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January 5, 2024 - 0200 UTC

Fed's Kugler, Daly say job not done on inflation

Inflation by the Fed's preferred measure is well down from its mid-2022 peak of around 7%, registering 2.4% in November

Thousands line Suriname streets in homage to late dictator Bouterse

He was sentenced in 2023 to 20 years in prison over the killing of opposition members in 1982

Jill Biden gets priciest gift from foreign leader in 2023 — a $20,000 diamond

7.5-carat diamond was gift from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Moldova breakaway region faces extended blackouts after gas cutoff

All industries except those producing food have been shut down

Central American troops arrive in Haiti, join mission to restore order

75 security officers arrive, mostly from Guatemala

US finds more records found linking Credit Suisse, Nazi accounts

Credit Suisse agreed in 1998 to take part in a $1.25 billion settlement of lawsuits brought by Holocaust survivors

Tesla data helped police after truck explosion; experts have privacy concerns

Many cars know where you've been and have access to your contacts, call logs, texts and other sensitive information

Drivers skid, crash as winter storm grips central US

Blinken heads to South Korea, Japan, France

Blinken intends to highlight the expansion of US cooperation with South Korea and Japan