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The U.S.'s strike on Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack was a "very measured step", Washington's envoy to the UN said April 7. 

"We took a very measured step last night. We are prepared to do more.

We hope that it will not be necessary," Ambassador Nikki Haley told the Security
Council. 

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos said on Wednesday he is selling about $1 billion worth of the internet retailer’s stock annually to fund his Blue Origin rocket company, which aims to launch paying passengers on 11-minute space rides starting next year.

Ankara has historically tended to side with the United States whenever relations with the European Union have deteriorated. 

Greece is examining US proposals for military cooperation which would widen ties to an extent not seen in the last three decades, Kathimerini understands. According to sources, Washington's desire for stronger ties stems from its view that Greece has a significant geopolitical role to play as a pillar of stability in a volatile region.

In the wake of a recent lawsuit filed by families of victims against the Saudi government for the September 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed 3,000 people between New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, Energy Minister Khalid al Falih predicted that counter measures would be deployed by the new White House administration.

U.S. President Donald Trump changed tack and agreed to honor the "one China" policy during a phone call with China's leader Xi Jinping, a major diplomatic boost for Beijing which brooks no criticism of its claim to self-ruled Taiwan. 

U.S. President Donald Trump suffered a legal blow on Feb. 9 when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate his executive order temporarily banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. 

U.S. President Donald Trump's order temporarily banning U.S. entry to people from seven Muslim-majority countries came under intense scrutiny on Feb. 7 from a federal appeals court that questioned whether the ban unfairly targeted people over their religion. 

Dozens of top tech companies — including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter — have filed a joint legal brief arguing against President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
The brief was filed late Sunday with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of an ongoing lawsuit against the ban.

A U.S. appeal court late on Feb. 4 denied a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to immediately restore an immigration order from U.S. President Donald Trump barring citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries and temporarily banning refugees.