Canadian police and television reporters gather outside the rapper Drake’s Toronto mansion after a shooting there in May 2024.
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Since rap’s emergence, artists have boasted about themselves in ways that were funny and sometimes violent, vulgar and sexist. The popularity of the music and its exploitation can be dangerous.
Protesters across the street from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968.
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Eliminating poverty has not been a major campaign issue during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Keeping faith: Volodymyr Zelensky poses for a selfie with Ukrainian troops near the frontlines in Chasiv Yar.
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Former President Donald Trump has made some inroads with voters of color by appealing to law and order, conservative social values and mistrust of government.
Palestinian civilians are evacuating Rafah as Israeli troops prepare to launch their long-awaited assault on the city.
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The US is redoubling its efforts to complete construction of an aid pier off the coast of Gaza, but with road crossings closed, this will not be enough.
It’s a precarious situation, but pressure from the US and Saudi Arabia, among others, is gradually pushing the two warring sides towards a deal. But a lot can still go wrong.
Project 2025 is iconoclastic and dystopian. Those who wish to understand Trump and the movement behind him, and the active threat they pose to American democracy, are obliged to take it seriously.
Ukrainians face hardship and loss, but hope remains.
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The risk for the president is that he has not anticipated just how much his own foreign policy might undermine his message and the strength of his personal appeal.
How far the violent exchanges between Israel and Iran will escalate may well hinge on how strong the two sides’ leader need to appear to their own people.
Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, arrives in Beijing to meet President Xi on April 15 2024.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
President Joe Biden referred to Donald Trump as ‘my predecessor’ 13 times during the 2024 State of the Union.
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Both politicians are exploiting some tried and true rhetorical and psychological tactics.
A Nigerien official explains to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken the jihadist crisis facing Niger and the surrounding region in March 2023.
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The disintegration of the United States’ relationship with Niger following its military coup in 2023 is giving way to stronger ties between the African country and Russia and China.