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Donald Trump

Undying commitment to human rights

In December 1978, Jimmy Carter who has died aged 100 outlined his belief that American strategic decisions abroad should be shaped by an adherence to human rights. “Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy … because human rights is the soul of our sense of nationhood.”

Crisis Averted

The US Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown with the passage of a bipartisan funding bill, but the process laid bare the persistent challenges of governance in an era of heightened partisanship and external influences.

Growing clout

The Americans are “a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbours, and to the east and west by fish.” Bismarck had supposedly made such a remark.

Biden tests positive for Covid-19

US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 following his first event in Las Vegas, the White House said on Wednesday.