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Tesla head Elon Musk meets with White House officials

Shawdesh desk: Tesla head Elon Musk met with senior White House officials on Friday to discuss the Biden administration’s push to grow the electric vehicle market, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

European bid to send cluster munitions to Ukraine

Shawdesh desk: A European country has proposed sending cluster munitions to Ukraine, believing the controversial weapons — whose use by Russia has been condemned — could help on the battlefield,

US, Germany announce tanks for Kyiv as battle intensifies

Shawdesh desk: The United States and Germany on Wednesday announced deliveries of top-of-the-line tanks to Ukraine, sweeping aside their longstanding misgivings and signaling a new surge of Western support for

Two killed in Philippines plane crash, another carrying 6 missing

Shawdesh desk: Two Philippine air force aviators were killed in a crash on Wednesday, while rescuers were searching for another plane that went missing the previous day with six people

Grateful Ardern makes last bow as New Zealand PM

Shawdesh desk: New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday she was grateful for her time in office, insisting that a sustained barrage of online abuse was not the reason

Erdogan warns Sweden on NATO after Quran burning

Shawdesh Desk: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Sweden on Monday that it should not expect his backing to join NATO following the burning of the Quran outside Ankara’s embassy

Two dead in another US shooting, this time in Iowa

Shawdesh desk: Two people died and a third was seriously wounded Monday in a shooting at a youth outreach center in Des Moines, Iowa, police said. Police responded to a

Two children among 11 burned to death in Thai van crash

Shawdesh desk: Eleven people, including two children, burned to death in a passenger van crash in central Thailand over the Lunar New Year holiday, police said Monday. Traffic accidents are