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November-14-2024
- Trump picks Rubio as secretary of state
- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Marco Rubio, Republican U.S. senator from the state of Florida, will be the secretary of state during his second presidential term.
November-13-2024
- Trump appoints national security advisor, ambassador to Israel in incoming administration
- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced his decision to pick Florida's Republican Congressman Mike Waltz as the national security advisor in his forthcoming administration, and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel.
November-6-2024
- Israel's Netanyahu fires defense minister amid conflict
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that he has dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, citing their differences over security matters.
November-1-2024
- Iran commemorates Hezbollah's slain leader
- Iran on Thursday held a ceremony in Tehran to commemorate Hashem Safieddine, head of Hezbollah's Executive Council, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut earlier this month.
October-22-2024
- Re-elected Tunisian president takes oath of office
- Tunisia's re-elected President Kais Saied took an oath on Monday at the Assembly of People's Representatives' headquarters, the Tunisian Parliament, in the capital Tunis.
October-18-2024
- Scholz opposes tariff conflicts with China
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday expressed his opposition to tariff conflicts while delivering a statement to the press in Brussels.
October-17-2024
- Chinese agricultural scientists win FAO Achievement Award
- The Institute of Plant Protection of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IPPCAAS) was awarded the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Achievement Award Wednesday at a ceremony held by the FAO to mark the 44th World Food Day in Rome, Italy.
October-17-2024
- Zelensky unveils Ukraine's 'victory plan'
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday presented to parliament his "victory plan," outlining Ukraine's strategy in the ongoing conflict with Russia.
October-9-2024
- Nobel Prize in physics awarded to AI pioneers
- The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics went to two scientists, John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton, for their foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday.
September-27-2024
- Russia's nuclear doctrine changes 'signal' Western states
- Any potential changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine will serve as a warning to Western countries, local media reported Thursday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
