US President Donald Trump has been gifted a new portrait from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin – while decrying an existing painting of him as “truly the worst”. The new portrait has not been shown publicly. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov […]
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Getty Images Second Lady Usha Vance is visiting to celebrate Greenlandic culture, the US says Greenland’s politicians have condemned plans for high-profile US visits, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s threats to take over the island. Second Lady Usha
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Video shows alleged gang members deported by US in El Salvador mega-jail The White House has denied an accusation from rights groups that it flouted due process by defying a judge’s order while carrying out deportations at the weekend. A
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King Charles has met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, under the shadow of inflammatory statements made about Canada by US President Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly spoken of making the neighbouring country the 51st state of America. He has also
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US President Donald Trump’s administration is pausing its offensive cyber operations against Russia, officials say, as a diplomatic push continues to end the war in Ukraine. The reasoning for the instruction has not been publicly stated, and it is not
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Watch: Toronto plane crash analysed by aviation experts Delta Air Lines is offering US$30,000 (£23,792) to each person on board a plane that crash-landed in Toronto on Monday – all of whom survived. As it landed in the Canadian city,
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Watch: Passenger films his escape from upside down crashed plane No deaths have been reported after a plane landing in Toronto from the US skidded along the runway and flipped over, with flames visible for a brief time. It is
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A Moscow court has sentenced a Russian-born US citizen to 15 years in prison on espionage charges, Russian news agencies report. Businessman Gene Spector was already serving a three-and-a-half-year sentence, having been originally arrested in 2020 on bribery charges. Last
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A long-awaited report into former Republican US Representative Matt Gaetz is expected to be released on Monday. It follows an investigation by the House Ethics Committee into allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use by Gaetz, who was briefly
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A puzzling flurry of apparent drone sightings along the US east coast is “nothing nefarious”, says President Joe Biden. The sightings in recent weeks have occurred in New Jersey and a number of neighbouring states, sometimes around air bases. The
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