カテゴリー: Trump administration
US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliancesSuch is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the politics of the other 192 countries that make up the United Nati…
Pennsylvania hosts one of the largest clusters of Bhutanese refugees in the US. Families are unsettled as Trump’s policies divide their communityIt was 2022, and the Nepali flea market in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, buzzed with life –handmade hats and co…
Nobel prize winner says US institutions have collapsed much quicker than expected under the Trump administrationThe Nobel prize winner Maria Ressa has said Americans are like “deer in the headlights” amid the collapse of US institutions and free speech…
Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to IndiaThe exiled Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef has experienced firsthand how intolerant governments can silence political satire. And he had a …
Comments from Chinese official in Madrid have raised questions over who could control the algorithm that powers Tik Tok’s video feedDonald Trump has claimed his administration has reached a deal with China to keep TikTok operating in the US, amid uncer…
New York Times says Trump authorized mission to plant listening device; team killed fishers they encounteredUS Navy Seals shot and killed a number of North Korean civilians during a botched covert mission to plant a listening device in the nuclear-arme…
US president is keen for a fourth meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but has little to show from the previous three encountersDonald Trump’s unshakeable belief in his ability as a peacemaker has raised the prospect of another attempt to solv…
President says he could make deal for Nvidia to sell downgraded version of Blackwell chip in China but expert warns that could help Beijing compete in AIDonald Trump has flagged allowing Nvidia to sell chips in China that are more advanced than current…
Deal to end four-decade conflict includes creation of transit corridor named ‘Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity’The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace agreement at the White House on Friday, in a deal brokered by the US t…
The two sworn enemies went to war twice over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan eventually captured in 2023US president Donald Trump announced he will host the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Friday for what he called a “Histor…
US president has been unusually reticent about plans to punish Russia if it does not agree to end Ukraine warEurope live – latest updatesAfter taking six months to conclude that Vladimir Putin may not be a kindred transactional authoritarian leader but…
No pause on Russian imports by Indian oil firms who base decisions on ‘price, grade of crude, logistics and economic factors’Indian oil refineries will continue to buy oil from Russia, officials have said, before threatened US sanctions next week again…
The Taiwanese government insists Lai Ching-te’s visit was delayed due to domestic issues, including natural disasters and tariff negotiationsTaiwan’s President Lai Ching-te will delay an expected trip to his country’s remaining allies in Latin America,…
Adams’ comments about Israel have provoked particular concern in Malaysia, a staunch supporter of PalestineFormer government ministers and youth politicians in Muslim-majority Malaysia have slammed a decision to nominate right-wing influencer Nick Adam…