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China���s leader concludes visit to Cambodia at the end of a 3-nation Southeast Asia tour 04/18/2025 03:34am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday completed a two-day state visit to Cambodia, capping a three-nation tour that included stops in Vietnam and Malaysia at a time when all three Southeast Asian countries are facing economic challenges from U.S. President Donald Trump China���s leader Xi Jinping holds talks in Cambodia to wrap up his 3-nation Southeast Asia tour 04/17/2025 11:32am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cambodia on Thursday for a two-day state visit that serves as an opportunity to further strengthen China's already robust relations with its closest ally in Southeast Asia. The visit, Xi���s first since 2016, concludes a three-nat US jobless benefit claims fall last week as labor market remains strong despite recession fears 04/17/2025 08:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. applications for jobless benefits fell again last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite fears of a tariff-induced recession. Jobless claim applications fell by 9,000 to 215,000 for the week ending April 12, the Labor Department said Thursday. That���s well be How Much Do CCRCs Cost? 04/16/2025 08:00pm • As more people age and begin to explore their retirement living options, one question keeps coming up: Can you afford to live in a continuing care retirement community (CCRC)? It's a common concern for people who are potentially interested in living in these communities because the true cost of seni DOGE associate is made acting head of foreign assistance at the State Department, a US official says 04/15/2025 04:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration has expanded the power of adviser Elon Musk's government-cutting team over the State Department, making a Musk lieutenant acting head of foreign assistance. A senior U.S. official confirmed the new job for Jeremy Lewin, an associate of the Department of G UN: Civilian death toll in Sudan's Darfur attacks tops 300 in 2 days as war nears 2-year mark 04/15/2025 12:00am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� More than 300 civilians were killed in two days of intense fighting in Sudan���s conflict-wracked Darfur region, the U.N. humanitarian agency reported Monday, as the African country's brutal civil war nears the two-year mark. The attacks launched by Sudan���s notorious param White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for UN, NATO and other groups 04/14/2025 09:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The White House���s Office of Management and Budget has proposed gutting the State Department���s budget by almost 50%, closing a number of overseas diplomatic missions, slashing the number of diplomatic staff, and eliminating funding for nearly all international organizations, i The Latest: Both the US and El Salvador refuse to return wrongly deported man to the US 04/14/2025 08:35pm • President Donald Trump ���s top advisers and Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, said Monday that they had no basis for the small Central American nation to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month. Trump administration officials emphasized Abrego How to Pay for Senior Living 04/14/2025 08:00pm • It's no secret that saving for retirement is a good idea. And for many older adults, retirement expenses often include senior living, which can be pricey. In this article, we'll go through the many different types of senior living, their average costs and how to prepare financially for this stage of Editorial Roundup: United States 04/14/2025 11:35am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 10 The Washington Post says anti-DEI policies take power away from local schools During her confirmation hearing to become education secretary, Linda McMahon promised she would work to ���send education back to the states.��� Schools lined up for help getting cleaner school buses. Then came the EPA freeze 04/11/2025 05:35pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Looking to cut pollution from its fleet of diesel-burning school buses, an Oklahoma school district last year doubled its electric vehicles. The Shawnee Public Schools, a 3,300-student district about 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Oklahoma City in a county that voted overwhelmingly The Latest: Supreme Court tells Trump administration to facilitate return of mistakenly deported man 04/10/2025 08:52pm • The Supreme Court on Thursday said President Donald Trump���s administration must facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration���s emergency appeal. Abrego Garcia is a Salvadoran citizen who had an immigration US jobless benefit applications rise modestly as labor market remains largely unfazed by trade war 04/10/2025 08:45am • Slightly more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but the labor market remains broadly healthy despite an ongoing trade war. Jobless claim filings inched up by 4,000 to 223,000 for the week ending April 5, the Labor Department said Thursday. That���s less than the 225,000 new applic Billionaires, trusted allies, media personalities. These are the people Trump picked for top roles 04/10/2025 08:38am • President Donald Trump prioritized loyalty as he built out a team for his second term, surrounding himself with people who served faithfully in his first administration or who worked on one or more of his three campaigns. Those are not the only ties that connect the people in the highest ranks of hi UN special envoy Julie Bishop makes trip to war-torn Myanmar after devastating earthquake 04/10/2025 02:39am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar has made a visit to the military-ruled nation, meeting Wednesday with the foreign minister as the country recovers from an earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people. It is the second visit the envoy, Australia���s Julie Bishop, has made since