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Libraries cutting back on staff, services after Trump’s order to dismantle small agency

NEY YORK: Libraries across the United States are cutting back on e-books, audiobooks and loan programmes after the Trump administration suspended millions of dollars in federal grants as it tries to dissolve the Institute of Museum and Library Services.Federal judgFes have issued temporary orders to block the Trump administration from taking any further steps toward […]

US president slams Fed chief for not cutting rates

US President Trump renewed his criticism on Thursday of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, complaining the Fed is refusing to lower interest rates. Trumpsaid cutting interest rates would be “like jet fuel” for the economy “but he doesn’t want to do it”. He said Powell is “not in love with me”. Fed this week kept […]

Serbian president stable in hospital after cutting short US trip

Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic (Image: X/SNS Serbia) BELGRADE: Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic was in a stable condition following his admission to a military hospital in Belgrade on Saturday after cutting short a visit to the United States, a doctor said. The news of Vucic’s hospitalisation comes as he faces a widespread protest movement over a […]

‘Everything must come to an end’: Trump announces cutting of a historic tree at White House

A nearly 200-year-old tree on the White House grounds is set to be removed due to its deteriorating condition, US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday.The southern magnolia, which has stood near the curved portico on the south side of the building for generations, is a major landmark, serving as the welcome point for ceremonial […]