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US judge voids actions by Voice of America acting CEO, including job cuts
US District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Kari Lake’s leadership of the US Agency for Global Media violated federal law.
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Fame and celebrity
Timothee Chalamet faces the music for saying ‘no one cares’ about opera, ballet
8 Mar 2026 - 2:45AM
Americas and the Caribbean
Trump offers Latin American leaders US missile strikes to hit drug cartels
8 Mar 2026 - 1:46AM
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US, Israel war on Iran
What do we know about the Ayatollah’s killing one week on?
As the US and Israel continue to pound Iran, details have emerged on how intelligence services went about setting up their attack.
7 Mar 2026 - 11:48PM
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Iranian medical staff hold posters of slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in front of the destroyed Gandhi Hospital in Tehran on Saturday. Photo: AFP
US, Israel war on Iran
4 US bombers land in UK as Iran war continues
British PM Keir Starmer has granted permission for ‘defensive’ US action against Iranian missile sites from UK bases.
7 Mar 2026 - 10:43PM
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US, Israel war on Iran
Trump calls Iran ‘loser’ after president apologises for strikes on neighbours
Although Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would halt attacks on regional nations, intense fire has still been targeting Gulf states.
7 Mar 2026 - 10:36PM
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Trump’s ‘feeling’-driven Iran war cops criticism for ‘arrogant’ messaging
The conflict started by the US president lacks clear rationale, stoking public opposition and economic concerns amid rising fuel prices.
7 Mar 2026 - 3:53PM
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Smoke rises after an Iranian drone was intercepted over the Bahrain Financial Harbour towers in Manama on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Canada
Canada’s PM wants Andrew removed from UK line of succession over Epstein ties
The prime minister called the former prince’s association with the paedophile financier ‘deplorable’.
7 Mar 2026 - 1:00PM
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US, Israel war on Iran
‘Disappointing’: Americans recall desperate, self-funded escapes from Mideast
‘Everyone’s been sending each other resources because, quite frankly, the US has not done a single thing in any capacity,’ a traveller says.
7 Mar 2026 - 11:35AM
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US, Israel war on Iran
‘We are decimating them’: US brushes off Russian help for Iran in war
The White House downplays Moscow sharing information with Tehran on US targets in the Gulf, saying it is not affecting military operations.
7 Mar 2026 - 10:05AM
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United States
US tariff refund system to be ready in 45 days, after Trump duties struck down
The US customs agency is trying to hammer out a process for returning US$166 billion in tariff payments to around 330,000 importers.
7 Mar 2026 - 6:36AM
A US flies in front of shipping containers at the Port o Los Angeles in June 2025. Photo: TNS
United States
US sheds 92,000 jobs in warning sign for Trump’s economy
Unemployment crept up, while job numbers showed a surprise reversal from growth in the previous month.
7 Mar 2026 - 5:09AM
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US, Israel war on Iran
‘Panic’: Israel’s strikes on Lebanon need urgent legal probe, says UN
Huge numbers of civilians have already left their homes, some with only the clothes on their backs, amid fatal attacks and evacuation orders.
6 Mar 2026 - 9:45PM
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US, Israel war on Iran
2 tankers carrying India’s Reliance fuel ditch Europe, divert to Asia
Asian buyers are rushing to secure fuel as the near halt in traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, due to war, constrains oil supplies.
6 Mar 2026 - 7:18PM
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US, Israel war on Iran
‘Not biased’: Sri Lanka takes control of Iranian ship, brings crew to shore
‘Every life is as precious as our own,’ said President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, amid transfer of over 200 sailors after distress call.
6 Mar 2026 - 8:35PM
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A Sri Lanka Navy vessel approaches an Iranian ship during a rescue operation off Sri Lanka’s coast on Friday. Photo: Handout via Reuters
Donald Trump
US government releases Epstein files that include claim about Trump
DOJ says files were initially ‘incorrectly coded as duplicative’, and therefore were inadvertently not published along with other records.
6 Mar 2026 - 2:33PM
US-China relations
Trump sued in bid to undo approval of TikTok’s US sale
The lawsuit is the first legal challenge to the deal with China’s ByteDance, but does not seek to force a US ban on the short-video platform.
6 Mar 2026 - 7:48AM
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Crypto billionaire Justin Sun settles US fraud case for US$10 million
The SEC sued Sun and his firms for securities fraud in 2023, but put the case on hold following Trump’s return to the White House.
6 Mar 2026 - 12:53PM
Cryptocurrency mogul Justin Sun attends a press conference in Hong Kong in April 2025. Photo: Edmond So
United States
24 US states sue to stop Trump’s latest global tariffs
The lawsuit argues that the president cannot sidestep the Supreme Court ruling that invalidated his previous sweeping import duties.
6 Mar 2026 - 4:12AM
United States
Trump fires Kristi Noem as Homeland Security chief
Senator Markwayne Mullin will replace Kristi Noem, who is the first Senate-confirmed member of Trump’s Cabinet to be removed this term.
6 Mar 2026 - 4:34PM
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United States
US won’t let India become rival like China, Trump official says
Washington will not ‘make the same mistakes’ as it did with Beijing 20 years ago, the State Department’s Christopher Landau says.
6 Mar 2026 - 2:18AM
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United States
Is this the face of Democrats’ 2026 US midterm hopes?
The Texas Senate race holds implications for which party will control the chamber after the midterms.
5 Mar 2026 - 2:27PM
James Talarico speaking during his primary election night party in Austin. Photo: Reuters
United States
US lawmakers vote to subpoena Pam Bondi over Epstein files
Five Republicans joined Democrats to support the measure, in a sharp rebuke of Trump’s attorney general.
5 Mar 2026 - 7:40AM
United States
US agency proposes English proficiency requirement for foreign call centres
The Federal Communications Commission wants to bring call centre jobs back to the US and place guard rails on those that remain abroad.
5 Mar 2026 - 6:54AM
United States
Google’s Gemini AI chatbot accused of coaching US man to suicide
Jonathan Gavalas’ family has sued the tech giant, saying the AI ‘wife’ told him to let go of his physical form to join it in the metaverse.
5 Mar 2026 - 3:16AM
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