In his first post-election news conference, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to “straighten out” the “corrupt” US press.Before he’s even taken office, he’s already made efforts to shape the media in his favor — tapping loyalists for publicly funded outlets and launching unprecedented lawsuits against newspapers and pollsters that observers worry are the signs of escalating …
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Seated in the audience at Macau’s Dom Pedro V Theatre in the 1970s, 16-year-old Miguel de Senna Fernandes understood not a word of the “strange language” spoken on stage — but right away he was mesmerised.That day sparked his lifelong love for Patua, a creole language from Macau’s 442-year colonial history that mixes Portuguese, Cantonese …
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Concerns are growing in the UK as tech billionaire Elon Musk takes an increasingly close interest in Britain’s political scene, appearing to cosy up to hard-right firebrand lawmaker Nigel Farage.With Musk named to a new position in the incoming US administration of Donald Trump, there are fears the world’s richest man could seek to influence …
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Liverpool moved into the League Cup semi-finals as the holders won 2-1 against managerless Southampton, while Gabriel Jesus ended his goal drought with a hat-trick in Arsenal’s 3-2 victory over Crystal Palace on Wednesday.Rare goals from Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott at St Mary’s sent the 10-time League Cup winners into the last four for …
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US President-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming US government shutdown, as the White House accused him of “playing politics.”Staring down a Friday night deadline to fund federal agencies, party leaders in Congress had agreed on a “continuing resolution” (CR) to keep the lights on until …
The UN envoy to Syria called on Wednesday for “free and fair” elections after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad, voicing hope for a political solution for Kurdish-held areas.Assad fled Syria following a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), more than 13 years after his crackdown on democracy protests precipitated one …
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates by a quarter point and signaled a slower pace of cuts ahead, triggering a sharp sell-off in the financial markets. Policymakers voted 11-to-1 to lower the central bank’s key lending rate to between 4.25 percent and 4.50 percent as expected, the Fed announced in a statement. But they also …
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The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear TikTok’s appeal of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the online video-sharing platform or shut it down.The top court scheduled oral arguments in the case for January 10, nine days before TikTok faces a ban unless ByteDance divests from the popular app.The …
France’s highest appeals court ordered former president Nicolas Sarkozy to wear an electronic tag for a year Wednesday — a first for a former head of state — after confirming his convictions for corruption and influence peddling.It also barred him from public office for three years. The verdict means he could face 12 months under house …
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Squirrels might look like adorable, nut-hoarding furballs, but some are ruthless predators that hunt, tear apart, and devour voles.That’s the startling finding of a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of Ethology — the first to document widespread carnivorous behavior in these seemingly innocent creatures.”There is always something new to learn and wild animals …
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