US president Donald trump says the US will take over Gaza to turn it into the ‘riviera’ of the Middle East, after moving almost 2 million Palestinians somewhere else. But is that even legal? Soraya Lennie looks at the key questions.
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When Dr Curtis Welch checked on a very sick three-year-old patient who had been admitted to his tiny hospital on January 20, 1925, his worst fears were realised. A thick, slimy membrane had appeared on the toddler, Billy Barnett’s tonsils and there were reddish lesions in his mouth. The rise in tonsillitis cases in Nome,…
United States President Donald Trump’s administration has directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off, as the Republican leader takes aim at initiatives meant to address systemic racism. An Office of Personnel Management memo, first reported by CBS News, directed agencies to place…
Faced with an icy polar vortex, United States President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to move his upcoming inauguration ceremony indoors. Traditionally, the ceremony has taken place outdoors, most commonly on the marble steps of the Capitol in Washington, DC. But with meteorologists predicting one of the coldest inauguration days in recent history, Trump decided…
On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, he signed an executive order that essentially reaffirmed free speech, which is already enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The order alleged that the previous administration of President Joe Biden “trampled on free speech” by censoring “Americans’ speech on online platforms”,…
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) says it has not been informed of plans reportedly being drawn up by the US military to withdraw its troops from Syria. SDF spokesman Farhad Shami made the comments hours after US media reported on the plan. The armed group – a key ally of the US-led coalition fighting…
