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Trump unveils sweeping US tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China

Shawdesh Desk: President Donald Trump announced broad tariffs Saturday on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, claiming a “major threat” from illegal immigration and drugs — a move that sparked

Democrats look for a roadmap, new leader to take on Trump

Shawdesh desk; US Democrats choose a new flagbearer Saturday who will be tasked with rebuilding a party still reeling from last year’s crushing presidential defeat, and figuring out how best

Cuba slams brutality as Trump orders detention of illegal migrants at Guantanamo

Shawdesh Desk: US President Donald Trump unveiled a surprise plan Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay — distracting from spiralling confusion after the White House withdrew

Passenger plane crashes after colliding with helicopter in Washington

Shawdesh DEsk: A United States passenger plane carrying 64 people crashed into Washington’s chilly Potomac River on Wednesday after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport, prompting

Trump floats plan to ‘just clean out’ Gaza

Shawdesh Desk: US president Donald Trump floated a plan Saturday to ‘just clean out’ Gaza, and said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take Palestinians from the territory in a

Trump’s first week: everything, everywhere, all at once

Shawdesh desk: Donald Trump has shaken up America and the world in an extraordinary first week back in the White House that saw him remake the US political universe in

Trump hopes to avoid strikes on Iran nuclear sites

Shawdesh Desk: US president Donald Trump said on Thursday he hoped to avoid military strikes on Iran’s nuclear programme, an option long mulled by Israel. Asked if he would support

Between laughs and ‘disaster’, Trump divides Davos

Shawdesh DEsk: As Donald Trump appeared on giant screens at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the world’s rich and powerful rapturously applauded and snapped photos of the US leader.