Trump rebrands housing supplement as $1,776 bonuses for US troops
The $1,776 payments to US troops announced by President Donald Trump will come from funds already allocated by Congress to supplement military housing allowances, officials said on Thursday.
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Harrison Ford to get lifetime acting award
Harrison Ford is to be given a lifetime achievement award from the main union representing Hollywood actors, the organization announced Thursday.
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Trump health chief seeks to bar trans youth from gender-affirming care
The US health department on Thursday announced proposed measures that would effectively ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth, a major escalation of the Trump administration's efforts to roll back protections for trans people.
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Argentine unions in the street over Milei labor reforms
Thousands of Argentines demonstrated on Thursday against President Javier Milei's plans to drastically overhaul the country's labor laws to make work more flexible, restrict the right to strike and make it cheaper to fire workers.
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Trump signs order reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was signing an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, in one of America's biggest shifts in drug policy for years.
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Famed Kennedy arts center to be renamed 'Trump-Kennedy Center'
The White House announced Thursday that Washington's iconic John F. Kennedy arts center is to be renamed the "Trump-Kennedy Center" after President Donald Trump.
Read moreUS accuses S.Africa of harassing US officials working with Afrikaners
Washington on Thursday accused South Africa of harassing US government employees working with Afrikaners, the white minority to whom President Donald Trump is granting refugee status, in the latest escalation of tensions.
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Brazil open to EU-Mercosur deal delay as farmers protest in Brussels
Police fired teargas at farmers protesting the EU's planned trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur in Brussels Thursday, as Brazil opened the door to postponing its signature to win over reluctant Europeans.
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Wounded Bangladesh youth leader dies in Singapore hospital
A leader of Bangladesh's 2024 uprising who was wounded in an assassination attempt and flown to Singapore for treatment has died in the city-state, officials said on Friday.
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New photo dump fuels Capitol Hill push on Epstein files release
US House Democrats on Thursday published a fresh batch of photographs from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, stepping up pressure on Donald Trump's administration on the eve of its deadline to release federal files on the late financier and convicted sex offender.
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