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Europe’s Been Negotiating by the Book, but Trump’s Tearing It Up
Saturday, 24. May 2025 06:01 o'clock
The Trump administration sees tariff talks as a chance to pressure a rival into concessions. E.U. officials have acted as though they were dealing with an ally. -
In the Midst of War, a Tale of Hot Dogs
Saturday, 24. May 2025 11:00 o'clock
Nathan’s Famous has found a foothold in Ukraine, a hot dog-loving country. -
Hong Kong’s Famous Bamboo Scaffolding Hangs On (for Now)
Saturday, 24. May 2025 06:01 o'clock
Metal has begun to replace this distinctive latticework, which is seen on towers across the city. Daisy Pak, a rare female bamboo master, takes pride in the ancient craft. -
How an Iconic Blouse Became the Center of a Political Tussle in Romania
Saturday, 24. May 2025 11:00 o'clock
Nationalists in Romania have adopted an item of clothing traditionally worn by villagers, particularly women. Liberals say it’s an appropriation of a cultural identity that belongs to everyone. -
As Trump Demands More Military Spending, NATO Allies Reconsider What Counts
Friday, 23. May 2025 16:47 o'clock
The president has long pressed European allies to pay more for their own security. So they may redefine what qualifies as security. -
In Attacks on Harvard, Chinese See Yet Another Reason to Write Off the U.S.
Friday, 23. May 2025 09:57 o'clock
Beyond the shock for students, President Trump’s moves against higher education are being seen in China as a blow to one of the last admirable American institutions.
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Court halts Trump administration’s effort to send eight men to South Sudan
Friday, 23. May 2025 18:11 o'clock
The group is in temporary custody of homeland security in Djibouti following challenges in court
Eight men the Trump administration attempted to send to South Sudan are in temporary custody in Djibouti after a federal court ruling halted their removal, officials confirmed on Thursday.
The Trump administration had attempted to send the men, who it said had been convicted of criminal offenses, to their home countries: officials said two each were from Myanmar and Cuba and the others were from Vietnam, Laos, Mexico and South Sudan.
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Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims ignore the reality of life and crime in South Africa
Wednesday, 21. May 2025 22:44 o'clock
US president intoned ‘death, death, death’ as he waved articles purporting to show violence against white minority
It was an ambush crafted straight from a reality-TV playbook. The Oval Office meeting with South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, started with exchanges of pleasantries, before Donald Trump said “turn the lights down” and a video was played to support his false claims that white South African farmers are being murdered for their race.
Ramaphosa came prepared with champion white South African golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, whom the golf-mad Trump referred to as “friends”, as well as South Africa’s richest person, Johann Rupert.
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Judge rules White House violated order by deporting migrants to South Sudan
Wednesday, 21. May 2025 19:40 o'clock
Eight people apparently deported as their lawyers say they are at ‘risk of harm’ and that there is ‘no clarity’
A federal judge has ruled the US government’s attempt to deport migrants to South Sudan “unquestionably” violated an earlier court order.
Brian E Murphy, the US district judge in Massachusetts, made the remark at an emergency hearing he had ordered in Boston following the Trump administration’s apparent removal of eight people to South Sudan, despite most of them being from other countries.
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US deportations cast spotlight on South Sudan’s deepening political crisis
Wednesday, 21. May 2025 18:58 o'clock
World’s youngest country is facing renewed outbreak of tensions that have plagued it for years
An attempt by the US to deport South Asian migrants to South Sudan has cast a spotlight on the world’s youngest country, which is experiencing a renewed outbreak of the political tensions that have plagued it over the years.
On Wednesday, a US federal judge said the deportation of migrants from the US to South Sudan “unquestionably” violated a court order requiring that any people being deported to a third country should receive due process.
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa expected to take golf stars to Trump meeting
Wednesday, 21. May 2025 10:07 o'clock
Ernie Els and Retief Goosen reportedly part of delegation as president seeks to reset ties after white ‘genocide’ claims
The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is expected to take the golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen with him to meet Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday, as the government attempts to reset relations with the US amid Trump’s accusations that it is fomenting a white “genocide”.
Ramaphosa’s appeal to Trump’s love of golf, with the potential inclusion of Els and Goosen reported by South African local media, is part of his efforts to avoid a public dressing down of the kind Trump gave to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in February.
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Trump administration trying to dismiss MS-13 leader’s charges to deport him
Saturday, 24. May 2025 00:15 o'clock
Exclusive: Critics and defendant’s legal team accuse US president of trying to do favor for Salvadorian leader
Donald Trump’s administration is attempting to dismiss criminal charges against a top MS-13 leader in order to deport him to El Salvador, according to newly unsealed court records – igniting accusations from critics and the defendant’s legal team that the US president is trying to do a favor for his Salvadorian counterpart, who struck a deal with the gang in 2019.
According to justice department records, the MS-13 figure in question, Vladimir Antonio Arevalo-Chavez, has intimate knowledge of that secretive pact, which – before eventually falling apart – involved Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele’s government ceding money and territory to the gang, who in return promised to reduce violence from its side and provide Bukele’s party with electoral support.
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Un periodista que viajó a Milán para cubrir el Valencia-Atalanta, positivo por coronavirus
Thursday, 27. February 2020 16:13 o'clock
Se trata del segundo caso confirmado en la comunidad y el decimoquinto en España desde el lunes -
Mapa de la expansión y claves para entender el coronavirus de Wuhan
Sunday, 1. March 2020 14:16 o'clock
Qué es, cómo se transmite, cuál es la población más vulnerable y dimensiones del contagio en el mundo -
El turismo italiano se resiente; España mira expectante
Thursday, 27. February 2020 14:26 o'clock
La patronal hotelera del área de Venecia describe un sector “al borde del colapso” -
“La magnitud del problema del coronavirus no será diferente a una gripe”
Thursday, 27. February 2020 18:26 o'clock
Ángel Gil de Miguel, catedrático de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, lanza un mensaje de tranquilidad -
Seis italianos encerrados por partida doble
Thursday, 27. February 2020 12:36 o'clock
Los compañeros de viaje de los cuatro positivos en Canarias están aislados del resto en el hotel en cuarentena -
Trump nombra al vicepresidente Pence a cargo de la crisis del coronavirus
Thursday, 27. February 2020 18:26 o'clock
El CDC confirma el primer caso de origen desconocido en Northern California. El infectado no ha viajado recientemente al extranjero ni ha tenido contacto con un caso confirmado