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Democrats and voting rights advocates vow to fight Trump’s latest order: ‘massive and unconstitutional suppression effort’ – as it happened
Apr 1, 2026 - World 
This live blog is now closed.Sign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump confirmed that King Charles and Queen Camilla, will travel to the US for a state visit from 27 to 30 April.The president said that the trip will include a banquet dinner at the White House on 28 April. “I look forward to spending time with the King, whom I greatly respect. It will be TERRIFIC!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Continue reading...
Chang Ung, North Korean ex-IOC member who brokered Olympic joint marches with South, dies
Apr 1, 2026 - World 
Chang Ung, a former North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee who once led sports exchanges with rival South Korea including joint marches of their athletes at the Olympics, has died at 87
Amsterdam celebrates 25 years since the world's first same-sex weddings
Apr 1, 2026 - World 
Amsterdam is marking 25 years since the world's first gay marriages were celebrated in the Netherlands
Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and social activist, dies aged 88
Apr 1, 2026 - World 
Lewis was the father of Avi Lewis, who was elected leader of the progressive New Democratic party one day before his father diedStephen Lewis, the Canadian diplomat, politician and human rights advocate, who spent decades tirelessly working to focus global attention on the HIV/Aids epidemic, has died of cancer.Lewis, who served as the Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, as well as the head of Ontario’s New Democratic party (NDP), was 88. Continue reading...
Marco Rubio Urges Diplomats To Use X To Fight "Anti-American Propaganda"
Apr 1, 2026 - World 
US diplomats should use social media platform X and partner with military psychological operations units in an effort to "counter foreign anti-American propaganda," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.