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US Justice Dept opens unredacted Epstein files to lawmakers
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US Congress to depose Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell
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North Korea to hold party congress in February, first since 2021
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US House passes spending bill ending government shutdown
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Trump urges ‘no changes’ to bill to end shutdown
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US House speaker sees swift end to government shutdown
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US prosecutor Smith appears in Congress to say Trump ‘willfully’ broke laws
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US Republicans begin push to hold Clintons in contempt over Epstein
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US Supreme Court hears arguments over Trump’s bid to fire Fed’s Lisa Cook
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No phones, pre-set tablets for delegates at Vietnam’s Communist Party congress
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Vietnam’s To Lam: secret policeman turned changemaker
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Trump’s withdrawal from bedrock UN climate treaty raises legal questions
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US justice department releases new tranche of Epstein files
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Chile elects Kast as president, deepening regional shift to law-and-order politics
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Republican US Representative Nehls says he won’t seek reelection
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From football to the moon, five things to keep an eye on in 2026
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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince hosted at friendlier US Congress
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Bessent says Trump’s US$2,000 cheques would need congress vote
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Trump signs bill to end record-breaking US shutdown
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Deal to end US shutdown would allow some Republican senators to seek US$500,000 for Jan 6 probe
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End to US govt shutdown in sight as Democrats quarrel
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Dollar steady as growth worries tempered by hopes shutdown may end soon
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