USPS temporarily suspends accepting packages from China and Hong Kong
The suspension of international parcels from China and Hong Kong is effective immediately, the USPS said.
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Tariff threat looms over grocery store food costs; One of last surviving Tuskegee Airmen dies at 100
Inside Afghanistan more than 3 years after U.S. withdrawal
The United Nations warned that President Trump’s freeze on humanitarian aid will hit Afghan women especially hard. An official said 1,200 could die within three years, because of the loss of reproductive health services. More than three years after the U.S. withdrawal, Imtiaz Tyab returned to the country, finding remnants of two decades of war […]
Taliban using abandoned U.S. weapons in Afghanistan
President Trump has demanded the hardware be returned, but the Taliban has refused to give it up.
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, dies at 88
Considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, the Aga Khan was a business magnate​ and philanthropist.
USAID missions overseas ordered to shut down by Friday
About two-thirds of USAID employees serve overseas, and sources say the Trump administration is ordering all staff recalled.
Trump says Canada tariffs would fight fentanyl, though it’s not a major source
Drug policy researcher Jonathan Caulkins said there were 21 large fentanyl seizures at the Mexican border for every one along the Canadian border.
Azerbaijan jet that crashed was riddled with holes, report says
The 53-page preliminary report published by Kazakhstan’s transport ministry included photographs of the plane.
Trump and Netanyahu to meet at the White House in first foreign leader visit
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to visit President Trump in his second term.
FBI seeking info on Iranian intel officers accused in Robert Levinson abduction
The FBI issued seeking information posters for two Iranian intelligence officers believed to be responsible for the 2007 abduction of Robert Levinson.
