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Joe Biden’s presidency might be liberal democracy’s last chance
- US
- January 20, 2021, 10:13
The current militarisation of downtown Washington is a propaganda gift to autocrats everywhere. This, they will say of the khaki vans and camouflaged (...)

Donald Trump tweets that he has fired his defence secretary
- US
- November 9, 2020, 19:46
US president Donald Trump said on Monday that he had fired defence secretary Mark Esper, appearing to use his final months in office after his electi(...)

Authorities across the US are preparing for more protests after demonstrators took to the streets on Wednesday night in numerous cities following Dona(...)

US election: ‘Donald Trump needs to go. White America got what they want’
- US
- October 26, 2020, 01:00
Last June, Marvin McAtee fielded questions from a reporter days after his uncle David McAtee was shot dead in a confrontation with the Kentucky Nation(...)

Melania Trump statue returns in Slovenia – this time in bronze
- Europe
- September 17, 2020, 09:06
When a wooden statue of Melania Trump was erected near her home town in Slovenia last year, it was mocked as looking like a Smurfette or a scarecrow. (...)

Suspect in Portland shooting killed by police as they move to arrest him
- US
- September 4, 2020, 08:22
A man being investigated for the fatal shooting of a right-wing activist who was part of a pro-Trump caravan in Portland, Oregon, was shot dead by pol(...)

‘I became a cop watcher. I was filming every time there was confrontation’
- Film
- September 1, 2020, 05:00
About 14 months ago, Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables premiered to something like a sensation at the Cannes film festival. Only obliquely related to the Victo(...)

Teenager charged over deaths at Wisconsin protests
- US
- August 26, 2020
US president Donald Trump is to send federal troops to Kenosha, Wisconsin after violence racked the city following the shooting of a black man by poli(...)

Trump’s war of attrition against ‘nasty’ media bodes ill for US
- Media & Marketing
- August 18, 2020, 04:57
Now that the grim festival of presidential re-election tactics are fully under way, it seems the right time to take a depressed squint at how the US m(...)

One killed as shots fired amid Black Lives Matter protest in Texas
- US
- July 26, 2020, 13:28
One person was killed when several shots were fired amid a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Austin, Texas, on Saturday, authorities said. Foota(...)