Today
Trump's USAID shutdown halts life-saving programmes, threatens global security
• 6:14 AM
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US President Donald Trump's 90-day freeze on US foreign aid and overhaul of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has halted critical humanitarian efforts, leaving global health workers stranded and life-saving programmes in limbo. The fall
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US government ships granted free Panama Canal passage after Trump threats
• 4:24 AM
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US government vessels will no longer pay fees to transit the Panama Canal, the State Department announced Wednesday. The move, following President Trump's pressure, is expected to save millions annually. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hinted at the deal
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Yesterday
Donald Trump bans transgender athletes from participating in women's sports
• 11:17 PM
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports, citing the need to protect female athletes. The order, which could strip schools of federal funding for non-compliance, was signed at the White House am
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Haiti under siege: 'Just when we think situation has reached rock bottom, it deteriorates further'
• 10:45 PM
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More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on foreign aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Powerful gangs, armed with weapon
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Argentina follows US with plans to quit World Health Organization
• 6:19 PM
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Argentina will pull out of the World Health Organization, President Javier Milei's office said Wednesday, saying the decision was motivated by "profound differences" with the UN agency. The South American nation has taken its cue from the US, which annou
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Trump resistance? A 1940s US sabotage manual goes viral
• 4:27 PM
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Since the inauguration of Donald Trump in January, tens of thousands of people have downloaded the “Simple Sabotage Field Manual”, a guide written by a US intelligence agent in 1944 to help the allied resistance during World War II. Its newfound populari
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'There is a tussle between the White House and the Israeli government'
• 10:03 AM
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President Donald Trump's plan for the United States to take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and develop it economically heighten fears among Palestinians in Gaza of being driven out of the coastal strip. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FR
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First military flight with migrants deported from US lands in Guantanamo Bay
• 4:30 AM
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The first US military flight carrying detained migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay landed at the US base in Cuba on Tuesday. President Donald Trump said he wants to expand a migrant detention facility at the base to hold more than 30,000 mi
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Tuesday, february 4, 2025
'What is Gaza?': Trump says Palestinians would 'love' to leave devastated enclave
• 9:49 PM
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US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Palestinians would "love" to leave Gaza and live anywhere else if given an option, calling the war ravaged territory "a demolition site". Trump previously touted a plan for Palestinians to move to Egypt or J
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Did Donald Trump halt UNRWA funding?
• 9:33 PM
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After President Donald Trump ordered the suspension of all US foreign aid programmes for 90 days, claims on X started to go viral that Trump also permanently halted funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA. We debunk these claims in this editi
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US freezes funding for multinational force tackling Haiti gangs
• 7:23 PM
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The US has notified the United Nations that it is freezing some funding to a UN-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize back control of the capital, Port-au-Prince, the UN said Tuesday. The US has been the biggest contributor t
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Controversial US health secretary nominee Robert F Kennedy Jr passes Senate committee vote
• 5:24 PM
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US President Donald Trump's nominee for health secretary and former Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr passed a crucial test on Tuesday, as senators voted to advance his nomination to the floor. Kennedy initially met with resistance f
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Netanyahu must do 'heavy lifting' in talks with Trump to ensure support for Israel
• 3:15 PM
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu must do 'heavy lifting' in talks with US President Donald Trump to ensure support for Israel, as the two meet in Washington on Tuesday, Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for Internationa
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USAID $40bn budget frozen: Int'l aid from UN agencies, NGOs, public/private sector severely impacted
• 1:42 PM
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President Donald Trump's overhaul of US foreign assistance has led to chaos in the aid and development field, leaving hundreds of contractors in a severe financial crunch with some already having to lay off staff and others facing millions of dollars in
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Paper tiger or brinkmanship? Trump suspends tariffs on Canada and Mexico
• 10:57 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, February 4: We look at reactions from the Canadian and Mexican press after US President Donald Trump's decision to suspend tariffs on imports from both countries in exchange for more policing at the borders. Is it a victory or a c
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El Salvador's Bukele offers to jail American prisoners, says Rubio
• 5:40 AM
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El Salvador's president has offered to accept deportees from the US of any nationality, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday in what he hailed as "an offer of friendship". El Salvador opened Latin America's largest prison last year to acco
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Trump and Musk move to dismantle top aid agency USAID
• 1:10 AM
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The Trump administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk moved to dismantle top humanitarian agency USAID by shutting its headquarters to staff on Monday following Trump's order to freeze most US foreign aid. The agency distributes billions of dollars of
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What are sanctuary cities, and how are they being targeted by Trump?
• 12:59 AM
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Trump has promised to fix the immigration system in the US by carrying out mass expulsions. Yet certain cities across the country – known as “sanctuary cities” – have policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials. FRANCE 24 spoke to
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Monday, february 3, 2025
Transgender pilot wrongly accused of causing fatal Washington DC air collision
• 9:38 PM
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After a military helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger plane, killing 67 people in Washington DC, pro-Trump social media users started accusing a transgender helicopter pilot of causing the deadly crash. We debunk these claims in this e
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Trump pauses Mexico tariffs as Sheinbaum agrees to send 10,000 troops to US border
• 8:26 PM
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Mexico will put an extra 10,000 troops on its border with the US in a bid to stymie the flow of illegal drugs travelling north in exchange for a one-month pause on the heavy tariffs the US was set to impose on its southern neighbour, the presidents of bo
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Who needs soft power? Trump threatens neighbours with tariffs
• 7:17 PM
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Forget soft power. It's all about hard bargains. Donald Trump is making good on his campaign promise of tariffs and is starting with his closest neighbours. We ask if it's all a big made-for-reality-TV drama that ends at the negotiating table. He has alr
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'US driving South Africa and other Global South, non-aligned countries into the arms of China'
• 6:50 PM
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is rejecting Donald Trump's assertions that South Africa was "confiscating" land and said he was ready to explain his government's land reform policy to his US counterpart. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on land
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Trump pauses Mexico, Canada tariffs for one month after last-ditch talks
• 4:26 PM
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US President Donald Trump paused tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month Monday after they struck last-minute deals to tighten border measures against the flow of migrants and the drug fentanyl. Global stock markets had slumped as Trump's threat of sw
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Canada's Ontario bans US firms from government contracts in response to Trump tariffs
• 2:57 PM
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The Canadian province of Ontario on Monday announced a ban on US companies bidding on tens of billions of dollars' worth of government contracts in response to punishing tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.
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Beyonce crowned queen at 2025 Grammys with country album 'Cowboy Carter'
• 5:10 AM
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Beyoncé won her first Album of the Year Grammy for "Cowboy Carter" at the 2025 awards, making her the first Black woman this century to claim the honor. Previously snubbed, she joins Lauryn Hill, Natalie Cole, and Whitney Houston in this historic achieve
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Rescuers identify 55 victims in fatal Washington air crash
• 3:16 AM
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Rescue operations persist following a midair collision over the Potomac River involving a US Army helicopter and a passenger jet, with 55 identified victims. Authorities continue to work to find victims in the icy waters and lift the plane's wreckage, in
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Sunday, february 2, 2025
Canada to challenge Trump's tariffs at WTO, seeks redress under free trade deal
• 11:56 PM
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Ottawa plans to challenge President Donald Trump's tariffs through a World Trade Organisation claim and seek redress under a regional trade agreement, a Canadian official disclosed on Sunday. Canada views these tariffs, including a 25% levy on imports an
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US top diplomat warns Panama to reduce Chinese business interests in Canal
• 9:18 PM
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US top diplomat Marco Rubio on Sunday warned Panama's leader to take immediate steps to reduce Chinese business interests on the Canal, which President Donald Trump sees as a threat to US national security.
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Canada and Mexico vow retaliation against US tariffs
• 3:40 PM
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Canada and Mexico slammed the 25 percent tariffs that US President Donald Trump signed off on Saturday and vowed to retaliate with levies of its own on US goods. Trump has also threatened to impose extra tariffs on EU imports, analysts now fear that a fu
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Possible pain from tariffs ‘worth the price’, Trump says
• 3:17 PM
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American consumers could experience economic “pain” from price hikes on a range of products due to tariffs on key trading partners, which President Donald Trump argues would be "worth the price" to secure US interests.
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US Secretary of State visits Panama amid tensions over control of Canal
• 2:32 PM
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on his first foreign trip in office, arriving in Central America on Saturday to press President Donald Trump's top priority — curbing illegal immigration — and to bring the message that the US wants to reclaim control ov
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Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico ‘motivated by politics’, expert says
• 1:44 PM
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US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced 25 percent tariffs on two of its largest trading partners, Canada and Mexico, in a move that is as much “motivated by politics as it is economics”, said Peter Trubowitz, professor of International Relations
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Trump announces tariff hike on Chinese imports over opioid crisis
• 10:31 AM
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President Donald Trump announced broad tariffs Saturday on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, claiming a "major threat" from illegal immigration and drugs – a move that sparked promises of retaliation. Accusing China of exporting fentany
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Argentines march in defence of diversity, blasting Milei's anti-woke diatribes
• 10:15 AM
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Thousands of demonstrators rallied on Satruday in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires and in cities across the country in defence of minority rights and in protest at President Javier Milei’s tirades against "wokeism", feminism and other progressive ideals.
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Thousands demonstrate against President Milei in Buenos Aires
• 9:35 AM
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Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires and in cities across the country to protest President Javier Milei’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, during which he slammed ‘wokeism,’ feminism and other prog
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Trump orders 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods
• 9:18 AM
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President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10 percent from China, firing the first shot of a trade war with the countries' long-time trade partners. Canadian Prime Minister Justin
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Canada and Mexico hit back as Trump tariffs trigger trade war between allies
• 6:03 AM
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The leaders of Canada and Mexico have vowed tit-for-tat tariffs, with Canada saying it will file a claim with the World Trade Organization, after US President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs on all goods imported from America's three largest
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Saturday, february 1, 2025
Colombia, Venezuela launch joint operation to counter guerrilla groups
• 3:44 PM
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Colombia and Venezuela launched a joint operation to counter guerrilla groups that are fighting in the mountainous northeastern Catatumbo region. The violence broke out after the National Liberation Army (ELN) targeted rival armed groups and their allege
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A little girl sparkles in Oscar-nominated film – and shines a light on child labour
• 3:33 PM
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“Anuja”, a film directed by Adam Graves, was nominated for a 2025 Oscar in the live action short film category. The film, starring a former street child from New Delhi, examines the complex problem of child labour in India in a story packed with warmth,
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Trump to levy tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
• 1:46 PM
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US President Donald Trump is set to unveil fresh tariffs Saturday on major trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, threatening upheaval across supply chains from energy to autos and raising inflation concerns. Trump has promised to impose 25 percent t
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Trump set to unleash tariffs as critics warn of disruptions to supply chains
• 5:19 AM
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President Donald Trump is expected to impose hefty new tariffs Saturday on three key US trading partners – Canada, Mexico and China – in a move critics say could cause major disruptions to supply chains.
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Friday, january 31, 2025
France seeks UN resolution to 'increase pressure on Rwanda' over DR Congo crisis
• 6:16 PM
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France is seeking support for a UN security council resolution that aims "increase the pressure on Rwanda" to withdraw its forces from the territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo, French UN Ambassador Nicolas Riviere said Friday.
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Medical jet crashes in Philadelphia in second US aviation disaster in days
• 5:13 PM
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A medical transport jet carrying a child patient, her mother and four others that slammed into a Philadelphia neighbourhood on Friday has left seven dead and wounded 19 others. The fatal crash comes just two days after a passenger jet and an army helicop
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Grieving Brazilian mothers urge end to gun violence
• 4:17 PM
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In this edition, how amid grief comes strength. Mothers in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro who lost their children due to gang violence, form a support network which also fights for justice. Also South Africa has one of the highest rates of femicide
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Investigators continue salvage operations in deadly Washington air crash
• 3:20 PM
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Police boats returned to Washington's Potomac River on Friday in an effort to remove the remains of a midair collision that killed 67 people in the United States' deadliest aviation disaster in two decades.
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Investigators recover black boxes from Washington DC plane crash
• 10:24 AM
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Investigators on Thursday recovered the black boxes from a passenger plane that collided mid-air with a military helicopter over Washington's Potomac River, killing all 67 people, as rescuers pulled bodies from the freezing water. US President Donald Tru
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Teen figure skaters and coaches among victims of air crash
• 9:29 AM
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The victims of a crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter included teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, an Ohio college student coming from her grandfather's funeral, two Chinese national
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Trump announces steep tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China starting Saturday
• 5:53 AM
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US President Donald Trump will impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China that will go into effect on Saturday. The US president has pledged a 25 percent tariff on neighbours Canada and Mexico, and products from China will face a 10 percent levy, White H
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Nicaragua amends constitution, grants 'absolute power' to president and his wife
• 1:07 AM
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The Nicaraguan government strengthened President Daniel Ortega's hold on power on Thursday when it amended the constitution to give Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, "absolute power". The amendment, proposed by Ortega, enshrines Murillo as "co-presid
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Thursday, january 30, 2025
What we know about the Washington midair collision of an army helicopter and airliner
• 10:00 PM
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A jet operated by American Airlines subsidiary PSA was approaching Washington's Reagan National Airport just before 9pm local time on Wednesday when it collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter. All 67 passengers and crew aboard the two aircraft were
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Did the Biden administration really give $50 million for condoms in Gaza? No
• 9:37 PM
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The White House and most recently US President Donald Trump himself are claiming that they stopped $50 million in funding by the Biden administration for condoms in Gaza. Trump further alleges that the contraceptives were used by Hamas "as a method of ma
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Rubio to take up Panama Canal, immigration crackdown on Latin America debut trip
• 7:51 PM
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be pushing Donald Trump's hardline immigration agenda and addressing the US president's claim to "take back" the Panama Canal when he tours Latin American countries from Saturday on his first foreign trip as America
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Trump floods the zone, leaving opposition drowning
• 7:27 PM
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Donald Trump's opponents have spent the days since his inauguration playing political whack-a-mole over a torrent of orders specifically calibrated to overwhelm and bewilder, say analysts, as the new president gets to work on his radical policy agenda. A
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No survivors after flight collides with US Army helicopter over Washington
• 3:11 AM
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A mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane carrying 64 people and a military helicopter over Washington, DC, has left no survivors, US authorities said Thursday. In remarks from the White House, President Donald Trump said the accident marked
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Wednesday, january 29, 2025
Trump plans to detain 30,000 undocumented migrants at Guantanamo Bay
• 11:51 PM
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US President Donald Trump unveiled a plan Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay, shifting the focus from White House chaos after a federal funding freeze order was withdrawn. Trump said a new camp would hold up to 30,00
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Ex-US senator Bob Menendez gets 11 years for bribery, acting as Egypt's agent
• 10:58 PM
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Former US senator Robert Menendez, 71, was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for corruption after gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash were found at his home. He was also convicted of extortion, obstruction of justice and accept
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Trump unveils plan to detain 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo
• 10:38 PM
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US President Donald Trump unveiled a surprise plan Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay -- distracting from spiraling confusion after the White House withdrew a shock order to freeze federal funds. Trump said he had or
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No, these images don't show massive immigration raids ordered by Trump
• 9:35 PM
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After US President Donald Trump announced that he would be deporting "millions and millions" of immigrants from the US, some users starting sharing fake videos purporting to show the immigration raids underway. We debunk these claims in this edition of T
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A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting from Africa to Asia to Ukraine
• 8:17 PM
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U.S.-funded aid programs around the world were firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop operations, as the Trump administration's unprecedented freeze on almost all foreign assistance brought their work to a sudden halt. FRANCE 24's Charli Jam
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Trump administration withdraws freeze on federal grants
• 6:20 PM
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The White House rescinded an order freezing all federal grants and loans on Wednesday. Acting director Matthew J. Vaeth for the Office of Management and Budget, which issued the freeze order, told federal agencies that the memo suspending the funds had b
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