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Starmer insists he will lead Labour into the next election after turbulent week

Sir Keir also said appointing Lord Peter Mandelson ambassador to Washington was a ‘mistake’.

The Independent UK

2 Washington Post writers at the Olympics despite being laid off, say it was important to be there

A pair of Washington Post sports writers are reporting for the newspaper for the final time from the Winter Olympics

The Independent UK

US launches airstrikes on dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria

Militant group’s infrastructure and weapons storage facilities were hit, as Washington praised Damascus for fresh coalition role

The Guardian - UK

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This Ordinary-Looking Quarter Could Be Worth More Than a Used Car — How To Spot One

Some rare quarters look ordinary but can be worth thousands. Learn the key dates, mint marks and errors that could turn spare change into a payday.

GOBankingRates

'Plotting to split China through Taiwan': Beijing warns US interference could lead to confrontation

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday warned the United States against its attempts to interfere in Taiwan, saying that such actions could lead to a confrontation between Beijing and Washington.

The Times of India

Danish state could face legal action over deal that gives US powers on its soil

Claims that agreement is unconstitutional could pose problems in talks with Washington over Greenland

The Guardian - UK

Rubio expresses desire to maintain trans-Atlantic relations despite increasing rift

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday emphasized the United States’ desire to preserve the trans-Atlantic alliance, declaring that it “will always be a child of Europe” at a conference where a rift with Washington’s European allies opened up a year ago

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In upcoming elections, Republicans have a Texas problem — and so do Democrats

With less than nine months until the midterm elections, Donald Trump's party is in trouble. The president's policies and actions are unpopular, Republicans keep losing special elections, and now even have to defend once-solid seats in Congress. One state has become a focal point: Texas.

Euronews

African Union summit opens, as continent faces conflict and climate extremes

The 2026 African Union Summit is being held this weekend in Addis Ababa, with Angola handing the rotating chair to Burundi. The bloc is facing challenges including mounting conflicts, insecurity in the Sahel, strained ties with Washington and internal strife, while this year’s summit theme of water highlights the damage…

Radio France Internationale

A lawsuit seeks to stop Trump's overhaul of a 100-year-old public golf course in Washington

Two golfers in Washington, D.C., have sued the federal government to try to prevent the Trump administration from overhauling a more than 100-year-old public golf course

The Independent UK

DEA quietly resumes anti-drug coordination with Bolivia almost 20 years since its expulsion

A top Bolivian official says the United States has resumed intelligence coordination on counternarcotics efforts with Bolivia under its new president

The Independent UK

In turnaround, Indian national Nikhil Gupta pleads guilty in Khalistani's murder-for-hire case

TOI correspondent from Washington: In a dramatic courtroom reversal, Indian national Nikhil Gupta pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges in a foiled plot to kill Gurpatwant Pannun, a pro-Khalistan separatist and US citizen. Gupta, 54, appearing before US magistrate judge Sarah Netburn, admitted to three counts: murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit…

The Times of India

US homeland security department partially shut down after lawmakers fail to agree funding

Lawmakers left Washington for a long weekend without resolving an impasse over much-criticized agency’s funding

The Guardian - US

Beyond ‘limited value’: Seattle settlement restores dignity to slain Indian student

The TOI correspondent from Washington: A $29 million award to the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year old student from India who was killed in a road accident in Seattle on a cold night in January 2023, will not bring her back to life. But in a gracious gesture and…

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Global warming, American cooling: US freezes climate science

WASHINGTON: The United States has gone cold on global warming after putting climate safeguards on ice. In a sweeping move, President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the 2009 “endangerment finding” issued under Barack Obama, which had declared that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. The ruling empowered the US…

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20 Best West Coast Cities for Rich Young People To Live

To be young and wealthy is great. To live on America’s beautiful West Coast? Even better. Where are the best places for the young and wealthy to settle down?

The Conversation

Trump insists Iran talks must continue, but military action is not off the table

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington on February 11 appears not to have achieved what many observers saw as its central purpose: to persuade Donald Trump to harden his demands on Iran to the point that negotiations between the countries fail. According to reports, Trump told Netanyahu he…

Euronews

US orders its largest aircraft carrier to Middle East in show of force to Tehran

The USS Gerald R Ford, the world’s most advanced carrier, is redeployed to the Middle East as Washington signals it is keeping military options open on Iran.

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The Independent UK

DC sues landlords with law used in organized crime to stop mistreatment of low-income tenants

Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb has filed a lawsuit using a law originally crafted to prosecute organized crime to push a landlord accused of providing unsuitable living conditions to his renters out of business

The Independent UK

DHS shutdown looms after Senate Democrats block Homeland Security bill

Lawmakers in both chambers were put on notice to return to Washington should a deal be reached to avert the anticipated shutdown

Reason

Washington Built Big Health Care. Now It Wants To Break It Up.

The Break Up Big Medicine Act makes no mention of the laws and government programs responsible for consolidation of the health care industry.

The Independent UK

Judge won't pause ruling keeping in place temporary protections for Haitians in US

A federal judge in Washington has refused to pause her ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration protections for Haitians who are living in the United States

The Conversation

The US is starving Cuba of fuel – here’s what a deal between them could look like

Cuba has reached a breaking point that even its crisis-hardened leadership cannot ignore. It is running out of fuel amid US pressure, having last received oil on January 9 from Mexico. This has prompted airlines such as Air Canada to cancel all flights to Cuba, hitting the tourism lifeline that…

The Conversation

Trust and ethics: the public and politicians no longer even agree on the basics

Just over 18 months ago, Keir Starmer said the “fight for trust is the battle that defines our age”. Now a scandal surrounding his former ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, could end his political career, precisely because of the damage it could cause to public trust.

Euronews

'NATO 3.0': US and Europe appear to agree rebalancing of power is needed

Washington wants to focus more on other theatres, while Europeans are wary of the mercurial nature of the current US administration.

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