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Former security adviser calls Trump ‘stunningly uninformed’ DoJ lawyers likely to face battle to halt memoir’s publication Trump and Bolton in September 2018. The Trump administration has tried to block Bolton’s book from being published on the grounds that it contains classified material. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA The Trump administration will go to court on Friday […] More
Six years ago, a political crisis in Ukraine turned into an armed confrontation. Separatists came to power in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine, declared their unwillingness to forge closer ties with the European Union and proclaimed the independence of these territories. In April 2014, the new Ukrainian government could have resolved this […] More
‘Wednesday night massacre’ ignites concerns Michael Pack will turn state-funded broadcaster into ‘mouthpiece for the president’ The sackings by Michael Pack appeared to confirm fears Trump wanted to turn the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) into a loyal state broadcaster of the kind normally found in authoritarian societies. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP The man appointed […] More
Washington legislation allows US to freeze assets of Chinese officials it deems responsible for arbitrary detentions in Xinjiang region Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China’s Xinjiang region. China has threatened to retaliate against the US’s new Uighur human rights law. Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP Beijing has criticised […] More
Justice department says ‘recent actions’ by China towards its territory indicate landing station could expose US communications to spying The US justice department wants an undersea data cable to bypass Hong Kong for fear Beijing could harvest American data. Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images The US government wants a high-capacity undersea data cable system […] More
Trump pleaded with China’s Xi to help re-election effort President urged Xi to build concentration camps for Muslims In the book, Bolton says the House impeachment inquiry should have gone far beyond Trump’s efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government for political gain. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images Donald Trump was willing to halt criminal investigations […] More
The impact of the #MeToo movement has no doubt been useful in getting us to speak about the traumas we experience in various spaces. But there is more to be done. Every institution, ranging from private to public, which includes professional, religious, political, educational and social organizations, is not exempt from its reach. However, when […] More
Public health expert says he worries about new virus hotspots Fauci: ‘Personally, I would not’ attend Trump rally in Tulsa Anthony Fauci with Donald Trump at the White House in mid-May. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images America’s top public health expert has warned the nation it is “still in the first wave” of coronavirus infections and […] More
