Nuclear weapons policy has its own meticulous language, but Mr. Trump’s words fall outside of it, creating several possible interpretations.
Mr. Trump publicly pressured President Obama to veto a Security Council resolution critical of Israel’s settlement policy, and the resolution was pulled by its sponsor, Egypt.
Moving some of Mr. Trump’s highest-profile cabinet nominees through a financial disclosure examination has been unusually slow.
After decades of trying, scientists have finally devised a powerful vaccine against a terrifying contagion.
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The investment firm says it thought the billions of dollars it raised for 1MDB, a Malaysian fund, were used to buy legitimate assets. Prosecutors said they landed in personal accounts.
With tens of thousands of civilians and rebel fighters now evacuated from the city, the Syrian government holds all of Aleppo for the first time since 2012.
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Art galleries glow with gold, as do sneakers and celebrities. And artisans continue to gild objects the way it was done centuries ago.
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Trump’s secretary of state nominee is a gift for Putin. He’s an even bigger gift for Putin’s right-hand man.
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They got the apartment they loved, but had to settle very close to a bridge to do it.
