Panama president says Trump 鈥榣ying鈥� about reclaiming canal
Panamanian president Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of 鈥榣ying鈥� about Washington taking back the Panama Canal...
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TRUMP鈥橲 鈥楴IXON REVERSAL MOMENT鈥�: Game changer in international politics?
SINCE the Communist Revolution in 1949 till February 1972, the United States has not recognised Mao Zedong鈥檚 China. It has accepted the People鈥檚 Republic of China (Taiwan) as the legitimate Chinese government. In 1953, the Soviet Union and China together fought a war on the Korean peninsula against the US-led coalition. The Soviet Union and China fell apart...
Trump for funding cut for US schools allowing 鈥榠llegal鈥� protests
US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will cut funding for schools that allow 鈥榠llegal protests,鈥� his latest threat to turn off the flow of federal money to the country鈥檚 education system...
Gambling with World War III
TOO many opposite and unyielding opinions are ranged on the subject, which requires an explanatory note before coming to the point. The ungainly White House spat between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky has gripped everyone鈥檚 attention. But let me make a small point...
Zelensky still ready to sign minerals deal with US
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he was still 鈥榬eady鈥� to sign a minerals deal with the United States that fell through after a televised clash with president Donald Trump.
Trump showed 鈥榬estraint鈥� by not hitting Zelensky: Russia
Russia鈥檚 foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Friday said US president Donald Trump showed 鈥榬estraint鈥� by not hitting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky during their shouting match in the White House...
Trump kicks Zelensky out of White House after shouting match
US President Donald Trump erupted at Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, angrily sending the Ukrainian leader out of the White House after an extraordinary Oval Office meltdown because he was 鈥榥ot ready鈥� for peace with Russia.
Trump to sell 鈥榞old card鈥� US visas for $5m
US president Donald Trump unveiled plans Tuesday to sell new 鈥榞old card鈥� residency permits for a price of $5 million each 鈥� and said Russian oligarchs may be eligible...
Clip of Gaza as seaside resort posted on Trump social media
US President Donald Trump鈥檚 official social media accounts posted an apparently AI-generated video depicting war-ravaged Gaza rebuilt into a seaside resort, replete with a towering golden statue of himself.
Lanka鈥檚 moderate politics despite govt鈥檚 massive mandate
DONALD Trump in the United States is showing how, in a democratic polity, the winner of the people鈥檚 mandate can become an unstoppable extreme force. Critics of the National People鈥檚 Power government frequently jibe at the government鈥檚 economic policy as being a mere continuation of the essential features of the economic policy of former president...
Beyond the ceasefire deal
ISRAEL and the聽Palestinian聽movement Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement on January 15, bringing a pause to Israel鈥檚 ruthless 15-month onslaught on the enclave that killed more than 48,000 Palestinians. The agreement came ino force on January 19. On January 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president. On January 7, the president-elect Donald Trump...
US wants return on Ukraine aid money: Trump
US president Donald Trump said on Saturday he was trying to get money back for the billions of dollars sent to support Ukraine鈥檚 war against Russia.
Musk says all US govt staff must justify their work or lose jobs
Elon Musk, the billionaire advisor to Donald Trump, said Saturday that all US federal employees must justify their work or lose their jobs, hours after the president pushed him to be 鈥榤ore aggressive鈥� in slashing government spending...
Trump fires top-ranked US military officer
President Donald Trump fired top US military officer General Charles 鈥楥Q鈥� Brown on Friday, part of a major shake-up of the armed forces鈥� leadership.
$29m USAID fund went to Bangladesh firm 鈥榳ith 2 people鈥�: Trump
The United States president Donald Trump has said that a firm with just two people received $29 million for a project to strengthen the political landscape in Bangladesh.
Trump tightens curbs on Chinese investments
US president Donald Trump signed a memo Friday calling for curbs on Chinese investments in strategic sectors like tech and critical infrastructure鈥攊ncluding restrictions by a foreign investment review panel.
Arab leaders meet in KSA over Gaza plan
Arab leaders met in Riyadh on Friday to craft a plan for Gaza鈥檚 post-war reconstruction to counter Donald Trump鈥檚 proposal for the United States to take over the territory without its Palestinian residents.
US Senate confirms Trump loyalist Kash Patel to head FBI
The Republican-controlled US Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel, a staunch loyalist who has threatened to go after President Donald Trump鈥檚 political enemies, as director of the FBI, the country鈥檚 top law enforcement agency....
US pushes Zelensky to sign Ukraine resources deal
Trump wants Ukraine to give US companies access as compensation for the tens of billions of dollars of aid delivered under his predecessor Joe Biden, but Ukraine is seeking security guarantees from the United States in exchange for signing away precious rights to vast amounts of its natural resources and critical minerals...
Donald Trump appoints new 鈥榩ardon czar鈥�
United States president Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has appointed Alice Marie Johnson, a woman he pardoned in his first term, as 鈥榩ardon czar鈥� to advise on other cases....
Walls close in on Zelensky
Outgunned Ukrainian forces have slowly lost territory to Russian troops over recent weeks. But in the capital Kyiv, the ground is shifting rapidly beneath president Volodymyr Zelensky鈥檚 feet...
Trump says trade deal with China 鈥榩ossible鈥�
US president Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that a trade deal was 鈥榩ossible鈥� with China 鈥� a key target in the US leader鈥檚 tariffs policy...
Trump says US govt should 鈥榯ake over鈥� Washington
Donald Trump said the federal government should 鈥榯ake over Washington DC,鈥� as the US president complained about crime, graffiti and 鈥榯oo many tents on the lawns.鈥�...
Musk says he鈥檒l work with Trump as 鈥榣ong as helpful鈥�
Elon Musk has said he would work with US president Donald Trump for as long as he 鈥榗an be helpful,鈥� as the pair dismissed concerns over possible conflicts of interest due to the tech tycoon鈥檚 work with the White House...
Zelensky accuses Trump of living in Russian 鈥榙isinformation鈥�
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Donald Trump of succumbing to Russian 鈥榙isinformation鈥�, deepening a rift between Kyiv and the new US administration...
Trump says US auto tariffs to be about 25 per cent
US president Donald Trump expanded his offensive against trading partners on Tuesday, threatening 25 per cent tariffs on imported cars, and similar or higher duties on pharmaceuticals and semiconductors...
Trump outlines Musk鈥檚 role as enforcer-in-chief
US president Donald Trump painted Elon Musk as his enforcer-in-chief Tuesday, hailing the tech billionaire鈥檚 zeal in implementing the blizzard of executive orders the president has issued since returning to office...
Trump orders firing of all 鈥楤iden-era鈥� US attorneys
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has ordered the firing of all remaining US attorneys nominated by his predecessor Joe Biden...
Deep state and Trump-Modi press briefing
THE recent joint press briefing between US president Donald Trump and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has sparked significant discussion regarding the role of the deep state in shaping geopolitical events. While the discussion revolved primarily around trade, defence and diplomatic engagements, a key point of contention was whether the US deep state had...
South Africans gather for pro-Trump rally
About a thousand people gathered outside the US embassy in Pretoria on Saturday to show their support for President Donald Trump after he hit out at the 鈥榠njust鈥� treatment of white South Africans.