The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Donald Trump’s victory and the fallout from the US election in 2024.

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Importantly, the IDA is a partnership between donor and recipient countries and, as with all partnerships, success comes when ...

For more than a year, Hizbullah insisted it would not stop fighting Israel until Israel stopped fighting in Gaza. Israel has ...

“I fear the world is losing the fight against gangs and organised crime,” says Jürgen Stock, who on November 7th stepped down ...

In November 2023 Colombia imposed a tax on highly processed foods and drinks. Authorities in Brazil, Canada and Peru have ...

The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Donald Trump’s victory and the fallout from the US election in 2024.

F ew world leaders have left office as lauded as Angela Merkel. When she stepped down as chancellor in 2021, after 16 years, ...

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Many Americans hope that Donald Trump will fulfil his campaign pledges to bring down prices and deport illegal immigrants. But a small group of convicted rioters are on tenterhooks over another ...

Yet increasingly Uruguay demonstrates not just the benefits of stability, but also its limits as a development strategy.