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Supreme Court Blocks Sara Duterte Impeachment

The Philippines' Supreme Court has halted the impeachment of Vice-President Sara Duterte, giving her a respite from ...

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White House Denies Trump Link to Epstein Files

The White House has rejected reports that President Donald Trump's name appears in Justice Department records relate...

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Trump Concerned Over Israeli Strikes in Gaza, Syria

President Donald Trump was reportedly taken by surprise last week following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Syria. Accord...

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Trump's Second Term Divides Voters After Six Months

Six months into President Donald Trump's second term, voter opinions remain starkly divided. Some voters are strongl...

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SNAP Cuts Threaten Access to Healthy Food Nationwide

As the Trump administration pushes a national campaign for healthier eating, recent $186 billion cuts to the federal Sup...

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Gabbard Denies Russia Interference, Contradicting Trump Officials

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard recently cast doubt on long-standing conclusions about Russia's inte...

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Japan PM refuses to quit after election loss

Japan's ruling coalition faced a major political blow after losing its majority in the upper house. Despite the outc...

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Far-Right 'Japanese First' Party Sanseito Gains Ground in Japan's Election

A once-fringe political party in Japan has surged into the spotlight following a surprising victory in the recent upper ...

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67 Palestinians killed while seeking Gaza aid

At least 67 Palestinians were killed in northern Gaza while waiting for aid trucks, according to the Hamas-run health mi...

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Eswatini Faces Anger Over Arrival of US Deportees

The arrival of foreign deportees from the United States has sparked widespread anger in the small African nation of Eswa...

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Why China Stayed Neutral in Iran-Israel Conflict

During the recent Iran-Israel war, China maintained a careful distance, avoiding direct involvement even as Iran faced a...

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Trump: Release Any 'Credible' Epstein Information

President Donald Trump has urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to release "any" information pertaining to convict...

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Language Dispute Sparks Violence in Maharashtra

The controversy started this past April when the government of Maharashtra state announced that Hindi would be made mand...

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Starmer and Macron Defend Pragmatism Against Populist Rise

Addressing reporters shoulder to shoulder, the two leaders recognised the political obstacles they each confront in the ...

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Trump Threatens 35% Tariffs on Canadian Imports

The decision was communicated in a letter they posted on Trump's social media site. It is part of a larger threat to...

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India and China Reset Relations Amid Border Tensions

India and China are indicating they may be cautiously resetting their relationship after years of military standoffs and...

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Trump Threatens Brazil with Tariffs, Backs Bolsonaro

The US jacks up pressure on Brazil with a 50% import tariff announcement. US President Donald Trump said he will reinsta...

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Trump's Singapore Ambassador Pick Faces Senate Backlash

Donald Trump's nominee to be the next US ambassador to Singapore, Anjani Sinha, came under fire at his Senate confir...

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Nairobi Sealed Off Ahead of Saba Saba Protests

Kenyan security forces have locked down central Nairobi in anticipation of planned national protests today. Major highwa...

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Netanyahu, Trump Push for Gaza Ceasefire Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump as optimism increases ...

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Trump Rejects Musk's America Party Idea

Former president Donald Trump has bashed Elon Musk's proposal to create a new political party, describing it as &quo...

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Federal Backing for New Brisbane Olympic Stadium

The federal government has thrown its weight behind a contentious new stadium for the Olympic Games at Victoria Park in ...

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Trump's Budget Bill Faces Final Hurdles in US House

Donald Trump’s mammoth tax and spending bill is moving through Congress to completion, with a 4 July deadline loom...

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Trump’s Visit to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Stokes Controversy, Fear, and Fierce Debate

President Donald Trump is planning to visit "Alligator Alcatraz," a newly constructed migrant detention and de...

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Senate Pushes Trump’s Policy Bill in All-Night Voting

The us Senate polls has begun an arduous, overnight voting session on the Republicans’ sweeping bill to overhaul t...

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Bangladesh Denies Forming Alliance with China, Pakistan

Bangladesh has cleared the air that it does not want any strategic nexus and alliance with China and Pakistan as an info...

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Trump Blames Democrats for Iran Intel Leak

US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused Democrats of leaking classified intelligence about the recent US attacks o...

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Trump Reacts to NATO Chief's 'Daddy' Comment

US President Donald Trump was caught in a viral incident during the 2025 NATO Summit in the Netherlands after NATO Secre...

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US Claims Asylum Deals with Guatemala, Honduras Amid Denials

The US has also signed asylum deals with Guatemala and Honduras, in a bid to dissuade migrants from filing claims in the...

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Colombia Passes Labour Reform After Two Failed Attempts

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday signed a much-debated labour reform into law, a major gain in his bid to ...

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Senate Deadlock Over Medicaid Threatens Trump Bill

Congress is struggling to move forward with President Donald Trump's priority legislation, thanks to an ongoing disp...

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India's Forced Sterilisation: A Village Remembers

On June 25, 1975, India stepped into one of its most oppressive periods of democratic history — Emergency. Ci...

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Teen 'Big Balls' Quits US Govt After Short DOGE Stint

19-year-old software developer, Edward Coristine, also known as "Big Balls", has stepped down from his po...

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Zohran Mamdani Defeats Cuomo in NYC Primary

The 33-year-old Indian-American state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani has won the Democratic Party primary for New York City may...

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UK Pledges 5% GDP for National Security by 2035

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has promised the UK will hit a new Nato target of 5% of GDP on national security by...

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Supreme Court Backs Trump Deportations to Third Countries

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted an emergency request from former President Donald Trump allowing his administration t...

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Judge Blocks Trump's Ban on Harvard Foreign Students

A federal judge has suspended indefinitely an effort by former President Donald Trump to limit international students fr...

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GOP Split on Medicaid, SALT in Trump-Backed Bill

Senate Republicans are divided over the main components of an expansive domestic policy bill that is being embraced by f...

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Trump Suggests Regime Change After Iran Strikes

Just days after the US and Israel targeted Iranian nuclear facilities in a bombing that wiped out dozens of Iranian forc...

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Trump Leaves Iran Strike Decision Unclear Amid Rising Tensions

Former President Donald Trump is continuing to keep the world in suspense over whether the United States will attack Ira...

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Brad Lander’s arrest jolts New York mayoral race dynamics

Brad Lander, New York City’s comptroller and a mayoral candidate, has been arrested several times before for ...

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Pakistan fears fallout as Iran-Israel conflict intensifies

Pakistan, meanwhile, has condemned Israeli operations and warned of possible security challenges along its western borde...

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Russia-Ukraine war escalates with attacks, diplomacy, and sanctions

The war between Russia and Ukraine is escalating with more casualties in the aftermath of recent attacks and renewe...

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Trump Leaves G7 Early Amid Israel-Iran Conflict Escalation

President Donald Trump is leaving the G7 summit in Canada a few hours early in order to submit directly to the escalatin...

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Trump opposed Israeli plan to assassinate Iran's leader

Former US President Donald Trump takes a question during a COVID-19 briefing at the White House in Washington, April 15,...

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Foreign Nationals Can Join Trump's $5M Fast-Track Citizenship Program

Foreign millionaires with a spare $5 million in their bank accounts may now join a waitlist for the "Trump Card&quo...

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Protests Escalate Before Trump's Military Parade

Days before Washington, D.C., is planning a gigantic military parade, protesters have been taking to the streets of Amer...

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Rep. Linda Sanchez Draws Boos Over Sexism Remark in Heated Treasury Hearing

Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) claimed Wednesday that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent interrupted her because she's a wo...

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ABC drops Terry Moran after Trump post controversy

Longtime ABC News correspondent Terry Moran is leaving ABC News after being suspended for a social media post bashing fo...

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Top CFPB official resigns over Trump policy changes

Acting CFPB Enforcement Director Cara Petersen has resigned and attributed her departure to major changes in agency poli...

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Canada to Hit NATO Target, Reduce U.S. Defense Dependence

Canada announces it will meet NATO's defense spending target of 2% of GDP by early next year, five years ahead of sc...

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Italy's Citizenship Referendum Offers Hope for Long-Term Residents

But thousands of long-term residents with an Italian birth or education are not Italian citizens – a situation at ...

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India's Near-Shift to Presidential Rule Under Indira Gandhi

Never has India so nearly turned its back on its parliamentary traditions, as in 1975-77 during the Emergency. A new boo...

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Trump Responds Swiftly to LA Immigration Protests

Donald Trump campaigned on a platform of getting tough on what he called "left-wing lawlessness" in American c...

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Trump Travel Ban on 12 Countries Takes Effect Amid Backlash

A new travel ban signed by Mr Trump took effect at 00:00ET (05:00BST) on Monday preventing anyone from 12 countries from...

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Merz Meets Trump to Discuss Ukraine, Trade, and Defense

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, will visit President Donald Trump in Washington on a trip during which h...

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Elon Musk Blasts Trump’s Budget Bill as Dangerous Plan

Elon Musk has lashed out at the newest tax and spending bill by the President Donald Trump describing the bill as a &ldq...

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Dutch Government Collapses After PVV Exits Over Asylum Policy

The Dutch government has collapsed into crisis after the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), led by Geert Wilders, w...

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FEMA head's hurricane comment raises concern among staff

The newly-named acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), David Richardson, has spark...

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Trump's Tariffs Temporarily Reinstated by US Appeals Court

A federal appeals court has temporarily put on hold a lower court's decision to invalidate most of former President...