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Ukraine, US sign minerals deal, tying Trump to Kyiv

The United States and Ukraine on Wednesday signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump's administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid.

3 hours ago
Americas

BRICS shows internal rifts as ministers fall short of joint statement

In the statement, Brazil said the group's foreign ministers expressed "serious concern at the prospect of a fragmented global economy and the weakening of multilateralism" at their gathering in Rio de Janeiro.  ...

3 hours ago
Americas

US Senate rejects bill to rein in Trump tariffs as economy contracts

A narrowly divided United States Senate rejected the latest bipartisan bid to block President Donald Trump's tariffs on Wednesday, just hours after the federal government reported that the nation's economy contracted for the first time in three years amid the chaos of the president's tariff policies. ...

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Trump says reciprocal tariffs will target all countries

United States President Donald Trump said on Sunday that reciprocal tariffs he is set to announce this week will include all nations, not just a smaller group of 10 to 15 countries with the biggest trade imbalances.

1 month ago
Americas

WHO must cut budget by fifth after US pullout

The World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed slashing a fifth of its budget following the US decision to withdraw, and must now reduce its reach and workforce, its chief said in an internal email seen by AFP on Saturday.

1 month ago
Americas

Trump administration detains Turkish student at Tufts, revokes visa

Rumeysa Ozturk had criticized university response to calls to divest from companies with ties to Israel

1 month ago
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Indonesian Fulbright students seek clarity after Trump’s funding freeze

Hundreds of Indonesian students in the United States are stuck in limbo after the US State Department announced in early March the suspension of all funding for exchange and study abroad programs, including Fulbright scholarships.

1 month ago
Americas

Trump signs order to 'eliminate' US Education Department

Surrounded by schoolchildren sitting at desks set up in the East Room of the White House, Trump smiled as held up the order after signing it at a special ceremony.

1 month ago
Americas

China says acted 'in accordance with the law' after 4 Canadians executed

Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday that China had executed four Canadian citizens in recent weeks, defying pleas from Ottawa for leniency. 

1 month ago
Americas

US falls to lowest happiness ranking in new survey

Finland ranked as the world's happiest country for the eighth straight year in the World Happiness Report, with locals and experts thanking its grand lakes and strong welfare system for boosting its mood.

1 month ago
Americas

White House says US judges 'usurping' Trump's authority

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt alleged there had been a "concerted effort by the far left" to pick judges who were "clearly acting as partisan activists" to deal with cases involving the Republican's actions.

1 month ago
Americas

Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for 'stranded' NASA astronauts

Ground teams erupted in cheers as the gumdrop-shaped spacecraft named Freedom, charred from withstanding scorching temperatures of 2,000 degrees Celsius during re-entry, bobbed steadily on the waves beneath a clear, sunny sky.

1 month ago
Americas

Trump team raids US Institute of Peace

The non-violent show of resistance befitting the institution was one of the most dramatic showdowns by Trump as he tears through norms in his push to pare down Washington and implement his "America First" agenda.

1 month ago
Americas

Stranded US astronauts to return to Earth on Tuesday

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft, which arrived at the ISS early Sunday. 

1 month ago
Americas

Trump administration begins mass layoffs at Voice of America

Just a day after all employees were put on leave, staff working on a contractual basis received an email notifying them that they were terminated at the end of March.

1 month ago
Americas

Trump freezes US-funded media outlets including Voice of America

Trump, who has already eviscerated the US global aid agency and the Education Department, on Friday issued an executive order listing the US Agency for Global Media as among "elements of the federal bureaucracy that the president has determined are unnecessary."

1 month ago
Americas

New PM Carney says Canada will never be part of US

Canada "will never, ever, in any way, shape or form, be part of the United States," he added, while voicing hope his government could one-day work together with Washington to advance both countries' interests.

1 month ago
Americas

Relief as US Congress averts government shutdown

Facing a midnight deadline to fund the government or allow it to start winding down, Democrats dropped plans for a blockade on a Trump-backed bill passed earlier this week by the House, clearing its path for approval by the Republican-led Senate.

1 month ago
Americas

Trump advisor seeks to cut contracts with AFP, Reuters and AP

In a post on X announcing the move to cut the contracts with Agence France-Presse (AFP), Reuters and The Associated Press, former journalist-turned-politician and staunch Trump loyalist Kari Lake said: "We should not be paying outside news companies to tell us what the news is."

1 month ago
Americas

Renowned US health research hub Johns Hopkins to slash 2,000 jobs

"This is a difficult day for our entire community. The termination of more than $800 million in USAID funding is now forcing us to wind down critical work," the leading scientific institution said.

1 month ago
Americas

Boeing 737 engine catches fire after landing in Denver, passengers evacuated

The airline said all 172 passengers and six crew members on board had been able to exit the plane, though six passengers were taken to a local hospital afterward for further evaluation.

1 month ago
Americas

Pro-Palestinian Jewish protesters fill Trump Tower

Wearing matching red T-shirts emblazoned with "Jews say stop arming Israel," the group protested for over an hour inside the Manhattan skyscraper, where President Donald Trump's family business is headquartered and he has a personal residence.

1 month ago
Americas

Columbia student protester's arrest prompts federal court showdown

Mahmoud Khalil was a prominent activist at Columbia, which experienced some of the biggest protests against Israel's military assault on Gaza that followed Hamas' October 2023 attack. Washington has designated Hamas a foreign terrorist organization.

1 month ago
Americas

Mark Carney: Canada's next PM charts unusual path to power

Mark Carney's path to the top job in Canadian politics has been unusual but, as he said when he launched his campaign to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, so are the circumstances.

1 month ago
Americas

Trump to order US Education Department abolished

The order may come as soon as Thursday, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter whom it did not name. The White House and the department did not immediately respond to requests for comment late on Wednesday.

1 month ago
Americas

Trump tells Greenland US will get it 'one way or the other'

In a partisan speech to Congress, Trump offered only passing lines on world affairs, focusing on his domestic goals like rounding up undocumented immigrants and slashing government spending.

1 month ago
Americas

Trump takes victory lap in speech to Congress, Democrats protest

Trump spoke in the House of Representatives, where lawmakers huddled in fear for their lives a little over four years ago while a mob of Trump supporters ransacked the Capitol in an unsuccessful effort to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 victory over the then-incumbent Trump.

1 month ago
Americas

Protests, resignations, spoons: US federal workers push back on Musk cuts

Trailed by security personnel warning them not to block the busy halls, the federal workers filed into the offices of multiple Republican senators, including majority leader John Thune, to voice their distress.

2 months ago
Americas

Trump to sell 'gold card' US visas for $5 million

Trump said sales of the new visa, a high-price version of the traditional green card, would bring in job creators and could be used to reduce the US national deficit.

2 months ago
Americas

Elon Musk wields chainsaw at conservative gathering, a gift from Argentina's Milei

"This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy," said Musk, holding the gleaming power tool aloft at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

2 months ago
Americas

Argentina's Milei denies role in 'cryptogate' as prosecutors launch probe

Argentina's federal prosecutor's office will examine whether Milei engaged in fraud or criminal association or was in breach of his duties when he praised the $LIBRA cryptocurrency on social media Friday evening, according to news reports.

2 months ago
Americas

Delta plane flips upside down on landing at Toronto airport, injuring 18

Passenger John Nelson posted a video of the aftermath on Facebook, showing a fire engine spraying water on the plane that was lying belly-up on the snow-covered tarmac.

2 months ago
Americas

If it saves the country, it's not illegal: Trump

"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law," Trump, a Republican, proclaimed on his Truth Social network. The White House did not respond to a request for more details. 

2 months ago

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