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AU Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf emphasized that the ongoing violence in the region is highly complex and cannot be equated with mass atrocities seen in other African countries.
The president signed the measure into law on Wednesday night, only hours after the House of Representatives passed it in a 222-209 vote. The Senate had narrowly approved the same bill two days earlier. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said federal agencies would “resume normal operations” and acknowledged that “people were hurt so badly” during the 43-day closure.
Nearly 6,000 flights were also delayed, down from over 7,000 delays on Friday, according to flight tracker FlightAware.
Apart from sanctions, Hungary faces economic pressure from Trump’s tariffs on European exports, affecting its car manufacturing sector. Despite his often tense relations with the European Union over migration, democracy, and the rule of law, Trump praised Orban’s approach to immigration, stating Europe should “respect this leader very, very strongly because he's been right on immigration.”
The two-week conference is expected to focus on climate financing and supporting vulnerable nations already facing the harshest effects of global warming. The urgency of the talks has been amplified by a string of extreme weather events, including Hurricane Melissa, which devastated parts of the Caribbean and killed more than 75 people.
The G20, created in 1999 following the Asian financial crisis, serves as an informal platform for countries representing most of the world’s economic output. Because it is not bound by a legal charter, there is no official mechanism to remove a member.
In a video message on Thursday, Pelosi said she will not be seeking re-election to Congress at the end of her term in January 2027.
According to a notice from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published Wednesday, affected individuals will have 60 days to leave the country before deportation begins in early January.
Mamdani’s win is historic on several fronts — he will be the first Muslim to lead the city, the first mayor born in Africa, and the youngest elected since 1892. When he entered the contest, he had no strong party backing, no major donors and very little visibility.
Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, is leading in opinion surveys. Cuomo, who served as governor and entered the race as an Independent after losing the Democratic primary, sits in second place. Curtis Sliwa, the Republican challenger, trails in third. Yet Trump did not endorse Sliwa, instead cautioning that backing him would benefit Mamdani.
Asked if the US was going to war against Venezuela, the US president told CBS' 60 Minutes: "I doubt it. I don't think so. But they've been treating us very badly."
In an explosive post, the Republican leader, who had campaigned unsuccessfully for the Nobel Peace Prize, said on social media he asked the Pentagon to map out a possible plan of attack, one day after warning that Christianity was “facing an existential threat in Nigeria.”