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Stephen Curry had 30 points and made all eight of his 3-point attempts as the Golden State Warriors beat the Philadelphia 76ers 139-105 in San Francisco. Golden State led 35-19 after the first quarter and extended a 16-point halftime lead to 25 at the end of the third quarter. Curry had 24 points by the…

Washington, DC – Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, has faced tough questions from United States lawmakers over her past positions, including her support for whistleblower Edward Snowden. At a confirmation hearing on Thursday, senators also grilled Gabbard over a 2017 visit to Syria, where she met with then-President Bashar…

Updates: Kamal Adwan detainees beaten, humiliated by Israeli army

The Bottom Line Why does Europe fear a quick end to the Ukraine war? Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky argues that a Ukraine deal favoring Russia threatens other European countries. Read more On Ukraine, the difference between the outgoing Biden administration and the incoming Trump administration could not be starker. After the latest United States…

The United States has cancelled 83 percent of all the programmes at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) following a six-week review, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “The 5,200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed),…

All 67 people on board an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair while the plane was landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, DC, are believed to be dead, according to officials. This is the deadliest aviation tragedy in the United States since November 12, 2001, when…