4 h. ago Donald Trump and the tortured history of South Africa’s land

Land ownership remains country’s toughest policy problem as it grapples with the legacy of apartheid

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3 d. ago King Charles to send powerful message to Donald Trump with historic visit to Canada

King Charles and Queen Camilla visited Canada House on Trafalgar Square in Central London today ahead of their historic visit to Ottawa next week for the State Opening of Parliament

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3 d. ago War hero forced to hide during Jan 6 chaos condemns $5 million payout to rioter’s family

Rep. Jason Crow said politicians can’t just ‘ignore that entire part of history because it‘s inconvenient to Donald Trump’

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4 d. ago Megyn Kelly puts Trump clash behind her to ride the Maga media wave

The former Fox News host once branded ‘nasty’ by Trump is now a cheerleader for him and her podcast is surging in the rightwing media-sphereIt was the night before a US presidential election that Donald Trump had called the most important in history. Who could close the deal at his campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania? The answer was Megyn Kelly. Trump “will keep the boys out of girls’ sports where they don’t belong”, the rightwinger podcaster said to rapturous applause. “And you know what else? He will look out for our boys, too. Our forgotten boys and our forgotten men.”Turning around and pointing at Trump supporters wearing hard hats, Kelly eulogised guys “who’ve got the calluses on their hands, who work for a living, the beards and the tats, maybe have a beer after work, and don’t want to be judged by people like Oprah and Beyoncé, who will never have to face the consequences of her [Kamala Harris’s] disastrous economic policies. These guys will. He gets it. President Trum...

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7 d. ago Did a Fox & Friends segment spark Trump’s latest post trashing Taylor Swift?

Donald Trump has a history of reacting in real-time to what he sees on his favorite cable news morning show

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1 week ago US and Saudi Arabia sign $142bn arms deal as Trump to meet Syrian leader

White House touts deal made on first stop of US president’s four-day diplomatic tour to Gulf statesUS politics live – latest updatesThe United States and Saudi Arabia have signed a $142bn arms deal touted by the White House as the “largest defence sales agreement in history” in the first stop of Donald Trump’s four-day diplomatic tour to the Gulf states aimed at securing big deals and spotlighting the benefits of Trump’s transactional foreign policy.During the trip, the White House also confirmed that Trump would meet with Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former rebel commander whose forces helped overthrow Bashar al-Assad in 2024. The informal meeting will be the first face-to-face meeting between a US president and a Syrian leader since 2000, when Bill Clinton met with the late leader Hafez al-Assad in Geneva. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Donald Trump accused of 'biggest illegal bribe in US history' over Qatari plane 'gift'

It has emerged the MAGA man, 78, was set to be given an £302 million Air Force One replacement by the Qatari royal family as a present, described as a "palace in the sky"

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1 week ago Trump will destroy world trade, but democracies can defend themselves – and each other | Anders Fogh Rasmussen

We need a trade block, a D7, that would mirror Nato. An economic attack on one would be an attack on allAnders Fogh Rasmussen is a former prime minister of Denmark and former secretary general of Nato The postwar global economic order, with the United States at its centre, has created more prosperity than any other period in human history. Yet as Donald Trump takes a sledgehammer to that economic order, America’s democratic allies face a choice. We can accept the new cost of doing business with the US. We can follow the US down a path of mutually assured economic destruction with an ever-escalating trade war. Or we can find new avenues to keep free trade alive.My proposition? I believe we need a new platform for economic cooperation between the world’s seven leading democracies. Call it the “Democratic 7”, or “D7”. The EU, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea represent roughly 25% of global GDP and account for about 35% of global trade volume. Together, the...

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1 week ago Economic jitters and soaring gold prices create a frenzy for US jewelry merchants

As gold prices soar to record highs resulting from global economic jitters, hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars’ worth of gold are circulating through the doors of the St. Vincent Jewelry Center in downtown Los Angeles on any given day

Economics

2 w. ago Donald Trump say there 'won’t be any red tape' in 'historic' UK

This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

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2 w. ago Donald Trump says there 'won’t be any red tape' in 'historic' UK

Donald Trump has praised Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for his handling of trade negotiations after the two countries made a deal "after years of failed talks"

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer and Donald Trump hail ‘historic day’ as UK and US finally agree trade deal

The first details of the trade deal between the US and the UK was announced on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump dubbed 'dumbest president in history' after 'money saving' claim

The 47th President of the United States has been ridiculed online after suggesting the US was saving a trillion dollars by not trading with China - a claim some say is not accurate

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2 w. ago These activists are ‘flooding the zone with Black history’ to protest Trump’s attacks on DEI

The Freedom to Learn campaign included panels and coffee meetups and will end Saturday with a protest and prayerA coalition of civil rights groups have launched a weeklong initiative to condemn Donald Trump’s attacks on Black history, including recent executive orders targeting the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington DC.The national Freedom to Learn campaign is being led by the African American Policy Forum (AAPF), a social justice thinktank co-founded by the law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw. Crenshaw is a leading expert on critical race theory (CRT), a framework used to analyze racism’s structural impact. She has fought against book bans, restraints on racial history teaching and other anti-DEI efforts since the beginning of the Republican-led campaign against CRT in 2020. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago These activists are ‘flooding the zone with Black history’ to protest against Trump’s attacks on DEI

The Freedom to Learn campaign included panels and coffee meetups and will end Saturday with a rally and prayerA coalition of civil rights groups have launched a weeklong initiative to condemn Donald Trump’s attacks on Black history, including recent executive orders targeting the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington DC.The national Freedom to Learn campaign is being led by the African American Policy Forum (AAPF), a social justice thinktank co-founded by the law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw. Crenshaw is a leading expert on critical race theory (CRT), a framework used to analyze racism’s structural impact. She has fought against book bans, restraints on racial history teaching and other anti-DEI efforts since the beginning of the Republican-led campaign against CRT in 2020. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution

Culture

3 w. ago Trump 100 days: delusions of monarchy coupled with fundamental ineptitude

Trump has wasted no time in trying to remake the US in his image – with results that are sweeping, vengeful and chaotic100 days Trump – interactiveHe has blinged it with gold cherubs, gold eagles, gold medallions, gold figurines and gilded rococo mirrors. He has crammed its walls with gold-framed paintings of great men from US history. In 100 days Donald Trump has turned the Oval Office into a gilded cage.The portraits of Andrew Jackson, Ronald Reagan and other past presidents gaze down from a past that the 47th seems determined to erase. Trump is seeking to remake the US in his image at frightening speed. The shock and awe of his second term has challenged many Americans’ understanding of who they are. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Prince William's 'secret move' led to Trump's peace talks with Zelensky at Pope funeral

Prince William was among the world leaders at the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican at the weekend - and it seems he played his part in paving the way for historic talks between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky

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3 w. ago Trump’s second term will be the worst presidential term ever | Steven Greenhouse

Tragically, the president’s second term is already more lawless and more authoritarian than any in US historyIn his first 100 days back in office, Donald Trump has made a strong case that his second term will be by far the worst presidential term in US history. So many of his flood-the-zone actions have been head-spinning and stomach-turning. His administration seems to be powered by ignorance and incoherence, spleen and sycophancy. Both he and his right-hand man, Elon Musk, with their resentment-fueled desire to disrupt everything, seem intent on pulverizing the foundations of our government, our democracy, our alliances as well as any notions of truth. Tragically, Trump’s second term is already more lawless and more authoritarian than any in US history.The worst and most dangerous part of Trump’s agenda is his war against our democracy and constitution – defying judges’ orders, deporting people without due process, suggesting he will run for a third term, calling to impeach judges...

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3 w. ago Pope Francis’s funeral in pictures: world leaders and 400,000 people pay their respects

Pope Francis’s funeral brought together leaders from across the globe with potentially historic consequences as presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky sat down together

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