Hamas has called Donald Trump a racist, a "recipe for chaos" and a man with an absurd vision for Gaza.
Hamas militants stand guard during a handover of deceased hostages, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed Questions loomed about whether the ceasefire would lead to a lasting peace.
Israel's government approved the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal early on Friday, setting the clock ticking on the first phase of an agreement that aims to end the two-year-old war.
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U.S. President Donald Trump revived the trade war against Beijing on Friday, ending an uneasy truce between the two largest economies with promises to sharply hike tariffs in a reprisal against China curbing its critical mineral exports.
REUTERS/Go Nakamura The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq suffered their largest single-day percentage drops since April 10.
The United States could impose export controls on Boeing plane parts as part of Washington's response to Chinese export limits on rare earth minerals, President Donald Trump said on Friday.
Sebastien Lecornu began his second stint as French prime minister under a cloud of uncertainty on Saturday, forced to pick a new cabinet to present a budget by a Monday deadline as rivals pledged to topple his government.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting dictatorship in the country and dedicated the award in part to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly insisted he deserved it.
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President Sally Kornbluth said some of the policies would restrict MIT's independence and freedom of expression.
MIT President Sally Kornbluth speaks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Mass arrests have induced fear in immigrant communities and protectiveness from educators.
A producer for WGN-TV, a Chicago television station, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on Friday in a residential area of the city, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.
The company will sell some medicines at a discount to the government's Medicaid health plan in exchange for tariff relief.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children's deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States.
Novo Nordisk has decided to discontinue its cell therapy research and development efforts, a spokesperson for the Danish drugmaker told Reuters on Friday.
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