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White House confirms Mandelson to be accepted as ambassador

{}Lord Peter Mandelson will be the next British ambassador to the United States after Donald Trump agreed to accept his credentials.The long-awaited decision ends...

What is lunar new year and how is it celebrated?

{}On January 29, Asian communities around the world will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food,...

Wednesday briefing: The problems, perils and precedent of ‘cleaning out’ Gaza

Good morning. Donald Trump presented his proposal as one rooted in a concern for the safety of Palestinians: it was time to find many...

US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam

{} America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in...

Marvel star says ‘honorable’ Captain America is not so American any more

{}Conservative pundits found themselves in an online clash Tuesday with an unlikely demographic – Marvel fans – after calling for a boycott of the...

Across Asia, hundreds of millions gather to mark lunar new year

Hundreds of millions of people across Asia will celebrate the lunar new year with their families on Wednesday, as they bid farewell to the...

Musk’s praise for European far right ‘really disgusting,’ says German chancellor

{}Elon Musk’s ongoing vocal support for far-right political parties in Europe is “really disgusting” and a hindrance to democratic development, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz...

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s federal spending freeze

{}A federal judge has temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s administration from freezing federal grant funding across government agencies, dealing a setback to the White House’s...

Senator accuses Trump of executive order ‘blitzkrieg’ to ‘collapse our democracy’

{}A Connecticut senator has accused Donald Trump of carrying out a “blitzkrieg” of executive orders in his first week in office in an attempt...

Brazil to set up deportee reception center after contentious flight from US

{} The Brazilian government Tuesday said it will create a reception center for deported migrants from the United States following controversy over conditions on...

Trump targets affirming care for trans Americans under 19 in latest executive order

{}Donald Trump has issued an executive order that directs federal agencies to rescind policies that support or acknowledge gender-affirming healthcare for transgender Americans.The sweeping...

Trump offers federal workers a seven-month buyout to quit

{}In what could result in an unprecedented purge of the federal workforce, the Trump administration is offering a seven-month buyout to employees who don’t...

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