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US secretary of state Marco Rubio has ordered an immediate halt to work on virtually all existing foreign aid programmes ...

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US President Donald Trump said the US would take back the Panama Canal, decrying China’s influence over the important ...

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according to an internal cable seen by the Financial Times. The move will affect international assistance contracts administered by Washington, including through the US Agency for International ...

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Donald Trump promised to act with “historic speed and strength” to end “American decline” as he addressed a jubilant crowd of supporters in Washington on the eve of his return to the White House.