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Chinese leader Xi Jinping joins the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference in Shanghai

As Trump accuses China of stealing voter data, Xi pitches Beijing as a responsible tech leader.

Friday | 17th July 2026 Beijing — While US President Donald Trump used a nationally televised address from the White House to accuse China of exploiting American election data, Chinese President Xi Jinping was presenting an entirely different vision of his country’s role in the global technology race. Speaking at China’s flagship artificial intelligence summit […]

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President Donald Trump's increasingly confrontational rhetoric toward America's closest allies.

Why Trump left NATO summit on a positive note after seething about Iran, Spain and Greenland.

Thursday | 9th July 2026 Ankara, Turkey — As European leaders filed into Wednesday’s NATO summit in Ankara, the atmosphere was marked by uncertainty and apprehension. The gathering, intended to demonstrate unity among the alliance’s members at a time of mounting global instability, instead opened under the shadow of President Donald Trump’s increasingly confrontational rhetoric

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the new SSPX bishops, Marc Hanappier, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, Michael Goldade and Pascal Schreiber, stand next to their leader, Bernard Fellay, in Écône, Switzerland

Vatican excommunicates bishops and members of breakaway ultra-traditionalist Catholic group.

Thursday | 2nd July 2026 Rome — The Vatican announced on Thursday that priests and members of a breakaway Catholic movement that proceeded with the unauthorized ordination of four new bishops have officially entered into schism and incurred the penalty of excommunication. The move marks one of the strongest disciplinary actions the Holy See can

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Xi’s double act: Putin set to arrive in China days after Trump’s departure

Xi’s double act: Putin set to arrive in China days after Trump’s departure.

Tuesday | 19th May 2026 Beijing — Less than a week after Chinese leader Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump in Beijing, the Chinese capital is once again preparing for a carefully choreographed display of diplomatic theater — this time for one of China’s closest strategic partners. Russian President

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Hantavirus is not Covid-19

Hantavirus is not Covid-19, but ‘calm-mongering’ risks triggering post-Covid anxiety

Wednesday | 13rd May 2026 Since the first signs of the outbreak emerged, the message from governments, health agencies and medical authorities has been strikingly consistent: there is no need for panic. Officials across the United States and abroad have repeatedly stressed that the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius remains limited,

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Commercial vessels are pictured offshore in Dubai on Wednesday. The Strait of Hormuz is bordered by Iran

With 1,600 ships stuck near Strait of Hormuz, shipping companies calculate the dangers.

Thursday | May 7th, 2026 About 1,600 ships remain stranded near the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, highlighting the enormous disruption that the ongoing regional conflict has inflicted on global shipping and energy markets. Shipping companies now face a dangerous and financially punishing dilemma as they wait for rare windows of opportunity to safely move

With 1,600 ships stuck near Strait of Hormuz, shipping companies calculate the dangers. Read More »

Katie Miller and Stephen Miller are escorted out after an incident at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday in Washington, DC.

Suspected gunman at White House Correspondents’ Dinner raises questions about event’s security protocol.

Monday | 27th April 2026 The dramatic breach at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner has quickly become a flashpoint in an already tense debate over the balance between visibility, accessibility, and airtight security for America’s highest officials. What unfolded Saturday night inside the Washington Hilton — a venue long associated with both political pageantry and

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A resident stands near an apartment building damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine

Ukraine welcomes Trump’s claimed pause in Russian attacks, but Moscow silent.

Friday | 30 January 2026 US President Donald Trump has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a temporary, week-long pause in attacks on major Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, as Ukraine struggles through severe winter conditions and widespread power shortages. Trump made the unverified claim during a Cabinet meeting at the White

Ukraine welcomes Trump’s claimed pause in Russian attacks, but Moscow silent. Read More »

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump

Trump angers allies with claim NATO troops ‘stayed a little back’ from front lines in Afghanistan.

Saturday | 24th January 2026 US President Donald Trump has once again cast doubt on the reliability of America’s NATO allies, questioning whether they would come to the United States’ aid in a moment of crisis and dismissing their battlefield contributions during the war in Afghanistan. His remarks, delivered during a Fox News interview in

Trump angers allies with claim NATO troops ‘stayed a little back’ from front lines in Afghanistan. Read More »

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