White House officials worried Trump showed reporters classified material while in office, new book recounts

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nbc news By Peter Nicholas WASHINGTON — A forthcoming book by an ex-Trump administration aide describes an episode in which officials worried that then-President Donald Trump was cavalier in his →

Chinese Premier Li tells Yellen China-US ties can see ‘more rainbows’ after ‘wind and rain’

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global times By Wang Cong and Leng Shumei Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Beijing on Friday, urging the US to maintain a "rational and pragmatic" attitude and →

China's fixed-asset investment in railways rises 6.9% to $42 billion in H1

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​global times​​​ Fixed-asset investment in China's railway sector hit 304.9 billion yuan ($42.23 billion) in the first half of 2023, a year-on-year increase of 6.9 percent, data from China Railway →

The Wagner Group’s African Empire

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national interest by Shalin Mehta The short-lived revolt led by Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin caused analysts far and wide to speculate about the future of the Wagner Group in Africa, arguing that →

How Africa Surprised the West During the War in Ukraine

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national interest by Ted Snider On March 20, Russian president Vladimir Putin met with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Moscow. The meeting, at which the two leaders “reaffirm[ed] the special nature →

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy brings home Azovstal commanders from Turkey

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al jazeera Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has returned home, from a visit to Turkey, with five commanders of Ukraine’s former garrison in Mariupol, a move Russia said violated the terms of a →

Netherlands: Immigration policy brings down coalition government

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​brussels times​​​ “The government has failed to reach agreement on measures to restrict the influx of asylum seekers. This is what is being reported in The Hague,” Dutch public broadcaster NOS wrote →

How the death of Nahel M. inflamed an already embattled France

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the conversation This context was also marred by another event: the ‘Marianne’ fund affair. Named after an association set up to honour the memory of the teacher Samuel Paty, who was brutally →

Gunman on scooter opens fire in New York City, kills 1 and wounds 3

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​cbs news​​​ An 86-year-old New York City man was fatally shot and at least three others were wounded by a man on a scooter who police say was shooting randomly in Queens on Saturday. A 25-year-old →

The Dutch coalition government just collapsed

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american thinker By Andrea Widburg It didn’t get much play in the American press, but something significant happened in Holland: The Dutch coalition government collapsed. This is the same government →

S-China decoupling headed in a dangerous direction

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asia times by Nicholas R Lardy and Tianlei Huang The US and Chinese economies are closely interconnected, but their ties are eroding. Despite record levels of US-China bilateral trade in 2022, the →

Tear-resistant rubbery materials could pave the way for tougher tires

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science news By Skyler Ware A new material design could reduce pollution where the rubber meets the road. Strategically adding weak points along microscopic chains called polymers actually makes them →

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