Nations

How Persian Gulf nations are reacting to the U.S. and Iran’s temporary ceasefire

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How Persian Gulf nations are reacting to the U.S. and Iran’s temporary ceasefire – CBS News Watch CBS News U.S. officials are meeting Iranian and Pakistani officials in Islamabad on Saturday in direct talks, the White House says. CBS News’ Haley Ott has more on the global reaction to the two-week ceasefire. Source link

Gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wider, UN report says

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UNITED NATIONS — The gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wider as actions agreed to by many countries last year, including overhauling the major global financial institutions, remain unfulfilled promises, a U.N. report concludes. The report assessing the blueprint adopted in Seville, Spain, last June to narrow the gap and achieve U.N. … Read more

Nation’s second-largest school district targeted by Trump over secretive trans policy

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). The nation’s second-largest school district is under federal scrutiny for a policy allowing staff to hide students’ gender identity from … Read more

CIA World Factbook, trusted source of knowledge about nations, shuttered by Trump administration

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If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, you likely beheld at some point the CIA World Factbook, a map and reference manual of Planet Earth and its inhabitants nearly everyone could agree on. Maybe you read parts of it from a floppy disk or a CD-ROM for that social studies project due … Read more

VP Vance to meet with Viktor Orbán in Hungary days ahead of foreign nation’s elections

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit Hungary next week, where he will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán days ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections. The vice president and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, will visit Budapest from April 7 to 8, according to … Read more

Trump admin eases asylum freeze for vetted migrants, keeps bans on ‘high-risk’ nations

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it is slackening restrictions on asylum applications set in place after an Afghan asylee allegedly murdered one West Virginia National Guardsman and gravely wounded another in Washington last fall. The November incident near Farragut Square led President Donald Trump to … Read more

Scathing report claims nation’s oldest labor union ‘betrayed’ MAGA members through ‘shocking’ spending

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: One of the nation’s most prominent railroad unions is facing new scrutiny after a watchdog report alleged its leadership is quietly working against the political views of its members who support President Donald Trump’s agenda. The report, released by the American Accountability Foundation (AAF), … Read more

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, banned from Olympics, speaks at United Nations

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UNITED NATIONS — Vladyslav Heraskevych was shunned by the Olympics, then invited to the United Nations. He never expected that would happen. The Ukrainian skeleton athlete was not allowed to compete at the Milan Cortina Games because of his plan to wear a helmet paying tribute to some of those killed following Russia’s invasion of … Read more