A Fragile Calm in Lebanon as a US-Brokered Truce Holds and Families Head Home

BEIRUT (AP) — A fragile calm settled over parts of Lebanon on Friday as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States took hold between Israel and Hezbollah, prompting thousands of displaced families to begin the journey home — even as uncertainty, destruction and Israeli warnings against going back to parts of southern Lebanon clouded …

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A Trump Pledge Is Falling Flat as Ohio Musical Instrument Plant Closes

EASTLAKE, Ohio, April 17 (Reuters) – When Keith Czika learned the brass-instrument factory where he had worked for nearly 18 years ⁠was ⁠closing and his job was headed to China, the 62-year-old Ohioan focused ⁠on what he saw as a source of leverage: the plant’s ultimate owner, billionaire investor John Paulson, a close ally of …

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Rohingya Sea Crossings Hit Record Death Toll in 2025, UNHCR Says

GENEVA, April ⁠17 (Reuters) – ⁠Nearly 900 ⁠Rohingya refugees were ​reported missing or dead ‌in the Andaman ‌Sea ⁠and ⁠Bay of Bengal in 2025, making ​it the deadliest year on record ​for the route, the ⁠United Nations ⁠refugee agency ⁠said ​on Friday. More than one in ​seven ⁠of the estimated 6,500 Rohingya refugees who ⁠attempted …

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