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Former staff have criticized the interior department for ignoring the risk of fraud after the Trump administration ceased scrutiny of a $59m fund for nuclear survivors, which is now depletedFormer staff have lashed the US Department of the Interior for…
Read MoreBiden administration releases review saying president’s options were ‘severely constrained’ by decisions of predecessorThe US government has released a review of the chaotic 2021 troop withdrawal from Afghanistan which largely lays the blame on Donald …
Read MoreReport by special inspector general blames Trump and Biden administrations, as well as the Afghan government of Ashraf GhaniAfghan armed forces collapsed last year because they had been made dependent on US support that was abruptly withdrawn in the fa…
Read MoreJustice department says Wynn lobbied the Trump administration for China to protect his business interests in MacauThe US Department of Justice on Tuesday sued Steve Wynn, the billionaire former casino mogul and senior Republican fund raiser, to compel …
Read MoreDetails are deficient, scientific analysis contentious and expert voices missing in Markson’s thesis about ‘what really happened’ in China, which establishes a crime scene around the Wuhan Institute of Virology With 4.55 million deaths from the Covid-1…
Read MoreCraig Whitlock of the Washington Post used freedom of information to produce the definitive US version of the warIn the summer of 2009, the latest in a long line of US military commanders in Afghanistan commissioned the latest in a long line of strateg…
Read MoreChinese foreign ministry announced sanctions against Mike Pompeo and 27 others as Biden was taking presidential oathChina has said it wants to cooperate with Joe Biden’s new US administration, while announcing sanctions against the “lying and cheating”…
Read MoreSurvey finds more Europeans than not say US cannot be trusted after four years of TrumpA majority of Europeans believe America’s political system is broken, that China will be the world’s leading power within a decade, and that Joe Biden will be unable…
Read MoreTensions already high between Washington and BeijingTrump aide says former measures meant to appease ChineseSecretary of state Mike Pompeo is lifting restrictions on contacts between US officials and their Taiwanese counterparts, a move welcomed by Tai…
Read MoreCuts would decrease military presence from 4,500 to 2,500 in Afghanistan and from 3,000 to 2,500 in IraqThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut the US military presence in Afghanistan by almost half, before Joe Biden takes over the presi…
Read MoreTweet calling for troops’ return by Christmas puts peace negotiations in jeopardy and was greeted enthusiastically by the TalibanDonald Trump has announced on Twitter that he wants to bring all US troops home from Afghanistan by Christmas – a plan that…
Read MoreUS president says it could have been 2.5 million deaths; Japan considers easing border controls; WHO announces record weekly casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePresident Donald Trump has said the 200,000 US deaths from cor…
Read MorePresident says he has to ‘do something’ about the body after it rules that duties on $200bn worth of Chinese goods breached regulations The United States has described the World Trade Organization as “completely inadequate” after it criticised the Trum…
Read MoreIn August the US president said New Zealand was seeing a ‘big surge’ in cases, but it only reminded people of how well they had doneFollowing comments by Donald Trump that New Zealand was dealing with a “big surge” of new Covid-19 cases, Kiwis have sna…
Read MoreIndia’s economy shrinks nearly 24%; Hong Kong launches mass testing; WHO says states can’t ‘pretend pandemic is over’. Follow the latestUS tops 6m cases as some states post record daily totalsWhen will a coronavirus vaccine be ready?Portugal may go bac…
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