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August 13, 2025

Trump defense official led thinktank that spread lies about Tren de Aragua

Under Joseph Humire, the thinktank tracked alleged crimes by the Venezuelan gang in the US. A non-profit found multiple false entriesA senior...

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August 13, 2025

Lula says Trump would be put on trial in Brazil if January 6 riots took place there

Brazilian president’s comments come amid US attempts to pressure judges in coup trial against Trump ally BolsonaroThe Brazilian president, Luiz...

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August 09, 2025

Bolsonaro supporters pray for Trump rescue as coup plot trial verdict nears

Far-right ex-president’s devotees pin hopes on pressure campaign but tariffs and sanctions appear likely to failEach morning, Edite Costa steps out...

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August 08, 2025

Brazil’s president signs environmental ‘devastation bill’ but vetoes key articles

Campaigners had urged Lula to veto the bill entirely, but many have welcomed his alterationsBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed...

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August 08, 2025

Sheinbaum rejects US ‘invasion’ after Trump orders military to target Mexico cartels

Mexico’s president says ‘there will be no invasion … it’s absolutely off the table’ after news reports of orderMexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum,...

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August 07, 2025

New research reveals King George IV profited from slavery in Grenada

Experts say finding heightens pressure on the monarchy to confront its historical links to slaveryGrenada has vowed to step up its pur...

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August 07, 2025

New research reveals ancestor of King Charles profited from slavery in Grenada

Experts say finding on King George IV heightens pressure on monarchy to confront its historical links to slaveryGrenada has vowed to s...

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August 07, 2025

Dozens more countries face higher taxes on exports to US as new Trump tariffs come into effect

Donald Trump’s latest wave of ‘reciprocal’ levies were in place as of a minute past midnight Washington time on Thursday

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August 06, 2025

Ireland calls on Haiti to secure release of group kidnapped from local orphanage

An Irish missionary and three-year-old child are among eight people taken by gunmen who stormed the placeIreland’s foreign ministry has called on...

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August 05, 2025

US Coast Guard releases report calling Titan disaster a ‘preventable tragedy’

Poor safety practices, lack of oversight and toxic workplace blamed for implosion in which five people diedInadequate safety practices, deliberate...

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August 05, 2025

Canada wildfires: 81 million Americans under air quality alerts as blazes rage

Hundreds of fires across Canada and parts of the US prompt alerts in 14 states from Great Lakes region to the north-eastHundreds of wild...

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August 05, 2025

Scientists identify bacterium behind devastating wasting disease in starfish

After 90% loss of global sunflower sea star population in 10 years, researchers hope decline can now be tackledA decade after the onset of a sea star...

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