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The CIA has already been carrying out President Donald Trump’s orders to conduct missions against drug cartels in Mexico, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The intelligence agency has been covertly flying MQ-9 Reaper drones across the border

Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists baked Monday in scorching temperatures as the city’s crowded pre-Carnival street parties swung into full gear. The municipality’s Rio Alert system recorded 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) in the west of the city

by Kyoko Hasegawa and Caroline Gardin The UN nuclear watchdog chief will make his first visit this week to storage facilities for vast quantities of soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Japan’s government must decide what to do with

Faced with undisguised hostility from the Trump administration, Europeans are preparing for what is shaping up to be a go-it-alone era.

Delta jet flips upside down on a snowy Toronto runway and all 80 aboard survive  The Associated Press What We Know About the Delta Plane Crash in Toronto  The New York Times Video Delta plane crash survival ‘incredible and miraculous’: Aviation attorney  ABC

Norms recognized for decades in Washington by both parties no longer appear to apply to the Trump White House, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say.

Contradictory statements about Musk make it unclear who runs DOGE  ABC News

American and Russian officials meet in Saudi Arabia for talks on negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. The Trump administration has started making broad cuts to federal health agencies. Days after the Justice Department moved to drop corruption

Plus, meat raffles: like bingo, but with beef.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Huawei on Tuesday held a global launch for the industry’s first tri-foldable phone, which analysts said marked a symbolic victory for the Chinese tech giant amid U.S. technology curbs. But challenges over pricing, longevity, supply and