Amazon founder, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Senate Majority Leader John Thune all chatted with New York University student for half an hour

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The last time this many red MAGA hats descended on Washington D.C., American democracy faced a mortal threat. Four years later, and many believe the same may be true again, writes Richard Hall

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The man Trump once mocked as ‘Little Marco’ is now the first of his high-level cabinet picks to be confirmed by Congress

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Without its usual crowd of spectators, Kaikyokan's sunfish essentially started to fall into a deep-sea depression.

Trump has signed flurry of executive orders on first day of office as 47th president

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Immigrant communities prepare ‘know your rights’ training as Trump guts legal immigration pathways and promises far-reaching actions, Alex Woodward reports

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The independent Italian fashion brand Simon Cracker denounced the luxury fashion system with an upcycled collection previewed during Milan Fashion Week on Sunday that riffed on what they see as bygone days of quality and creativity.

In a widely shared clip president’s youngest child and the South African-born billionaire seen taking part in standing ovation at inauguration

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Climate change is making natural disasters more frequent and severe, leading to major consequences for the planet

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Trump's inaugural speech was a mix of promises – and contradictions – that underlined some of the challenges he faces upon his return.

Weak, distracted and unprepared? How prepared France, Germany and the rest of the continent really are for his return to power

Gaza's Civil Defence agency said it feared there were more than 10,000 bodies still buried under rubble.

Forty eight men detained since they fled China years ago risk being deported, rights groups say.

The 28-year-old is among the first three people to be released from captivity in Gaza.

Bushra al-Tawil, a 32-year-old journalist, has been freed as part of the first stage of the ceasefire agreement.

Next to a geothermal plant in Iceland a start-up is growing microalgae for food.

Venâncio Mondlane tells the BBC the conditions under which he is prepared to join the government.

The attacker ploughed into people outside a stadium in the country's deadliest attack in a decade.

Tanzania's president says she is "confident" the country will "overcome" the highly infectious Marburg.

The outgoing president says the action will prevent "unjustified... politically motivated prosecutions".