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Guv mulls removing NYC Mayor after his 4 deputies quit amid ongoing turmoil

NYC Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, has been under increasing scrutiny since the Justice Department's second-in-command ordered federal prosecutors last week to drop his corruption case

Egypt plans to rebuild Gaza, countering Trump's call to depopulate region

The proposal comes after an international uproar over Trump's call for the removal of Gaza's population of some two million Palestinians

Taiwan records 9 Chinese vessels, 8 military aircrafts around its territory

As per the Taiwan Defence Ministry, four out of the eight sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's southwestern ADIZ

OpenAI co-founder Sutskever's startup to raise funds at $30 bn valuation

Greenoaks Capital Partners, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, is leading the deal for the startup, Safe Superintelligence, and plans to invest $500 million

Singapore's PM Wong likely to ramp up spending going into election year

Wong, who is also finance minister, is expected to focus on bringing down living costs and boosting social aid when he delivers a budget speech later today

No kings on Presidents Day: Protestors denounce Donald Trump, Elon Musk

Nearly 1,000 people marched in the snow from the Statehouse in Boston to City Hall, chanting "Elon Musk has got to go" and "No kings on Presidents Day!

European leaders hold emergency talks, fear Trump leaving age-old allies

The tipping point came when Trump decided to upend years of US policy by holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in hopes of ending the Russia-Ukraine war

IDF to stay in 5 Lebanon locations after withdrawal deadline today: Israel

Under the agreement, Israeli forces should withdraw from a buffer zone in southern Lebanon to be patrolled by the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers

Trump begins firings of FAA staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

Probationary workers were targeted in late-night emails on Friday notifying them they had been fired, David Spero, president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists union, said in a statement

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate enforcement of UNRWA law

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a relief and human development agency

All 80 aboard Delta flight survive after jet flips upon arrival in Toronto

Video from the scene shows the Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR upside down on the snowy tarmac as emergency workers hose it down

President Trump unveils trade policy with reciprocal tariffs for fairness

Trump emphasised that this approach would address unfair trade practices, including non-monetary barriers, subsidies, and VAT systems

US 'backstop' needed before committing forces to Ukraine: UK PM Starmer

At the conclusion of a summit in Paris, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed his willingness to commit British forces on the ground alongside other nations if a lasting peace agreement is reached

Judge to rule on effort to block DOGE from assessing data, firing employees

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan held a hearing on a request from 14 states for a temporary restraining order seeking to curtail Musk's power in President Trump's quest to downsize the federal govt

Mexico awaits Google's reply over Gulf of Mexico name before filing lawsuit

Mexico has argued that the mapping policy violates Mexican sovereignty because the US only has jurisdiction over around 46 per cent of the Gulf

European leaders want say in talks to end Russia's war; US brushes them off

Leaders of Germany, the UK, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Nato and the European Union met for over three hours at the Elysee Palace in Paris for talks on Europe's security quandary

Zelenskyy visits UAE as momentum grows for peace talks to end war

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha visited Ukraine's stands Monday afternoon, even as Russian tried to sell helicopters and other weaponry at the fair

If you travel for work, try living in a hotel instead of a home: Report

I stayed at different properties, but the Standards in New York, both the one in the East Village and the High Line ended up on heavy rotation for me

Israel, US cannot do anything against Tehran, says Iran foreign ministry

Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei responded: "When it comes to a country like Iran, they cannot do a damn thing"

Head of Hamas in Lebanon killed in drone strike, says Israel Army

The Israeli military said it killed Mohammad Shaheen, the head of Hamas' operations department in Lebanon. The army accused Shaheen of recently planning terror attacks, directed and funded by Iran