The South Sudan government said on Friday First Vice President Riek Machar was "under house arrest," two days after he was detained, as a former Kenyan premier arrived in Juba to mediate the crisis threatening to end the fragile peace deal between rival factions.

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US President Donald Trump said he had an "extremely productive" first call Friday with Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney, after recent tensions over tariffs and Trump's repeated calls to annex his northern neighbor.

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(The Center Square) – The University of Michigan announced Thursday it will end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, immediately closing both the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Office for Health Equity and Inclusion.

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The United States has not paid its 2024 dues to the World Trade Organization and is therefore now deemed to be in "arrears", the WTO's spokesman said Friday.

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Americans have long been lured to Mexico by its weather, culture and lower cost of living. Now some of the US citizens heading south of the border say they have another reason: Donald Trump.

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The Gavi vaccine alliance, which proudly claims it vaccinates more than half the world's children against deadly and debilitating diseases, is now seemingly next in line for US funding cuts.

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By Dean Murray Scientists say they have made a "shocking" discovery on Mars. NASA's Perseverance Science Team was "astonished by a strange rock" comprised of hundreds of millimeter-sized spheres - some with tiny pinholes. Dubbing them "Shocking Spherules", the space agency has announced: "The team is now working hard to understand their origin." Earlier this […]

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Would you swap where you live for your favorite TV home? Half of Americans would trade their current living situation if it meant they could live in their favorite TV home, with houses from “Full House”, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “Golden Girls” the most envied. That’s according to a new survey of 2,000 […]

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Turkey intensified its crackdown on anti-government protests on Friday, arresting the lawyer of the jailed Istanbul mayor and targeting more journalists, as the country faces its biggest wave of unrest in more than a decade.

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(The Center Square) – Newly released federal inflation data showed prices rose faster than expected in February, contradicting federal data from earlier this month.