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Haiti transitional council ceremony forced to change venue as violence persists
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A new body tasked with forming Haiti's next government will swear in its members on Thursday, as violence continues in the capital.A swathe of recent gang violence forced officials ......
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New EU trade rules ‘green squeeze’ the Global South
The EU parliament has just approved sweeping new rules that will require companies to avoid and mitigate human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains. These are noble aims. They have been a long time coming. But without careful design and more proactive support for business and...
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White House admits covert deliveries of long-range ballistic missiles to Ukraine
(MENAFN) The White House acknowledged on Wednesday that it is executing covert deliveries of long-range ballistic missiles to Ukraine, fulfilling a longstanding request from Kyiv. Leader Joe Biden ... ......
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No one is above the law. Supreme Court will decide if that includes Trump while ...
WASHINGTON — On the left and right, Supreme Court justices seem to agree on a basic truth about the American system of government: No one is above the law, not even the president. “The law applies equally to all persons, including a person who happens for a period of time to occupy the Presidency,”...
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In China, Blinken Tries to Fix the Unfixable
It could almost have been a vacation. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday to be whisked to a basketball game and a dinner of steamed buns atop a balcony overlooking the city’s Ming Dynasty Yu Garden. America’s top diplomat even took time to post on Instagram from...
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Stripping Trump of any Secret Service Protection
COMMENT: I have been a Democrat all my life, and I am 72. I suppose I was a Democrat because my father was. Like you, after watching what they have been doing to Trump and the flood of illegal aliens that have resulted in my own neighborhood becoming no longer safe, I will vote for Trump. After...
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‘Waiting for Trump’: Viktor Orbán hopes US election will change his political fortunes
Europe’s most isolated leader was beaming. Standing in a hallway in Brussels, Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister, spoke excitedly about the politician he hopes will change his political fortunes – Donald Trump. The longtime leader, who has been widely criticised for undermining Hungary’s...
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Will Rwanda save Sunak – or sink him?
When the Rwanda Bill had its second reading in the House of Commons just before Christmas, there was a revolt on the right of the Tory party. A group of legal experts, with the self-appointed ‘Star Chamber’ title, were convened by Eurosceptic MPs. They declared that Rishi Sunak’s plan was not...
photo: AP / Kin Cheung
Blinken back in China seeking pressure but also stability
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Cost of doing business with Iran? US warns Pakistan of sanctions risk
Islamabad, PakistanThe United States has warned Pakistan of the risk of sanctions after it promised greater security and economic cooperation with Iran during a visit by President Ebrahim Raisi. The first Iranian president to visit the South Asian country in eight years, Raisi concluded his...
photo: AP / Iranian Presidency Office

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