P RESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has promised to revitalise American manufacturing. His sweeping tariffs are meant to coax firms into ...

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Yet for all the upheaval Mr Trump has provoked, deportations don’t seem to be increasing. Data are sparse, but leaked figures ...

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The pontiff began phoning Gaza’s Christians every day, more often on the worst days. He was still calling when failing health ...

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