3 h. ago Donald Trump backlash as EU leaders angry at president's Greenland tariff plans

Sir Keir Starmer and European leaders united in condemnation of Donald Trump's plan to apply tariffs on several NATO allies until a deal is reached for the US to acquire Greenland from Denmark

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15 h. ago Climate activist predicts high electricity prices and Trump's attacks on green energy will hurt GOP

Longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in solar energy despite the Trump administration rolling back environmental regulations and freezing offshore wind projects

Science

3 d. ago Venezuela's acting president vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under Maduro

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolás Maduro

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3 d. ago Discussions to end Sudan war resume in Cairo as it nears the 3

Peace efforts in Sudan have resumed in Cairo, with Egypt and the United Nations urging warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce

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3 d. ago Iran signals fast trials and executions for protesters as death toll in crackdown goes over 2,500

Iran's judiciary chief is signaling fast trials and executions for those detained in nationwide protests

Events

4 d. ago China had a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus in 2025, as exports rose 6.6% in December

China’s government says that the country's trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion last year as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the United States

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5 d. ago US accuses Russia of 'dangerous and inexplicable escalation' of war in Ukraine as Trump seeks peace

The United States is accusing Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of the nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance negotiations toward peace

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5 d. ago Machado seeks Pope Leo’s support for Venezuela's transition during Vatican meeting

Pope Leo XIV has met with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the Vatican

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6 d. ago Trump's free speech tsar compares UK to Putin's Russia over threats to ban X 'to protect Brits from AI bikini pictures'

Sarah Rogers, President Donald Trump's free speech tsar, has compared the United Kingdom's threat to block X to Vladimir Putin's Russia.

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1 week ago Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’

The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sightsOn 30 May last year, Kim Sajet was working in her office in the grandly porticoed National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. The gallery is one of the most important branches of the Smithsonian Institution, the complex of national museums that, for almost 200 years, has told the story of the nation. The director’s suite, large enough to host a small party, has a grandeur befitting the museum’s role as the keeper of portraits of the United States’ most significant historical figures. Sajet was working beneath the gaze of artworks from the collection, including a striking 1952 painting of Mary Mills, a military-uniformed, African American nurse, and a bronze head of jazz and blues singer Ethel Waters.It seemed like an ordinary Friday. Until, that is, an anxious colleague came in to tell Sajet that the president of the United...

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1 week ago Kate could join William on landmark visit to US this year in royal Trump charm

Kate is being lined up as Britain's not-so-secret weapon to woo Donald Trump as he leads the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence celebrations on July 4.

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1 week ago Holly Willoughby locked in planning row as she launches legal appeal over £8million home

The former This Morning presenter, 44, and her TV producer husband Daniel Baldwin, 51, bought the six-bedroom home after moving out of their £3million Edwardian house in London.

Economics

1 week ago Trump says US will run Venezuela until peaceful transition and details capture of Maduro

President Donald Trump said the United States will “run” Venezuela until a peaceful transition can take place after U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise military operation.

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2 w. ago Russian drones blast Ukraine's Odesa and injure 6, including children

Russian drones have attacked apartment buildings and the power grid in Odesa, Ukraine, injuring six people, including children

Events

3 w. ago Paul Nowak calls on Labour to forge closer relationship with Europe

In an exclusive interview, the head of the TUC says a customs union with the EU could boost the UK’s economyKeir Starmer should seek out a far closer relationship with Europe, including a possible customs union, the head of the TUC has said.Paul Nowak, TUC general secretary, said the British public recognised the need for a vastly improved trading arrangement and said it had become more urgent than ever because of the fickle nature of the relationship with Donald Trump’s United States. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trade unions leader calls on Labour to forge closer relationship with Europe

In an exclusive interview, the head of the TUC Paul Nowak says a customs union with the EU could boost the UK’s economyKeir Starmer should seek out a far closer relationship with Europe, including a possible customs union, the head of the TUC has said.Paul Nowak, TUC general secretary, said the British public recognised the need for a vastly improved trading arrangement and said it had become more urgent than ever because of the fickle nature of the relationship with Donald Trump’s United States. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Briton facing deportation from the United States by Donald Trump for 'curbing American free speech' granted Christmas reprieve after launching legal appeal

Imran Ahmed faces being forced out of America despite being a lawful permanent resident because of his work running the Centre for Countering Digital Hate.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump bans two Britons and former EU commissioner from the States for 'curbing American free speech'

The US State Department says it has sanctioned Imran Ahmed (pictured) and Clare Melford for 'coercing' social media firms to 'punish American viewpoints they oppose'.

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3 w. ago Canada's Prime Minister Carney names financier Mark Wiseman as the next ambassador to Washington

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that financier Mark Wiseman will be Canada's next ambassador to the U.S. Wiseman will assume the role on February 15 and will be involved in negotiations regarding the review of their free trade agreement

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3 w. ago NSA employee sues Trump administration over order on transgender rights and two 'immutable' genders

A transgender employee of the National Security Agency is suing the Trump administration and seeking to block enforcement of a presidential executive order and other policies the employee says violate federal civil rights law

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