump threatens to double tariffs on Mexico if it does not halt migrants

Pakistan releases two of former PM Imran Khan's sisters from jail, lawyer says

UAE's Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah reopen several beaches after tanker oil spill

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates' Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah emirates said they had reopened several beaches following closures prompted by an oil spill from a tanker damaged in a suspected attack in the Gulf last month.Sharjah's media office said the beaches had reopened after authorities brought pollution caused by the spill under control."The relevant authorities confirm that the emirate's beaches and marine environment are safe, allowing the public to visit and enjoy various marine activities safely," it said.The spill, which spread along parts of the UAE's northern coastline, had

Indian PM Modi to attend ASEAN summit in Manila from November 16 to 18

US FDA shelves commissioner's voucher program for speedy drug reviews, sources say

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How Anthropic stacks up against some of the biggest US IPOs

Anthropic is set to hold an IPO, giving the company a valuation of up to $1.4 trillion, the latest affirmation of Wall Street's appetite for AI. The AI lab, best known for its Claude chatbot, and some of its investors are aiming to raise up to $64.4 billion by selling 825 million shares at as much as $78 per share. The company will also raise $26 billion via a separate private placement deal with cornerstone investors including Alphabet's Google, Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.SpaceX's $75 billion public offering in June was the biggest US IPO on record, dwarfing Alibaba, Visa and Facebook

South Africa's ANC spokesperson: leader Ramaphosa is not under pressure to resign

Vance, Rubio, Ossoff and Buttigieg lead 2028 White House hopefuls, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

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Father of boy who survived being buried alive is charged with attempted murder in South Carolina

An 11-month-old South Carolina boy who authorities say was buried alive in a dog crate by his father was found by rescuers after about 24 hours, crying and covered in dirt, his grandfather said about the dramatic rescue. But soon after, little Koah Sharp stopped crying, John Comer told The Associated Press on Wednesday night as he recalled the events that played out the day before in the woods on his neighbor's property. The infant was put on the back of a truck and sat up, Comer said. “I became ecstatic, my hands straight in the air. I’m looking in the sky, ju

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Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state's first Black US senator since Reconstruction

Democratic nominee Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction. Colom's narrow victory is a seismic shift in Mississippi, which has been controlled mostly by white conservatives for generations despite having the largest share of Black residents of any U.S. state. The outcome adds to a decisive midterm rebuke of President Donald Trump, whose party suffered defeats in several Republi

Massive rescue effort underway after NYC building collapse leaves at least 1 dead, 12 injured, officials say

Video shows soldier reprimanding Hegseth and advisers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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See which 11 Democrats missed the Pete Hegseth impeachment vote

The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday evening to send an effort to impeach Pete Hegseth to committee, effectively killing the movement to oust the defense secretary before the end of the year.The vote was 211-204. While Republicans will still be in charge of both chambers until the new Congress is sworn in January, Democrats in part gave House GOP leaders a window to sideline the impeachment effort due to absences. Eleven House Democrats did not vote on the measure, more than the seven-vote margin.Some of the Democrats were unable to be there due to a traffic incident. Former House Spe

What are the impeachment articles facing Pete Hegseth?

Republican US Representative Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, related to the war in Iran, President Donald Trump's actions in Venezuela and even some administration actions in Washington.Hegseth has denied wrongdoing, and Trump has criticized Massie and pledged to stand by his secretary of defense.Here are the eight "high crimes and misdemeanors" in the unusual Republican-led impeachment effort against a Republican official.IRANThree of the charges are related to the conflict in Iran. Hegseth is accused of directing, authorizing an

Russian ambassador to US dies suddenly after suffering chronic illness, foreign ministry says

US House votes to derail impeachment of Defense Secretary Hegseth

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Witkoff and Kushner meet Putin in Moscow for Ukraine talks

Talks between President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin are underway in Moscow, after negotiations in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending the Ukraine war concluded without a breakthrough.The US envoys were greeted at Vnukovo Airport on Thursday by Russian presidential special envoy Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund.The trip comes after two days of talks in the UAE capital between Russian, Ukrainian and American negotiators – the first of their kind since February – which Kyiv said made progress on some

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Housing protests sweep Madrid and Barcelona after Spain’s workers strike, with clashes erupting

Millions of Spanish workers shut down businesses and public transportation across the eurozone's fourth largest economy on Wednesday before thousands took to the streets of major cities in a nationwide protest over soaring rents and real estate prices. Housing activists hope the massive show of force will lead to more regulations to protect tenants and crack down on real estate speculation, while Spain's left-wing government is seeking to mobilize voters ahead of a national election later this month with polls against it. The walkout — under the slogan “Salarie

Military-linked Chinese university bought Nvidia H200 chips despite US blacklist, records show

Trump envoys to meet Putin in Moscow after latest Ukraine talks end with no breakthrough

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Peruvian homecoming: Pope Leo welcomed by record crowd on return to the country that shaped his path to the papacy

Riding on horseback to visit the most isolated Andean areas of his community, distributing food amid the Covid-19 pandemic, or wearing rubber boots in the water and mud of floods: this is how many Peruvians remember the man who is now Pope Leo XIV.Robert Prevost was in the trenches and alongside his people during Peru’s most difficult moments, and many of these memories were likely front of mind among the millions who gathered to welcome the pope on his visit to his adopted homeland on Wednesday.Pope Leo arrived in Callao city, near Lima, to a hero’s welcome with spectators at the airport

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Stories of life, death – and crows – from ‘The Forgotten War’

Patrick Finn, a 95-year-old Korean War veteran, watches from a wheelchair as a staff member uses a pencil to rub the name “Edmund Hubert Reilly” from the Wall of the Fallen onto a piece of paper.US military archives call the Korean War “The Forgotten War,” though some 1.8 million Americans served during its three years – and more than 36,500 of them died, along with at least 200,000 South Korean, 400,000 North Korean and 600,000 Chinese troops.But Finn, who fought in one of the war’s bloodiest battles, has never forgotten the Marine from Center Point, Iowa, who saved his life twice

Kennedy family sues to block Trump’s arch

Fed to raise rates once more in December as inflation risks stay high: Reuters poll

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Manchester United fires Michael Carrick as head coach, lines up US coach Mauricio Pochettino

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Bessent confronts Lutnick over not labeling Nvidia customer a national security threat, sources say

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Democrat Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat, becomes state's first Black senator since 1874

Democratic challenger Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Mississippi election for the US Senate, media projected on Wednesday, making him

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Gavin Newsom won the argument on California’s proposed wealth tax. He could still face a fight over it

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Democrat Scott Colom will win a US Senate seat in deep-red Mississippi, CNN projects

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Biden says he wouldn't have run for a second term in 2024 if he knew he had cancer

Joe Biden says he didn't know he had cancer while he was president and wouldn't have sought a second term if he'd already been diagnosed

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AI data center opponents are cheering midterm results, but they say the fight isn’t over

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Israel faces political chaos as Netanyahu’s grip on power weakens. What will it take to end the disarray?

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The Latest: Democrat Scott Colom wins election to US Senate from Mississippi

Democrat Scott Colom has won election to the U.S. Senate representing Mississippi, defeating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith

Look of the Week: Nvidia’s CEO appeared in a very stylish archival leather jacket. If only it were real

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls