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WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that he said would “begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all.” This move, as local media described it, fulfilled decades of conservative ambition to get rid of the agency. …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | A bilateral agreement on the Ukrainian rare-earths will be signed when the US finds it convenient, Ukrainian presidential office head Andrey Yermak said after talks with the US delegation in Jeddah. “This agreement will be signed when the American side, our partners see it convenient …

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia | Xinhua | Ukraine on Tuesday signaled its readiness to accept a U.S. proposal for an “immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire” following talks with a U.S. delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, according to a joint statement. The statement, issued after hours of consultations between senior officials from the …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | High-level delegations from the United States and Russia met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, agreeing to work toward ending the three-year Russia-Ukraine conflict and restoring bilateral relations. It marked the first face-to-face interaction between senior U.S. and Russian officials since the outbreak of the …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia | Xinhua | The United States and Russia have agreed to work on a path to ending the conflict in Ukraine and improve bilateral ties during extensive high-level talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. In the first face-to-face interactions between senior U.S. and Russian officials since the outbreak …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States will take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are relocated elsewhere. Trump made the remarks in a joint press conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, without providing …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The body of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who recently passed away at the age of 100, arrived in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. A presidential jet departed from Atlanta, Georgia, earlier in the day and landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, just …

ADEN, Yemen | Xinhua | Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely after their fighter jet was shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, said the U.S. military. “The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, …

LIMA, PERU | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that the Taiwan question, democracy and human rights, China’s path and system, and China’s development right are four red lines for China, which must not be challenged or crossed. In his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on …

WASHINGTON, the United States | TASS | US President Joe Biden announced a new military assistance package for Ukraine worth $425 million, including air defense equipment, the White House said in a statement. “Today, the president announced a $425 million security assistance package for Ukraine that includes additional air defense capability, …