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No phones or other devices, strict reporting rules, bombed-out buildings, and a drone threat – Beth Rigby shares what it’s like to join the prime minister Sir Keir Starmer in Ukraine.

White House’s Pandemic Office, Busy With Bird Flu, May Shrink Under Trump  TIME

The White House office in charge of preparing for the next pandemic is down a wide black-and-white checkerboard hallway in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Its windows look out across an alleyway toward the West Wing. In recent months, the

The presidential inauguration is when our nation has traditionally moved past the intense us-versus-them mindset of an election. It’s a moment for us to come together and start finding compromise. But for the past decade—and especially today—compromise feels impossible between

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday the ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas would have never been reached without pressure from him and his incoming administration. The agreement, which would exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, awaits

‘A diplomatic mess’: Trump’s special envoys set to cause confusion  NBC News

by Alice RITCHIE Boasting a film night at Mar-a-Lago, an invitation to Monday’s inauguration and good relations with Elon Musk, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has positioned herself as the closest mainstream European leader to Donald Trump. But analysts caution that the

by Adrien DE CALAN Fidias Panayiotou, a Cypriot YouTuber-turned-lawmaker who snatched his 15 minutes of fame by hugging Elon Musk, is doubtless the tech titan’s biggest fan in the European Parliament — but far from the only one. Lawmakers across

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are eager to leave miserable tent camps and return to their homes if a long-awaited ceasefire agreement halts the Israel-Hamas war, but many will find there is nothing left and no way to rebuild. Israeli

How Bidenomics boosted growth but failed Americans — in charts  Financial Times Joe Biden ends 5 decades in public life: ‘One of the great tragedies of American politics’  NBC News Fox News Poll: Over half say Biden administration made the economy worse  Fox