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Read More More than perhaps any president in modern history, Trump has been willing to ignore, defy and toy with the legislative branch, asserting power and breaking norms in ways his predecessors would hardly dare. Republicans shrug it off as Trump being Trump, leaving Democrats almost alone to object. Think of it as “the incredible…

Read More Daniel Andrews says effects of lockdown won’t be reflected for weeks as NSW cases linked to Casula pub Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email Download the free Guardian app to get the most important news notifications Victoria has recorded another 216 cases of coronavirus and one additional death, a man in his…

Read More Analysis: The president’s commutation of his longtime adviser’s prison sentence was spectacularly unsurprising The law and order president has decided that a convicted criminal should not go to prison. It may be mere coincidence that Roger Stone is an old friend and fellow resident of Florida with a shared crush on Richard Nixon.…

Read MoreGroup says Trump administration’s plans to revoke visas of international students ‘falls short of American ideals’.Group says Trump administration’s plans to revoke visas of international students ‘falls short of American ideals’.

Read More Australian Christian College Moreton ordered to apologise to Cyrus Taniela after ‘discrimination on the basis of race’ A private Christian school in Brisbane has been found to have discriminated against a five-year-old Cook Islands boy for threatening to expel him for having long hair, grown for cultural reasons. The Australian Christian College Moreton…

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Read More Less than two weeks under a new national security law enacted by Beijing, Hong Kong residents already feel a curtain of control falling over the city’s realms of speech and thought. Less than two weeks under a new national security law enacted by Beijing, Hong Kong residents already feel a curtain of control…

Read More The president has commuted Stone’s sentence after he was convicted of multiple crimes. Here’s what you need to know Trump commutes Roger Stone’s sentence A master of the dark arts of politics who cut his teeth on a Richard Nixon election campaign, Roger Stone regularly gives Nixon’s trademark salute and has a tattoo…

Read MorePolice fire tear gas as thousands of anti-government protesters rally for a fourth night in Belgrade.Police fire tear gas as thousands of anti-government protesters rally for a fourth night in Belgrade.

Read MoreBrazil reports 1,200 new deaths in 24 hours as WHO calls for aggressive action after a record surge in global cases.Brazil reports 1,200 new deaths in 24 hours as WHO calls for aggressive action after a record surge in global cases.

Read More Move means Stone, due to serve more than three years for crimes related to Russia investigation, will not set foot in prison Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Roger Stone, a longtime friend and former campaign adviser who was to spend three years and four months in jail for crimes related to…

Read More Russia has denied any involvement in the 2014 crash of the Malaysian jetliner that killed nearly 300 people. Investigators say it was hit by a Russian-supplied surface-to-air missile. (Image credit: Dominique Faget/AFP via Getty Images) Russia has denied any involvement in the 2014 crash of the Malaysian jetliner that killed nearly 300 people.…

Read More Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said the ‘terrorists’ fueling violence in Belgrade will be arrested and held accountable, after the fourth day of protests saw more teargas and clashes with riot police. “I am proud of Serbia for enduring this,” Vucic said on Friday from Paris, where he was meeting with French and…

Read MoreThe president has said all along the self-proclaimed political dirty trickster was treated unfairly.The president has said all along the self-proclaimed political dirty trickster was treated unfairly.

Read More (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump called Roger Stone to inform his longtime political confidant that he would commute his sentence for crimes related to the Russia investigation, Stone told The Associated Press on Friday, just days before he was set to report to prison. The White House later confirmed the commuting of the…

Read More San Quentin prison in US has seven deaths and 1,500 positive tests; Serbia has record 18 fatalities; Australia caps incoming flights and charges for quarantine 1.18am BST My colleague Christopher Knaus has written about how Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest used his Chinese connections to help secure a remarkable quantity of diagnostic equipment…

Read More President Trump has commuted the prison sentence of Roger Stone, a longtime advisor and Republican operative who was convicted of lying to Congress and trying to interfere with a witness during the Russia investigation. President Trump has commuted the prison sentence of Roger Stone, a longtime advisor and Republican operative who was convicted…

Read MoreStone was convicted in February in a case that roiled the Justice Department and drew the US president’s ire.Stone was convicted in February in a case that roiled the Justice Department and drew the US president’s ire.

Read MoreThe US Supreme Court last month dealt a setback to Trump’s hardline immigration policies, blocking his bid to end DACA.The US Supreme Court last month dealt a setback to Trump’s hardline immigration policies, blocking his bid to end DACA.

Read More EU Council president Charles Michel on Friday proposed setting up a five billion euro reserve fund for any unforeseen consequences of Brexit on bloc member states. “Brexit is challenging for all of us and that is why we propose a Brexit reserve of five billion euros ($5.7 billion),” said Michel as he unveiled…

Read More President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone on Friday, just days before he was set to report to prison. Stone had been sentenced in February to three years and four months in prison for lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing the House investigation into whether the…

Read More A Russian UN Security Council resolution on Syrian-Turkish border crossings has been rejected, after Moscow and Beijing vetoed a draft by Western members who sought to reopen the checkpoints not under government control. The international body, working in online format due to the coronavirus pandemic, rejected the Russian proposal with four votes in…

Read MoreBosnian Serb and Serbian units systematically murdered 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in July 1995.Bosnian Serb and Serbian units systematically murdered 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in July 1995.

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Read MoreOne is a Catholic social conservative, the other a pro-LGBT mayor. Who will win on Sunday?One is a Catholic social conservative, the other a pro-LGBT mayor. Who will win on Sunday?

Read More (CAIRO) — Noha, an Egyptian engineer, should feel lucky after winning a visa lottery that randomly selects people from a pool of more than 14 million applications for about 55,000 green cards that would let them live permanently in the United States. But the hopes she and her husband had of moving with…

Read More Andres Guardado was killed on 18 June during a foot pursuit All five gunshot wounds were fatal, report said The official autopsy report for Andres Guardado, an 18-year-old security guard killed by Los Angeles police last month, revealed that a deputy shot him in the back five times. The findings from the Los…

Read More11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu is challenging ballet stereotypes.11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu is challenging ballet stereotypes.

Read MoreEarlier, the company had asked staff to remove the TikTok app from phones over “security risks.”Earlier, the company had asked staff to remove the TikTok app from phones over “security risks.”

Read More State has now reported 296,500 infections and 6,700 deaths, while Newsom said seven-day average topped 8,000 new cases a day California has experienced one of its toughest weeks yet in the battle against coronavirus, with the state chalking up its two deadliest days since the start of the pandemic as cases continue to…

Read More Efforts by authorities to meet the needs of residents became adequate and impressive – but three days too late I am not sure which is the more terrifying: the idea that the premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, had sufficient evidence to justify locking up about 3,000 of my neighbours, or the idea that…

Read MoreStrict safety measures were put in place during the voting overshadowed by the coronavirus outbreak.Strict safety measures were put in place during the voting overshadowed by the coronavirus outbreak.

Read More An attack by a pro-Beijing mob prompted an ingenius response by joggers – but the unique protest is under threat by new national security laws On 21 July last year Hong Kong police took 39 minutes to arrive at the Yuen Long metro station where mobs of white-clad men attacked commuters and pro-democracy…

Read MoreThe Middle Eastern airline will make more redundancies but says it is ‘not as badly off as others’.The Middle Eastern airline will make more redundancies but says it is ‘not as badly off as others’.

Read More (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups. The church’s haul may have…