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December 28, 2024

Pope Leo XIV calls for aid to reach Gaza in his first general audience
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip and for an end to the “heartbreaking” toll on its people, as he presided over his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square. The Vatican said that around 40,000 people were on hand for the audience, which came just…
DOJ investigates Andrew Cuomo and FDA targets Covid vaccine rollout: Morning Rundown
The bromance between Trump and Putin hasn’t resulted in Ukraine ceasefire progress. The Justice Department is investigating former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. And the rules around Covid vaccine rollouts are changing. Here’s what to know today. How the long-running Trump-Putin bromance is still not delivering President Donald Trump wants to end the war in…
Trump Organization breaks ground on $1.5 billion golf club in Vietnam
HUNG YEN, Vietnam — Vietnam’s prime minister and President Donald Trump’s son Eric held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for a $1.5 billion luxury residential development with three 18-hole golf courses outside Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital. The U.S. president’s Trump Organization family business and its local partners received approval for the project just last week from the Communist authorities…
Why Indian consumers are boycotting Turkish goods
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch India is staging an unofficial boycott of Turkish goods and services after Ankara backed Pakistan in the recent milit and diplomatic standoff between the South Asian nuclear powers. No…
Singapore PM Wong keeps finance post amid economy, trade worries
SINGAPORE — Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Wednesday that he will keep the finance minister position following the general election held earlier this month, as the city-state navigates economic challenges stemming from global trade worries. “We are operating in a changed world, with rising trade barriers, sharper competition, and greater uncertainty,” Wong said…
Kid Cudi expected to testify in Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial
Sean “Diddy” Combs’s trial will today hear from Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Gerard Gannon, who led searches of Combs’ properties in Miami.
Outcry over ‘barbarism’ as three children among five dead in car bomb attack on Pakistan school bus
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch At least five people, including three children, were killed in southwestern Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Wednesday after a suicide car bomber struck a school bus, officials said. The attack…
After criticizing South Africa for months, Trump will meet with its president
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will host South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday in an effort to improve relations between the two countries after months of tensions. The United States admitted 59 white South Africans as refugees this month after they claimed they were fleeing violence and discrimination. Trump and top…