Panama’s Darien Gap lies on the border with Colombia to the south. It is a crucial passageway for illegal immigrants traveling from South America to the United States. Panama’s president-elect Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday that the country will deport illegal immigrants traveling to the United States as they enter Panama through the notoriously […]
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign released an ad Monday putting university leaders on notice that if he is re-elected his administration will not tolerate anti-Semitism on campuses. The online ad, which dropped on Holocaust Remembrance Day, included clips from a speech Trump made as president in 2017 condemning anti-Semitism and remarks he made last fall to […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.K. on Tuesday pledged an additional $620 million in new military supplies for Ukraine, including long-range missiles and 4 million rounds of ammunition, at a time when Ukraine is struggling to hold off advancing Russian forces on the eastern front line of the war, now in its third year. British […]
MEMPHIS — FedEx on Friday pledged $25 million over the next five years to be used in sponsorship deals with University of Memphis athletes, a huge boost for the school’s name, image and likeness compensation efforts. The Memphis-based shipping giant said the program will initially focus on football, men’s and women’s basketball and other women’s […]
President Biden said Friday he will “never stop working” to bring home Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested in Russia one year ago. Mr. Gershkovich, an American, was arrested on March 29, 2023, on charges of espionage that his employer and U.S. officials consider bogus. Mr. Biden called Friday a “painful […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation pledged continued support for Taiwan on Thursday, days after Congress approved $300 million in military aid for the self-governed island that’s claimed by China. Congress also approved $400 million on Saturday to counter the Chinese government’s influence in the region, as part of its Defense Appropriations […]
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that he has not spoken with the shipping company whose vessel knocked down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, but the federal government is ready to foot the bill. A complex network of insurance policies covers the collapse of the span and associated costs. The payouts, expected to top $1.2 […]
President Biden said the Baltimore bridge collapse was a “terrible accident” and there is no evidence that it was an act of terrorism. He pledged that the federal government would pay the entire cost of rebuilding the bridge and he said he expected Congress to support the spending. Mr. Biden spoke from the White House […]
SAN DIEGO — China for the first time in more than two decades is sending pandas to the United States to the delight of the San Diego Zoo, which is preparing to receive a pair that could include a female descendent of Bai Yun and Gao Gao, two of the zoo’s former residents that were […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Markets in China sank Friday despite a fresh flurry of measures to help prop up the ailing property sector, as the International Monetary Fund forecast that the Chinese economy will continue to slow in coming years. The report by the IMF forecast that the economy would expand at a 4.6% annual pace […]
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