File photo: US agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins (Pictur credit: AP) US agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins, who took up the charge previous month, has stirred fresh debate over the future of US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs after her recent TV appearance. Rollins was seen dodging direct questions on whether the levies would remain in place.Speaking […]
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday declared that the United Kingdom is prepared to deploy direct state intervention to protect British industries from the shockwaves of sweeping tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Starmer said the world had entered a new era where the “old assumptions can no longer […]
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to acknowledge the reasoning behind US President Donald Trump’s latest push for tariffs, even as he maintains that such protectionist measures are the wrong approach, according to The Times.In a speech due to be delivered on Sunday, the Labour leader is set to announce that he recognises why […]
File photo: US defense secretary Pete Hegseth (left) and Panama foreign minister Javier Martinez-Acha (Picture credit: AP, X/@javierachapma) Panama is seeking to preserve a “respectful, transparent and mutually beneficial” relationship with the United States, even as US President Donald Trump repeats threats to retake control of the Panama Canal, foreign minister Javier Martinez-Acha said on […]
Foreign ministers from the Nato member states met for a second day in Brussels on Friday amid increasing tensions between the US and the rest of the alliance, as well as a faltering push for peace in Ukraine.While Nato has tried to show a united front as a military alliance, the US under President Donald […]
As US President Donald Trump’s latest round of sweeping tariffs edges closer to taking effect, American households are racing to stock up on everyday essentials — from fruits and toothpaste to electronics and even building materials — before prices start to climb. Trump’s proposed levies, announced Wednesday, add another layer to an escalating trade war […]
US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) US stock futures plunged on Friday, pointing to deeper losses on Wall Street after China struck back with new tariffs in response to the Trump administration‘s sweeping import duties. The tit-for-tat move intensified investor concerns, sending global markets into a tailspin and wiping out trillions in equity value.The […]
The New York state education department rejected demands from the Trump administration to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in public schools, arguing that there is no legal basis for such orders.The state’s response came after a federal memo threatened to withhold critical Title I funding—meant for schools with high numbers of low-income students—from […]
Were Trump’s tariffs responsible for delay in TikTok deal? (Picture credit: AP) A long-anticipated deal to shift TikTok’s US operations into American hands was nearly sealed, until US President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariff announcement derailed it, according to sources familiar with the negotiations, reported news agency Associated Press.The Trump administration had been working for […]
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: PTI) A US federal judge on Friday blocked US President Donald Trump’s move to dismantle the Latin America development agency, Inter-American Foundation (IAF), ruling that the administration likely overstepped its authority when it removed the agency’s leadership and froze its grants.US district judge Loren AliKhan, an appointee […]
