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Former US president Jimmy Carter turns 100

Shawdesh desk: Jimmy Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on Tuesday — the first-ever former US president to reach the century mark and another extraordinary milestone for the one-time peanut farmer

Trump launches into ‘dark speech’ on illegal immigration

Shawdesh Desk: Donald Trump on Saturday called Democrat Kamala Harris ‘mentally impaired’ and said illegal immigrants are out to cut the throats of ordinary Americans in their own homes as

Kamala vows migration crackdown, reform

Shawdesh Desk: Kamala Harris pledged Friday she would tighten the border and fix America’s broken immigration system on her first visit to the US-Mexico frontier as a presidential candidate. The

Biden justifies Israeli attack, calls Hezbollah leader’s Killing ‘Justice’

Shawdesh desk: The United States on Saturday offered clear support for Israel’s bombing campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, including a strike that killed the group’s longtime leader, but also said

World Bank to provide $3.5 billion for Bangladesh’s reform initiatives

Shawdesh desk: President of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, has said that the bank would provide $3.5 billion to Bangladesh to support the interim government’s reform initiatives, including reforms in

Trump rules out running again in 2028 if defeated in next US vote

Shawdesh desk: Republican Donald Trump has ruled out running again in the United States’ 2028 presidential election if he loses in the upcoming November poll, according to an interview aired

Sri Lanka’s new leader says no magic solution to crisis

Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lanka’s first leftist president was sworn in to office Monday and vowed to restore public faith in politics, but said he had no magic solution to the

US ‘pushing hard’ to prevent ‘wider war’ in Mideast: Biden

Shawdesh Desk: US President Joe Biden said Sunday that the United States would do everything possible to prevent an escalation of war in the Middle East, as hostilities flared between