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World
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International
4/24/2024 7:52:52 PM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform -– all areas of contention between Washington and Beijing.
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World
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International
4/24/2024 3:16:45 PM
A look at what's in the $95 billion package passed by the Senate on Tuesday that will provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and give humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.
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World
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International
4/24/2024 10:29:02 AM
The US Senate passed a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine late Tuesday with President Joe Biden vowing new arms supplies will be delivered swiftly to the warzone as Russia makes battlefield gains.
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Business
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Tech
3/25/2024 9:00:39 PM
The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis were laughing, but the words were ominous.
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World
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International
3/23/2024 12:47:51 PM
The US Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the early morning hours of Saturday, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/20/2024 9:19:46 PM
More than a third of the US Senate's Democrats called on President Joe Biden's administration Wednesday to take "bold" action toward establishing a Palestinian state, in the latest pushback against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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World
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International
3/17/2024 11:56:44 AM
Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden — will protect Social Security and warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio.
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World
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International
3/14/2024 7:07:57 PM
The leader of the US Senate called Thursday for Israel to hold new elections and said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was a "major obstacle" to peace, in the most strident criticism yet by a senior American official of the Israeli PM's handling of the war on Gaza.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/12/2024 12:53:02 PM
A sweeping US foreign aid package, including $60 billion for Ukraine, passed a key procedural vote Sunday, although opposition from right-wing Republicans may block it from becoming law.
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World
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International
2/7/2024 7:31:20 PM
Indonesia is gearing up for its general elections on 14 February against a backdrop marked by political alliances and the prominence of three major political blocs. Some 205 million voters are eligible to cast their votes and choose the president, vice president, and members of the People’s Shura Council, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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World
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International
2/5/2024 11:24:43 AM
US senators on Sunday released the text of a much-anticipated deal that would unlock billions in new aid for Ukraine and Israel while tightening US border laws, but the top House Republican quickly vowed to shoot it down.
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Egypt
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Tourism
1/21/2024 10:41:04 PM
Egypt’s share of global tourism grew by 33 percent in 2023 compared to four years prior, recording 1.2 percent in 2023, up from 0.9 percent in 2019, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa told a senate session on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Tourism
1/21/2024 6:15:30 PM
Senator Soheir Abdel-Salam, undersecretary of the Media, Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities Committee of the Egyptian Senate, proposed on Sunday seven key measures to boost the tourism industry in Egypt.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/17/2024 2:08:07 PM
In a notable test Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders forced colleagues to decide whether to investigate human rights abuses in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, a step toward potentially limiting US military aid to Israel as its devastating attacks on Gaza grind past 100 days.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/5/2023 7:38:52 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was set to appeal directly to US senators for more support Tuesday ahead of a showdown over funding the war with Russia, with the besieged US ally fast exhausting the aid Congress has approved so far.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/5/2023 10:52:09 AM
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry is heading to Washington DC Tuesday to meet with a number of members of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, in an effort to stop the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/4/2023 10:50:02 AM
As a cease-fire ticked down last week and Israel prepared to resume its round-the-clock airstrikes, Sen. Bernie Sanders and a robust group of Democratic senators had a message for their president: They were done “asking nicely” for Israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/2/2023 7:28:22 PM
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s appointment of Herro Mustafa Garg, the former US ambassador to Bulgaria, as US ambassador to Egypt.
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World
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Region
11/1/2023 3:18:25 PM
The US Senate voted largely along party lines on Tuesday to confirm Jack Lew as the country's next ambassador to Israel.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/1/2023 2:00:00 AM
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday that multiple foreign extremist groups have called for attacks against Americans and the West in the past few weeks and suggested Hamas’ offensive on Israel could inspire threats like those motivated by the Islamic State group years ago.
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