2 h. ago Trump briefed on military options for Iran, as death toll rises to 116

The demonstrations began December 28 over the collapse of the Iranian rial currency and grew into a protest against the theocratic regime. Now the US is considering a military strike.

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2 h. ago ‘Maple MAGAs’: Separatists in Canada could boost Trump’s quest for dominance

A possible secession referendum in Alberta could provide an opening for “grey MAGA money” to be used to sow a disinformation campaign or contest the results.

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8 h. ago In Trump’s America, smart robots and AI mask an uncomfortable future

The world’s largest gadget show promised a future in which technology handles everything. Outside the Las Vegas bubble, reality had other plans.

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14 h. ago Greenlanders tell ‘absolutely insane’ Trump what they really think

On the streets of Nuuk, derision of the US president is palpable. A group of boys walking in the snow stop to say “we hate Trump”. One makes the shape of a gun with his hand and pulls the trigger.

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31 h. ago Trump says he’d accept Nobel Prize from winner Machado. It doesn’t work like that

The US president said he’d heard that the Peace Prize winner, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, wanted to give him the prize and that it would be “a great honour”.

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31 h. ago Trump says he’d accept Nobel Prize from winner. It doesn’t work like that

The US president said he’d heard that the Peace Prize winner, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, wanted to give him the prize and that it would be “a great honour”.

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38 h. ago Iranian authorities struggle to contain growing demonstrations

Iran’s supreme leader derided demonstrators as “vandals” and mocked President Donald Trump’s promise to intervene if protesters were killed.

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55 h. ago A Presley tale, O.J. and the apocalypse: ’90s harbingers of Trump’s America

From being evicted at Graceland to a driverless ride into the future, a return to LA reveals the fault lines of a changing America.

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59 h. ago Vance says ICE shooter may have been ‘sensitive’, lashes media over coverage

Minnesota state police say they have been cut out of the investigation into Renee Nicole Good’s death, which will now be carried out solely by the FBI – a federal agency under the Trump administration’s direction.

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59 h. ago Vance says ICE shooter may have been ‘sensitive’, shames media over coverage

Minnesota state police, meanwhile, say they have been cut out of the investigation into Renee Nicole Good’s death, which will now be carried out solely by the FBI – a federal agency under the Trump administration’s direction.

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62 h. ago Trump has pulled the US into a joint venture with a leftist kleptocracy

Little now remains of the moral and legal order that we used to call the West.

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62 h. ago To make sense of the Venezuela attack, look to the hotter heads around Trump

Perhaps the key to the Venezuela puzzle is to remember that Trump’s administration is made up of divergent factions. When it acts it is because one has prevailed, or the factions have agreed.

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3 d. ago ‘That’s on you’: This US mayor has a blunt message for Trump and his ICE agents

It is not the first time 44-year-old Jacob Frey has clashed with the Trump administration over its immigration crackdown.

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3 d. ago ICE officer shoots woman dead in dramatic escalation of Trump crackdown

Federal officials claim the shooting in Minneapolis was an act of self-defence. The mayor says he’s seen the footage and disagrees with that account.

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3 d. ago Why Trump’s Venezuela gambit will not change Beijing’s calculus on Taiwan

But it does give China a propaganda win to portray the US as the world’s rogue cop, while positioning itself as alternative global leader.

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3 d. ago Discomforting moment for Beijing, caught on camera hours before Trump’s raid

The next image the world would see was of Nicolas Maduro shackled and blindfolded aboard a US warship, bound for a New York courtroom on narco-conspiracy charges.

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4 d. ago Donald Trump renews calls for US takeover: 'We need Greenland'

Donald Trump reiterated his intent to take over Greenland, claiming it is in the interest of US national security.

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4 d. ago ‘Military is always an option’: White House escalates Greenland clash with NATO allies

The Danish PM says any attack would end NATO as European leaders unite behind Denmark, amid growing concern over Trump’s claims that he wants Greenland for the US.

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4 d. ago ‘Greenland belongs to its people’: NATO leaders tell Trump to back off

European leaders have united behind Denmark amid growing concern over Trump’s claims that he wants Greenland for the US. The Danish PM says any attack would end NATO.

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4 d. ago Nobel winner backs ‘courageous’ Trump over raid – but issues warning

The Venezuelan political leader who fled the country last month thanked the US president, but sounded the alarm over her country’s new Trump-backed interim leader.

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