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Biden: US will not supply Israel with weapons to attack Rafah
New York Times, Published on 09/05/2024
» RACINE — United States President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that American bombs have been used to kill Palestinian civilians as he warned that the US would withhold certain weapons if Israel launches a long-threatened assault in the southern Gaza Strip.
Biden to airdrop aid to Gaza, hopes for ceasefire by Ramadan
New York Times, Published on 02/03/2024
» WASHINGTON - United States President Joe Biden announced the US would begin airdropping humanitarian aid into Gaza, joining other nations in a bid to relieve increasingly dire conditions wrought by the Israel-Hamas war, and expressed hopes for a temporary pause in the fighting by Ramadan.
Biden calls Chinese electric vehicles a security threat
New York Times, Published on 01/03/2024
» WASHINGTON — United States President Joe Biden took steps Thursday toward blocking internet-connected Chinese cars and trucks from entry to the US auto market, including electric vehicles (EVs), saying they posed risks to national security because their operating systems could send sensitive information to Beijing.
Gaza cease-fire expected within a week - Biden
New York Times, Published on 27/02/2024
» NEW YORK – United States President Joe Biden said Monday that he believed negotiators were nearing an agreement that would halt Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip within a week in exchange for the release of at least some of the more than 100 hostages being held by Hamas.
Trump defeats Haley in South Carolina, a crushing blow in her home state
New York Times, Published on 25/02/2024
» COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump easily defeated Nikki Haley in South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday, delivering a crushing blow to her hopes of gathering strength in her home state and casting grave doubt on her continued viability.
Trump strolls to victory in Nevada’s Republican caucuses
New York Times, Published on 09/02/2024
» LAS VEGAS — Former United States President Donald Trump glided to victory in Nevada’s Republican caucuses Thursday, an outcome all but guaranteed because he was the only major candidate on the ballot.
Malaysian prisoners plead guilty to conspiring in 2002 Bali bombing
New York Times, Published on 18/01/2024
» GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Two Malaysian prisoners at Guantánamo Bay pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring in the October 2002 nightclub bombings in the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, which killed more than 200 people.
Promised aid to Gaza is stalled by wrangling, as conditions worsen
New York Times, Published on 21/10/2023
» CAIRO — Two days after United States President Joe Biden said he had secured Israel’s agreement to allow food, water and medicine into the besieged Gaza Strip, and a day after aid groups were told their trucks would cross the border on Friday, nothing budged, as the powers involved continued to haggle over the details, while conditions within Gaza grew more dire.
At Asian weddings, cash is king
New York Times, Published on 12/08/2023
» SEOUL: When I received a wedding invitation from my friends Jiyeon Kim and Olof Norlander this year, I knew exactly where I would pick up their wedding present: the bank.
Serbia school attack is a rare mass shooting outside US
New York Times, Published on 04/05/2023
» A mass shooting Wednesday, in which eight students and a security guard were killed at a school in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, was a reminder that such attacks are far less common outside the United States.