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US President Donald Trump prepares to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, on October 30
Trump defends enrolling Chinese students at US universities, takes a swipe at France
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump criticized the nation of France on Monday in a back-and-forth with a Fox News host as he defended the enrollment of Chinese students at universities in the United States.“I actually think it’s good to have outside countries,” the president said when asked about enrolling Chinese nationals at American universities.“They’re not the French. They’re the Chinese. They spy on us. They steal our intellectual property,” Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham responded.“Do you think the French are better?” the president retorted.“Yeah,” Ingraham said.“I’m not so sure,” the president responded.There has been some tension between Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron throughout Trump’s second term. Some of it has centered over...
November 11, 2025

Trump defends enrolling Chinese students at US universities, takes a swipe at France

Hannibal Gaddafi, now 49, pictured in 2010
Gaddafi's youngest son released after 10 years in Lebanese detention
BEIRUT — Hannibal Gaddafi, the youngest son of the deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has been released by Lebanon after nearly 10 years in detention without trial.The Lebanese authorities seized Gaddafi, now 49, in 2015, accusing him of concealing information about the fate of a Lebanese cleric who disappeared in Libya in 1978, when he was just two.Human rights groups had denounced the accusations.His lawyer told the AFP news agency his $900,000 (£682,938) bail had been paid.Laurent Bayon said: "It's the end of a nightmare for him that lasted 10 years."In October, a judge set a $11m bail against Gaddafi's release but this was reduced last week after an appeal by his defence team, according to AFP.Bayon said his client would leave Lebanon for a "confidential"...
November 11, 2025

Gaddafi's youngest son released after 10 years in Lebanese detention

In this photo released by Syrian Presidency press office, President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa, at the White House
Syria to join US-led coalition to defeat IS group after Trump meeting
WASHINGTON — Syria will join the international coalition to combat the Islamic State group, marking a shift in US foreign policy in the Middle East, a senior Trump administration official has confirmed.The announcement came as President Donald Trump met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House - the first such visit from a Syrian leader in the country's history.In an interview with Fox News, al-Sharaa said the visit was part of a "new era" in which the country would co-operate with the US.Trump has expressed his support for al-Sharaa, who until recently was designated a terrorist by the US government.Syria will now be the 90th country to join the global coalition, which is aimed at eliminating remaining elements of the so-called Islamic State and stemming the flow of...
November 11, 2025

Syria to join US-led coalition to defeat IS group after Trump meeting

Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks with reporters as he walks into a Senate Republican Conference meeting at the US Capitol, on Sunday
US Senate passes deal aimed at ending longest ever government shutdown
WASHINGTON — A deal aimed at ending the US government shutdown has passed the Senate, paving the way for the record-breaking impasse to be broken.After a weekend of negotiations in Washington, a minority of Democrats joined with Republicans and voted in favour of an agreement.The vote is a procedural first step towards passing a compromise to fund the government since it ran out of money 1 October.It will need to clear several more hurdles — including a vote from the House of Representatives — before federal employees and services return, but it is the first serious sign of progress after 40 days of deadlock. The Senate is expected to return for further debate at 11:00 local time (16:00 GMT) on Monday.The current shutdown is the longest on record in the US, and until this weekend it...
November 10, 2025

US Senate passes deal aimed at ending longest ever government shutdown

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (centre) and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet (left) signed the deal with Donald Trump in October
Thailand suspends Cambodia 'peace deal'
BANGKOK — Thailand says it is suspending the implementation its "peace deal" with neighbouring Cambodia over a disputed border - just two weeks after Donald Trump presided over its signing.Thailand's announcement came after soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion near the Cambodian border in Sisaket province, a government spokesman said.Cambodia has said it remains committed to the deal, which was is supposed to bring a lasting peace following border clashes which left more than 40 dead in July.The two sides signed the agreement - which Thailand has refused to call a peace deal - in October during a ceremony with the US president in Malaysia.But on Monday, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told a news conference on Monday that he agreed with the decision taken by the...
November 10, 2025

Thailand suspends Cambodia 'peace deal'

Volunteers distribute donated food items at Curley's House Food Bank in Miami, Florida, US, on November 4, 2025
Many SNAP recipients remain in limbo as lingering shutdown, court battles jeopardize their access to food
WASHINGTON — Tens of millions of Americans who rely on the nation’s largest federal food assistance program have been caught in a weekslong swirl of Trump administration pronouncements, court orders and anxiety since the US government shutdown has called their ability to buy groceries into question.Some recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the program formerly known as food stamps, have received their full benefits this month, while others have only received a fraction of their usual allotment, while still others remain in limbo, uncertain if or when their payments will arrive.In response, a group of Democratic-led states and a coalition of cities, nonprofits, unions and small businesses have launched fast-moving legal challenges seeking to restore full...
November 10, 2025

Many SNAP recipients remain in limbo as lingering shutdown, court battles jeopardize their access to food

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Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, others involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in alleged plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Justice’s Pardon Attorney, Ed Martin.The individuals listed in a proclamation, which Martin posted on X late Sunday, include high-profile figures like Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and the president’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, among dozens of others.“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” read the document, which gives the date of November 7 in its text and the president appears to have signed.It includes a...
November 10, 2025

Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, others involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election

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Indonesia names former president Suharto a 'national hero'
JAKARTA — Indonesia has named former president Suharto a national hero, even as his controversial legacy as a dictator has sparked heated protests against the move.During Suharto's New Order regime in the 1960s to 1990s, Indonesia saw an era of rapid economic growth but also violent political repression. Hundreds of thousands of political dissenters were estimated to have been killed during that period.The national hero award is an annual affair, meant to honour individuals for their contributions to the country.On Monday, the late Suharto was among 10 new names added to the list, in a ceremony presided over by current Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto, Suharto's former son-in-law.In October, Indonesia's social and culture ministries nominated nearly 50 candidates to...
November 10, 2025

Indonesia names former president Suharto a 'national hero'

The protesters held banners and shouted slogans, demanding that the government take action to curb pollution
Dozens detained after rare protest demanding Delhi clean up its toxic air
DELHI — Hundreds of people staged a rare protest in Delhi on Sunday against worsening air pollution, as air quality continues to deteriorate in India's capital and nearby regions.Over the past three weeks, Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI), which measures the level of PM 2.5 or fine particulate matter in the air that can clog lungs, has hovered between 300 and 400, which is 20 to 30 times higher than the World Health Organization's safe limit.The protesters held banners and shouted slogans, demanding that the government take action to curb pollution.Around 80 of them were briefly detained near India Gate after police said they did not have permission to gather at the landmark."Our lungs are getting damaged. The government should declare it a health emergency until they find...
November 10, 2025

Dozens detained after rare protest demanding Delhi clean up its toxic air

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2025
South Korea's former President Yoon indicted on charges of aiding an enemy state
SEOUL — South Korea’s special prosecutor on Monday indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on additional charges of abusing power and aiding an enemy state related to his short-lived imposition of martial law last year, Reuters reported.Yoon attempted to provoke military conflict between South and North Korea in order to declare martial law, a prosecutor’s spokesperson told a briefing, citing evidence found on a military official’s mobile phone that included some words suggesting potential provocations against North Korea, such as “drones” and “surgical strike.”Yoon was removed from office by the Constitutional Court in April and is on trial for insurrection stemming from his failed martial law declaration. If found guilty, he could be sentenced to death.Yoon has said...
November 10, 2025

South Korea's former President Yoon indicted on charges of aiding an enemy state

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