Tag: Donald Trump
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Trump signs bill extending controversial surveillance powers until April 30
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a bill extending a controversial surveillance program until April 30, a short-term renewal that sets up another showdown in Congress. The bill ... -
The Iran war has fired up value investing. But what next?
The Iran war has created a reshuffle in investing. High-flying tech companies are out while unloved old economy names are getting a second look. Value stocks ... -
Hopes rise for renewed talks as US military says Iran blockade is in force
Hopes rose for renewed talks between the United States and Iran yesterday, as the U.S. military said its blockade of Iranian ports was in full effect ... -
Pope calls for peace in Algeria against the backdrop of Iran war
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria yesterday on the first-ever papal visit and called for peace in all nations to prevail, in a trip overshadowed by ... -
Why China rejects spheres of influence
The Trump administration revived rhetoric built on the idea of a world divided into spheres of influence, echoing the Monroe Doctrine and reasserting ambitions over the ... -
Iran hits Golf states while strikes batter Tehran ahead of Trump speech
Iran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait’s airport on Wednesday while airstrikes battered Tehran — an unrelenting tempo hours after U.S. ... -
Gulf allies ask Trump to keep fighting until Iran is defeated
Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against ... -
Trump mulls seizing Iranian island even as talks appear to be moving ahead
President Donald Trump openly mused about seizing Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal in the Persian Gulf and the United States and Israel kept up their attacks ... -
Crisis Trump claims US has been holding talks with ‘respected’ Iranian leader
United States President Donald Trump says Iran wants “to make a deal”and claims U.S. envoys have been holding talks with a “respected” Iranian leader. Trump told ... -
Takaichi meets with Trump as he seeks help securing the Strait of Hormuz
The meeting that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will have at the White House today [Macau time] originally seemed like a prime opportunity to have President ... -
US eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump seeks to boost world oil supply during Iran war
U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela’s state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, yesterday [Macau ... -
Trump team applying pressure to media: Tell the war’s story the way we see it
Through lectures, scoldings and outright threats, President Donald Trump and his aides are ratcheting up the pressure on journalists to cover the war in the Middle ... -
Trump may delay China trip as he pressures Beijing for help with Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump is suggesting he may delay his much-anticipated visit to China at the end of the month as he seeks to ramp up the ... -
Trump calls for help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump said he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as Iranian strikes continued to rain down on Gulf countries ... -
Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei successor as oil prices soar
Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the country’s late supreme leader, the Islamic Republic’s next ruler yesterday, putting a hard-line cleric in charge as the ... -
Ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai will not appeal national security conviction, legal team says
Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month, his legal team ... -
US congress is taking its first votes on the Iran war as debate rages about goals
The U.S. Senate was moving toward a vote on President Donald Trump’s decision to wage war against Iran, marking a major congressional test over a conflict ... -
Where things stand after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran
The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of other senior figures ... -
In a first as president, Trump says he’ll attend the White House correspondents’ dinner
President Donald Trump says he’ll attend this year’s White House Correspondent Association dinner on April 25, marking the first time he’s done so as commander-in-chief. “The ... -
Trump’s State of the Union will seek to calm voters’ economic concerns
President Donald Trump will use today’s (Macau time) State of the Union to champion his immigration crackdowns, his slashing of the federal government, his push to ... -
Ruling against Trump’s tariffs creates new uncertainty in US trade relations with China
The Supreme Court decision striking down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs has added a wrinkle to already complicated U.S.-China relations, with both countries navigating shifting ground to avoid ... -
EU leaders meet to counter pressure from Russia, China and Trump
Leaders from across the European Union are meeting Thursday in a Belgian castle as the 27-nation bloc faces antagonism from U.S. President Donald Trump, strong-arm economic ... -
Pezeshkian apologizes over crackdown as nation marks 1979 Islamic Revolution
Iran marked the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution yesterday as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure, both from U.S. President Donald Trump who suggested ... -
US Justice Department will allow lawmakers to see unredacted Epstein files
President Donald Trump has lashed out at reporters raising questions about the Epstein files, demanding that the country “get onto something else,” but that’s highly unlikely. ... -
Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash
President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday after a backlash from ... -
Iran, US hold nuclear talks as Trump delivers blunt warning to Khamenei
Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States will take place today in Oman, the Iranian foreign minister said, as tensions between the countries remain high ... -
Taiwan-US ties are ‘rock solid,’ the island’s leader says after Trump-Xi call
Taiwan’s ties with the United States are “rock solid,” the island’s leader said yesterday, hours after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on ... -
Trump’s Greenland threats reveal no-win dilemma at the heart of European security strategy
In the days since a fractious World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzeland, ended, some of Europe’s main players have pushed a narrative of continental togetherness. “Trump makes ... -
Trump invests in another US rare earth miner to loosen China’s grip on supply
The U.S. is taking a minority stake in an Oklahoma rare earth miner, the latest government investment in the sector as it seeks to minimize its ... -
Denmark says its sovereignty is not negotiable after Trump’s about-turn
Denmark’s prime minister insisted that her country can’t negotiate on its sovereignty yesterday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed a “framework of a future ... -
Trump rolls out his Board of Peace at Davos, but many top US allies aren’t participating
President Donald Trump on Thursday inaugurated his “ Board of Peace ” to lead efforts at maintaining a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas, insisting that ... -
Trump arrives in Switzerland, in his quest to own Greenland
President Donald Trump has landed in Switzerland following hours of delay after a minor electrical issue aboard Air Force forced a return to Washington to switch ... -
Trump slams UK deal to hand over Chagos Islands after he previously backed it
A startled British government yesterday defended its decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the plan, which ... -
Survey says slowing economy is the No. 1 worry for US businesses in China, not trade friction
U.S. businesses are more concerned about China’s slowing economy than trade friction, according to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in China released Friday. Of 368 companies responding ... -
Vance to meet Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington
A long the narrow, snow-covered main street in Greenland’s capital, international journalists and camera crews stop passersby every few meters asking them for their thoughts on a ...
