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Indonesian diplomats help keep multilateral diplomacy moving in UN

An assignment to the office of United Nations General Assembly’s president may help the holder of the forum’s presiding office to reflect a range of views among the body’s member states, including those of the Global South.

2 days ago
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On the campaign trail, JB Pritzker courts farmers like he's running for president

Illinois pursued trade ties with Indonesia, Japan and Mexico to cushion lost export markets ...

5 days ago
Americas

Trump's new press secretary out after less than week

Zacharia took over the role from the combative Karoline Leavitt, who helped Trump reshape White House coverage by bringing in more friendly outlets and fiercely attacking critical media. ...

6 days ago

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Disastrous oil spill in Trinidad after mystery shipwreck

At least 15 kilometers (nearly 10 miles) of coastline have been affected in Tobago and authorities were poised to declare a national emergency, Farley Augustine, chief secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly, told reporters.

2 years ago
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Age, mental capacity dominates campaign trail after report questions Biden's memory

The issue of mental competency has become a major topic in this year's presidential campaign. Biden, 81, and Trump, 77, are the two oldest men respectively to have been elected president. In recent days, Biden has mixed up the names of some world leaders.

2 years ago
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Biden mistakes dead leader for living one, again

The 81-year-old's gaffe late Wednesday came days after he said he had spoken to long-dead French president Francois Mitterrand, instead of current leader Emmanuel Macron, at the same G7 summit in June 2021 where he said he had met Kohl.

2 years ago
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Biden lashes out over criticism of failing memory

Appearing on live television from the White House, Biden was furious over the report's claim that he was unable to remember even the date of his son Beau's death in 2015, as well as other key moments in his life.

2 years ago
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Meta urged to update rules after fake Biden post

A video of Biden voting with his adult granddaughter, manipulated to falsely appear that he inappropriately touched her chest, went viral last year.

2 years ago
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Trump leads Biden in election rematch, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

The nationwide poll of 1,250 US adults showed Trump leading Biden 40 percent to 34 percent with the rest unsure or planning to vote for someone else or no one. The poll had a margin of error of three percentage points.

2 years ago
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Biden wobbles under weight of multiple open fronts around the world

Nearly one year after that triumphant appearance, the US president is instead facing the harsh realities of running for re-election while bogged down in one stagnant war and navigating the volatility of another, as the conflict in Gaza threatens at any moment to ignite the entire Middle East.

2 years ago
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Trump cruises in New Hampshire primary election

"This race is far from over," she told her supporters at a post-election party in Concord, challenging Trump to debate her. "I'm a fighter. And I'm scrappy. And now we're the last one standing next to Donald Trump."

2 years ago
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DeSantis ends election campaign, backs Trump

DeSantis's withdrawal, after months of weakening support, leaves only low-polling Nikki Haley standing between Trump and nomination as the Republican Party's candidate for the US presidential election in November.

2 years ago
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Trump wins Iowa Republican caucuses

CNN and CBS rapidly predicted the result in Trump's favor over former UN ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, although his victory margin was not immediately clear.  

2 years ago
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Canadians worry democracy cannot survive Trump's return to White House, poll finds

The November US election is likely to pit President Joe Biden against Trump, who is the clear frontrunner to win the Republican nomination as voting in the presidential primary race kicks off in Iowa on Monday.

2 years ago
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Pentagon chief Austin's doctors think he may need more care: White House

"We'll see, you know, when he can be released, but obviously they still feel like he may need some additional care. ... Part of that is just physical therapy," Kirby told CBS's "Face the Nation."

2 years ago
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Disappearing Pentagon chief Austin puts Biden under fire

The 81-year-old Democrat has until now led a tightly disciplined White House with little of the merry-go-round of staff changes seen under Donald Trump, his predecessor and likely rival in a November rematch.

2 years ago
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At least 10 killed in Ecuador's 'internal armed conflict'

At least 10 people have been killed in a series of attacks blamed on gangs as the country exploded in what President Daniel Noboa called an "internal armed conflict".

2 years ago
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US grounds some Boeing MAX planes for safety checks after cabin emergency

A piece of fuselage tore off the left side of the jet as it climbed following takeoff from Portland, en route to Ontario, US, on Friday, forcing pilots to turn back and land safely with all 171 passengers and six crew on board.

2 years ago
Americas

US defense chief hospitalized due to medical complications

Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the evening of Jan. 1 "for complications following a recent elective medical procedure."

2 years ago
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Harvard president says she was ousted by 'lies, insults'

Claudine Gay was engulfed by scandal after she declined to say unequivocally whether calling for genocide of Jews would violate Harvard's code of conduct, during testimony to US Congress last month.

2 years ago
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New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft in copyright clash

Through their AI chatbots, the companies "seek to free-ride on The Times' massive investment in its journalism by using it to build substitutive products without permission or payment," the lawsuit said.

2 years ago
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I have not read Hitler's 'Mein Kampf': Trump

In a rally in Iowa, Trump - the clear frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination - repeated language he has used in recent campaign events about illegal immigrants that has been criticized for being xenophobic and similar to language used by Hitler.

2 years ago
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Canada print media to get two-thirds of Google's payment to news outlets

At the end of November, after months of negotiations, Ottawa and Google announced a "historic" agreement, where the tech giant would pay Canadian media companies compensation for the loss of advertising revenue. 

2 years ago
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Harvard faculty rally around beleaguered university president Claudine Gay

A concisely worded petition was signed by at least 570 professors and was delivered Sunday evening to the 13-member Harvard Corporation, which has the power to fire university president Claudine Gay. More professors indicated they also wanted to sign, according to a co-author of the petition.

2 years ago
Americas

Washington Post staff to strike on Thursday

The strike comes after 18 months of failed talks to reach a new deal over pay, remote work, and other conditions -- and after the daily, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, warned more layoffs were possible.

2 years ago
Americas

Three killed in Las Vegas university shooting

The incident at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a short distance from the gambling hub's tourist-packed Strip, was the latest in the United States, where gun violence is a part of the fabric of daily life.

2 years ago
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Biden 'not sure' he'd be running if Trump was not in 2024 race

"If Trump wasn't running, I'm not sure I'd be running," Biden said at a fundraising event for his 2024 campaign outside of Boston. "We cannot let him win."  

2 years ago
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Chile, where Kissinger backed coup, remembers his 'moral wretchedness'

"A man has died whose historical brilliance never managed to conceal his moral wretchedness," Chile's ambassador to the United States, Juan Gabriel Valdes, wrote on X, the former Twitter.

2 years ago
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George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin 'stabbed 22 times' in US prison: Prosecutors

Chauvin, whose killing of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was attacked in the law library of an Arizona prison in November.

2 years ago
Americas

Judge rejects Trump immunity claim in federal 2020 election case

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan found no legal basis for concluding that presidents cannot face criminal charges once they are no longer in office.

2 years ago
Americas

Brazil signs on to global climate deal to triple renewable energy

South America's largest country is now one of roughly 100 countries that have signed onto the deal, according to a European official familiar with the matter.

2 years ago
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'Black Friday' kicks off US shopping season amid economic unease

"Black Friday" will be followed by the newer "Cyber Monday," as the sector seeks to entice bargain-hunters.

2 years ago
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With X's Musk under fire, Biden joins rival Threads

The White House confirmed it had launched Threads accounts for the president, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, her husband Douglas Emhoff and the White House itself in English and Spanish.

2 years ago
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