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The president's plan has come under fire from Republicans concerned that violent militants could enter the U.S. posing as refugees.

It will spend 725 million euros on defense in 2017, about 1.8 percent of its economy and almost as much as it spent from 2011 to 2013.

The company, struggling amid TV industry changes, is increasingly relying on unconventional partnerships, such as with Snapchat — and now Roku.

Thursday’s arrests in Corona, California, were not directly related to a December attack that left 14 people dead, a law enforcement official said.

Nnamdi Okonkwo, managing director of Fidelity Bank PLC in Lagos, has been arrested by Nigeria's anti-corruption agency.

In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, the president outlines his thoughts on the economy. Here are his key points, in five charts.

It is the first visit for Vice President Joe Biden since U.S. forces withdrew in 2011 following a nine-year occupation.

HP has launched the slimline Chromebook 13 which is thinner than a Macbook and costs less than half the price.

Excluding one-time items, Ford’s earnings per share of 68 cents easily beat Wall Street expectations of 48 cents a share.

“We need the support of the World Bank for the repatriation of the funds,” Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said.

Under the deal, DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg would become chairman of a digital-focused arm of the combined company.

The former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives also referred to the senator from Texas as a “miserable son of a bitch.”

A JetBlue pilot reportedly failed a breath test after his co-pilot said he was drinking an unknown beverage during flights.

A group of eight notable British economists has pushed back on the notion that the U.K. would be harmed by leaving the EU. But they remain a minority.

The increase comes as European nations debate whether to continue their economic sanctions against Russia over the Kremlin’s actions in Ukraine.

The economy grew at a disappointing 0.5 percent pace, the weakest since the first quarter of 2014, due to slower growth in China and low energy prices.

The Bank of Japan stunned global markets Thursday by holding off from expanding monetary stimulus.

The stock-and-cash deal will strengthen Abbott’s position in the market for medical devices used to treat cardiovascular diseases.

Beijing is engaged in a long-standing territorial dispute in the South China Sea with several countries including the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Stock markets traded broadly lower Thursday as investors reeled under the Bank of Japan’s decision to hold fire on stimulus.

A woman injured eight bystanders as she blew herself up in the northwestern city of Bursa on Wednesday.