India and Pakistan agree to a full and immediate ceasefire after days of cross-border strikes.
Year: 2025
Trump praises ‘friendly, constructive’ US-China trade talks
The US president claims there has been a “total reset” in trade relations following a day of talks between the nations.
Three men held over suitcases stuffed with hermit crabs
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Pope Leo appeals for no more war in first Sunday address
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What Trump does next on Ukraine is key – and he could go either way
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Along the Canada border, small-town America feels sting of Trump’s trade war
Since the trade war began, crossings between the US and Canada are down some 17%. What has that cost towns such as Port Huron and Michigan?
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As WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy, we examine the competition it faces from weight loss jabs.
What is habeas corpus and why might Donald Trump want to suspend it?
It is a safeguard against unlawful imprisonment – but the White House is “actively looking” at pausing it.
One of Alcatraz’s last living inmates on Trump’s plan to reopen notorious prison
Charlie Hopkins was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the 1950s, where he spent three “lonely” years.
‘Proud to be young’ – Beauty queen, lawyer and Botswana’s youngest cabinet minister
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