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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s team is increasingly taking extraordinary steps to minimize disruptions from pro-Palestinian protests at his events by making them smaller, withholding their precise locations from the media and the public until he arrives, avoiding college campuses and, in at least one instance, considering hiring a private …

NEW DELHI — It could be the biggest party this small west Indian city has ever seen. As billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani prepares for the wedding of his young son this summer, he’s expecting billionaires from around the world, heads of state, and Hollywood and Bollywood royalty to attend a three-day bash …

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s National Assembly swore in newly elected members of parliament on Thursday in a chaotic scene as allies of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan shouted and protested what they claim was a rigged election. Lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party repeatedly chanted “Vote-thief!” as Shehbaz Sharif, who is expected …

WASHINGTON — A new national organization called the Black Muslim Leadership Council is hoping to pressure elected officials including President Joe Biden to call for a permanent cease-fire in the Middle East. Details of the group were shared first with NBC News. But the organization is also making clear many …

The first time Donald Trump cold-called Susie Wiles, she didn’t pick up.  It was 2015, and Trump was looking for a political guide to help him topple two of Florida’s favorite sons — former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio — in the state’s delegate-rich, narrative-setting Republican presidential primary. …

France condemns Gaza aid convoy deaths, calls for independent probe French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned the deadly aid convoy incident and called for an immediate cease-fire. “Deep indignation at the images coming from Gaza where civilians have been targeted by Israeli soldiers,” Macron said on X today.   “I …

LOS ANGELES — A private airplane carrying singer Karol G made an emergency landing at a Los Angeles airport Thursday evening, a news report said. The aircraft carrying the Grammy winner and others landed at Van Nuys Airport around 9 p.m. with no immediate reports of injuries, KABC-TV reported. The plane …

Navalny’s team says it still can’t find a hearse to carry him Just hours before the funeral is scheduled to begin, Navalny’s team says it has still been unable to find a hearse to carry his body because of threats against the drivers by “unknown people.” “At first we were …

India is “easily” the fastest-growing economy in the world, IMF executive director Krishnamurthy Subramanian said, as the country’s third-quarter GDP growth blew past analysts’ estimates. At 8.4%, India’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in six quarters, data showed late on Thursday, on strong private consumption and upbeat manufacturing and construction activity. …

A Michigan village has agreed to a $320,000 settlement with a man from Japan who was wrongly accused of drunken driving after a police officer badly misread a breath test, court records show. Ryohei Akima blew a 0.02 on the test, but it was mistakenly read by the Fowlerville officer …

Snow began falling in California’s Sierra Nevada on Thursday and was expected to continue through the weekend, forecasters said as the mountains faced up to 10 feet of snow from a winter storm. “Your safe travel window is over in the Sierra — best to hunker down where you are,” …

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers and special counsel Jack Smith’s team are at odds over how much about their personal politics potential jurors have to disclose in a questionnaire for the classified documents case. The two sides’ joint proposed jury questionnaire agreed to most questions but noted their …

Two human arms and a human leg were found at a park on Long Island, New York, on Thursday morning, and police are investigating how the body parts ended up there. A student was walking to school in the Long Island town of Babylon around 8:40 a.m. when she discovered …

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Thursday released the full transcript of Hunter Biden’s closed-door testimony from the previous day. The document, at 229 pages with some redactions, underscores the disconnect between what House Republicans have repeatedly alleged are criminal actions by Hunter Biden and his father and the …

One person is dead and two others were injured after a gunman opened fire inside a dentist office in El Cajon, California, on Thursday afternoon. Police are searching for the suspect, identified as Mohammed Abdulkareem, 29, and said he used a handgun in the shooting. Police believe he is armed …

Elishea Jones has lived in Alabama her entire life, but since the state’s highest court ruled that embryos are legally children last week and three major fertility clinics halted in vitro fertilization procedures because of the potential legal liability, Jones is questioning everything.  “It’s not a political issue. They claim …

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The cause of the fire could not immediately be determined. Sen said at least 33 people, including women and children, were declared dead at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, while at least 10 others died after being taken to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. More …

Attorneys for special counsel Jack Smith and Donald Trump proposed new trial dates Thursday for the former president’s criminal trial on charges that he mishandled classified documents and national security secrets. Federal prosecutors proposed a July 8 start date, while attorneys for Trump suggested he stand trial on Aug. 12. …

AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron said in an earnings webcast Wednesday that the theater chain’s role as the distributor for both “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé” played a key role in upping those numbers. “Literally all of that increase in AMC’s revenue and EBITDA …