Biden’s Taiwan vow creates confusion not clarity – and raises China tensions
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The somewhat routine press conference in Tokyo was winding down when the question came. “Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?” Many past American presidents would have defle...
White House braced for North Korean nuclear test during Biden’s Asia trip
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The White House is braced for a North Korean missile or nuclear test while Joe Biden is on a trip to South Korea and Japan, which begins on Thursday. The national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told reporters on Wed...
Pro-Israel lobbying group Aipac secretly pouring millions into defeating progressive Democrats
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The US’s most powerful pro-Israel lobby group is pouring millions of dollars into influencing Democratic congressional primary races to counter growing support for the Palestinian cause within the party, including ele...
Unless Democrats start fighting like they mean it, they’re going to lose Congress
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The surest way to lose a battle is to not fight. Despite this fairly obvious logic, President Joe Biden and too many Democrats seem to have adopted a political strategy for the midterm elections of avoiding as many fi...
‘Do something, Democrats’: party struggles to rise to abortion challenge
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Visibly shaking with fury and brandishing megaphones and posters, thousands of women defending reproductive rights in America thronged below the marbled columns of the US supreme court to protest against what appears ...
Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats divided on decision to join Nato
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The first signs of a backlash to a possible Swedish application to join Nato have emerged within the ruling Social Democrats, at the start of a critical month in which Sweden and neighbouring Finland are expected to m...