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Feb 08, 2025
New York [US], February 8: US President Donald Trump, while reaffirming the military partnership between the US and Japan, revealed that Japan has committed to doubling its defence spending by 2027 and also highlighted the recent approval of nearly a billion dollars in foreign military sales to Tokyo.
"To err is human, to forgive divine": Musk on bringing back DOGE staffer who was fired over racist posts
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New York [US], February 8: "I'll probably meet with President Zelensky next week. And I'll probably talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin. I want to...
Continued clashes in DRC's South Kivu trigger mass displacement: UN
Washington DC [US], February 8: With hostilities subsiding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)'s occupied Goma City in North Kivu province, UN humanitarians...
U.S. adds 143,000 jobs in January amid slowing job growth
Washington DC [US], February 8: U.S. employers added 143,000 jobs in January amid slowing job growth, with the unemployment rate edging down to 4.0 percent,...
Roundup: Flu cases surge across U.S.
Los Angeles [California], February 8: Flu cases are surging across the United States, forcing some schools to cancel classes or pivot to remote learning.
New York live poultry markets shut down to rein in bird flu
Albany [New York], February 8: New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday announced that live poultry markets in New York City, and Westchester, Suffolk, and...
Canada's employment increases in January
Ottawa [Canada], February 8: Canada's employment increased by 76,000, or 0.4 percent, in January for the third consecutive month, Statistics Canada said Friday.
U.S. stocks slump amid Trump's reciprocal tariff plans
Albany [New York], February 8: U.S. stocks tanked on Friday, as traders were unsettled by a mix of tariff and inflation news that added to...
Trudeau says Trump's threat to annex Canada "real"
Ottawa [Canada], February 8: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to annex Canada "is a real thing," local...
Countries vow 'unwavering' support for ICC, as Trump hits it with sanctions
Washington DC [US], February 8: Dozens of countries have expressed "unwavering support" for the International Criminal Court (ICC) after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions...
Six million people could die from HIV and AIDS if US funding stops, UN agency warns
Washington DC [US], February 8: More than six million people could die from HIV and AIDS in the next four years if U.S. President Donald Trump's administration pulls its global funding for programmes, the United Nations AIDS agency said on Friday.
Russia sees no chance to resume peace talks with Japan: official
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7 killed in floods, landslides in northeast Brazil
Israel strikes southern, eastern Lebanon amid ceasefire
Macron invites Syrian interim president to visit France in the coming weeks
UN chief Guterres calls for full Gaza ceasefire, rejects 'ethnic cleansing'
Trump's top diplomat pulls out of G20 foreign ministers' meeting in South Africa
Record January warmth puzzles climate scientists
Judge halts Trump's buyout plan
Russia wants "concrete" plan from US on Ukraine war
Halt in U.S. aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger
