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America's Department of Justice charged three people for involvement in an alleged Iranian plot to murder targets, including Donald Trump, as well as an Iranian-American journalist,

critical of the country's regime. Two suspects were arrested in New York. A third,

tasked with surveilling Mr. Trump and plotting to assassinate him, is believed to remain at

large in Iran.

China announced it would issue bonds worth 10 trillion yuan, $1.4 trillion, over the next three to five years.

The package is intended to help local governments to refinance their debt. It is China's latest effort to support its sluggish economy,

which could come under further pressure next year when Mr. Trump, who promises bumper tariffs

on Chinese exports, becomes America's president. Jack Smith, the Special Council prosecuting the

American government's cases against Mr. Trump,

took a first step towards winding them down. He asked the judge overseeing Mr. Trump's election interference trial

to postpone a series of deadlines in light of the former president's victory this week.

The Justice Department has long forbidden the

prosecution of sitting presidents. Elon Musk joined Mr. Trump for a telephone call with

Vlodemis Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president, earlier this week, Axios reported. The tech mogul was one of

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