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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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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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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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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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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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Kim vows nuclear programme to continue

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed that Pyongyang’s nuclear programme would continue ‘indefinitely’, state media reported Wednesday, days after new US president Donald Trump said he would make renewed diplomatic overtures to the reclusive leader...

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Future of US aid in Bangladesh

THE decision by US President Donald Trump to suspend foreign aid for 90 days, announced on the very night of his second term inauguration, has raised concerns across the globe. For countries like Bangladesh, where US assistance is crucial in development efforts, this move warrants careful examination. Stakeholders, development partners, and...

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Panama complains to UN over Trump canal threat

Panama has complained to the United Nations over US president Donald Trump’s ‘worrying’ threat to seize the Panama Canal, even as it launched an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator of two ports on the interoceanic waterway...

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Biden issues pre-emptively pardons to Trump foes

US president Joe Biden on Monday issued pre-emptive pardons to former Covid-19 advisor Anthony Fauci and retired general Mark Milley to shield them from ‘politically motivated prosecutions’ under the Trump administration.

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