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US stocks climb after February jobs data 07 Mar 2025 - 06:40 pm
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on March 7, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Charly Triballeau / AFP)
Video: Musk's SpaceX faces new setback after Starship explosion 07 Mar 2025 - 11:13 am
SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launches from Orbital Launch Pad A at Boca Chica beach on March 06, 2025 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
US envoy calls Egypt-led Gaza plan 'good-faith first step' 06 Mar 2025 - 10:20 pm
US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC on March 6, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
What we know about 'gigantic' Alaska gas pipeline plan 06 Mar 2025 - 03:55 pm
US President Donald Trump gives a thumb's up as he arrives for the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze $2 billion in foreign aid 05 Mar 2025 - 06:25 pm
US President Donald Trump greets lawmakers as he leaves after addressing a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP)
US pauses intelligence sharing with Ukraine 05 Mar 2025 - 04:58 pm
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'America is back,' Trump declares in divisive Congress speech 05 Mar 2025 - 08:25 am
US Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) applaud as US President Donald Trump speaks during an address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP)
US retailer Target warns of price hikes amid tariff uncertainty 04 Mar 2025 - 09:33 pm
The sign outside the Target store is seen in Arvada, Colorado January 10, 2014. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
Trump vows further tariffs for Canada retaliation 04 Mar 2025 - 09:24 pm
Trucks cross the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Canada and Detroit, Michigan on the first day of President Donald Trump's new 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico on March 4, 2025 in Windsor, Canada. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images via AFP)
WHO says won't 'give up' as US aid funding cuts take toll 04 Mar 2025 - 04:08 pm
(Files) The logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) is pictured on the facade of the WHO headquarters on October 24, 2017 in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
Trade wars intensify as US tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China take force 04 Mar 2025 - 09:26 am
(Files) The Canadian and US flags fly near the Canada-US border in Blackpool, Quebec, Canada, on February 2, 2025.  (Photo by Andrej Ivanov / AFP)
Trump suggests Zelensky 'won't be around very long' without deal 04 Mar 2025 - 12:02 am
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
Another Bolivia bus crash claims at least 25 lives 03 Mar 2025 - 08:53 pm
Handout picture released by Bolivian Police shows the wreckage of a bus that collided with another one on a highway near Uyuni, Bolivia on March 1, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Bolivian Police / AFP)
Trump says will 'not put up with' Zelensky war stance 03 Mar 2025 - 08:37 pm
US President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on March 2, 2025, as he returns to the White House. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
Melting ice could slow vital Antarctic ocean current: study 03 Mar 2025 - 10:34 am
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US Republicans suggest Zelensky may have to step down 02 Mar 2025 - 08:17 pm
US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
In first, private US spaceship lands upright on Moon 02 Mar 2025 - 06:25 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by Firefly Aerospace on March 2, 2025, the Firefly's Blue Ghost lander manoeuvres its lunar landing as part of the Ghost Mission 1. Photo by Handout / Firefly Aerospace / AFP
At least 37 dead in Bolivia after two buses collide 02 Mar 2025 - 04:43 pm
Handout picture released by Bolivian Police shows a man checking the wreckage of a bus that collided with another one on a highway near Uyuni, Bolivia on March 1, 2025. Photo by Handout / Bolivian Police / AFP