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From withdrawing the US from the World Health Organisation to renaming the Gulf of Mexico, Trump was quick to sign several orders on his first day back in office

Trump’s inauguration as US president on Monday took the front page spot of several newspapers across the globe

Allies say move is intended to help Trump replace long-serving workers with loyalists faithful to agenda

Executive order pardoning January 6th Capitol rioters is the most eye-catching of a day of sweeping legislative action

The eerie image of a scowling president-elect does not scream celebration, more startling drama

Protests were largely peaceful amid heightened security as police cars drove nearby

The billionaire businessman has managed to connect with millions of ordinary Americans in a way the Democrats cannot

While other long-term denizens of Trumpworld prepare to wield power anew, the incoming president’s former lawyer is struggling to keep the court from seizing his assets

Obfuscation, delays and denial are being used by national political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic, and similar tactics can also be found closer to home

The family of two adults and three children also lost the family cat and a hamster

As the death toll rises, two wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles, displacing more than 200,000 people and destroying more than 12,000 homes and structures

Irish people impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires give their first-hand accounts of panic, shock, devastation ... and hope

Worldview: With his economic and policy goals often irreconcilable, how these economic and international contradictions play out will determine whether the US president-elect can claim success

While the grand old former presidential yacht is bound for a maritime museum, it felt like Washington was saying goodbye to a political epoch as well as a unique president this week

S&P 500 loses post-election gains and Treasury yields rise as 256,000 positions added in December

Destruction with little warning and no mercy becomes the norm as the world overheats

A single year exceeding that limit does not mean the Paris Agreement threshold has been broken, but we’re ‘dangerously close’

Expansion to continue at slower pace than before the Covid pandemic

Joe Biden choosing to give the Argentinian soccer genius this accolade shouldn’t be such a big deal. That doesn’t make it any less odd and inexplicable

US, Qatar and Egypt make most serious attempt yet to reach deal, source says, as Israeli bombardments continue