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The State Department will begin layoffs as early as Friday as it seeks to cut the size of its U.S. workforce by about 15%, CBS News has learned — part of the Trump administration’s sweeping plan to reorganize the department. The cuts will include layoffs, or reductions-in-force (RIF), as well as voluntary departures by State…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet with China’s leader Xi Jinping on an upcoming trip he said Friday would focus on closer business ties. Albanese departs Saturday for the trip that includes stops in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu, and meetings with Xi, Source link
A proposal to construct a one-toilet restroom on the fourth floor of the New Mexico state Capitol is causing a big stink. After the Legislature’s Facilities Review Subcommittee approved a two-pronged plan Thursday to convert a dual shower and lactation room into a restroom and also build a dedicated lactation room, both on the fourth…
U.S. textile company CEO says tariffs are “wreaking havoc” as it cuts jobs – CBS News Watch CBS News A recent report found U.S. manufacturers are still seeing a decline in orders from customers amid uncertainty over shifting tariffs. Skyler Henry spoke to a U.S. textile company CEO about what he’s up against. Be the…
This article was first published on July 12, 2015. Alert raised over tap water as more lead samples found by Emily Tsang Fears are growing over the safety of water supplied to Hong Kong’s public housing after a contamination scare spread on Saturday (July 11, 2015) in a development which a top government official has…
By Daphne Psaledakis KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, the State Department said, in what will be the first in-person meeting of the two counterparts. Washington’s top diplomat arrived in Malaysia on … Source link
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — An independent U.N. investigator and outspoken critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza said Thursday that “it was shocking” to learn that the Trump administration had imposed sanctions on her but defiantly stood by her view on the war. Francesca Albanese said in an interview with The Associated Press that the powerful…
Nashville, Tennessee — At the age of 80, Lynne McFarland of Nashville, Tennessee, isn’t taking it easy. She’s technically retired, but spends three days a week, several hours per day, packing and delivering boxes filled with food and other basic needs to families of undocumented immigrants living in Nashville. Some are too scared to leave…
Demonstrators take part in a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of 50% tariffs on Brazilian products, in Sao Paulo, Brazil July 10, 2025. A full moon, known as the Buck Moon, rises over the Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey, July 10, 2025. Footprints lead away from an abandoned inflatable migrant boat near Gravelines,…
President Trump on Thursday threatened to impose 35% tariffs on goods from Canada starting next month, hiking import duties on one of the U.S.’s largest trading partners. The president announced the 35% tax in a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted to Truth Social, citing Canada’s alleged “failure to stop the drugs from…