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1 month ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Tony Capaccio |Courtney McBride
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s vision of protecting the US with a “Golden Dome” missile-defense system drew more than 360 company concept papers that Pentagon analysts are studying as they rush to come up with a workable plan as early as the next fiscal year. Trump has compared the idea in his Jan.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Iain Marlow |Courtney McBride
The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee joined in praising Marco Rubio at the Florida senator’s nomination hearing for secretary of state, signaling he’ll face one of the easiest confirmations of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
financialpost.com | Courtney McBride
“We just cannot sustain the millions of people that have come across,” Waltz said in Washington on Tuesday night, referring to both the flow of fentanyl into the US and potential attempts by foreign terrorists to infiltrate the country. He added that Islamic State was seeking to inspire more attacks like the deadly New Year’s Day assault in New Orleans by a US Army veteran.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Jenny Leonard |Courtney McBride
(Bloomberg) -- President-elect Donald Trump said he believed negotiators could conclude a ceasefire deal that would see Hamas turn over Israeli hostages before his inauguration next Monday, in the latest signal that an agreement could be near. Most Read from Bloomberg“We are very close to getting it done,” Trump said Monday in an interview with Newsmax. “They will get it done,” he went on to predict.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
bnnbloomberg.ca | Yoshiaki Nohara |Courtney McBride
(Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken lauded the close economic and security partnership between the US and Japan, about two weeks ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Blinken met Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Tuesday in Tokyo as part of a trip that spans from Asia to Europe, as his stint as secretary of state draws to a close. He’s set to meet Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba later in the day.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
financialpost.com | Courtney McBride
A statement from the US National Security Council said the three Americans — Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung — would be reunited with their families “for the first time in many years.” The three had been designated as wrongfully detained in China, and the US statement said there were no longer any Americans held in the country with that status. The NSC didn’t mention that the three were exchanged for Chinese citizens detained in the US.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
bnnbloomberg.ca | Courtney McBride
(Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Congress to help fix a “broken” system that forces damaging budget cuts and leaves key roles vacant for long stretches. America’s position in the world is harmed by budget uncertainty and the resulting cuts and hiring freezes, as well as reduced investments in global initiatives, Blinken told the Foreign Service Institute on Wednesday.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
bnnbloomberg.ca | Iain Marlow |Courtney McBride
(Bloomberg) -- The top United Nations human rights official said Israel is committing what may amount to crimes against humanity in the northern Gaza Strip, while Jordan’s top diplomat called the Israeli actions there “ethnic cleansing.” UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said Israel’s military assault on northern Gaza, where the Israel Defense Force is conducting a siege on the Kamal Adwan Hospital, risks “emptying the area of all Palestinians” and is “effectively subjecting an entire...
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
financialpost.com | Courtney McBride |Ethan Bronner
(Bloomberg) — US President Joe Biden’s top diplomat headed to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, continuing his push for a broad truce in the various conflicts between Israel and Iranian-backed militants. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Alberto Nardelli |Akayla Gardner |Henry Meyer |Courtney McBride
(Bloomberg) -- Israel said it bombed more than a dozen Hezbollah targets in Beirut on Thursday as Group of Seven nations warned against an uncontrolled cycle of escalation in the Middle East. • None Gang Violence Is Moving to the Amazon’s Fast-Growing CitiesThe air strikes targeted weapons depots, command centers and intelligence operatives, according to the Israeli Defense Forces.
