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President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials laid out expectations from the new government in Damascus.

By ending tax credits for wind and solar power, Senate Republicans may have jeopardized billions in investments in their own districts.

It was not immediately clear what led to the blast at a factory near Hyderabad, but officials said initial clues suggested a pressure buildup in a dryer system.

People who were managers when Ms. Letby was convicted of killing babies were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome.

Specially commissioned private rail cars have transported the royal family around the country for over 150 years, beginning with an initially trepidatious Queen Victoria.

The violence last week in Kafr Malik, in the West Bank, comes amid a surge in assaults by Israeli settlers. It also set off a chain of violence in the area.

The conviction of Boualem Sansal, an outspoken French and Algerian writer, has worsened tensions between the countries.

Timur Ivanov, a longtime deputy defense minister, was sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.

The Israeli prime minister's planned visit to the United States comes as the cease-fire with Iran may create new momentum for a truce in Gaza.