34 h. ago MARK ALMOND: Trump is the reason India's mingling with despots and pariahs

The sight of Narendra Modi glad-handing China's President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will set alarm bells ringing across the West.

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3 d. ago Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland

Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it isIf this were happening somewhere else – in Latin America, say – how might it be reported? Having secured his grip on the capital, the president is now set to send troops to several rebel-held cities, claiming he is wanted there to restore order. The move follows raids on the homes of leading dissidents and comes as armed men seen as loyal to the president, many of them masked, continue to pluck people off the streets Except this is happening in the United States of America and so we don’t quite talk about it that way. That’s not the only reason. It’s also because Donald Trump’s march towards authoritarianism is so steady, taking another step or two every day, that it’s easy to become inured to it: you can’t be in a state of shock permanently. And, besides, sober-minded people are wary of sounding hyperbolic or hysterical: their instinct is to play down...

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5 d. ago Trump's brand new CDC director spectacularly ousted for unknown reason sparking mass exodus at the embattled agency

Susan Monarez, the director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is being forced out of her job.

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6 d. ago Hilariously practical reason why Donald Trump 'loves the gays' is revealed by LGBT associate

Trump told an associate 'I love the gays' - and then gave a hilariously practical reason as to why this is. His comment came in the build-up to the 2020 presidential election, according to the source.

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1 week ago Sinister reason Vladimir Putin walked with one arm by his side when meeting Trump

The Russian leader was in Alaska to attend a peace talks summit with the US President, though discussions failed to provide any concrete results.

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2 w. ago MARK ALMOND: Positive noises, but we know who will have the last word in Trump's ear

Donald Trump emphasised at a White House press conference that he wants lasting peace, not a temporary respite, between Russia and Ukraine.

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2 w. ago Social media convinced Putin's body double met Trump due to one reason as expert weighs in

EXCLUSIVE: Eagle-eyed members of the public are often convinced Putin uses a body double but, on this occasion, an expert believes the person meeting the US President is the real Russian leader

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2 w. ago Putin to 'take poo suitcase' to meeting with Donald Trump for one weird reason

Vladimir Putin will be meeting with US President Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky later today, and it has been claimed his bodyguards will be collecting his poo

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3 w. ago MARK ALMOND: Israel's own military chiefs fear, with good reason, that they're walking into a trap

Napoleon Bonaparte once received some memorable words of advice from that wily French diplomat and statesman Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord.

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4 w. ago The strange reason Donald Trump gave for son Barron's huge 6ft 7in height

Barron Trump has been in the spotlight recently

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4 w. ago Donald Trump gives mad reason why son Barron Trump is so wildy tall

Barron Trump, the youngest son of former US President Donald Trump, has been thrust into the public eye in recent years due to his remarkable height at an astonishing 6ft 7in

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4 w. ago Donald Trump gives bizarre reason for son Barron's massive height

Donald Trump's youngest child, Barron, has long been a source of fascination for the public and his father once offered a peculiar explanation for why the 19-year-old is so incredibly tall

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