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Thanks to Trump, Saudi Arabia Gets a Big Week in Diplomacy
20 February 2025 at 10:03

Thanks to Trump, Saudi Arabia Gets a Big Week in Diplomacy

20 February 2025 at 10:03

By: Vivian Yee and Ismaeel Naar

Riyadh is hosting U.S., Russian and Arab officials for high-stakes talks on Ukraine and Gaza, more proof of its regional clout and warm relations with President Trump.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio being welcomed on Monday by the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, in Riyadh.

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Former U.S. Agriculture Official Says Menendez Told Him to ‘Stop Interfering’
1 June 2024 at 03:12

Former U.S. Agriculture Official Says Menendez Told Him to ‘Stop Interfering’

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1 June 2024 at 03:12

By: Tracey Tully and Benjamin Weiser

Jurors in Senator Robert Menendez’s bribery trial heard directly from a witness who recounted Mr. Menendez’s efforts to flex his political muscle.

Ted A. McKinney, the former under secretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, in 2019. He testified on Friday that Senator Robert Menendez flexed his political muscle on behalf of an ally.

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Charges Against Cuellar Lay Bare Azerbaijan’s Influence Attempts
4 May 2024 at 22:05

Charges Against Cuellar Lay Bare Azerbaijan’s Influence Attempts

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4 May 2024 at 22:05

By: Kenneth P. Vogel

Federal prosecutors say Representative Henry Cuellar tried to shape policy for Azerbaijan in exchange for bribes. The country has spent millions in the past decade lobbying Washington.

Representative Henry Cuellar, Democrat of Texas, is charged with accepting bribes and acting as a foreign agent in a yearslong scheme.

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Parts of Gaza in ‘Full-Blown Famine,’ U.N. Aid Official Says
4 May 2024 at 21:07

Parts of Gaza in ‘Full-Blown Famine,’ U.N. Aid Official Says

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4 May 2024 at 21:07

By: Liam Stack， Aaron Boxerman， Amanda Taub and Ken Belson

Cindy McCain, the director of the World Food Program, said starvation is entrenched in northern Gaza and is “moving its way south.”

Palestinian children waiting for food in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, in March. As of mid-April, at least 28 children under 12 had died of malnutrition or related causes in Gaza hospitals.

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Egypt Wiped Out Hepatitis C. Now It Is Trying to Help the Rest of Africa.
28 November 2023 at 05:00

Egypt Wiped Out Hepatitis C. Now It Is Trying to Help the Rest of Africa.

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28 November 2023 at 05:00

By: Stephanie Nolen and Natalija Gormalova

Effective drugs that have made the disease curable have yet to reach most of the region.

Sulemana Musah, a schoolteacher in Accra, Ghana, started feeling sick in 2011, while he was a student, but he didn’t receive a hepatitis C diagnosis until 2017.