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Friday, October 9th 2026 - 22:44 UTC
Trump says Russia will supply millions of tonnes of diesel as US eases sanctions on Moscow

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to supply some 4.8 million tonnes of diesel to US and global markets, aiming to curb rising fuel prices. To make it possible, the Treasury Department temporarily suspended sanctions on Russian diesel until April 2027.
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Friday, October 9th 2026 - 20:53 UTC
US sanctions the International Criminal Court hours after a former judge wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Donald Trump’s administration on Friday imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution, hours after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay, a former judge of the court, “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”.
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Friday, October 9th 2026 - 07:48 UTC
US plans its first military execution since 1961, by firing squad and livestreamed

The Pentagon will livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the military psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, scheduled for December 3. It will be the first execution carried out by the US armed forces since 1961, the first by firing squad since 1945 and the first publicly broadcast in the country’s history.
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Friday, October 9th 2026 - 07:35 UTC
US charges Maduro and Cilia Flores with torture and repression in Venezuela

US federal prosecutors on Thursday brought new torture and repression charges against former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, adding to the drug trafficking and narco-terrorism case both face in a New York court. The same day, the judge denied a request by Flores for house arrest on health grounds.
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Wednesday, October 7th 2026 - 08:07 UTC
Trump promises payments to voters ahead of midterms dominated by the cost of living

US President Donald Trump has announced a series of direct payments to various groups of citizens in recent weeks and has promised US$5,000 to every adult if Republicans keep control of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections, in which the cost of living is shaping up as the central issue.
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Monday, October 5th 2026 - 01:35 UTC
US withdraws all its bombers from Britain's RAF Fairford base

The United States has withdrawn all the bombers it had deployed at RAF Fairford, in western England, a week after the incident near the base that British counter-terrorism police are investigating. Washington gave no reason for the decision.
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Sunday, October 4th 2026 - 08:57 UTC
Trump declines to back Lula or Flávio Bolsonaro as Brazil votes

US President Donald Trump has not endorsed either of the two leading candidates in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, unlike in recent elections in Honduras, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Costa Rica.
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Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 06:56 UTC
Halliburton rules out Sea Lion after Argentina raised criminal and civil enforcement

US oilfield services company Halliburton confirmed on Friday that neither it nor its subsidiaries will work on the Sea Lion project or take part in hydrocarbon exploration or production in or around the Falklands, after Argentine authorities raised the prospect of criminal and civil enforcement.
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Thursday, October 1st 2026 - 22:20 UTC
Christa Pike survives a failed execution in Tennessee and remains in critical condition

Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in the US state of Tennessee, survived a lethal injection execution attempt on Wednesday and remains in critical condition in hospital, her lawyers said. Her defence has asked Governor Bill Lee to commute her sentence.
Wednesday, September 30th 2026 - 19:10 UTC
Trump and six tech companies sign a voluntary artificial intelligence safety accord

US President Donald Trump and the heads of six technology companies signed a voluntary accord at the White House on Tuesday under which the companies commit to ensuring the safety of their own artificial intelligence systems. Trump called it “morally binding” and said it was “almost like a constitution”.