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Toyota is donating $1 million to Trump's inauguration

Toyota Motor (7203.T), opens new tab of North America is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Detroit’s Ford Motor (F.N), opens new tab and General Motors (GM.N), opens new tab, said they would give the same amount.

December 25, 2024 12:36 pm
 

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Starbucks strike to expand to over 300 US stores on Christmas Eve, union says

A strike at Starbucks (SBUX.O), opens new tab will expand to over 300 U.S. stores on Tuesday, with more than 5,000 workers expected to walk off the job before the five-day work stoppage ends later on Christmas Eve, the workers’ union said.

December 25, 2024 10:34 am
 

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Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid

It’s a simple but brutal equation: The number of people going hungry or otherwise struggling around the world is rising, while the amount of money the world’s wealthiest nations are contributing toward helping them is dropping.

December 25, 2024 8:00 am
 

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Suspect charged in fatal burning of woman on New York City subway

A 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen was charged with murder and arson after allegedly lighting a woman on fire and watching her burn to death on a New York City subway train over the weekend, police and federal officials said.

December 24, 2024 6:00 pm
 

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Former US President Bill Clinton hospitalized with fever

Former Democratic U.S. President Bill Clinton, 78, was hospitalized on Monday with a fever, according to his deputy chief of staff.

December 24, 2024 5:15 pm
 

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Canada's Trudeau faces increasing pressure from his own MPs to quit

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party looks set to lose power early next year, is under increasing pressure from his own legislators to step down and let someone else take over.

December 24, 2024 4:38 pm
 

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Mozambique's top court confirms ruling party win in disputed election

Mozambique’s top court confirmed the ruling party Frelimo’s victory in an October election, which has sparked massive protests by opposition groups who say the vote was rigged.

December 24, 2024 3:07 pm
 

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Trump transition team plans immediate WHO withdrawal

Members of Donald Trump’s presidential transition team are laying the groundwork for the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization on the first day of his second term, according to a health law expert familiar with the discussions.

December 24, 2024 2:27 pm
 

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Qatar and Jordan pledge support to Syria

Qatar is ready to invest in Syria’s energy sector and ports, the de facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said after meeting a senior Qatari official in Damascus, as his new Islamist-led administration widened contacts with Arab states.

December 24, 2024 1:36 pm
 

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Over 200 killed in Haiti's Cite Soleil massacre

At least 207 people were killed by members of the Wharf Jeremie gang in Haiti’s portside neighborhood of Cite Soleil earlier this month.

December 24, 2024 12:19 pm
 

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Italy to prolong war supplies to Ukraine until the end of 2025

Italy’s cabinet on Monday passed a law decree that allows it to continue supplying until the end of 2025 “means, materials and equipment” to Ukraine to support its war effort against Russia, a government statement said.

December 24, 2024 11:41 am
 

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El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban in win for president

El Salvador’s legislature overturned a seven-year-old ban on metals mining, a move that President Nayib Bukele had pushed for to boost economic growth, but that environmental groups had opposed.

December 24, 2024 10:22 am

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