A sweeping new wave of tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump has triggered a flurry of responses from trading partners around the globe.Thursday’s announcement unveiled new or sharply increased tariffs on dozens of countries, with rates ranging from a baseline tariff of 10% to as high as 41%. The sweeping move has prompted a […]
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order imposing higher tariffs on a dozen key trading partners across the globe. The tariff rates range from 41% on Syria to an increased 35% on Canada.The new tariff regime, which takes effect on August 7, aims to rebalance long-standing trade deficits that the administration claims […]
US President Donald Trump on Friday warned Russia with new sanctions, calling its actions in Ukraine “disgusting”. Without naming his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, he wondered whether the sanctions had any effect on him.“Russia — I think it’s disgusting what they’re doing. I think it’s disgusting,” AFP quoted Trump saying.“We’re going to put sanctions. I […]
Russia strikes Ukrainian prison (Representative image) Russia struck a prison in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region late Monday(local time), killing at least 17 inmates and injuring more than 80 others.Russia used four guided aerial bombs to target Bilenkivska Correctional colony, according to the State Criminal Executive Service of Ukraine, reported AP.At least 42 inmates were hospitalized […]
An American man who left US in search of traditional values has ended up on the front lines of Russia’s war in Ukraine.Derek Huffman moved with his wife and three daughters from Texas to a village outside Moscow earlier this year, reports New York Post.Huffman hoped to raise his family away from what he described […]
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy (AP images) US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Ukraine will receive Patriot missile systems as part of a new American military aid package, a move warmly welcomed in Kyiv as it faces relentless Russian drone and missile attacks.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly requested more Patriot systems in […]
Representative- AI-generated image Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine during the night, a Ukrainian official said on Sunday, as part of an escalating bombing campaign that further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the three-year-old war. Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and […]
TURNBERRY (SCOTLAND): US President Donald Trump set a new deadline of 10 or 12 days for Russia to make progress toward ending the war in Ukraine or face consequences, underscoring frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the 3-1/2-year-old conflict.Trump has threatened both sanctions on Russia and buyers of its exports unless progress is made. […]
File photo: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Picture credit: PTI, AP) US President Donald Trump has announced to shorten the deadline he gave Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, signalling growing frustration over a lack of progress on a ceasefire. Speaking in Scotland on Monday during a […]
