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An infant waits to receive a dose of a malaria vaccine in Kasoa, Ghana, on Nov. 19, 2025.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 2, 2026
New malaria vaccines helped Ghana slash child deaths. Then Trump and others cut aid.
The shots have the potential to drive back a disease that kills nearly half a million young children every year in Africa.
Eric Trump (right) — the U.S. President Donald Trump's middle son — and Zach Witkoff — the son of U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff — speak in Dubai on May 1, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2026
UAE firm quietly took stake in the Trump family’s crypto company
The Trump family’s business dealings with the UAE have blurred the line between government and private enterprise, alarming ethics experts and congressional Democrats.
Liam Conejo Ramos is held by his father Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias while boarding an aircraft to return to Minneapolis, in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2026
Five-year-old boy detained by ICE returned to Minnesota with father, lawmaker says
A federal judge on Saturday ordered ​their release as the two were held at a detention facility in Texas.
Kevin Warsh, a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York in May 2017.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 1, 2026
Trump says Fed nominee Warsh could garner Democratic support
Trump chose Warsh, a former Fed insider, on Friday to head the central bank when Chair Jerome ‍Powell’s term ends in May.
Members of an FBI Evidence Response Team collect equipment from an FBI vehicle as they execute a search warrant on Wednesday at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Atlanta.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2026
FBI searches Atlanta election office, chasing Trump 2020 vote fraud claims
Former U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, won Georgia and defeated Trump, a Republican who was seeking reelection in 2020.
A sign is displayed as people gather during a vigil for Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents trying to detain him in Minneapolis, Minnesota, outside the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 29, 2026
Trump’s immigration tactics could hurt Republicans in midterms
Opinion polls show Americans are unhappy with the president’s handling of illegal immigration, putting Republicans on the defensive ahead of the midterms.
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem speaks with reporters during an interview in Ottawa on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2026
Rules-based trade with U.S. is ‘over’: Canada central bank head
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem has repeatedly warned that the bank’s efforts to forecast the Canadian economy had grown increasingly difficult given because of U.S. tariffs.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 28, 2026
A year into Trump presidency, ‘pivot to China’ gathers pace
While President Donald Trump’s policies have strained ties with traditional U.S. allies, China has turned its focus to fostering ties with key partners, including Canada and India.
A vehicle carrier cargo ship is docked near the Hyundai Motor plant in Ulsan, South Korea. The carmaker would be severely affected if the U.S. raises its tariffs on South Korea to 25%.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 28, 2026
U.S. trade spat with South Korea driven by tech laws and gridlock
South Korea is the latest nation to be singled out by U.S. President Donald Trump for moving too slowly on its trade promises.
ICE agents as they detain a man outside his home in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Tuesday
WORLD
Jan 28, 2026
Evidence repeatedly contradicts Trump immigration officials’ accounts of violent encounters
While officials had painted two who were recently shot dead as aggressors and said the shootings were justified, a review shows that isn’t the case, along with other instances.
Demonstrators march to protest federal immigration enforcement operations and to demand justice for Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both of whom were fatally shot by federal immigration agents, in Minneapolis on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2026
In possible thaw, Trump and Minnesota governor talk after fatal shooting
Public outcry over the U.S. leader’s deportation drive, which has left two people dead, has prompted him to signal a shift in strategy.
U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino walks to his vehicle at a gas station in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 21.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2026
Greg Bovino, the face of Trump’s ‘turn and burn’ migrant crackdown
Unlike many of his agents who wear masks during raids, Bovino, who has directed several high-profile immigration raids, relishes the spotlight and controversy.
Lykke Lynge and her children in Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 19
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2026
Faced with Trump, Greenlanders try to reassure their children
As early as a week after Trump’s inauguration, the Greenlandic authorities published a guide entitled “How to talk to children in times of uncertainty?”
Protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement march through the streets of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 26, 2026
Minneapolis shootings put Trump’s immigration approach at center of election-year fight
The second fatal shooting has forced Republicans to defend the administration’s hard-line tactics while motivating Democrats, who see it as an urgent election-year issue.
Trucks and shipping containers at the Port of Montreal
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 26, 2026
Canada won’t back down on trade pivot as energy minister heads to India
The country won’t be derailed in its efforts to diversify trade away from the U.S. despite the latest threats from the Trump administration, Canada’s foreign minister said.
Vehicles cross the Peace Bridge at the Canada-United States border in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, on March 4, 2025.
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2026
Trump’s latest Canada threat previews rocky USMCA talks
Many economists still anticipate a positive outcome to those talks, but Trump’s broadside injects fresh uncertainty.
President Donald Trump addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
China wins as Trump cedes leadership of the global economy
In a long, rambling address that was by turns bombastic, aggrieved and self-congratulatory, President Donald Trump pronounced last rites on American leadership of the liberal democratic order forged by the United States and its allies after World War II.
A detained woman sits inside a vehicle surrounded by federal agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
U.S. appeals court lifts order curbing ICE tactics against Minnesota protesters
The decision comes as Washington launches a criminal probe of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, among the U.S. president’s loudest political opponents.
Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook outside the U.S. Supreme Court, as justices consider U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to fire her, in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
Cook and Powell watch as U.S. Supreme Court debates ‘cause’ to fire Fed officials
The case is seen as critical to the future of the central bank’s independence.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York on Sept. 23.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
What is Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and who has joined so far?
While responses from U.S. allies have varied, others such as Belarus have accepted.

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