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Trump to make himself chair of the Kennedy Center, says he'll dismiss board members
President Trump left the arts world reeling with his social media announcement Friday that he intends to appoint himself chairman of the…
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News Analysis: The Trump administration's budding bromance with El Salvador's leader
GUATEMALA CITY — While the Biden administration criticized Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s strong-armed governing style, the Trump…
Business
Number of compulsory wind-ups rise more than 50% in 2024
AS MANY as 307 companies were forced to wind up last year, based on figures released by the Ministry of Law’s Insolvency Office. This was…
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Reagan Airport Had a Number of Close Calls in Recent Years
Before the deadly plane crash on Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan National Airport, there were at least 10 close calls at the Washington…
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Opinion: It's now clear that America's death penalty is dying one generation at a time
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new…
Business
Number of unemployed claimants hits 1.9m, most since Nov 2021
The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to 1.9 million last week, the highest level since November 2021, according…
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Opinion: Biden delivered a new 'Roaring '20s.' Watch Trump try to take the credit.
Poor Donald Trump. Twice elected president only to have to clean up the economic messes left to him by Democrats. In 2016, he groused…
Politics
Migration across the U.S.-Mexico border, in 5 charts
WASHINGTON — A historic uptick in migration during Joe Biden’s presidency led to attacks as he ran for reelection, with Donald Trump and…
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Number of Americans moving to Florida collapses
The net migration of people moving to Florida from other American states has fallen sharply from 317,923 in 2022, to just 63,346 in…
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Brazil's Amazon saw highest number of fires in 17 years: agency
Brazil's Amazon rainforest experienced its highest number of fires in 17 years in 2024, government data published Wednesday showed, after…
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Unlawful border crossings dropped to four-year low in November, new data show
Unlawful border crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped to a four-year low, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection,…
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Astonishing Number of Republicans Want Military to Round Up Immigrants
There are some troubling developments within this data. For one, Black Americans are sorely overrepresented, making up just 12 percent of…
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A small plane crashes into a Brazilian town popular with tourists and the number of dead is unclear
A small plane crashed into a Brazilian town that is popular with tourists on Sunday, killing several people, local officials said. Eduardo…
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Frontex: Number of unauthorized border crossings declines
In the first nine months of this year, 166,000 people attempted to enter the EU irregularly, 42% fewer than in the same period last year,…
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Number of deaths from floods in Poland rises to nine
While the water levels of rivers in Poland are falling again, the country's authorities are taking stock of the victims and damage from…
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The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as…
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UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2023 and this year may be even higher
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A record number of aid workers were killed in conflicts around the world last year – more than half after the…
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Nigerian governor WhatsApp number hacked by fraudsters
Suspected fraudsters have hacked the WhatsApp number of Umo Eno, the governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Akwa Ibom state, and asked his…
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Number of prostitutes registered in Germany rises slightly
The number of registered prostitutes in Germany is on the rise but remains below the number working before the coronavirus pandemic,…