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Google Maps will change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America

< 1 mn readGoogle is complying with President Donald Trump’s executive action that renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Soon, the name change will appear on Google Maps. In a post on X, Google explained that it has a “longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.” […]

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Trump challenges Congress’ power with plan to shutter USAID

4 mn readDonald Trump’s apparent plans to shutter the US Agency for International Development without congressional authority represent another unprecedented move by a president who, since taking office two weeks ago, has been testing the limits of his office by defying longstanding legal and political principles, legal experts told CNN. The decades-old agency appeared to be in […]

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Italy restarts bid to deport migrants to Albania

2 mn readAn Italian Navy ship has delivered 49 people to an Albanian port as Rome resumed the controversial transfer of migrants to the Balkan nation. Italian authorities said that the ship docked in the port of Shengjin on Tuesday morning, and disembarked the group. It is Rome’s third attempt to process asylum claims in Albania, after Italian […]

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Nigeria union rejects telecom tariff hike, plans nationwide protest

< 1 mn readNigeria’s main labour union has rejected a government-approved 50% hike in telecommunications tariffs and announced plans for a nationwide protest on Feb. 4. The telecoms regulator last week approved the increase in mobile tariffs, the first such hike in more than a decade, bowing to pressure from operators struggling with surging costs amid high inflation […]

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Fate of ceasefire-hostage deal’s second phase in balance as Netanyahu heads to DC

4 mn readPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with US special envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff in Washington on Monday to initiate talks on the second stage of the hostage release deal with Hamas, which are slated to begin that same day, the Prime Minister’s Office said Saturday. Netanyahu’s meeting with Witkoff will take place […]

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LeBron James’ most notable Madison Square Garden appearances

3 mn readLeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers will travel to Madison Square Garden to face the New York Knicks on Saturday (8:30 p.m. EST on ABC). James has played 32 games in the “World’s Most Famous Arena,” amassing a record of 23-9. His averages at Madison Square Garden — 28.0 points, 7.4 assists and 6.9 […]

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