Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The official investigation into Dominic Raab’s behavior could look at allegations he launched an “abusive attack” on a prominent anti-Brexit activist. Senior Conservative and former cabinet minister David Davis said …
Blinken speaks to reporters at the Waldorf Astoria in Jerusalem following his West Bank meeting with Abbas (via REUTERS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his planned trip to China after China claimed ownership of a surveillance balloon which was spotted over Montana on Thursday. Mr Blinken was set to travel to Beijing …
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South Africa’s tourism board has been exploring the possibility of sponsoring Tottenham Hotspur South Africa’s official tourism board says it intends to continue to pursue a proposed sponsorship deal with Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, despite public uproar after details were leaked in the media this week. Themba Khumalo, the acting CEO of South African …
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A Kenyan court has sentenced to death a former policeman for the murder of a human rights lawyer and two others in a case which shocked the nation. Two other policemen and a civilian were also sentenced to between 20 and 30 years for the murder of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client and a taxi …
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A landmark exhibition on slavery in the Dutch colonial era that was first staged at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is going on display at the United Nations in New York. The show, titled “Slavery. Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery,” will open in the UN headquarters visitors’ lobby from Feb. 27-March …
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The Pentagon said Thursday it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon flying high over the United States, reviving tensions between the two countries just days ahead of a rare visit to Beijing by the top US diplomat. At President Joe Biden’s request, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and top military officials considered shooting the balloon down …
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the government can’t stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders against them from owning guns — the latest domino to fall after the US Supreme Court’s conservative majority set new standards for reviewing the nation’s gun laws. Police in Texas found a rifle and a pistol at …
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Former President Trump on Thursday took swipes at a slew of possible 2024 GOP rivals, calling his former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley “overly ambitious” and accusing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin of being ungrateful. Trump spoke for half an hour with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, addressing some of his potential …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The US is expanding its military presence in Asia, in a string of moves aimed at countering Beijing and reassuring Indo-Pacific allies that America will stand with them against threats from China and North Korea. The US actions stretch from Japan to the Solomon Islands. And they involve more and increasingly advanced …
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Former President Donald Trump on Thursday took swipes at a slew of possible 2024 GOP rivals, calling his former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley “overly ambitious” and accusing Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) and Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.) of being ungrateful. Trump spoke for half an hour with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, addressing some of his potential …
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