‘A show of strength’: Trump’s war on drugs with Venezuela
• Sep 5, 2025, 4:50 PM
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Tensions soared in the Carribean this week, with the US striking a Venezuelan vessel it claimed carried "massive amount of drugs" before deploying warships, fighter jets and thousands of troops in a crackdown on drug trafficking. Experts say Venezuela’s role in the drug trade is smaller than claimed.
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Trump rebrands the Department of Defense as the 'Department of War'
• 10:28 AM
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After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump sent a sharply different message on Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War. Story by Laurent Berstecher
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Donald Trump threatens retaliation on EU after Google hit with antitrust fine
• 10:23 AM
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Alphabet's Google was hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) European Union antitrust fine on Friday for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative adtech business, a sharp sanction that riled up U.S. President Donald Trump. Story by Peter O'Brien
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US immigration agents arrest hundreds at Hyundai plant, mostly Koreans
• 9:28 AM
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Hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor car battery facility under construction in Georgia were detained in a raid by U.S. authorities on Thursday, stopping work on a plant that is one of the Korean automaker's major investments in the U.S. President Dona
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As Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act for deportations, is admin pursuing regime change in Venezuela?
• 8:43 AM
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The United States is sending ten F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico as part of President Donald Trump's vow to crack down on drug cartels in the Caribbean. The deployment of the aircraft to the US territory comes amid growing tensions over Washington's bui
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Seoul ‘deeply concerned’ over ICE arrest of South Koreans at US Hyundai plant
• 5:54 AM
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South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Saturday said Seoul was "deeply concerned" over the arrest of more than 300 of its nationals during a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a Hyundai plant, hailed as "the largest development proje
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Trump signs executive order rebranding Pentagon as 'Department of War'
• 5:01 AM
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US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense as the "Department of War", reverting to a title it held until after World War II. The switch was a signal that the department was "a force to be reckoned w
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