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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

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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

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A vehicle burns as demonstrators protested high prices and the poor state of the economy in Dorud, in Iran's

Trump weighs potential military intervention in Iran.

Monday | 12nd January 2026 President Donald Trump is weighing a range of potential military and non-military responses toward Iran as deadly anti-government protests continue to rock the country, according to two US officials familiar with the deliberations. The discussions come amid rising violence by Iranian security forces and follow Trump’s recent public warnings that

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After Venezuela raid, Trump renews Greenland takeover push, warns Cuba

Trump’s Venezuela raid plunges Greenland and the Western military alliance into uncertainty.

Tuesday | 6th January 2026 Amid growing alarm in Europe that Greenland, the vast and strategically critical Arctic territory governed by Denmark, remains firmly in the sights of the Trump administration, Denmark’s prime minister has issued an unusually blunt warning to Washington about the consequences of any attempt to seize the island by force. In

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