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Revealed: Myanmar junta ‘crony’ given key role behind Fifa peace prize
Inaugural prize expected to be handed to Donald Trump but ‘process’ for choosing future winners to be proposed…
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Trump is using a tragic shooting to demonize millions | Mohamad Bazzi
The administration is heightening its anti-immigrant crackdown – and punishing people from a country the US he…
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Sri Lanka braced for more damage after torrential rain kills hundreds across Asia
Meanwhile, Iran grapples with one of worst droughts and temperatures fall 10C below normal in USMore heavy rai…
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Junta hails end to US protected status for Myanmar nationals
Human rights monitors say it is not safe to return, citing reports of ‘serious crimes in the run-up to electio…
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China’s Xi Jinping raises future of Taiwan in call with Donald Trump
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and Xi told Trump that its return was an ‘integral part of the po…
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Brother Wang, a global manhunt and the Chinese-Mexican drug nexus
Alleged trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang escaped via a tunnel in Mexico before flying to Cuba and reportedly Russia b…
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Trump pressures Thailand to recommit to Cambodia ceasefire with ‘threat of tariffs’
Bangkok had earlier said it was suspending ceasefire, accusing Cambodia of laying landmines along the borderTh…
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A refugee’s deportation rattles a deeply conservative town: ‘What Trump has done is not Christlike’
Binod Shah, a refugee from Bhutan, went to church, got married and started an auto shop in Twin Falls, Idaho. …
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Film festival in New York cancelled after China puts pressure on directors
Participants ask for their films not to be shown at IndieChina event, which was due to launch this weekendAn i…
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Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
Cheney, who served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush, will be remembered for controversial role aft…
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Era of free trade and investment is over, Canada’s PM tells Apec summit
Mark Carney warns Asia-Pacific leaders global economy undergoing profound change, as China’s president mounts …
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Donald Trump speaks after Xi Jinping meeting in South Korea – live updates
Summit on sidelines of Apec was the first between the leaders of US and China since 2019, and comes after tens…
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Senate postpones confirmation hearing for Trump surgeon general pick after Casey Means goes into labor – US politics live
Means, a wellness influencer, was due to appear before the health, education, labor and pensions committeeIn t…
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Japanese PM promises golden age in relations with US during Trump visit
Sanae Takaichi says she will nominate Trump for peace prize and two leaders sign agreement on rare earthsWhat …
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Japan’s new PM will hope the Abe effect endears Trump to her at crucial talks
Sanae Takaichi leads a minority government and needs a successful meeting with the US president on Tuesday. Th…