META DENIES FORCING USERS TO FOLLOW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTS

Sat 25 January 2025: Meta has rejected accusations that Facebook and Instagram users were automatically directed to follow US President Donald Trump’s official accounts. After Trump’s inauguration on Monday, some users complained that they had automatically been made to follow the new president, as well as Vice President JD Vance and first lady Melania Trump. […]

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PARIS URGES MOBILIZATION OF VOLUNTEERS FOR FRENCH MILITARY AMID UKRAINE WAR

Fri 24 January 2025: French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a project to “mobilize” more young volunteers to boost the ranks of the country’s military amid the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. During an address to the armed forces on Monday, Macron explained the move by the need for France to adapt to an “accumulation […]

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TRUMP SAYS ZELENSKYY IS ‘READY TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL’

Fri 24 January 2025: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is “ready to negotiate a deal” to resolve the war waged by Russia. “He’s ready to negotiate a deal. They’d like to stop. He’s somebody that lost a lot of soldiers, and so did Russia,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “Russia lost […]

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TRUMP ‘SCRAPS’ BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: WHO WILL IT AFFECT?

Thu 23 January 2025: Trump’s supporters say the programme has been misused as several Democrat-led states file a legal challenge. Shortly after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signed a host of executive orders, including a move to end birthright citizenship as part of his hardline anti-immigration agenda. Birthright citizenship […]

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TRUMP SIGNS SEVERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON 1ST DAY IN OFFICE

Tue 21 January 2025: US President Donald Trump signed several executive orders Monday on his first day in office. “The first item that President Trump is signing is the rescission of 78 Biden-era executive actions, executive orders, presidential memoranda and others,” an administration official announced during the signing event at the Capital One Arena in […]

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LONDON MAYOR SADIQ KHAN WARNS OF FAR-RIGHT SURGE, CALLS FOR ACTION TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY

Mon 20 January 2025: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has issued a stark warning about the rise of the far-right across the Western world, arguing that liberal democracy is facing a “century-defining challenge.” Writing in a powerful op-ed for The Guardian, Khan highlighted the growing influence of nativist parties in Europe and the resurgence of former […]

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