CNN — Nearly three dozen of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to serve in his incoming administration donated to his campaign or to the deep-pocketed outside groups that worked to elect him, a CNN analysis of federal campaign records shows. They range from tech multibillionaire Elon Musk – who has emerged as the single largest, disclosed…
Israeli strikes killed at least six people in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials said Monday, while also hitting suspected chemical and long-range weapons sites in Syria to keep them from rebels who seized Damascus. The U.N. Security Council plans to hold emergency closed consultations on Syria later Monday at the request of Russia,…
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CNN — The red, white, green and black Free Syrian Army flag flew over Damascus on Sunday as thousands of residents lined the main square in bursts of defiant jubilation – after President Bashar al-Assad relinquished his grip on power. Over the past 11 days, a rebel alliance charged through Syria in the boldest challenge…
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Key developments on Dec. 13: Russia launches one of the largest aerial attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid Ukraine resisting Russian encirclement attempts at 4 Donetsk Oblast villages, military says Ukraine’s new Ground Forces chief announces reforms focused on personnel, tech Russia mulls attacking Ukraine with Oreshnik nuclear-capable missile this weekend, FT reports Russia launched a…
Damascus: Syrians woke up on Monday to an uncertain future after rebels seized the capital Damascus, forcing President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia, ending 13 years of civil war and five decades of iron-fisted Baath rule. The lightning advance of the opposition Islamist alliance, against President Asaad’s forces, marked one of the biggest turning…
Many of the places in Virginia that voted most strongly for Donald Trump also have the most at risk if any trade wars he initiates results in retaliation by our trade partners. That’s the unspoken, but unmistakeable, takeaway from a new study on Virginia trade that was released Friday. The study, prepared for the Virginia…
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