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U.S. activists plan second protest to demand federal agents leave Minnesota
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — Community organizers and labor groups in the United States are preparing for a second National Day of Action on Saturday to demand the withdrawal […]
Tesla’s net income plunges in 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla on Wednesday reported lower revenue and net income for last year, according to its latest earnings report. Read full […]
Japan PM Takaichi’s party seen gaining lower house majority in election, Nikkei poll shows
TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party is likely to increase seats and gain a majority in the lower house in a general election […]
US says Brooklyn man sentenced to 15 years in Iran-backed plot to kill dissident
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for taking part in what prosecutors called a failed Iran-backed murder-for-hire plot against […]
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Jan. 28
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday rebuffed the “blatant U.S. interference” in Iraq’s internal affairs, describing it as “a violation of Iraqi sovereignty,” after U.S. President […]
Exclusive-US handing over seized tanker to Venezuela, officials say
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – The United States is handing over a tanker to Venezuela that it seized this month, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, the first known […]
2nd LD Writethru: U.S. Fed keeps interest rate unchanged at 3.5-3.75 pct
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept the target range for the federal funds interest rate unchanged at 3.5 percent to 3.75 percent at its […]
US, Greenland and Denmark start diplomatic talks to ease Trump tensions
COPENHAGEN, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Talks between the United States, Greenland and Denmark began on Wednesday, the Danish foreign ministry said, as the three parties seek to resolve a diplomatic […]
Urgent: Colombian passenger plane missing with 15 aboard
BOGOTA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — A passenger plane carrying 15 people lost contact with air traffic control on Wednesday while operating a domestic flight in northeastern Colombia, the country’s state […]
Ghana central bank cuts policy rate by 250 basis points
ACCRA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — Ghana’s central bank on Wednesday announced a further 250-basis-point cut in its benchmark lending rate to 15.5 percent to boost growth after inflation has been […]