DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — South Sudan has accepted eight third-country deportees from the U.S. and Rwanda says it’s in talk with the administration of President Donald Trump on a similar deal. Nigeria meanwhile says it’s rejecting pressure to do the same. These initiatives in Africa mark an expansion in U.S. efforts to deport people to…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is firing over 1,300 employees in line with a dramatic reorganization plan initiated by the Trump administration earlier this year. A senior State Department official said Friday the department is sending layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers with domestic assignments in the United States.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will keep working toward a new trade framework with the United States despite U.S. President Donald Trump saying he’ll raise taxes on many imported goods from Canada to 35%. Trump’s move deepens a rift between two North American countries that have suffered a debilitating blow…… MORE
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s first new coal mine in 50 years is said to be operating soon but it won’t rely on the fossil fuel to make money. Ramaco Resources plans to process the coal to extract rare earth elements it says are present in profitable quantities. Rare earths are a family of 17…… MORE
CHICAGO (AP) — Boeing has reached a settlement with a man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 plane crash in Ethiopia. The deal announced Friday comes just days before the scheduled start of the first trial stemming from the devastating Boeing 737 Max jetliner crash that left 157 people dead.…… MORE