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WASHINGTON -- At noon on Monday, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, beginning his second term as he returns to the White House after four years.
Due to projected cold weather in Washington, D.C., his inauguration ceremony was held indoors -- the first time in four decades. (US-Trump-President)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump, who took the oath of office Monday, did not directly mention the conflict in Ukraine during his inauguration speech, which was delivered on the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his country's willingness to engage with the new U.S. administration over the conflict.
"We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders but refuses to defend American voters, or, more importantly, its own people," Trump said in what was seemingly a veiled reference to the preceding Joe Biden administration's policy of supporting Ukraine militarily "as long as it takes" for Kiev to emerge victorious in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. (US-Trump-Inauguration)
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HOUSTON -- Minutes after President Donald Trump took office on Monday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced it has canceled all scheduled appointments for immigration and border processing.
The CBP announced on social media that it would shut down the CBP One mobile app that allowed migrants to submit information and book appointments at eight U.S.-Mexico border ports after 11:00 p.m. Central Standard Time. (US-Migrants)
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JAKARTA -- At least five construction workers have died following a landslide that hit a village on the Indonesian island of Bali on Monday, an official told local media.
According to a preliminary report, the disaster took place in their accommodations in Ubung Kaja Village in Bali's provincial capital of Denpasar. Three others, also workers, reportedly managed to survive the disaster and are now at the nearby hospital. (Indonesia-Landslide) Enditem
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