A low approval rating will not cause the US president to hang his head in shame. He’s more likely to dig in
You’ll know the famous quote, bastardised from a 1926 column by the Baltimore journalist HL …
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Ketamine, psychedelics, GHB: is the US falling out of love with cocaine? ○
Use of the illicit drug has plummeted in recent years among gen Zers, compared with their parents’ generation
Ever since cocaine first emerged as a popular party drug via the shores of Miami in the ea…
Trump’s foreign policy is not derailing Latin American stocks' bull run ⊕
The U.S. President has showed he is willing to intervene in one of last year’s best performing regions.
George Ariyoshi, first US governor of Asian American descent, dies aged 100 ⊖
Democrat led Hawaii from 1973 to 1986, coinciding with the party’s rise to power in the state
George R Ariyoshi – Hawaii’s former governor and the nation’s first Asian American governor – has died at …
Why are straight white men overrepresented in positions of power? | Steve Phillips ⊕
When we wonder why marginalized groups are ‘underrepresented’, we are asking the wrong question
For the most part, we have been doing it wrong. For decades, the way that government entities, instituti…
‘New cards on the battlefield’: U.S., Iran ratchet up rhetoric with peace talks in limbo ⊕
American negotiators may be outmatched at the negotiating table by Iran's experienced diplomatic delegation, says analyst, ahead of potential high-stakes meeting.
Scarborn (Kos) review – stirring up trouble in 18th-century Poland ⊕
When a veteran of the American war of independence returns to his native country with popular rule on his mind dangerous passions ignite
This Polish historical drama is an odd duck of a feature but th…
Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears ⊕
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Alarm caused by posts of Alex Karp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons
The US spy tech company Palantir published a manifesto extolling the benefits of American power…
Trump labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns amid misconduct investigation ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Chavez-DeRemer, entangled in string of controversies, leaving for private sector, president’s spokesperson says
Donald Trump’s labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is stepping down, the administration …
Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt review – life after Paul Auster ⊖
What’s it like to lose your partner of more than 40 years? The novelist and essayist reflects on going from ‘we’ to ‘I’
It wasn’t quite Beatlemania, but, at the height of Paul Auster’s fame in the 198…