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Trump selects Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court
48-year-old Amy Coney Barrett has been selected by US president Donald Trump to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme…
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‘Vote him out’: Donald Trump heckled as he pays respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Protesters shouting “Honour her wish” heckled US President Donald Trump as he paid his respects on Thursday to Ruth Bader…
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Trump refuses to commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses election
US president Donald Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after November’s election — an unprecedented statement…
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Hundreds pay respect to Ruth Bader Ginsburg as her flag-draped casket arrives at Supreme Court
On Friday she will become the first woman to lie in state in the US Capitol when her casket is…
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Ginsburg’s death highlights unhealthy centrality of US Supreme Court
The death of the US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has attracted widespread attention. Ronan McCrea The Irish Times…
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Assange’s fiancee asks Scott Morrison to guarantee family’s safety
Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Stella Morris said she would love to live in Australia but…
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In America’s Absence, China Is Taking Latin America By Storm
Of all the national security dilemmas the United States faces in Latin America, none is more puzzling and consequential than…
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Iran urges world to unite against US ‘reckless actions’
“We expect the international community and all the countries in the world to stand against these reckless actions by the…
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This is why the fight over the Supreme Court could make the US presidential election even nastier
That year, the fierce battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was made all the more contentious because the Republican-controlled…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of the most powerful women in America.
As news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death was still reverberating through Washington overnight, a crowd began to gather on the…
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A 5-Decade-Long Friendship That Began With A Phone Call
It argued that the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause applied to women. Nina Totenberg npr I didn’t understand some of…
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Greek to the rescue as US runs out of hurricane names
And the geographically misplaced storm promptly sloshed ashore in Portugal. Seth Borenstein Brisbane Times And they quickly had to use…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court Justice, dies aged 87
Justice Ginsburg died at her home in Washington DC surrounded by her family on Friday evening (local time), according to…
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Thousands of dying birds out West could reveal an even bigger environmental tragedy
When Jon Hayes opened his email on September 9, he found a strange message waiting for him. Maria Paula Rubiano…
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From B student to billionaire: the man who built Netflix
Dispassionate sackings. Konrad Marshall Good Weekend in The Age “Sunshining” failure. Reed Hastings, the man who built the world’s most…
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Ten Facts about COVID-19 and the U.S. Economy
The pandemic has disrupted lives, pushed the hospital system to its capacity, and created a global economic slowdown. Lauren Bauer,…
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