58 h. ago Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control'

Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst

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61 h. ago Donald Trump is an unprincipled, narcissistic charlatan who doesn't give a damn about democracy: ANDREW NEIL

For Trump, freedom and democracy - the core values of the country he leads and the Atlantic Alliance which has united the US and Europe for 80 years - mean nothing.

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4 d. ago Europe can’t just hope for the best with Trump. Ukraine needs all the arms we can send | Frans Timmermans

Member states must stop squabbling over trivial matters – and a firmer stance against states that promote Putin’s and Trump’s agenda is needed tooFrans Timmermans is a former vice-president of the European CommissionAfter US vice-president JD Vance’s speech in Munich last month, most European leaders came to the conclusion that our world has fundamentally changed. The Pax Americana that long ensured peace, security and freedom in Europe is over. Anyone who still doubted this will hopefully now realise, after the disgraceful treatment Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy endured last Friday at the White House, that we can no longer rely on the Americans for our collective security.We must hope for the best, but hope is not a policy. We – the Netherlands, the EU, and all western countries standing with Ukraine – must prepare for the worst. The question is this: how do we keep Ukraine free and independent, and how do we protect our economy, our freedom and democracy, and our borders...

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5 d. ago 'Dunce' JD Vance dubbed 'clown' after branding UK 'random country who hasn't fought wars'

JD Vance oddly claimed that an American stake in Ukraine’s economy was a “better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years"

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6 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: We have to prepare for the worst and get our act together. More than just Ukraine is at stake

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Keir Starmer, leader of a Brexit Britain for which he did not vote, now finds himself leading Europe's efforts to bolster Ukraine.

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6 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: Nato may not survive four years of Trump. Starmer knows Europe must now get its act together

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Keir Starmer , leader of a Brexit Britain for which he did not vote, now finds himself leading Europe's efforts to bolster Ukraine.

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7 d. ago Cyclone Alfred forecast: people urged to prepare for the worst as storm bears down on south

Residents warned to stock up on food and water and secure properties as BoM predicts Alfred will make landfall near BrisbaneTropical Cyclone Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane. Why is this a big deal and when could it hit?Queensland’s Bribie Island braces for AlfredGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeople have been warned to leave or prepare for the worst, with a tropical cyclone on track to cross a densely populated part of Australia’s coast for the first time in 50 years.Tropical Cyclone Alfred is looming off Queensland’s coast, threatening to bring heavy rainfall, damaging winds and monster waves. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago People urged to prepare for the worst as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bears down on south

Residents warned to stock up on food and water and secure properties as BoM predicts Alfred will make landfall near BrisbaneTropical Cyclone Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane. Why is this a big deal and when could it hit?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeople have been warned to leave or prepare for the worst, with a tropical cyclone on track to cross a densely populated part of Australia’s coast for the first time in 50 years.Tropical Cyclone Alfred is looming off Queensland’s coast, threatening to bring heavy rainfall, damaging winds and monster waves. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Kemi Badenoch says UK must 'prepare for the worst' by hiking defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2029

Kemi Badenoch urged Keir Starmer to seek 'peace through strength', saying that was the only thing Russia respected.

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9 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: He didn't get humiliated or shouted at. But the brutal truth is Starmer left the White House without the one thing he really needed

The Prime Minister went to Washington to woo President Trump this week and we can chalk it up as a success for Keir Starmer - perhaps the biggest of his largely miserable eight months in power so far.

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9 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: Starmer failed on his most important mission with Trump. What happened in the White House was divorced from reality

The Prime Minister went to Washington to woo President Trump this week and we can chalk it up as a success for Keir Starmer - perhaps the biggest of his largely miserable eight months in power so far.

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9 d. ago 10 of the best things to do in Cornwall on a rainy day, approved by families

It’s best to prepare for the worst when you’re holidaying in the UK

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1 week ago The brewing war between Musk and Trump that could ruin MAGA, revealed to ANDREW NEIL by a senior Republican whistleblower

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are the US government's merchants of chaos, sowing disruption, discord and sometimes even disgust wherever they intrude...

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1 week ago ANDREW NEIL: A new age has begun. And, if he has the vision, Starmer can make his mark by leading the rearming of Europe...

We are at a historic watershed in the transatlantic alliance which has protected Europe so well these past 80 years since our continent emerged from the ashes of World War II.

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1 week ago ANDREW NEIL: A new age of geopolitics has begun. As Trump threatens to turn his back on Europe, will Starmer and EU leaders become masters of their own destinies

We are at a historic watershed in the transatlantic alliance which has protected Europe so well these past 80 years since our continent emerged from the ashes of World War II.

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2 w. ago 10 of the best things to in Cornwall on a rainy day, approved by families

It’s best to prepare for the worst when you’re holidaying in the UK

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2 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: We CAN pay for a rapid rebuild of our military might

Pax Americana, which has successfully guaranteed the security of Europe, including our own dear islands, since the end of WW2, is dead, killed by Donald Trump's callous indifference.

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2 w. ago Google, Meta and the rest of US Big Tech are the robber barons of our age. Now, incredibly, a Labour Government is planning to help them pull off the theft of the century: ANDREW NEIL

Labour wants to give American Big Tech the right to hoover up the copyrighted creations of Britain's biggest brands - without paying a bean.

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2 w. ago US must provide ‘backstop’ to deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again, Starmer says after emergency Paris summit – Europe live

UK prime minister says future of Europe and Ukraine at stake after European leaders convene at emergency summit in ParisSwedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson told Reuters that deploying Swedish troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force is “absolutely a possibility.”His comments build on earlier declaration from Swedish foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenegard (9:40). Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘It’s Trump’s world’: European leaders divided on how to navigate ‘cacophony’

Many feel JD Vance’s speech in Munich shows Trump 2.0 is a far more disruptive and chaotic force than their worst fearsAs European leaders meet in Paris to prepare an answer to their apparent exclusion from the talks about Ukraine’s future, the existential and all encompassing question of how to influence an unchained US president occupies every European leader.The Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, offered some Nordic advice. “We Finns in these situations are cool, calm and collected so what we do first is have an ice bath and after that we go to the sauna and then we reflect.” Faced by what he described as a “cacophony” of het-up and shocked diplomacy, he suggested: “We need to talk less and do more.” Continue reading...

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