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Populist politicians on the right and left take a page out of Donald Trump’s playbook

Populist politicians on the right and left take a page out of Donald Trump’s playbook.

Saturday | 12nd July 2026 The world’s modern populists are increasingly embracing a political strategy that appears to benefit themselves as much as—if not more than—the voters they claim to represent. Rather than allowing scandals or legal troubles to derail their careers, many have learned to transform controversy into evidence supporting one of their central […]

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Celebrations were underway this week across the country, including in Mansfield, Texas, where families gathered

America held a big birthday party — and a soccer extravaganza broke out.

Saturday | 4th July 2026 The game that most of the world calls football is teaching America something about itself as it marks its 250th anniversary, while reminding international visitors that the nation is far more welcoming, diverse, and nuanced than the political caricatures that often dominate global perceptions. The World Cup has delivered a

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Guns on the television and in Iran’s streets as Trump renews war threats

Guns on the television and in Iran’s streets as Trump renews war threats.

Monday | 18th May 2026 Tehran — As dusk settles over Iran’s sprawling capital and the jagged, snowcapped peaks of the Alborz mountains disappear into the darkness, the city transforms into a stage for nightly displays of defiance and nationalism. Across Tehran, thousands of people have been pouring into the streets for state-organized rallies designed

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President Donald Trump arrives for a small business summit at the White House

Trump just reasserted his domination of the GOP. But that might not be good news for the party in 2026.

Thursday | May 7th, 2026 Just two months after the January 6 United States Capitol attack — at a moment when some Republicans still believed they might eventually move beyond Donald Trump and reclaim a more traditional conservative identity — Sen. Lindsey Graham offered a blunt assessment of the political reality confronting the GOP. The

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a plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran

Israel Strikes Tehran and Beirut as Iran Says It Targeted Iraqi Kurdistan.

Thursday | 5th March 2026 Tensions in the Middle East have escalated sharply as Israel launched new airstrikes in both Iran and Lebanon, while Iranian authorities said they had carried out missile and drone attacks on Kurdish opposition groups in neighboring Iraq. The rapidly expanding conflict is drawing in multiple countries and raising fears of

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The Tsugaike Mountain Resort and Tsugaike Gondola Lift Co in Japan jointly apologised

Australian snowboarder dies after becoming caught on ski lift in Japan.

Monday | 2nd February 2026 Tokyo — An Australian snowboarder has died while on a holiday with friends in Japan after her backpack became caught on a ski lift, leaving her suspended in midair, according to Japanese police and the lift operator. Nagano Omachi Police said the 22-year-old tourist went into cardiac arrest following the

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political fallout from the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti

White House shows first signs of retreat as backlash grows over Minnesota killing.

Tuesday | 27th January 2026 President Donald Trump on Monday showed his first concrete signs of retreat since surging federal immigration agents into Minnesota late last year, moving to replace the official overseeing the crackdown on the ground and signaling a newfound willingness to engage with the state’s Democratic leadership. The shift followed weeks of

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Federal agent shoots man officials say assaulted officer in Minneapolis

Federal agent shoots man officials say assaulted officer in Minneapolis, prompting protests.

Thursday | 15th January 2026 Minneapolis officials pleaded for calm late Wednesday as volatile confrontations broke out near the site of a shooting involving a federal immigration agent, further inflaming a city already reeling from the killing of a woman by federal authorities just a week earlier. The latest incident unfolded in a residential neighborhood

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Rikugien Gardens Japan

Built on the Past: How Edo shaped the Tokyo we know today.

Thursday | 8th January 2026 Tokyo may be a futuristic metropolis defined by neon skylines, bullet trains, and cutting-edge technology, but beneath its modern veneer lie roots that stretch back more than four centuries. In the 17th century, the city was known as Edo—a dynamic and densely populated capital of the Tokugawa shogunate that ranked

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