
Kazakhstan expected to join Trump-brokered Abraham Accords
CNN
The Trump administration is expected to announce on Thursday evening that Kazakhstan will be joining the Abraham Accords, according to multiple US and Israeli officials familiar with the matter, despite the two countries already having longstanding diplomatic relations.

Cuba is going dark under US pressure. How the crisis unfolded and why its troubles are far from over
Almost three months after the US effectively imposed an oil blockade on Cuba that worsened its energy crunch, nearly every aspect of Cuban society has been feeling the strain.

The Department of Homeland Security has been ensnared by a partial government shutdown as Congress did not act to fund the agency by the end of Friday. But nearly all DHS workers will remain on the job — even if many won’t get paid until the lapse ends — and the public probably won’t notice much of a change.











