Kyiv life, birthright citizenship and a Congo mission
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ukraine’s capital buzzes by day even after nights of terror – hear how its residents navigate th...
Texas warnings, Brazil tariffs, OpenAI and TikTok
10 Jul 2025
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Texas officials have come under fire over whether they could have done more to warn people about the...
Copper, critical minerals, 'Trump effect' and SCOTUS
09 Jul 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump broadens his trade war, slapping a 50% tariff on copper. The White House...
Tariffs, Netanyahu, Gaza plans and Musk’s political ambitions
08 Jul 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump fires off more than a dozen letters to countries as he pushes back the t...
Texas flooding, Trump-Musk, Netanyahu in Washington and Ukraine landmines
07 Jul 2025
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Rescue teams are searching flood-stricken central Texas for a fourth day, looking for dozens of peop...
Trump’s bill victory, Putin call, Ukraine and Diogo Jota
04 Jul 2025
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US President Donald Trump's tax-cut legislation clears its final hurdle in the U.S. Congress – w...
Trump's tax bill passes, jobs report, Diogo Jota and Gaza
03 Jul 2025
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The U.S. House passes President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut and spending bill, cementing his c...
Diddy, tax bill and UK gilts
02 Jul 2025
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*Updated. Sean "Diddy" Combs is found guilty on prostitution charges, but cleared of sex trafficking...
Big Beautiful Bill's Senate pass, heat domes and Dalai Lama
01 Jul 2025
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The U.S. Senate has passed President Donald Trump's sweeping tax cut and spending bill. The developm...
Canada U-turn, vote-a-rama, ICE raids and birthright
30 Jun 2025
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Canada has scrapped its digital services tax targeting U.S. technology firms in a bid to advance sta...
Australia’s mushroom trial
28 Jun 2025
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A triple murder case with a culinary twist is transfixing Australia and the rest of the world. Erin ...
SCOTUS rulings, tax bill, shadow Fed and Bezos wedding
27 Jun 2025
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We look at some of the hurdles Congress will face to pass U.S. President Donald Trump's tax bill by ...
Iran crackdown, NATO promises, Mamdani and vaccines
26 Jun 2025
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Updated to include: Iran's stance on renewing talks with the U.S., Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei...
Iran’s nuclear sites, Gaza aid, Netanyahu and NYC mayoral primary
25 Jun 2025
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Updated to include the latest announcement that the US and Iran will meet next week. A fragile ce...
Israel-Iran ceasefire, escalation fears and NATO
24 Jun 2025
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Israel says Iran has violated a ceasefire announced by U.S. President Trump and has ordered new stri...
Iran’s options, uranium stockpiles and Trump on regime change
23 Jun 2025
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Iran considers its options after U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend. Presi...
The future of Iran
21 Jun 2025
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For decades, Iran was able to project power across the Middle East using its network of proxies. ...
Two-week Iran deadline, Putin, LA Lakers and immigration
20 Jun 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump says he will decide on U.S. action in Iran within two weeks as European ...
Trump’s Iran decision, MAGA and visa vetting
19 Jun 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump keeps everyone guessing if he’s decided whether to join Israel’s str...
‘Unconditional surrender,’ US options in Iran and the Fed
18 Jun 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump considers his options, including joining Israel in strikes against Irani...
Tehran evacuation call, expanded travel ban and China's slimmer pigs
17 Jun 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump has urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran as Israel and Iran attack each for...
Minnesota suspect arrest, Israel and Iran and the G7
16 Jun 2025
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Vance Boelter, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker and her hu...
Drone wars
14 Jun 2025
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An ominous buzzing in the sky. Swarms of killer AI drones. Fields of fiberoptic grass. The weird fut...
Israel strikes Iran, Air India crash, Boeing and Abrego Garcia
13 Jun 2025
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Israel hits Iran’s nuclear facilities and kills military leaders as Tehran retaliates with drones....
Air India crash, US Middle East evacuations, Islamic State and ICE raids
12 Jun 2025
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A London-bound Air India plane with more than 200 on board has crashed in Ahmedabad. The U.S. is pul...
Curfew in LA, World Cup countdown and vaccine confidence
11 Jun 2025
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Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrive in Los Angeles as California’s Governor Gavin Newsom warns “demo...
Marines in LA, prisoner swaps, Philippine impeachment trial and Warner Bros.
10 Jun 2025
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The Trump administration orders Marines into Los Angeles as it intensifies raids on suspected undocu...
LA protests, National Guard and tax bill
09 Jun 2025
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National Guard troops have been deployed on the streets of Los Angeles, as police and protesters cla...
China's dominance in critical minerals
07 Jun 2025
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Decades ago, China foresaw what the U.S. didn't - a future dependent on critical minerals. Now, the ...
Trump-Musk spat, SpaceX’s Dragon and travel ban
06 Jun 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off government contracts to Elon Musk’s companie...
Trump travel ban, Putin call and Musk’s ‘kill the bill’
05 Jun 2025
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President Donald Trump signs a travel ban for citizens from 12 countries and he suspends all foreign...
China’s critical minerals, metal tariffs, Dutch immigration and Spain’s ghost towns
04 Jun 2025
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Global automakers have joined their U.S. counterparts to warn about the impact of China's restrictio...
Dutch government, Iran, tariff best offers and Musk at Tesla
03 Jun 2025
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The Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders has quit the coalition, toppling the government. A damning ...
Ukraine-Russia, Colorado, Poland and tax bill
02 Jun 2025
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Russian and Ukrainian officials are due to meet in Istanbul for a second round of direct peace talks...
Gen Z gender divide and the reshaping of democracy
31 May 2025
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From South Korea to Germany to the United States, young men are increasingly turning to right-wing p...
Gaza, tariffs, Musk’s exit, Chinese students and Sinners
30 May 2025
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The U.S. proposes a 60-day ceasefire for Gaza with a hostage swap. President Donald Trump’s tariff...
Tariff block, Russia sanctions, immigration spending and Sinwar
29 May 2025
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A U.S. trade court has ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority by imposing impor...
Student visas, Germany-Israel, King Charles in Canada
28 May 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has ordered its missions abroad to stop scheduling new...
Trump-Putin, Liverpool, 'Diddy' trial and Uruguay's phantom cows
27 May 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump is considering new sanctions against Russia after a massive aerial attac...
Judges on the ballot in Mexico
24 May 2025
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Mexicans will vote for judges for the first time in a June 1 election. The shift from appointed ju...
Harvard, tax bill, DC shooting charge and Gaza
23 May 2025
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The Trump administration has revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students -...
Tax bill, DC shooting, Trump-Ramaphosa and police reform rollback
22 May 2025
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*This podcast has been updated after the House of Representatives passed President Trump's tax and s...
Trump’s tax bill, Israel criticism, Golden Dome and South Africa
21 May 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill faces a critical stress test in a rare la...
Trump and Putin, migrant fines, Britain’s EU reset and Moody’s
20 May 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump gets no concessions from Russia after a two-hour phone call with Preside...
Biden diagnosis, Trump-Putin, crypto kidnappings and tax bill
19 May 2025
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Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that...
Starship's next test and Musk's space vision
17 May 2025
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Elon Musk has stepped away from DOGE. His ninth Starship test flight could launch as early as next w...
Qatar jet, Mexico influencer murder, Walmart and Eurovision
16 May 2025
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The Boeing 747 jet offer to U.S President Donald Trump by Qatar would need to be stripped back for a...
Russia-Ukraine talks, birthright citizenship and Newark
15 May 2025
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is not attending the negotiations in Istanbul which would be the fi...
Trump's Syria and Saudi deals, HIV in South Africa and LVMH
14 May 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the United States will lift long-standing sanctions on S...
China tariff cut, US drug prices, and white South Africans
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. says it will cut the low value, small package tax on Chinese shipments – its latest move ...
US-China tariff deal, Ukraine-Russia, AI weapons and Trump in Saudi
12 May 2025
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The U.S. and China have agreed to slash tariffs for 90 days after high-stakes talks in Geneva. Ukra...
Pentagon upheaval
10 May 2025
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Pete Hegseth came into the job as U.S. defense secretary vowing reform. The unprecedented staff cuts...
Pope Leo, Bill Gates and US-China talks
09 May 2025
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Pope Leo offers clues about his papacy in his first appearance, while Chicagoans celebrate his elect...
India's strikes, Russian explosives, the Fed and tax cuts
08 May 2025
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India keeps up the biggest strikes in Pakistan in decades. Russia is building a huge new explosives ...
India-Pakistan, Papal conclave and Germany's wobble
07 May 2025
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India has hits targets in Pakistan in response to a recent militant attack, triggering fears of a fu...
Germany vote shock, Israel’s Gaza plan, Romania and the Met Gala
06 May 2025
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German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to garner the parliamentary majority needed to beco...
Hollywood tariffs, the Trump effect in global elections, 'Diddy' trial and the Fed
05 May 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump orders 100% tariffs on foreign-made movies to save “dying” Hollywood...
Syria after Assad
03 May 2025
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It’s been five months since the fall of the Assad regime. Syria is no longer at war but the challe...
Waltz exit, China’s hint, Apple and Australian election
02 May 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump ousts Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser and names Secretary of Sta...
US-Ukraine minerals deal, GDP blame game and Reform UK
01 May 2025
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After months of fraught negotiations, the U.S. and Ukraine have signed the minerals deal sought by U...
U.S. economy shrinks, deported Cuban mother and Europe's mystery blackout
30 Apr 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump touts his economic policies as he marks 100 days in office. But for the...
Canada election, Yemen and Trump’s immigration crackdown
29 Apr 2025
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Mark Carney’s Liberal party makes a comeback, winning the Canadian election but falling short of t...
Canada attack and election, Trump-Zelenskiy and India-Pakistan water
28 Apr 2025
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Canadian prosecutors have charged a man with murder for killing at least 11 people in Vancouver when...
Pope Francis: funeral, conclave and beyond
26 Apr 2025
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The world is bidding a final farewell to Pope Francis. On this special episode of Reuters World News...
China exemptions, India-Pakistan, DOGE and "Vladimir, STOP!"
25 Apr 2025
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Beijing has exempted some U.S. imports from its 125% tariffs. U.S. President Donald Trump says a Ukr...
Ukraine attack, Trump-Zelenskiy clash, China tariffs, white South Africans
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have clashed again – with the U...
Kashmir attack, Musk at DOGE and Tesla, steel country and State Dept
23 Apr 2025
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Dozens have been killed after suspected militants opened fire at tourists in India's Jammu and Kashm...
Pope's final hours, papal candidates, Trump vs Powell and Iran
22 Apr 2025
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Cardinals are due to meet to plan Pope Francis’ funeral – we look at who could be in the running...
Pope, Hegseth and Ukraine
21 Apr 2025
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Pope Francis is dead at 88. The Vatican made the announcement hours after he appeared on a balcony, ...
Trump’s tariff war with China
18 Apr 2025
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China has adopted a “wartime footing” in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s triple digi...
El Salvador ruling, townhall anger, Fed and UK women
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for violating a U.S. federal jud...
China’s economy, deportation, Pentagon, French prisons and millennial saint
16 Apr 2025
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China Q1 GDP has outstripped expectations, but analysts fear momentum could shift sharply lower as U...
Harvard, deportations, American gas and basketball in Europe
15 Apr 2025
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Harvard is hit with a $2.3 billion funding freeze after rejecting demands from the Trump administrat...
Tech tariffs, El Salvador deportations, Meta and McIlroy
14 Apr 2025
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Donald Trump says he’ll be announcing the tariff rate on imported chips over the next week after ...
Myanmar after the quake
12 Apr 2025
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The earthquake that struck Myanmar in March was a devastating blow. The Southeast Asian country is a...
China’s hike, tariff politics, Hollywood and brain drain
11 Apr 2025
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Beijing raises U.S. tariffs to 125% but calls time on further retaliation. The political fallout for...
Trump U-turn, China tariffs hit Christmas and Moon vs. Mars
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump’s stunning reversal on tariffs brings relief for investors, even as he ratc...
Trump’s trade war, bond selloff, Ukraine and China
09 Apr 2025
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Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs kick in, including a 104% duty on Chinese goods. It deepens a globa...
SCOTUS on deportations, China tariffs, Trump adviser spat and Iran
08 Apr 2025
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The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to keep deporting alleged Ve...
Trump's tariff 'medicine', market spasms, Netanyahu and measles
07 Apr 2025
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Donald Trump has warned foreign governments they would have to pay "a lot of money" to lift sweepin...
RFK Jr's cuts to US health
05 Apr 2025
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to streamline what he calls a bloated health bureaucracy. Job cut...
Stock shock, tariff math and Friday night firings
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world reels from President Trump’s sweeping tariffs with $2.4 trillion wiped off U.S. shares a...
Tariff stress, Musk and Myanmar
04 Apr 2025
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President Trump's tariffs pile more stress onto a struggling world economy. Elon Musk's high-profile...
'Liberation Day', Wisconsin, health layoffs and a deportation ‘error’
02 Apr 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff plan has investors and countries on high...
Tariff jitters, Marine Le Pen, FDA and Republican budget cuts
02 Apr 2025
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Markets are on edge as the world awaits President Trump’s reciprocal tariff push on April 2. We lo...
Musk in Wisconsin, Trump's law firm fight and Kurds in Turkey
01 Apr 2025
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Elon Musk hands out million-dollar checks in Wisconsin ahead of a closely contested Supreme Court ...
Trump vs the Universities
29 Mar 2025
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The Trump administration says at least 60 schools have violated Title VI for allowing antisemitism t...
Myanmar quake, Vance in Greenland, Stefanik and auto tariffs
28 Mar 2025
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A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits Myanmar. U.S. Vice President JD Vance visits Greenland as Trump insi...
Trump's auto tariffs, Hegseth’s denial and Kursk
28 Mar 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump announces his latest trade war salvo – a 25% tariff on imported vehicl...
Signal fallout, Chinese network targeting fired workers and Russia-Ukraine
27 Mar 2025
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The Trump administration has sought to contain the fallout after a journalist was inadvertently incl...
Group chat blunder, the Black Sea and stagflation
25 Mar 2025
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Top Trump cabinet members inadvertently included a journalist in a Signal group chat about Houthi st...
Istanbul mayor, US-Russia talks and veterans
25 Mar 2025
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A Turkish court has jailed Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – President Tayyip Erdogan’s main p...
Heathrow fire, Department of Education and Snow White
24 Mar 2025
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A huge fire has closed London Heathrow airport, disrupting hundreds of flights. U.S. President Donal...
Trump and the judges: a constitutional test
22 Mar 2025
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Deportations by the Trump administration are testing the system set up by America's founders where t...
Trump-Zelenskiy call, Trump vs the Fed, segregation and the IOC
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agree to work together to en...
Russia’s energy ceasefire, Israel, Fed economic projections and Nvidia
20 Mar 2025
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to stop attacking Ukrainian energy facilities temporaril...
Israel pounds Gaza, Trump-Putin call and Butch and Suni homecoming
18 Mar 2025
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Israeli air strikes on the Gaza strip have killed over 300 people, Palestinian authorities say, coll...
Venezuelan deportations, US Houthi strikes and North Macedonia fire
18 Mar 2025
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The Trump administration has deported alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the U.S. despite a c...
Elbows up in Canada
15 Mar 2025
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Canada's anger at Donald Trump has prompted a wave of protest, consumer backlash and a ‘Saturday ...
Putin’s ceasefire demands, alcohol tariffs and Versace
14 Mar 2025
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says he agrees to a U.S.-backed ceasefire in Ukraine in principle, ...