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Gunmen disguised as soldiers kill 12 people at Ecuador cockfight 19 Apr 2025 - 08:48 am
This handout picture released by the Ecuadorian Police shows members of the police checking the Coliseo de Gallos Fortaleza in the rural community of La Valencia in El Carmen Canton, Manabi Province, Ecuador, on April 18, 2025, where an armed attack took place the night before. (Photo by Handout / Ecuadorian Police / AFP)
White House site blames China for Covid-19 'lab leak' 18 Apr 2025 - 11:12 pm
People walk down a street next to a local market in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Vance meets Italy's Meloni before Easter at the Vatican 18 Apr 2025 - 09:54 pm
Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni welcomes U.S. Vice President JD Vance at Palazzo Chigi prior their meeting in Rome on April 18, 2025. (Photo by Kenny HOLSTON / POOL / AFP)
Why is Mark Zuckerberg jealous of Instagram? 18 Apr 2025 - 09:49 pm
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill on January 20, 2025, after Donald Trump's presidential inauguration. (Photo by Tom Brenner/For The Washington Post)
US tariffs could cost Germany 290 bln euros report 18 Apr 2025 - 08:52 pm
US President Donald Trump awaits the arrival of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the West Wing Wing entrance to the White House in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Trump admin studying option to fire Fed chair Powell: White House 18 Apr 2025 - 08:11 pm
Council of Economic Advisers Chair Kevin Hassett speaks to reporters outside of the West Wing of the White House following a TV interview in Washington, DC, on April 18, 2025. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
Trump admin studying option to fire Fed chair Powell: White House 18 Apr 2025 - 06:32 pm
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Economic Club of Chicago on April 16, 2025. Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP.
US unveils new port fees for Chinese-linked ships 18 Apr 2025 - 04:07 pm
Chinese-made MG cars wait to be loaded onto the newly commissioned and Chinese-built 7,800-car LNG dual-fuel car carrier
Two killed as police officer's son opens fire at US university 18 Apr 2025 - 11:40 am
Police investigate the shooter's car at the scene of a shooting near the student union at Florida State University on April 17, 2025 in Tallahassee, Florida. Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
US judge limits Musk's DOGE access to social security data 18 Apr 2025 - 10:15 am
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How Tim Cook helped Apple out of Trump’s tariff storm - for now 17 Apr 2025 - 11:47 pm
Apple CEO Tim Cook leaves the US House of Representatives on Capitol Hill on September 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
Trump softens on Zelensky, says mineral deal coming 'soon' 17 Apr 2025 - 11:09 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky takes notes during a press conference in Kyiv on April 17, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Tetiana Dzhafarova / AFP)
US Supreme Court to hear Trump birthright citizenship case on May 15 17 Apr 2025 - 10:35 pm
US President Donald Trump listens as he meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Trump says 'joke' Harvard should be stripped of funds, threatens to ban from enrolling foreign students 17 Apr 2025 - 09:07 pm
Demonstrators stand around the John Harvard Statue in Harvard Yard after a rally was held against President Donald Trump's attacks on Harvard University at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
Trump says Fed chief's 'termination cannot come fast enough' 17 Apr 2025 - 07:07 pm
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell departs after speaking with Dr. Raghuram Rajan, a Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School, during an Economic Club of Chicago event on April 16, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Vincent Alban / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Huge blackout hits Puerto Rico 17 Apr 2025 - 10:30 am
People drive their cars during a massive power blackout in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Jaydee Lee Serrano / AFP)
US stocks lower as Nvidia weighs on Nasdaq 16 Apr 2025 - 05:35 pm
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Silicon Valley crosswalks hacked to mock Musk, Zuckerberg 16 Apr 2025 - 12:42 pm
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