2 d. ago Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T, citing 'dangerous times'

President Donald Trump is proposing setting U_S_ military spending at $1_5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.”

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4 d. ago ‘You can’t drink Fanta. You have to smoke marijuana’: Fela Kuti’s artist recalls their wild collaborations

When the Afrobeat sensation first saw Lemi Ghariokwu’s work, he said, ‘Wow!’ Then he plied him with marijuana and asked him to design his album sleeves. The artist recalls their extraordinary partnership – and the day Kuti’s Lagos HQ burned‘There were flames everywhere. Soldiers with bayoneted rifles were dragging people out into the streets, staggering, naked and bleeding. Nobody knew if Fela was still inside the burning building.”Lemi Ghariokwu pauses. For much of our video-call, the 70-year-old artist has joyfully revisited his years as friend and confidant of Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti, the Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer whose legacy has been celebrated recently by both a high-profile podcast produced by the Obamas and a career-spanning box-set, The Best of the Black President, designed by Ghariokwu. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Maduro hauled to court in cuffs as Trump hints at next regime ‘ready to fall’

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is set to appear in a New York court this afternoon after his indictment on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump administration used to justify capturing him

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5 d. ago The Latest: Maduro arrives at US courthouse to face drug trafficking charges

Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to make his first appearance in an American courtroom on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump administration used to justify capturing him and bringing him to New York

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5 d. ago Maduro is set to make his first appearance in a US courtroom on drug trafficking charges

Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to make his first appearance in an American courtroom

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7 d. ago Female Nobel Peace Prize winner who's set to become Venezuela's new president after Maduro was captured by Trump

Opposition leaders Corina Machado and Edmundo González could be next in line to succeed in the South American country, according to a Caracas expert.

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7 d. ago Venezuela live: Trump reveals where Maduro and his wife Cilia have been taken... with Venezuelan president ultimately set to end up at federal lock

It comes amid Donald Trump's escalating threats against the country's leader Nicolas Maduro - although the cause of the blasts is yet to be confirmed.

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2 w. ago ITV viewers share same complaint over Royal Christmas Carols

TV fans settled down to watch Catherine, the Princess of Wales, preside over the annual Royal Carols: Together at Christmas which was pre recorded at Westminster Abbey and broadcast on Christmas Eve

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2 w. ago The EU’s deeds as much as Putin’s words will ensure the war in Ukraine continues | Rajan Menon

A €90bn loan is a lifeline for Zelenskyy. But make no mistake – the bloodshed won’t end while the Russian president believes he can still winVladimir Putin’s marathon press conference on 19 December, an annual year-end event, offered no evidence that Russia may abandon the goals the president set for his “special military operation” against Ukraine in February 2022: conquering Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. True to form, Putin seemed unperturbed that nearly four years into the war his army had managed to fully occupy only Luhansk, despite having already taken control of more than a third of that region, as well as Donetsk, by 2015.Putin’s unyielding stance shouldn’t be a surprise. Soon after the invasion, Russia’s State Duma adopted legislation incorporating these four Ukrainian regions into Russia – and this month the foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, and the deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, reiterated Putin’s territorial claims.Rajan Menon is a professor emerit...

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2 w. ago Deputy Attorney General reveals REAL reason why Trump's picture in Epstein files was taken down: 'It's absurd and laughable'

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche set the record straight on why an image of President Trump that was released in the Epstein files was taken down.

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3 w. ago Bill Clinton breaks silence on damning Epstein file photos with blistering accusation about Trump: Live updates

President Trump's DOJ is set to release hundreds of thousands of previously unseen Epstein files today.

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3 w. ago Bill Clinton gets cozy with Epstein and frolics in hot tub as long

President Trump's DOJ is set to release hundreds of thousands of previously unseen Epstein files today.

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3 w. ago Trump REFUSES to answer questions with Epstein files set to be released imminently: Live updates

President Trump's DOJ is set to release hundreds of thousands of previously unseen Epstein files today.

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3 w. ago Trump administration responds to allegations DOJ won't release all the Epstein files by deadline: Live updates

President Trump's DOJ is set to release hundreds of thousands of previously unseen Epstein files today.

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3 w. ago Trump administration threatened with prosecution after DOJ admits Epstein files won't all be released today: Live updates

President Trump's DOJ is set to release hundreds of thousands of previously unseen Epstein files today.

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3 w. ago Epstein files release in chaos as DOJ admits it will miss deadline by WEEKS... but vows massive document dump still coming today: Live updates

President Trump's DOJ is set to release hundreds of thousands of previously unseen Epstein files today.

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3 w. ago Trump national address live: President set to give speech amid growing economic concerns and rising Venezuela tensions

Trump offered few details of the content of the speech but told reporters that the message of the address is ‘we inherited a mess and we've done a great job’

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3 w. ago MI6 chief says UK faces threat from Russia's desire to export chaos

The new head of MI6 is set to warn about Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to export chaos globally

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last month JD Vance is 'making a play' to be the next US President as he 'sets out his stall'

On the Political Currency podcast, Ed Balls warned that rising US Republican JD Vance is positioning himself for a 2028 presidential run with a hardline, Trump-style conservatism that could threaten Europe

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last month Zelenskyy will hold urgent talks with 30 countries as Trump pushes for swift peace deal with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to hold urgent talks with leaders from about 30 countries

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