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Trump set to lurch further right, claiming US took ‘giant step back’ in elections
Trump poised to double down on immigration crackdown and refuse concessions to new Democratic majority in Congress
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Gadi Eisenkot reaches out to Netanyahu allies as he strives to form government
Former military chief says prime minister brought Israel to historic crisis and it is approaching ‘point of no return’
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S.Africa's ANC slumps to worst-ever election result
The African National Congress, which has dominated South African politics since the end of apartheid, took 30.76 percent of votes in municipal elections, its worst-ever electoral performance, the electoral…
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Challenging the politics that brought Donald Trump to power
Letters: Readers respond to an editorial commenting on the Republicans’ rout in the US midterm elections
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Israelis and Palestinians react as Eisenkot given mandate to form government – video
Israelis gathered in the streets of Tel Aviv as Israel’s president gave Gadi Eisenkot – prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strongest rival – the mandate try to form a new government
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It is time the government treated hunger and obesity as two interlinked problems
Letter: The cabinet committee the MPs want should become the delivery arm of a statutory right to adequate food, writes Prof Kent Buse of the World Obesity Federation
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Abdul El-Sayed’s Oxford years: PhD, political influences and sporting distinction
Michigan senator-elect’s former peers recall his time at university in Britain – and his love of coronation chicken sandwiches
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The political playbook that unraveled US transgender rights in the past decade
From the military to healthcare, Trump systematically dismantled Obama-era protections for transgender rights
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Eisenkot warns of Israel crisis as he starts to form government to replace Netanyahu
Israel's former military chief Gadi Eisenkot started the tough task Sunday of forming a government, reaching out to Benjamin Netanyahu's allies as he warned the veteran prime minister had brought the…
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Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form government
Knesset has been deadlocked since the election last month when Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition lost its majority
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‘The blue wave isn’t applicable to trans people’: advocates in Washington state prepare to fight ban
Legal challenge against ballot initiative that bans transgender girls’ participation in girls’ school sports is poised to set off a battle over rights
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The cautionary tale of Beck O’Connor … and a government accused of using ‘threatening’ tactics to silence critics
When the state’s first independent victims’ commissioner spoke out, the LNP’s next move was calculated and brutal. Community groups now fear retribution – and funding cuts
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