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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Alex Lo
3 hours agoWith Donald Trump back at the helm in the US, this week’s G7 meeting is expected to be tense after he walked out in 2018. Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the US – will meet on Sunday in the remote town of Kananaskis, …
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Alex Lo
NowFor more than 60 years, my family owned a small paint factory in Long Island City, Queens, in the shadow of the neon Pepsi-Cola sign just across the East River from Manhattan. That factory and the Pepsi-Cola bottling plant are long gone — two of the hundreds of industrial facilities that once …
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Alex Lo
'Under Putin, Russia has failed to democratize and modernize its economy'To truly address the roots of the war in Ukraine, Russia must begin by acknowledging and combating systemic corruption, which poses a threat to …
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1 month ago | 
nbcnews.com | Matthew Lavietes |Matt Lavietes |Alex Lo
May 17, 2025, 10:05 AM EDTA gunman entered a Las Vegas Athletic Club on Friday and shot multiple people, killing one and injuring several others. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a news release they arrived to the gym Friday afternoon after receiving reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, police said the gunman exited the gym and tried to run past the officers, causing them to fire at the suspect. After taking him into custody the suspect was rendered medical aid.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Alex Lo
8 hours agoJost wondered what would possess the president to do this during the latest edition of "Weekend Update." “Saturday Night Live’s” Colin Jost thinks President Donald Trump may have damned himself with one of his latest Truth Social posts. The “Weekend Update” co-host said the president had ordered …
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Alex Lo
NowElon Musk: It Is 'Outrageous' to 'Claim That I'm a Nazi'Elon Musk, the head of Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, said “it’s an outrageous thing to claim that I’m a Nazi” in a …6 hours agoBill Maher Shreds Trump's Vision For The Future: 'That's The New American Dream?'The "Real Time" host delivered a blistering opening monologue Friday about the economic consequences of the president's ongoing trade war.
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2 months ago | 
nbcnews.com | Rudy Chinchilla |Dennis Romero |Alex Lo |Insiya Gandhi
Multiple people were killed and injured when a driver plowed into a crowd at a street festival in Vancouver, Canada, Saturday night, police said. The driver was in custody following the crash on East 41st Ave. and Fraser Street shortly after 8 p.m. local time, the Vancouver Police Department said in a post on X. Police did not immediately provide a number of victims. The site of the crash is near the posted location of the Lapu-Lapu Day block party, a celebration of Filipino culture.
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2 months ago | 
nbcnews.com | Tangni Noriega |Janat Batra |Madison Lambert |Alex Lo
The Trump administration's revocation of student visas for foreign students vocally opposed to Israel's continued strikes on Gaza has spread to the South. Public and private colleges and universities across the Sun Belt have reported that at least a few of their students have had their status as welcome scholars revoked, with Texas A&M University and Florida International University posting even bigger numbers.
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2 months ago | 
nbcnews.com | Marlene Lenthang |Jonathan Dienst |Tom Winter |Alex Lo
A family of five visiting from Spain and the pilot were killed when what was meant to be a helicopter joyride over Manhattan to celebrate a birthday careened into unimaginable tragedy Thursday afternoon. Overnight, authorities worked to recover the wreckage from the murky depths of the waters, as questions remain about to what caused the sudden crash in which the chopper appeared to break apart midair and plunged upside down into the Hudson River.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Alex Lo
NowUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vows to stand with Japan in face of ‘aggressive’ ChinaUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said America is “ready to stand shoulder to shoulder” with Japan, adding that the two countries “stand firmly together” against “aggressive and corrosive actions” from China. The remarks were made by the Trump official on Sunday, during a joint press conference with Japanese defence minister Gen Nakatani.
