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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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Foreign interference or opportunistic grifting: why are so many pro-Trump X accounts based in Asia?
A new feature on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter allows users to see the location of other…
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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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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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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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Former Bush adviser charged with amassing top secret files
Indian-American Ashley Tellis allegedly obtained US military data and passed envelopes to Chinese officialsA p…
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US Congress committee investigating Musk-owned Starlink over Myanmar scam centres
Provision of internet access to scam centres being investigated as Starlink swiftly becomes Myanmar’s biggest …
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US Congress committee investigating Musk-owned Starlink over Myanmar scam centres
Provision of internet access to scam centres being investigated as Starlink swiftly becomes Myanmar’s biggest …
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‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump
Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting glo…
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‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump
Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting glo…
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Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership
US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliancesSu…
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A US haven for refugees was divided over Trump – now immigration crackdown has left a ‘community breaking’
Pennsylvania hosts one of the largest clusters of Bhutanese refugees in the US. Families are unsettled as Trum…
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Americans are ‘deer in the headlights’ in face of Trump assault on free speech, Maria Ressa tells Jon Stewart
Nobel prize winner says US institutions have collapsed much quicker than expected under the Trump administrati…
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For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades
Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to Ind…
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Trump celebrates TikTok deal as Beijing suggests US app would use China’s algorithm
Comments from Chinese official in Madrid have raised questions over who could control the algorithm that power…