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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...

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Trump outlines Musk’s role as enforcer-in-chief

US president Donald Trump painted Elon Musk as his enforcer-in-chief Tuesday, hailing the tech billionaire’s zeal in implementing the blizzard of executive orders the president has issued since returning to office...

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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...

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Trump offers top-end jets, trade deal to India in Modi bromance

US President Donald Trump on Thursday offered to sell state-of-the-art fighter jets to India as he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to ramp up trade, rekindling a bond that defies the new US administration's punitive approach to much of the world.

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Trump, Putin set to meet in Saudi Arabia on Ukraine

US president Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday he expected to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks, in an extraordinary thaw in relations after a surprise phone call between the two leaders...

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Dev sector jobs, services in Bangladesh hit by USAID fund suspension

Many non-governmental organisations and marginalised communities who benefit from different socio-economic services provided by these organisations in Bangladesh are already feeling the impact of the USAID fund freeze ordered by United States president Donald Trump in January...

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Japan seeks exemption from US steel tariffs

Japan asked the United States on Wednesday to be exempt from President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium exports, Tokyo’s top government spokesman said...

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Trump fires USAID inspector general

US president Donald Trump has fired the independent inspector general for the US Agency for International Development, US media outlets reported on Wednesday...

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Cameroon leader turns 92 after nearly half his life in power

Cameroon president Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, turns 92 years old on Thursday after more than four decades in power but remains tight-lipped on whether he will run for another term in elections this year...

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Significant part of Ukraine wants to be Russia: Kremlin

The Kremlin said Tuesday that a ‘significant part’ of Ukraine ‘wants to be Russia,’ hours after US president Donald Trump floated the idea that Ukraine ‘may be Russian someday.’...

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Gaza truce under strain after Trump warning

The Gaza ceasefire appeared increasingly fragile Tuesday after Hamas said US president Donald Trump’s latest warning ‘further complicates’ the agreement with Israel, which has so far led to five hostage-prisoner swaps...

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Trump’s protectionist power play

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on foreign steel and aluminium imports on February 10, doubling down on his protectionist agenda to ‘boost’ the US economy through import taxes, a move that could disrupt trade with key partners. Set to take effect on March 4, the tariffs will impact the 25 million tonnes of steel the US imports...

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No right of return for Palestinians under Gaza plan: Trump

President Donald Trump said Palestinians would have no right of return to Gaza under his US takeover plan, describing his proposal in excerpts of an interview released Monday as a ‘real estate development for the future.’..

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US trade gap swells in 2024

The US trade gap swelled last year to its second-largest on record, government data showed Wednesday, as deficits come under the spotlight with president Donald Trump’s return to the White House...

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TRUMP’S GAZA ‘RIVIERA’ PROPOSAL: A reckless real estate fantasy

ON FEBRUARY 4, in a press conference alongside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US president Donald Trump unveiled a plan as audacious as it is alarming: the United States would ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip, forcibly displace its 1.8 million Palestinian residents and redevelop the territory into a luxury enclave he dubbed ‘the Riviera of the...

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Hundreds of US govt sites go offline

Hundreds of US government websites were offline on Monday, an AFP review showed, including that of the humanitarian agency USAID which president Donald Trump’s administration is shutting down...

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US tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China spark retaliation threats

President Donald Trump announced broad tariffs Saturday on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, claiming a ‘major threat’ from illegal immigration and drugs — a move that sparked promises of retaliation...

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Trump for detaining 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo

US president Donald Trump unveiled a surprise plan on Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay — distracting from spiralling confusion after the White House withdrew a shock order to freeze federal funds...

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US walks away from Paris deal

ON HIS first day back in office, US president Donald Trump reignited a controversial chapter of American climate policy by notifying the United Nations of his administration’s intention to exit the Paris Climate agreement — for a second time. This echoes his first term, when the US formally withdrew from the accord in 2020, only for Joe Biden to reverse...

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