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Trump’s Asia swing seeks a truce — and perhaps a headline-grabbing handshake In a carefully choreographed arrival that mixed pomp with negotiating urgency, US President Donald Trump landed in Tokyo on the latest leg of a five-day tour of Asia that officials hope will yield a pause, if not a full settlement, in the bruising trade fight with China. Wearing a gold tie and blue suit, Trump offered the kind of broad-shouldered pageantry that has marked his foreign trips — fist pumps on the tarmac, a helicopter lift for a…

Trump’s Asia swing seeks a truce — and perhaps a headline-grabbing handshake In a carefully choreographed arrival that mixed pomp with negotiating urgency, US President Donald Trump landed in Tokyo on the latest leg of a five-day tour of Asia that officials hope will yield a pause, if not a full settlement, in the bruising trade fight with China. Wearing a gold tie and blue suit, Trump offered the kind of broad-shouldered pageantry that has marked his foreign trips — fist pumps on the tarmac, a helicopter lift for a…

Bolsonaro’s appeal exposes Brazil’s political fault lines — and poses questions for democracy Former president Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyers have lodged a formal appeal against a 27-year prison sentence that has sent tremors through Brazil’s fractious politics. The appeal, filed this week at the Supreme Federal Court, accuses the court’s verdict of "ambiguities, omissions, contradictions and obscurities" — legal language that signals a long, uncertain road ahead and underscores how deeply the former leader’s fate remains…

Sudan’s forgotten holocaust: a war sustained by outsiders and global indifference Two and a half years into a war that has shredded a state and its institutions, Sudan resembles a country unmade. The numbers are blunt instruments: around 12 million people uprooted, 24 million facing acute food shortages and as many as 150,000 killed or missing. Behind the figures are homes burned to foundations, hospitals turned into battlegrounds and a generation of children outside the classroom. “Sudan has been completely turned upside…

Two arrested after audacious daylight heist of France’s crown jewels at the Louvre Two men were detained near Paris on Wednesday evening in connection with a brazen daylight robbery at the Louvre that exposed unexpected vulnerabilities in one of the world’s most secure cultural institutions. French prosecutors said one suspect was arrested at Charles de Gaulle airport as he attempted to board a flight to Algeria, and a second was rounded up later the same night, bringing a dramatic overnight twist to an already…

Alabama carries out first nitrogen execution as inmate who long maintained innocence dies Alabama executed Anthony Boyd on Thursday night using nitrogen hypoxia — a little-used method of suffocation — marking a stark moment in the U.S. debate over capital punishment. Boyd, 54, who consistently denied killing 32-year-old Gregory Huguley in 1993, was pronounced dead at 6:33pm Central, the Alabama Department of Corrections said. "He was pronounced dead at 6:33pm Central time," the department announced, closing a case that has…

A fragile peace, an international watch and a humanitarian clock In a hastily converted warehouse on the edge of southern Israel, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio struck an optimistic tone this week about a deal that could finally end nearly two years of grinding war in Gaza. The caveat was blunt: Israel will have veto power over who makes up any international force sent into Gaza to police a ceasefire — a condition that could preclude some of the region’s most powerful and politically consequential militaries. The scene…

Alaska Airlines halts flights after data-centre failure; operations slowly restore amid passenger frustration What happened Alaska Airlines briefly suspended operations after a failure at its primary data centre triggered a temporary ground stop that grounded departures to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and disrupted flights across its network. The Seattle-based carrier said it was "actively restoring our operations" after first alerting customers that an information-technology outage was affecting flight activity.…

Europe’s winter strategy for Ukraine: solidarity, symbolism and unfinished business When Volodymyr Zelensky stepped from the car onto the red carpet at Downing Street and later accepted a formal welcome at Windsor Castle, the choreography was unmistakable: the United Kingdom wanted to make a simple, public point. In the chill of an escalating war, Britain and a clutch of European capitals wished to show Ukraine that they would not drift away. “Ukraine's future is our future. What happens in the weeks and months ahead is…

Russian drone and missile strikes kill at least two, wound more than a dozen across Ukraine Kyiv — Russian missile and drone strikes overnight hit multiple regions of Ukraine, killing at least two people and injuring more than a dozen as the country heads into a fourth winter of war, regional officials said Friday. Vladyslav Gaivanenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, said two people were killed and seven others wounded when missiles and drones struck residential and commercial areas. “Fires…