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Days before his inauguration in Washington in 2017, Donald Trump had a debt to settle in New York: a payout to his fixer, Michael D. Cohen. They met on the 26th floor of Trump Tower, Cohen says, and struck a $420,000 deal. Seven years later, Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan hinges on that fleeting encounter, which is both...

Discovery helps reveal how a long-lost empire used multiculturalism to achieve political stability

OTTAWA (Reuters) - About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said....

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s central city of Zhengzhou has asked residents to sell their second-hand homes to a local state-owned company and buy new ones instead, in a bid to reduce new-home inventories and boost the local property sector....

Government attributes decision to war crimes and human rights abuses being committed in Gaza

Henderson police arrested Nikoubin, a Texas-area university student who immigrated to the U.S. from Iran when she was 12, shortly after the stabbing on March 5, 2022, at Sunset Station. Nikoubin and the victim met online on the dating website Plenty of Fish, Henderson police wrote in an arrest report. The duo then agreed to meet...

Social media is awful in a lot of ways, but should the government – and thanks to Florida’s new law, social media companies – be the hall monitor?

You VERY likely have CHS, which means you’re definitely overdoing the weed and should go cold turkey if you can manage that....

You VERY likely have CHS, which means you’re definitely overdoing the weed and should go cold turkey if you can manage that....

Here’s a quick explainer on the different legal issues that would have to be navigated if this took place.

LONDON (Reuters) - Environmental activists accused of criminal damage cannot rely on their political or philosophical beliefs as a defence, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Monday, raising the prospect of more protesters being convicted for direct action....

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“History will judge what we do right now,” Sanders said.

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