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In the Middle East, the occupation is the original sin. And those who banked on this US-backed ‘stability’ now find it giving way beneath them A war spiralling in the Middle East. A death toll now in the thousands across Iran and Lebanon. Energy prices…

US supreme court has ‘ransacked’ the country, president argues, in wake of its ruling against his trade agendaDonald Trump has claimed he has “the absolute right” to impose new tariffs after the US supreme court ruled many of the import duties he…

As it happened: USA 2-1 Dominican RepublicAmericans will play Italy or Venezuela in finalGunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony homered and the United States limited the Dominican Republic’s electric offense to win a thrilling semi-final 2-1 on Sunday and move…

⚾ USA will play either Italy or Venezuela in final⚾ Full report: Blown call ends thrilling semi-finalUSA 0-0 DR, top 1stSeverino’s sinker is hitting 99 MPH and now his cutter is whipped past the swinging bat of Bryce Harper. Bang! Two up, two down, two…

US president’s call for coalition to protect commercial ships gets muted response – key US politics stories from 15 March at a glanceDonald Trump’s call for allies to send ships to the strait of Hormuz to protect commercial shipping vessels and unblock…

Italian world No 2 clinches 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) win in Californian desertWomen’s No 1 Aryna Sabalenka snaps her losing streak in finalJannik Sinner claimed his first title of the year with victory over Daniil Medvedev in Indian Wells, while Aryna Sabalenka…

Arizona, Michigan and Florida also men’s No 1 seedsHuskies looking to complete undefeated seasonUConn were awarded the No 1 overall seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament on Sunday and enters March Madness needing six more victories to complete the seventh…

Rain fell between 1 and 2in hourly in Maui, Molokai and the Big Island while tens of thousands are without powerRain continued falling in Hawaii on Sunday where a strong storm brought flash flooding, blizzard conditions and landslides to the islands as…

Powerful storm chain to affect 200 million in US as it carries blizzard conditions, damaging winds and thunderstormsWinter’s grip has yet to release as an erratic patchwork of severe weather moved across much of the US, dumping heavy snow and making roads…

Senator Ron Johnson pushes back, saying he’s not in favor of government meddling in freedom of speechThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair, Brendan Carr, is facing pushback from a Republican lawmaker after warning on Saturday that broadcasters…

Nearly month-long funding lapse has disrupted US air travel and caused long wait times amid security officers’ absencesThe CEOs of major US airlines urged Congress on Sunday to move quickly to end a 29-day partial government shutdown that has forced 50,000…

Tehran wants ceasefire but terms ‘not good enough yet’, US president claims, as both sides launch new waves of strikesMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has warned he is not ready to seek a deal to end the US-Israeli offensive against Iran,…

Democrat says Congress ‘doing nothing’ may embolden president to attack countries such as Cuba and North KoreaDemocratic US senator Cory Booker has criticized both his own political party as well as its Republican counterpart for being “feckless” in…

Oil could pass 2008 record of $147.50 a barrel as damage and field closures risk compounding supply shock caused by Iran warAbout 20 miles off the coast of Iran lies the source of the petrostate’s economic lifeblood and the latest target of US military…

The luxury property surge fuels growth in Miami, but a poll finds many residents weighing an exit over housing and living costsTo a casual observer, everything in south Florida’s real estate garden is looking rosy. There’s a “gold rush” in Miami as…

Tommy Thompson refused to give up the location of 500 missing coins found in 1988 in a historic shipwreckA US treasure hunter who was imprisoned for 10 years after refusing to reveal the location of missing gold coins has been released from prison, without…

Could we be at the beginning of a change never before seen by humans – allowing us to escape the drudgery of work?The other day I pulled into the parking lot of a client’s offices and in the spot next to me was a woman sitting in her car blasting music.…

Jewish and Arab American leaders decry violence at Temple Israel, but US-Israel war on Iran complicates healingJewish and Arab American leaders across Detroit and the US strongly condemned the 12 March terrorist attack on a Michigan synagogue and largely aimed…

Humiliating failure now looms, as symbolically damaging to US global standing and national self-esteem as Afghanistan or IraqDonald Trump menaces the world. He’s global public enemy number one. He’s steadily losing the illegal war with Iran he started but…

The country’s 900 billionaires have far too much influence over our government and economy. Here’s how we can reduce the power of the ultra-richNot a day goes by without some news about billionaires throwing their weight around to bend the system in their…

Experts query ‘mix-up of priorities’ as president plays golf, posts old pictures and repeats details of Bill Maher feudMiddle East crisis – live updatesMore than two weeks into the US-Israel war on Iran, and the conflict appears at risk of spiraling out…

It’s hard to be transported by the glitz and glamour when it’s constantly overshadowed by some white-hot new horrorIt’s been a full decade now since I attended the Academy Awards ceremony for this very same publication, and chat, I am feeling, like,…

Self-described UK patriots have spotted an opportunity for advancement and enrichment. That’s why so many outsource their identity to TrumpAn underappreciated element of how the “special relationship” between Britain and US emerged in the aftermath of…

Lib Dem leader will tell spring conference Britain can no longer rely on US while Donald Trump is presidentBritain should have a completely independent nuclear deterrent as it can no longer rely on the US, Ed Davey is expected to say on Sunday.In a speech at…

Palantir’s CEO says the platforms will have a vast effect on the electoral landscape … especially women. Is it a warning or a sales pitch?Don’t you just love AI? It has inundated the internet with slop, destabilized the concept of truth, and made it much…

Videos posted by the US president on Truth Social show strikes on the Iranian island of Kharg. The US president said on Friday that US forces had 'obliterated' military targets on the island and that crucial oil infrastructure there could be nextMiddle East…

US workers are finding it difficult to afford basic necessities as the president claims ‘the economy is roaring back’US workers are still struggling with the cost of living despite Donald Trump’s campaign promises to fix the US affordability crisis.The…

He is stuck in a quagmire. His goals are elusive. His bombing does not force a surrender. He has no exit strategy. Good morning, VietnamDonald Trump is lost in his fog of war. He compounds confusion with improvised fabrications as his naive expectation of a…

Trump DoJ’s investigation was purportedly about the management of the central bank’s renovationA federal judge on Friday blocked the justice department from serving subpoenas to Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell in an inquiry purported to be about the…

Crisis in the Middle East, Ramadan in Gaza, the Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics and Paris fashion week – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading...