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Donald Trump’s shields aren’t working so well.

Donald Trump’s once sturdy shields are all faltering at once

The US president seems to have his own set of deflector shields: his Cabinet secretaries and other top officials. They’ve been battered and are starting to malfunction.

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Advocates are speaking out about the devastating effects social media exposure can have on young children.

Why advocates say social media harm begins at age six

In the first of what is set to be series of landmark cases, one plaintiff has spoken out for thousands of teenagers and parents who have accused social media companies of hooking young people.

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A burned car sits beside a damaged business, one day after the Mexican military killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.

After El Mencho, Mexico faces Trump and cartels

The killing of El Mencho was a clear success for the Mexican authorities. The timing, however, seemed to be telling.

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Content generated by artificial intelligence has become so lifelike that it’s often impossible to tell whether a video or an image floating through social media is real or fake. Enter the AI detector.

These tools say they can spot AI fakes. Do they really work?

Content generated by artificial intelligence has become so lifelike that it’s often impossible to tell whether a video or an image floating through social media is real or fake. Enter the AI detector.

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The targeted strikes on Iran being considered by Trump would probably be aimed at nuclear and missile sites in the country. But the president has yet to specify exactly what he wants this to accomplish.

For Trump, strikes in Iran could serve symbolic purpose

The targeted strikes on Iran being considered by Trump would probably be aimed at nuclear and missile sites in the country. But the president has yet to specify exactly what he wants this to accomplish.

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US President Donald Trump announced a new 15 per cent global tariff over the weekend.

Epstein files missing records of woman’s Trump assault claim

A woman who came forward after Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest to say she had been sexually assaulted by both Donald Trump and the financier decades earlier, when she was a minor.

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AI lessons are becoming more common in schools as a debate has exploded over whether chatbots are likely to improve — or doom — education.

How schools are teaching their students AI literacy

AI lessons are becoming more common in schools as a debate has exploded over whether chatbots are likely to improve — or doom — education.

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Polls show that an increasing number of Americans are concerned that Donald Trump is not paying enough attention to the country’s most important problems.

Majority of Americans say Trump has the wrong priorities

Polls show that an increasing number of Americans are concerned that Donald Trump is not paying enough attention to the country’s most important problems.

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Drug lords have been killed and cartels have splintered only to see more violent ones replace them and the illicit trade expand. So, in nearly 60 years of the war on drugs, what has actually worked?

After six decades of the war on drugs, what works?

Drug lords have been killed and cartels have splintered only to see more violent ones replace them and the illicit trade expand. So, in nearly 60 years of the war on drugs, what has actually worked?

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Police officers secure the area where vehicles were set on fire after Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera was killed,

Mexico in chaos as cartels hit back after kingpin taken out

The Mexican army’s audacious strike on the country’s most wanted has unleashed terror across the nation.

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The upcoming summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping could be derailed by many topics.

Tariffs and Taiwan loom over Trump’s summit with Xi

The United States and China have many points of contention that could ruffle, or at worst derail, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s upcoming summit.

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A trail to Castle Peak in the Lake Tahoe region on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.  At least eight backcountry skiers died this week in an avalanche in the Castle Peak area. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)

Sombre tales from skiers who left as doomed group arrived

Two parties moved through the mountains above Donner Summit in opposite directions. The groups never saw each other. Only one would return whole.

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Donald Trump took a loss at the supreme court, but moved quickly to make alternative arrangements.

Six takeaways from the US supreme court’s tariff decision

When the 6-3 ruling was announced, Donald Trump reacted with fury. But then he made a plan. Here’s what you need to know.

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A satellite image provided by Planet Labs shows the tanker Gas Exelero sitting at anchor off the coast of the Jamaican capital Kingston on Feb. 18, 2026.

Social unrest looms as new US blockade strangles Cuba

Nearly all of Cuba’s energy runs on oil and oil products. And Cuba appears to have few lifelines left.

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about a ruling by the Supreme Court at the White House in Washington, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.

How Trump plans to keep 10pc tariffs alive and kicking

After the US supreme court dealt Donald Trump a blow on his trade war, it didn’t take long for the president to reveal his alternative path of imposition.

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