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  1. Cuban lawmakers approve sweeping reforms to privatize vast swath of economy

    People push a broken-down, classic car along a street in Havana.

    Cuban lawmakers unanimously approved sweeping reforms backed by the Communist Party and former leader Raúl Castro that would privatize a vast swath of the country's socialist economy ‌in a bid to survive punishing U.S. sanctions.

  2. Labour's Andy Burnham wins byelection, setting up showdown with Keir Starmer to lead Britain

    Andy Burnham, smiling, after learning he

    Andy Burnham, the current mayor of Greater Manchester, has won a special election for a seat in Parliament that puts him in a position to challenge embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

  3. Hegseth orders review of U.S. troops deployed to NATO in fiery Brussels speech

    A man speaks into a microphone while seated.

    U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth put NATO allies on notice Thursday, announcing a Pentagon review of America's military commitment to Europe and warning some countries will fail the assessment.

  4. Luigi Mangione won't assert a psychiatric defence in state trial, after all, his lawyers say

    Luigi Mangione, leaning forward while holding an envelope, in a courtroom in New York City.

    In a stunning reversal, Luigi Mangione's lawyers told a judge Thursday that he will no longer be asserting a psychiatric defence at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

  5. Paint already peeling after Trump-ordered spruce-up of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

    A strip of paint, floating in the reflecting pool at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

    The paint on Washington's newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting ‌Pool on Thursday was peeling away from the bottom and into the algae-tinted water, less than two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the job's completion.