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The president indicated he was preparing to accept a jet described as a ‘flying palace’ from the Qatari royal family. Key US politics stories from Sunday 11 May at a glanceDonald Trump has flown into another ethical minefield after indicating he is…

News of present known as ‘flying palace’ from royal family to replace Air Force One has ignited accusations of bribery and corruptionDonald Trump has indicated he is ready to accept a luxury plane being offered to the US president as a gift from Qatar’s…

Group, including families and small children, departed for US after Trump order created relocation programA group of 49 white South Africans departed their homeland on Sunday for the United States on a private charter plane having been offered refugee status…

Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier kidnapped on 7 October, set to be released on Tuesday, Trump confirmsHamas announced on Sunday that it will release the last living American hostage in Gaza, Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier who was…

US announcement comes after treasury secretary touted progress in two days of talks with Chinese vice-premier in GenevaThe White House has announced that a trade deal with China has been struck after two days of talks in Geneva, while Beijing has hailed…

Democratic Congress members who visited detention center with mayor say Ice officials ‘created the chaos’ Trump administration homeland security officials were responsible for starting the confrontation on Friday at a New Jersey immigration jail that led…

Move after airport sees radar outages, flight delays and cancellations due to shortage of traffic controllersThe US transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of the Newark Liberty international airport for the…

Billy Evans, father of Holmes’s children, says company can make diagnoses from users’ blood, urine and salivaElizabeth Holmes’s romantic partner – the father of her children – reportedly has raised millions of dollars to start up a new blood-testing…

Jockey rode Sovereignty to victory in famous raceFine is 20% of winnings for victory at Kentucky DerbyJunior Alvarado, who rode Sovereignty to victory at last weekend’s Kentucky Derby, has been fined and banned for overuse of his whip during the race.The…

Some business owners think AI is ready to perform work tasks, but it’s not yet reliable enough to make the switchLike a lot of business people, I am interested in artificial intelligence (AI). So I recently asked ChatGPT to give me quotes from tech leaders…

Group marches from New York City to Washington, carrying on a long tradition of Quaker activismA group of Quakers were marching more than 300 miles from New York City to Washington DC to demonstrate against the Trump administration’s crackdown on…

Collision occurred in 20-year-old’s hometown of LargoDrugs and alcohol not believed to be factor in crashMiami linebacker Adarius Hayes has been injured in a collision that killed two children on Saturday in his hometown of Largo, Florida.A spokesperson for…

Means is popular in right-leaning wellness circles – but does her inactive medical license disqualify her from the top job?Donald Trump nominated Casey Means, a wellness influencer and medical doctor with an inactive license for US surgeon general this week…

From showerheads to plastic straws, the president brags that he’s expanding options for consumers – while drastically restricting choices in almost all other spheresFreedom of choice is a venerable American value. Donald Trump’s attachment to it is,…

Despite owners and networks forsaking journalistic independence, Trump continues to threaten journalistsIn the telling of Donald Trump and his Republican colleagues, the US media is fake news, stocked with “radical-left monsters” who are guilty of…

Boost to £40bn UK aerospace industry as Rolls-Royce engines and aircraft parts reportedly excused by US commerce secretary British plane parts are set to be exempted from US import tariffs as part of the evolving trade agreement with Donald Trump’s…

A fraught history of race and immigration connect the new pope with his homelandPope Leo XIV, who on Thursday was elected as the first-ever US-born leader of the Roman Catholic church, has a familial bloodline that reflects his homeland’s fraught…

US kids are falling prey to a sophisticated network of scammers who extort thousands – and push some victims to suicideA TikTok video shows a young man fanning out a stack of $100 bills. A second flexes his designer clothes. Another man posts a video of…

Key programs from child-support services to HIV treatment also gutted, leaving global populations vulnerableMass terminations and billions of dollars’ worth of cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have gutted key programs – from child…

President eager to discuss trade and investment but no plans to visit Israel amid tensions over Gaza warDonald Trump this week will embark on the first foreign trip of his second administration with a tour of the Middle East, as he looks to secure investment,…

PhD student says she is excited to get back to her studies during what has been a ‘very difficult’ timeA Tufts University student from Turkey has returned to Boston, one day after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center where she was…

Saints QB to retire over degenerative rotator cuff injuryCarr, 34, played 11 seasons with Raiders and SaintsNew Orleans Saints veteran starting quarterback Derek Carr has decided to retire because of a labral tear and degenerative rotator cuff injury in his…

Upmarket bucolic area notes big rise in number of US citizens scoping a plan B away from the StatesThanksgiving in the Cotswolds is no small affair. Every November, Americans flock to the English market town of Stow-on-the-Wold to collect glazed turkey…

Brazilian beats returning surfing veteran in Gold Coast Pro deciderBettylou Sakura Johnson claims first World Surf League women’s titleJulian Wilson’s incredible run from the trial to the title has fallen just short with the Australian surfing veteran…

Trump administration understood to have pushed for requirements to be attached to deal in effort to freeze out Chinese steelThe US deal on steel tariffs imposes conditions on the “nature of ownership” of British plants as part of its efforts to freeze out…

Already vulnerable from the pandemic and gentrification, Chinatown’s immigrant-run businesses now face a trade warOn a balmy afternoon last month, Amy Tran unboxed a delivery at Yue Wa Market, a small grocery and herbal medicine shop in Los Angeles’s…

Government sources say some of company’s 30,000 UK staff were at risk before agreement to cut car tariffsThe UK’s limited trade deal with the US has immediately prevented job losses at Jaguar Land Rover’s plant in the West Midlands, Britain’s…

American faithful celebrated the announcement of Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States. The Chicago native is also a Peruvian citizen and lived for years in Peru, first as a missionary and then as an…

New pope will be known as Leo XIV and is the first leader of the Catholic church from the US. After two days of discussions, white smoke billowed out of the chimney in the Vatican to signal a new pope had been chosenConclave live – latest updatesContinue…

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns this weekend to London, New York City and Marrakech. It remains the first and only fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora and this year sees a total of 30 galleries and more than 70…