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In a Knesset speech, Trump urged Israel to reconcile with its longtime foe Iran. Both governments dismissed the ideaAmid the fanfare accompanying Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East and Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas, one aspect of the US president’s…
Exclusive: 20% reduction in contribution to Aids, TB and malaria funding expected to be announced next monthThe UK is expected to slash its contribution to a leading aid fund combating preventable diseases, with charities warning this could lead to mor…
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent raises possibility of taking more direct stakes in companies to protect national security in wake of Beijing’s curbs on rare earths exportsThe Trump administration has criticised China’s increased restrictions on rare e…
Brown joins MIT in refusing offer, saying that proposal would ‘restrict academic freedom’Brown University has become the second higher education institution to turn down an invitation from Donald Trump to sign onto his administration’s controversial 10…
Move marks escalation in Maduro pressure campaign as president says US mulling strikes on Venezuelan territoryDonald Trump said on Wednesday he had authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in his admini…
Reporters who declined to sign new set of Pentagon rules had to clear out of world’s largest military headquartersPentagon reporters who declined to sign a new set of policies that press advocates and news organizations denounced as incompatible with t…
Democrats and Republicans accused each other of inflexibility, while federal workers face disrupted paychecksThe government shutdown festered into its third week on Wednesday after lawmakers failed to advance legislation that would restore funding, wit…
Trade policy isn’t sexy, but it is weighty, economically speaking. Jobs and wage-income are at-stake. Take President Trump’s trade policy, notably his fondness for tariffs, a tax on US imports that businesses and workers pay.We begin with the Trump ad…
Declining strength of US passport, tied with Malaysia’s at 12th, signals ‘shift in global mobility’, says index creatorFor the first time in two decades, the US has dropped out of the world’s top 10 most powerful passports, marking a significant dethro…
Union leaders warn Canadian jobs are being ‘sacrificed on the Trump altar’ after automaker pledges $13bn to USCanadian jobs are being “sacrificed on the Trump altar”, union leaders have warned, after the automaker Stellantis announced plans to transfer…