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25 Dec
The executive order, issued Friday by President Biden, allows foreign banks facilitating significant transactions for Russia to be directly sanctioned, including with measures that block their access to correspondent banks in the U.S.
25 Dec
The caravan is believed to be the largest trying to enter the US in over a year. It casts doubt on the effectiveness of Biden's policies to curb migration.
24 Dec
Kate Cox's fetus has a rare genetic disorder meaning it will likely not survive. Doctors have said an abortion is necessary to prevent a risk to the mother's life.
23 Dec
The US State Department has said that China's actions in the South China Sea undermine regional stability. The statement follows a maritime incident involving Philippine and Chinese vessels.
21 Dec
Last year, a record 2 million people crossed the US border illegally and 800 people died there. Back in October, the Biden administration announced that construction on the US-Mexico border would resume, a surprising about-face in the middle of an election campaign. The White House also said that direct deportation flights to Venezuela, which had been suspended for years, would restart.
20 Dec
The state Supreme Court has blocked the former president from appearing on the ballot in next year's presidential election. The court cited the US Constitution's insurrection clause.
16 Dec
The move is backed by Republicans, who make up the majority of the House of Representatives. US President Joe Biden, a Democrat, has said he is being attacked "with lies."
15 Dec
Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Vietnam for talks on a "shared future" in the wake of Hanoi upgrading ties with the US. Relations between the two communist nations have suffered due to regional tensions.
13 Dec
The jury found Google's app store practices violate US antitrust law and the search giant has illegally operated a monopoly in the manner in which it distributes Android apps and charges for them.
8 Dec
In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (2014-2019) reacted to the US Senate withholding a major package of financial and military aid for Kyiv. Poroshenko warned that the coming days are among "the most important in Ukrainian history" and undoubtedly for the world.
3 Dec
US prosecutors claim an Indian official was behind a plot to assassinate a Sikh activist in New York. Similar accusations had triggered a conflict between India and Canada, but US-India ties are on a different level.
26 Nov
Despite constitutional protections and affirmative action, India's 300 million Dalits, once known as "untouchables," face discrimination and violence. To expose such injustices, Dalit journalist Meena Kotwa founded a news outlet covering stories that impact marginalized groups.
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Tunde Onakoya, the Nigerian Chess expert who smashed the previous Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon has returned to Nigeria. The founder of Chess In Slums Africa broke a new record of 60 hours of playtime in New York’s Times Square last Saturday, which is still receiving confirmation from GWR.
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Israel's economy suffered a major contraction in the final quarter of 2023, following the terrorist attacks. Its economy shrank by 5.2% compared with the previous quarter. Much was related to the labor force disruption which resulted when around 300,000 reservists were called up to the country's armed forces.
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The German government revised its economic growth forecast for 2024 marginally from 0.2% to 0.3%, Economy Minister Robert Habeck confirmed on Wednesday afternoon.
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The central Mexican city of Celaya has become the scene of a brutal turf war between rival drug cartels. These criminal groups have taken advantage of its strategic position at the crossroads for transporting drugs into the United States. Kidnappings, shootouts with police and drive-by killings now occur on an almost daily basis in broad daylight. Nearly 500 people were killed in Celaya last year. The city's police officers (pictured) risk their lives every day and are forced to travel in armoured vehicles. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's Lauren Bain.
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We look at the US papers, who react to Ukraine being granted a $61 billion aid package. Also, five migrants die attempting to cross the Channel, just hours after the controversial Rwanda asylum bill is passed by the UK parliament.