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In a letter to a House committee last month, legal counsel for Alphabet, YouTube’s parent company, claimed that president Joe Biden’s administration sought to “influence” the company to crack down on Covid-19 misinformation. Republicans celebrated the letter as an apparent admission of Democratic censorship. But Democrats seem to be throwing cold water on the allegations. In a new letter to …

The US government shutdown barrelled towards its second month on Friday and the pain is spreading fast – with federal workers broke, food aid vanishing and millions of Americans caught in the crossfire. What started on October 1 as a Washington sideshow has morphed into a slow-motion implosion of public services and a growing economic convulsion, with federal offices dark …

Donald Trump and the US have been issued a chilling threat by the Kremlin just hours after the US President ordered the Pentagon to restart nuclear weapons tests for the first time in over 30 years. On Thursday, the Russian Government rejected claims that it had resumed its own nuclear testing, despite an announcement on Sunday (October 26) by Vladimir …

Brazil’s soybean producers are downplaying concerns over a freshly minted US-China trade agreement that will see Beijing resume large-scale purchases of American soybeans, insisting the 12 million tonnes (13.23 million tons) pledged represents routine seasonal trade rather than a market upheaval. Mauricio Buffon, president of Brazil’s Soybean Producers Association (Aprosoja), said the volume announced by Washington and Beijing on Wednesday …

Since President Donald Trump’s second term began, his administration’s approach to China has been arguably the toughest aspect of its foreign policy to parse. In part, that’s because the top members of Trump’s team haven’t always seemed to be on the same page with each other or with the president on the question of just how confrontational to be with …

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said Seoul aimed to work with Beijing to advance practical cooperation in trade, supply chains and people-to-people exchanges to improve ties based on “friendly competition” and “equal cooperation”. Lee made the remarks in an interview with China’s state-run Xinhua news agency published a day ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival in the South Korean …

The high-stakes summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, took place in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday and lasted 100 minutes. It marked their first in-person meeting since Trump returned to the White House for his second presidential term, having last met in 2019. 1. Personal warmth on display The two exchanged cordial greetings and …

A Russian flag has been spotted flying in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. Russian forces have been trying to seize the vital rail and logistics hub since a major offensive was launched in July 2024. But, despite sustaining enormous losses, they have failed to take the city – thanks to heroic Ukrainian defence, which has inflicted tens of thousands of …

Flames engulfed industrial sites in western Russia overnight as Ukraine conducted a major drone offensive deep into enemy territory for the third consecutive night, targeting oil refineries and chemical plants which support Moscow’s war economy. The operation also involved drones approaching the Russian capital and led to the closure of three major airports. Russian Telegram channels reported fires at the …

Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials said on Wednesday, in what is likely the most serious challenge to the tenuous ceasefire deal in Gaza since it came into force earlier this month. The development came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to conduct “powerful strikes” over …