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‘Major escalation’: China defies Donald Trump’s sanctions order

2 months ago011 mins

In an unprecedented act of defiance, Beijing has ordered Chinese businesses to ignore the United States’ sanctions against Iran. Chairman Xi Jinping is due to meet President Donald Trump for personal talks in the coming days. And a lot has changed since their last Beijing soiree in 2017. Trade is a deeply entrenched battleground between…

Noting that there is a lot of oil pressure at the moment, President Donald Trump boasted that the US has a tremendous amount of oil. (AFP)

Why MAGA backs Donald Trump’s war—for now

Cs news4 months ago015 mins

AMERICAN PRESIDENTS often benefit politically when they lead the country into armed conflict. On the eve of the Gulf war in 1991 George H.W. Bush’s approval rating stood at 64%. Within days of launching Operation Desert Storm it surged to 82%. His son did even better: after declaring a “war on terror” and making the…