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Iran, the United States and Israel said they reached a deal for a two-week ceasefire war, with Tehran saying it would negotiate with the United States in Islamabad beginning Friday. Trump initially said Iran proposed a “workable” 10-point plan, but he later called the plan fraudulent without elaborating. Trump’s threats to launch devastating strikes on …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Rep. Eric Swalwell on Tuesday promised to aggressively push back on federal immigration officers if elected governor, vowing to make them ineligible for state jobs and take away their driver’s licenses if they refuse to unmask while on duty. “They think they’re invincible. They’re not,” Swalwell told a large crowd …
By Phuong Nguyen, Khanh Vu and Francesco Guarascio HANOI, April 8 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s parliament on Wednesday approved career banker Pham Duc An as the new central bank governor for a five-year term, state media said. The change is part of a regular leadership turnover and is not expected to have a significant impact on …
HONG KONG (AP) — A subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based conglomerate started arbitration proceedings against Danish logistics and port group Maersk, accusing the company of aligning with Panama in a scheme to take over its port operations on the Central American country’s critical canal. The Panama P orts Company, a unit of Hong Kong’s CK …
(Removes extraneous word from headline) By Cristina Carlevaro and Giulia Segreti MILAN/ROME, April 8 (Reuters) – As Italians live longer and traditional family care weakens, growing numbers of sprightly seniors are tempted by new residential developments – known as “silver housing” – that promise independence with community life and services. These residences, common in the …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — If you’ve ever planned to motor west and take the highway that’s the best, this might be time: Route 66 turns 100 this year. The Mother Road, as author John Steinbeck dubbed it, has evolved over the years from an escape for poor farmers fleeing the devastating dust storms of the …
When it comes to Route 66, it’s not about getting somewhere fast — it’s about the journey. One of the most iconic highways in the world, the Mother Road is turning 100 this year. Despite losing its status decades ago as one of the nation’s main arteries, people from around the world still flock to …
A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims’ relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years. Rex Heuermann, 62, is charged with murdering seven women, many of them sex workers, …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Police Department for an officer’s fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in a clothing store is set to begin trial Wednesday. Valentina Orellana-Peralta was shopping for Christmas clothes with her mother at a Burlington store in the San Fernando Valley’s North Hollywood neighborhood …
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran, the United States and Israel reached a tentative, two-week ceasefire Wednesday in the war that tore across the Middle East and disrupted the global energy market, with U.S. President Donald Trump pulling back from his threats to destroy Iranian “civilization.” But questions immediately emerged over what appeared to be dueling …