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NYC Mayor Mamdani will not attend annual parade honoring Israel 0

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will not attend an annual parade honoring Israel on Sunday, breaking with a decades-long political custom because of his support of Palestinian rights. Though it has gone by different names over the years, the Israel Day parade has always been a must-attend event for mayors, governors

Rubio’s visit to India focuses on US trade tensions, the Quad alliance 0

NEW DELHI — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India marks an effort by Washington and New Delhi to steady strained relations as the two countries seek to reinforce strategic and economic ties despite recent trade tensions. In meetings Sunday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Rubio stressed

US pauses joint defense effort with Canada that dates to WWII 0

WASHINGTON — The United States is pausing its participation on a joint board with Canada for continental defense that dates back to World War II, the Pentagon announced Monday, accusing Canada of failing “to make credible progress on its defense commitments.” President Donald Trump has long accused Canada and other NATO countries of spending too

US charges 2 Chinese nationals with managing cyberscam compound in Myanmar 0
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- April 24, 2026
WASHINGTON — Two Chinese nationals face charges in the U.S. that they managed a sprawling compound in Myanmar where authorities say workers were forced to participate in cryptocurrency investment fraud scams, according to court records unsealed Thursday in Washington, D.C. A complaint filed in federal court charges the suspects — Huang Xing Shan and Jiang
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Afghan charged in deadly bombing at Kabul airport gave false confession, his attorney tells jurors 0
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- April 20, 2026
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. authorities “got the wrong man” when they charged an alleged Islamic State militant in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a defense attorney said Monday at the start of the man’s trial in Virginia. Mohammad Sharifullah is accused of
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Powerball going international in effort to build larger jackpots 0
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- April 14, 2026
Powerball is jumping the pond. The lottery game that has made millionaires in the United States will expand this summer to include players in England, Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom. An agreement was announced Tuesday between the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the lottery game, and Allwyn UK, which operates the U.K.’s
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