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How the Iraq war altered US politics and led to the emergence of Trump

The dri­ve to war was fueled by par­ti­san­ship and served as an accel­er­ant to the extrem­ism that led to Trump and the Capi­tol riot Long shad­ow of US inva­sion of Iraq still looms over inter­na­tion­al order Twen­ty years ago, Lt Col Karen Kwiatkows­ki was work­ing as a desk offi­cer in the Pen­ta­gon, when she became aware of…

New York court greenlights $2.7 billion suit against Fox News by election company Smartmatic

This sto­ry, plus NBC works to speed dig­i­tal news launch­es, a look at changes com­ing to The Wall Street Jour­nal under new top edi­tor and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Mar 13, 2023Fox News braces for more tur­bu­lence as sec­ond defama­tion law­suit advances Ed Pilk­ing­ton / The Guardian Mar 13, 2023NBC works […]…

From the US to Africa: how China sees the world as Xi’s third term begins

Geopo­lit­i­cal rela­tions China’s pres­i­dent will have to nav­i­gate as coun­try reopens after three years of iso­la­tion As Xi Jin­ping starts his third term as China’s pres­i­dent, high on his agen­da will be strength­en­ing the country’s posi­tion on the world stage. After three years of iso­la­tion as Bei­jing tried to impose a harsh zero-Covid pol­i­cy, China…

Massive pro-EU, anti-Russia protest erupts in Georgia

Thou­sands of peo­ple demon­strat­ed in Tbil­isi overnight, wav­ing EU flags and fac­ing down riot police in protest against a con­tro­ver­sial law which Georgia’s pres­i­dent says is “dic­tat­ed by Moscow.”  In video footage and pho­tographs, pro­test­ers chant­ed “down with the Russ­ian law” as they squared off with heav­i­ly armored police who blast­ed them with water cannons…