6 h. ago ‘We have nothing now’: Myanmar’s exiled media face existential crisis after Trump severs aid

Organisations that take extreme risks to document atrocities, corruption and war crimes fear for their future after USAid cutsEach month Su Myat secretly crosses the border from Thailand into Myanmar to report on her conflict-ridden homeland, covering military airstrikes and illegal scam compounds that have become a haven for organised, transnational crime.The editor of the online news outlet ThanLwinKhet News, Su is part of a community of exiled journalists from Myanmar whose organisations are facing an existential crisis due to US president Donald Trump’s decision to freeze foreign aid. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Trump envoy says US expects second phase of Israel

Comments come after Israel suspended release of 600 Palestinian detaineesHezbollah leader Naim Qassem said the group would keep following the path of slain chief Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday during a televised speech broadcast at his massive funeral on the outskirts of Beirut.“We will uphold trust and walk on this path, we will uphold your will,” Qassem said referring to Nasrallah, adding: “you are still with us: your... path and struggle live within us” and “I am loyal to the legacy Nasrallah”. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Trump administration looks to slash HUD workers tackling the housing crisis

The Trump administration’s proposal to layoff half of federal workers at the nation’s housing agency is targeting employees who support disaster recovery, rental subsidies, discrimination investigations and first-time homebuyers, according to two documents obtained by The Associated Press

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64 h. ago Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions ‘climate’

US government stripping funds from domestic and overseas research amid warnings for health and public safetyThe Trump administration is stripping away support for scientific research in the US and overseas that contains a word it finds particularly inconvenient: “climate.”The US government is withdrawing grants and other support for research that even references the climate crisis, academics have said, amid Donald Trump’s blitzkrieg upon environmental regulations and clean-energy development. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Zelenskyy to meet US envoy after fallout with Trump as European leaders rush to contain crisis – live

Ukrainian president says he will meet US envoy Keith Kellogg on Thursday; UK and French leaders plan Washington visit in effort to influence US-Russia talksTrump calls Zelenskyy a dictator amid fears of irreconcilable riftLavrov also speaks about Russia’s alliances with Belarus, North Korea, China and Iran, and countries in Africa.He says the “comprehensive partnership with China” was “at an unprecedented level and exceeding any prior alliances of a classic type,” with both leaders attending important anniversaries in each other’s countries.I will tell you something that is a key issue for us at this stage of international development, and that is our move towards a multipolar world. It is a historic process, and it is to do with the subjective trend of new power centres appearing on the world map.Our partners in the Global South and in the east are unique civilisations and religions and are members of various integration associations, but all of them are united by a desire towards ...

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4 d. ago DOGE embarrasses Trump again with accidental bird flu expert firings

ANALYSIS: The firing of bird flu experts while Trump’s team boasted about the federal response to the crisis was a misleading self-own by the White House

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4 d. ago Afflicted with liberal angst in the age of Trump? Take a leaf from Bridget Jones’s diary | Rafael Behr

The new movie wasn’t conceived as an allegory of the current international crisis, but for a generation of fans it works on that level When future generations study creative works that capture the unsettled spirit of our age, they might easily neglect Bridget Jones 4: Mad About the Boy. The movie isn’t about the historical inflection point that coincides with its release. It doesn’t feature Donald Trump, his vandalism of US democracy or his dissolution of the transatlantic alliance. Such things are not the stuff of romantic comedy. Also, they hadn’t yet happened in 2013, when Helen Fielding wrote the book on which the film is based.But the lack of intentional allegory doesn’t prevent us projecting one on to the story. Or maybe it was just me, experiencing a sentimental hallucination induced by events outside the cinema. Indulge me a moment (and forgive any plot spoilers), as I explain. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Migrant smugglers dressed as Border Patrol agents are captured as Trump's crackdown reduces flood of illegals to a trickle

The Arizona border city that was once a hotbed for illegal crossings at the height of the nation's crisis in 2022, is now a ghost town as Trump's hardline immigration policies take effect.

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5 d. ago There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot

It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselvesThough we might find it hard to imagine, we cannot now rule it out: the possibility of systemic collapse in the United States. The degradation of federal government by Donald Trump and Elon Musk could trigger a series of converging and compounding crises, leading to social, financial and industrial failure.There are several possible mechanisms. Let’s start with an obvious one: their assault on financial regulation. Trump’s appointee to the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Russell Vought, has suspended all the agency’s activity, slashed its budget and could be pursuing Musk’s ambition to “delete” the bureau. The CFPB was established by Congress after the 2008 financial crisis, to protect people from the predatory activity that helped trigger the crash. The signal to the financial sector could not be clearer: “Fill your boots...

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6 d. ago Zelensky slams peace talks between Trump and Putin top diplomats as 'having no results' as Ukraine excluded

European leaders are holding a crisis meeting in Paris after being sidelined from the Trump-Putin peace plan

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6 d. ago Starmer arrives for Paris crisis summit as he warns Putin could 'come again' if Trump makes too many Ukraine concessions... and vows UK troops on ground

Keir Starmer warmly embraced Emmanuel Macron outside the Elysee Palace as leaders gathered to consider their response to Donald Trump's bombshell moves.

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6 d. ago Trump top diplomat Rubio to meet Russia's Lavrov in Saudi Arabia for talks without Ukraine to end Putin war

European leaders are holding a crisis meeting in Paris after being sidelined from the Trump-Putin peace plan

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