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Trump revokes Biden's security clearance, escalates foreign aid crackdown 08 Feb 2025 - 07:47 am
(Files) US President Joe Biden shakes hands with US President-elect Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Venezuela brands Rubio a 'thief' over US jet seizure 07 Feb 2025 - 07:31 pm
A “seized” sign is placed on a Venezuelan government airplane during a press conference where US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) announced its seizure at La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo, on February 6, 2025. Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP.
Flight carrying 10 reported missing in Alaska 07 Feb 2025 - 04:21 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 airplane taxis past American Airlines and Alaska Airlines airplanes at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California on January 31, 2025. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP.
A stream turns blood red in Argentina, residents blame pollution 07 Feb 2025 - 02:58 pm
This aerial view shows an unusual reddish color of the Sarandi Canal seeping into the Rio de la Plata River in Sarandi, Avellaneda in the outskirts of Buenos Aires on February 6, 2025. (Photo by Juan MABROMATA / AFP)
Nearly all USAID staff to be laid off: US media 07 Feb 2025 - 02:55 pm
View of the logo of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at its office in Tegucigalpa taken on February 6, 2025. Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP
Flight carrying 10 reported missing in Alaska: police 07 Feb 2025 - 09:54 am
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Mexico cuts key interest rate amid US tariff tensions 06 Feb 2025 - 11:52 pm
Mexico's National Guard officers, part of the Operation Frontera Norte, stand guard next to the Mexico-US border wall in Playas de Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on February 5, 2025. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP)
Fentanyl fatality rate higher in Canada than US: security minister 06 Feb 2025 - 11:45 pm
A mural in an alley in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, on December 21, 2016, painted by a man mourning the fentanyl overdose death of his wife, with names of other victims of the crisis that killed 128 people in British Columbia in November. AFP / Deborah
Following Trump, Argentina quits World Health Organization 05 Feb 2025 - 10:15 pm
File: This photograph taken on December 7, 2021 shows a sign of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
US trade deficit rises to highest level in over two years 05 Feb 2025 - 10:15 pm
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Federal judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order 05 Feb 2025 - 08:38 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks before Pam Bondi is sworn in as US Attorney General in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2025 (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Rubio sees Guatemala leader keen to please US 05 Feb 2025 - 06:00 pm
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) arrives at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / Pool AP / AFP)
'People are going to die': USAID cuts create panic in Africa 05 Feb 2025 - 05:38 pm
(FILES) A USAID and American flag fly before Congressional Democrats hold news conference outside of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Trump backs jailing Americans in El Salvador if has 'legal right' 05 Feb 2025 - 01:06 am
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on February 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Trump signs order withdrawing US from UN Human Rights Council 05 Feb 2025 - 12:32 am
US President Donald Trump shows an executive order withdrawing his country from a number of United Nations bodies in the Oval Office of the White House on February 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Trump, China's Xi set to speak on tariff battle 04 Feb 2025 - 08:09 pm
This combination of pictures created on February 04, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on February 3, 2025, in Washington, DC and China's President Xi Jinping speaking in Macau on December 19, 2024.  (Photo by Jim Watson and Anthony Kwan / AFP)
Mexico begins deployment of 10,000 troops on US border 04 Feb 2025 - 06:30 pm
A Mexico's Army officer patrols the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border in Playas de Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on February 3, 2025. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP)
Trump halts Canada and Mexico tariffs, China still targeted 04 Feb 2025 - 08:01 am
Trucks carry goods across the Ambassador Bridge from Canada into the United States on February 03, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP