Second stretch: Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th United States president in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

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Donald Trump (center left, hand upraised) is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2025, in the rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

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Time to shift India-Indonesia ties into the next gear

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How should liberal democracies respond to a Trumpian world?

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