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FCC reviewing Disney's ABC station licenses after Jimmy Kimmel joke

The standoff between President Donald Trump's administration and the global entertainment conglomerate is the first crisis facing Walt Disney’s new CEO Josh D’Amaro.

9 hours ago
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'Get down!' Panic and chaos at Washington's glitzy media gala

Trump was seated on the stage at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner, the first time he attended as president, when loud bangs disrupted the revelry and caused him and others to look up in alarm. ...

3 days ago
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Crunch nuclear proliferation meeting at UN amid raging global wars

The nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT), signed by almost all the countries on the planet, with notable exceptions like Israel, India, and Pakistan, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, to promote complete disarmament, and to encourage cooperation on civilian nuclear projects. ...

3 days ago

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$1bn pledge to Board of Peace raises domestic concerns

Foreign Minister Sugiono clarified this week that Indonesia’s membership on the board does not require paying the widely circulated US$1 billion contribution, at least in the long run.

3 months ago
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Ilhan Omar attacked in Minneapolis after Trump vows to 'de-escalate'

The White House is also evaluating whether the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who gunned down a nurse failed to follow "clear guidance" to "create a physical barrier between the arrest teams and the disruptors," deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told AFP.

3 months ago
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In possible thaw, Trump and Minnesota's governor talk after fatal shooting

Trump's designated border czar, Tom Homan, would be tasked with overseeing the Minnesota operations. Trump said earlier in the day that Homan was being dispatched to Minnesota.

3 months ago
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Greg Bovino, the face of Trump's 'turn and burn' migrant crackdown

Bovino was leading an immigration sweep in Minneapolis when on Jan. 7, an agent fatally shot Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, in her car, an incident that prompted mass demonstrations and national outrage.

3 months ago
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Historic winter storm kills at least 10 across US

As the storm dumped snow, sleet and freezing rain across the wide expanse, officials cautioned that an Arctic air mass behind the system would see temperatures fall dangerously low for days, prolonging disruptions to daily life.

3 months ago
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Minneapolis shootings put Trump’s immigration surge at center of election-year fight

Federal officers have killed two US citizens in the city this month - among them ICU nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday - during clashes with protesters angered by the administration’s sweeping enforcement surge.

3 months ago
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Icy storm threatens Americans with power outages, extreme cold

Americans stripped supermarket shelves Friday ahead of potentially "catastrophic" winter weather that threatened at least 160 million people across the country with transportation chaos, blackouts and life-threatening cold.

3 months ago
Americas

US set to quit World Health Organization

President Donald Trump gave notice that the US would quit the organization on the first day of his presidency in 2025, via an executive order. Under US law, it has to give one-year notice and pay all outstanding fees before departure.

3 months ago
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Interim Venezuela leader to visit US

Delcy Rodriguez would be the first sitting Venezuelan president to visit the United States in more than a quarter century -- aside from presidents attending United Nations meetings in New York.

3 months ago
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Trump's plane lands safely after 'minor electrical issue'

After the Boeing 747 landed, the trip continued on a smaller Boeing 757 that departed just after midnight local time (0500 GMT) on Wednesday, more than two hours after the initial flight took off.

3 months ago
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Musk's Grok barred from undressing images after global backlash

X said it will "geoblock the ability" of all Grok and X users to create images of people in "bikinis, underwear, and similar attire" in those jurisdictions where such actions are deemed illegal.

3 months ago
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Ex-Fed chiefs, lawmakers slam US probe into Jerome Powell

Trump nominated Powell as Fed chair during his first presidency. Powell's term as chair ends in May, but he could stay on the Fed's board until 2028.

3 months ago
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Australia's ambassador to US Kevin Rudd leaving post, marked by Trump rift

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd, who departs his post on March 31 to become president of the Asia Society think tank in New York, had sharply criticised Trump while he was out of office.

3 months ago
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Trump sends hundreds more agents to Minneapolis

The officers would be deployed to bolster the safety of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officials already in Minnesota, Noem said on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" program. Some 2,000 federal officers have already been dispatched to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in what DHS has called its largest operation ever.

3 months ago
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Weekend of US protests after woman killed by immigration agent

The Trump administration has sought to paint Good as a "domestic terrorist," insisting that the agent who fatally shot her was acting in self-defense.

3 months ago
Americas

Trump says US needs to own Greenland to deter Russia, China

Leaders in Copenhagen and throughout Europe have reacted with disdain in recent days to comments by Trump and other White House officials asserting their right to Greenland.

3 months ago
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US border agent shoots and wounds two people in Portland

"We understand the heightened emotion and tension many are feeling in the wake of the shooting in Minneapolis, but I am asking the community to remain calm as we work to learn more," Portland police chief Bob Day said in a statement.

3 months ago
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Trump says 'my own morality' is only restraint on global power

Trump's comments to The New York Times came days after he launched a lightning operation to topple Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, and threatened a host of other countries plus the autonomous territory Greenland.

3 months ago
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No plan for Prabowo-Trump meeting yet as govt finalizes tariff deal

Hopes are high for a meeting between President Prabowo Subianto and United States President Donald Trump as representatives of both countries work to finalize a trade tariff agreement. 

3 months ago
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Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty, deepening global pullback

A total of 66 global organizations and treaties -- roughly half affiliated with the United Nations -- were listed in a White House memorandum as "contrary to the interests of the United States."

3 months ago
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Trump withdraws US from dozens of international and UN entities

Among the 35 non-UN groups and 31 UN entities Trump listed in a memo is the UNFCCC – described by many as the "bedrock" climate treaty that delivered the 2015 Paris climate deal.

3 months ago
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'Little Marco' was called a sell-out, then he won on Venezuela

With the US military's overthrow and snatching of Venezuela's firebrand president Nicolas Maduro, Rubio is savoring victory -- but the outcome came only after compromises that again left many wondering where the old Rubio had gone.

3 months ago
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Maduro copied my dance, says Trump

Trump's comments come after a New York Times report that Maduro's regular public dancing in defiance of US threats convinced White House officials that it was time to act.

3 months ago
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Trump announces plan to sell Venezuelan oil

Maduro is in a New York jail awaiting drug charges after the Saturday morning raid that the US estimates killed about 75 people, according to a Washington Post report citing officials familiar with the matter.

3 months ago
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US capture of Maduro tests limits of China's diplomatic push

China follows a policy of non-intervention and routinely criticises military activity conducted without the UN Security Council's approval.

3 months ago
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Venezuelan parliament swears in interim president after Maduro's ouster

Trump has warned Rodriguez could face a fate worse than Maduro if she failed to heed US demands on policy reforms and oil access.

3 months ago
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Indonesia warns Venezuela raid sets ‘dangerous precedent’

Indonesia, in its latest statement, warned that the use of force in Venezuela could set a dangerous precedent undermining sovereignty, as scrutiny grows over Jakarta’s muted response to United States actions.

3 months ago
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Trump threatens military operation against Colombia

"Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he's not going to be doing it very long," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, in an apparent reference to Colombia's President Gustavo Petro.

3 months ago
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Trump renews push to invade Greenland

Washington's military intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears for Greenland, which Trump has repeatedly said he wants to annex, given its strategic location in the Arctic.

3 months ago
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Indonesia urges peaceful resolution after US captures Venezuela’s Maduro

Indonesia has joined a growing number of countries expressing concern over the sanctity of international law following the United States’ seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, which Washington said would be followed by a temporary American control over the oil-rich country.

3 months ago

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