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US President Trump announces death of Isis leader Baghdadi after US military raid in Syria

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died after being targeted by a US military operation in Syria, US President Donald Trump announced during a White House press conference on October 27, 2019. 

 

October 28, 2019
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United Nations
Trump again withdraws US from UN bodies
February 5, 2025
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The new move threatens to drive up prices on a broad range of consumer and industrial goods   01:44
China economy
China vows to retaliate as US steel tariffs take effect
March 13, 2025
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SCMP managing editor Yonden Lhatoo unboxes the US president’s disastrous meeting at the Oval Office with his Ukrainian counterpart, and contrasts it with the British prime minister’s slick handling...04:13
Donald Trump
How to, and how not to, handle Donald Trump when you want something from him.
March 7, 2025
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Donald Trump
Trump warms to Ukraine’s Zelensky
March 5, 2025
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Trudeau condemns Trump ‘dumb’ trade war
March 5, 2025
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China tariffs
China hits back at US with reciprocal tariffs
March 4, 2025
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Ukraine
Zelensky says Ukraine ready to sign US minerals deal after clash with Trump
March 3, 2025
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Trump and Zelensky meeting devolves into shouting match
March 1, 2025
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US-China relations
Trump to double tariffs on Chinese imports to 20%
February 28, 2025
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Donald Trump
Trump to offer US$5 million 'gold card' residency
February 26, 2025
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Zelensky had earlier said the US president was trapped in a Russian disinformation bubble02:17
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Trump calls Ukraine’s Zelensky a dictator
February 20, 2025
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US Vice-President J.D. Vance expresses concern over freedom of expression in Europe at Munich Security Conference01:02
Ukraine war
J.D. Vance says ‘threat vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China’
February 15, 2025
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Zelensky says it was ‘unpleasant’ that Trump called Putin before talking to him04:55
Ukraine
Ukraine calls peace deal without Kyiv unacceptable
February 14, 2025
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Trump orders tariff review of all US trading partners
February 14, 2025
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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth defended Trump’s Ukraine negotiations with Putin and urged allies to ‘make Nato great again’  02:47
Europe
Hegseth: Uncle Sam not ‘Uncle Sucker’
February 14, 2025
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Some are eager to say goodbye to paper straws, while others caution about the broader environmental implications of the decision03:57
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Mixed reaction to Trump’s return to plastic straws
February 12, 2025
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Chinese traders shrug off Trump's tariffs
February 11, 2025
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US leader, aiming at China as the world’s biggest producer of both metals, says the time has come for America’s ‘great industries to come back’  01:49
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Trump announces 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports
February 11, 2025
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Donald Trump
What would the closure of USAID mean for Asia?
February 10, 2025
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Panamanian leader questions intentions of those who signed the 2017 deal and addresses concerns about Beijing’s investment in the Panama Canal  02:05
Belt and Road Initiative
Panama pulls out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
February 7, 2025
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The US president has repeatedly targeted trans rights, including a statement on his first day in office saying sex is an ‘immutable biological reality’02:19
United States
Trump seeks ban on trans athletes from women’s sports
February 6, 2025
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Trump in ‘no rush’ to talk to Xi about China trade tariffs
February 5, 2025