22 m. ago Marco Rubio announces cancellation of most USAid programs – live

Secretary of state says on social media that 83% of the programs at USAid are being cancelledSecretary of state Marco Rubio has announced that USAid will cancel the majority of its programs, while the rest will be folded into the state department.Writing on X, Rubio said:After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States. Continue reading...

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35 m. ago 'Superman' and 'in the dark': what Russians have said about Donald Trump

US president’s thoughts have been welcomed in Russia

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53 m. ago Lara Trump declares Trump doesn’t take days off – as he spends yet another weekend golfing

President Donald Trump has played golf six out of seven weekends since he returned to the White House

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76 m. ago Donald Trump bets propel Michael Platt’s BlueCrest to 15% gain

Hedge fund turned family office eclipses rivals with currency and bond wagers on a slowing US economy

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91 m. ago Rubio and homeland security confirm arrest of Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice despite having a green card and his lawyers do not know where he’s being heldUS politics live – latest updatesA spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – have confirmed the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who helped lead protests at the school against Israel over the war in Gaza.Homeland security department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the arrest of Khalil – who holds permanent US residency – in a statement on Sunday to Associated Press, saying it was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago US will be ‘central’ to climate fight even without Trump, says Cop30 president

André Corrêa do Lago suggests US organisations can play a constructive role even if government limits participationThe US will be “central” to solving the climate crisis despite Donald Trump’s withdrawal of government support and cash, the president of the next UN climate summit has said.André Corrêa do Lago, president-designate of the Cop30 summit for the host country, Brazil, hinted that businesses and other organisations in the US could play a constructive role without the White House. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Donald Trump makes bizarre plea to people of Greenland as he renews bid to claim country

US President Donald Trump has made a fresh appeal about Greenland, this time direct to its people, as he promised to "keep them safe" if they join the United States

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2 h. ago The ‘freedom fighter’ standing up to Donald Trump’s mandates

She says she is willing to face consequences for her actions

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2 h. ago Young people who aspired to government service dismayed by Trump ending the federal fellows program

Young people who aspired to federal government service are dismayed by President Donald Trump ending a program created to entice highly qualified workers to join the government

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2 h. ago Canadian brewery releases ‘Presidential Pack’ to help get through Donald Trump’s presidency

‘We have a feeling this many beers will come in handy’ teased the company as Trump supporters hit out at ‘liberal wackos’

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3 h. ago Donald Trump in fresh clash over his plans to grab Greenland having not ruled out sending in US troops

US president has reaffirmed his interest in getting control of the island

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3 h. ago Mark Carney comes out fighting against Trump and his bid to 'destroy our way of life' as he declares: 'Canada will never be part of America'

Speaking during his acceptance speech, the former Bank of England governor Mark Carney chose to lean strongly into resisting US President Donald Trump's policies.

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4 h. ago 'Putin's fool?': Donald Trump sparks backlash after warning Ukraine 'may not survive'

US has already ended intelligence sharing and military aid to Ukraine

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4 h. ago Top shipping broker Clarksons says war and Trump tariff fears have hit revenues

Shares in FTSE 250 company fall by nearly a fifth as geopolitical turmoil pushes down freight ratesBusiness live – latest updatesThe world’s biggest ship broker has warned that geopolitical turmoil from war and Donald Trump’s tearing up of US foreign policy have hurt its revenues, sending its share price tumbling by nearly a fifth on Monday.Clarksons, which is listed on London’s FTSE 250 index of mid-sized companies, said the rates charged by shipping companies had dropped since the start of 2025, hit by concerns over the impact of tariffs. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Biden accused of using autosignature on official White House documents

Presidents, including Donald Trump, have been using automatic signatures to sign documents since the Obama administration

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4 h. ago Donald Trump has not treated our people with respect, says Greenland Prime Minister

US president has reaffirmed his interest in getting control of the island

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4 h. ago Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says leaders must stand up to bullies after being lashed by Donald Trump

US president’s late-night social media post came after Turnbull criticised Trump’s leadership as ‘chaotic’Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said leaders should “not give in to bullies” after he was lashed by Donald Trump in a late-night social media post.Taking to Truth Social platform just before midnight Sunday night in Washington DC, the US president said Turnbull led Australia from “behind” and did not understand China.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Justin Trudeau takes final dig at Donald Trump in farewell speech as Canada’s prime minister

Justin Trudeau made a final dig at Donald Trump in his farewell speech as Canada’s prime minister.

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4 h. ago Canadians believe that Mark Carney is the man to stand up to Donald Trump | Colin Horgan

The newly appointed Liberal leader is likely to call a federal election to bolster his mandate, but Canadians seem to see him as the best bet to counter US tariffsWhen Mark Carney took the job as governor of the Bank of England in 2013, he negotiated a five-year term rather than the traditional eight-year tenure. The sense was that he was eager to get back to Canada to run for office in the next federal election. But that election came and went in 2019, and Carney instead extended his tenure at the Bank, ultimately leaving it in 2020. A year later, the Guardian asked him whether he’d be prime minister of Canada some day. Carney was deliberately coy. “Er, look at the time!” he laughed, with a raised eyebrow.No need to be cute any more. On Sunday evening, Carney won the Liberal leadership race in a landslide, capturing 85.9% of the overall riding points on the first count. The party allocates 100 possible points to each constituency (or ridings, as they’re known), and those points are...

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5 h. ago ‘I hope it lights a fire under people’: The federal worker standing up to Donald Trump and his ‘illegal mandates’

In an email, she called on colleagues to ‘resist.’ Then it was ‘mysteriously’ deleted

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