Israeli Airstrikes Pound Syrian Military Airbase, Hit Damascus – Bloomberg.com

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Rubio arrives for NATO talks as allies wait to learn of US plans for a likely drawdown in Europe – AP News

By  MATTHEW LEE and LORNE COOK Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration’s new envoy to NATO are seeking to reassure wary NATO allies of the U.S. commitment to the alliance. Rubio on Thursday decried “hysteria and hyperbole” in the media

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Myanmar leader heads to Bangkok as quake deaths climb to 3,000 – BBC

Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is in Thailand for a regional summit as his country reels from an earthquake that killed thousands and left cities in ruins. The earthquake in central Myanmar last Friday killed 3,085 people and injured 4,715, the junta has said. Hundreds more are missing and the toll is expected to

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Auto giants surprisingly resilient as sweeping U.S. tariffs spare Canada and Mexico for now – CNBC

The Stellantis Windsor Assembly Plant in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of some of the world’s biggest automakers appeared surprisingly resilient on Thursday, even after U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on foreign auto imports came into effect. Europe’s Stoxx Autos index was last seen

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Hungary says it will pull out of ICC as Orban hosts Israel’s Netanyahu – who is wanted by the court – CNN

CNN  —  Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government said Wednesday, as the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed Israeli Prime Minister and ICC fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu to Budapest. Speaking alongside Netanyahu in Budapest, Orban said his government decided to leave the court because it has become “a political tool.” “This

Trump’s tariffs hit even remote islands. One is mainly home to penguins. – The Washington Post

Trump’s tariffs hit even remote islands. One is mainly home to penguins.  The Washington Post An uninhabited island, a military base and a ‘desolate’ former whaling station. Trump’s tariffs include unlikely targets  CNN ‘Nowhere on Earth is safe’: Trump imposes 10% tariffs on island inhabited ‘only by penguins’  The Indian Express ‘Nowhere on Earth is safe’: Trump imposes

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Indian parliament’s Lower House passes controversial bill that would change Muslim endowments – The Hill

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The Lower House of India’s parliament early Thursday passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments. The bill would add non-Muslims to boards that manage waqf land endowments and give the government a larger role in validating their land