China’s Xi held phone call with Trump: state media
Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a phone call with US president Donald Trump on Thursday, state media reported, as the world’s top two economies clash over trade...
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Trump signs travel ban on 12 countries after Colorado attack
US President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Wednesday targeting 12 countries, saying it was spurred by an attack on a Jewish protest in Colorado that authorities blamed on a man they said was in the country illegally.
Musk blasts Trump mega-bill days after farewell
TENSIONS between Elon Musk and Donald Trump erupted Tuesday as the world's richest man derided the president's key piece of economic legislation in a startling rupture just days after exiting a controversial job in the White House...
Trump, Xi will ‘likely’ talk this week
US president Donald Trump and China’s president Xi Jinping will likely hold a long-awaited call later this week, the White House said Monday, as trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies ratchet back up.
Trump says withdrawing Musk ally as nominee to head NASA
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was withdrawing his nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, a close ally of Elon Musk, to lead space agency NASA.
Oil under $65 a boon for consumers
US president Donald Trump’s tariffs, his call to ‘drill baby drill’ and especially a decision by OPEC+ to hike crude output quotas have oil prices trading at lows not seen since the Covid pandemic...
Court backs Trump in ending migrant protections
The US Supreme Court handed president Donald Trump a major victory Friday in his immigration crackdown, giving his administration the green light to revoke the legal status of half a million migrants from four Caribbean and Latin American countries...
Trump to double steel, aluminum tariffs to 50pc
US president Donald Trump said Friday that he would double steel and aluminum import tariffs to 50 per cent from next week, the latest salvo in his trade wars aimed at protecting domestic industries...
Chinese students in US will ‘be ok’: Trump
US president Donald Trump told reporters late Friday he wanted to assure Chinese international students in the country that they would be fine amid his administration’s crackdown on academia.
Musk’s rocket-fueled ride with Trump flames out
Elon Musk stormed into US politics as president Donald Trump’s chainsaw-brandishing sidekick. Four turbulent months later it’s the tech tycoon himself on the chopping block.
Trump tariffs stay in place for now
US President Donald Trump celebrated a temporary legal win as a court preserved his aggressive tariffs.
Musk announces exit from US govt role
Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday announced he was leaving his role in US government, intended to reduce federal spending, shortly after his first major break with president Donald Trump over his signature spending bill.
Stocks climb after US court blocks Trump tariffs
Global stocks and the dollar largely firmed Thursday after a US court blocked most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs from taking effect.
Musk to exit US govt role
Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday announced he was leaving his role in US government, intended to reduce federal spending, shortly after his first major break with President Donald Trump over his signature spending bill.
US trade court blocks Trump’s tariffs
A US federal court blocked most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs from going into effect, boosting markets on Thursday even as the White House appealed against the decision by ‘unelected judges.’
Kremlin rebuffs Zelensky’s call for meeting with Trump, Putin
The Kremlin on Wednesday rebuffed a call by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky for a three-way summit with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as Kyiv seeks to force Moscow to halt its more than three-year-long invasion...
Musk ‘disappointed’ by Trump bill
Billionaire Elon Musk has criticised Donald Trump’s signature spending bill, in his first major break with the US president since he stepped back from his role taking a chainsaw to government spending.
US halts student visa processing amid push for social media screening
The US State Department has ordered the suspension of student visa processing in the latest escalation of a Trump administration crackdown on foreign students criticised Wednesday by China...
Macron gives Vietnamese students a lesson in ‘impulsive’ superpowers
Between jabs at Donald Trump’s US trade tariffs and criticism of Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea, French president Emmanuel Macron warned Vietnamese students Tuesday that ‘on the impulse of a superpower, everything can change’...
US missile shield plans risk nuclear war in space: North Korea
North Korea slammed on Tuesday US president Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield plan as a ‘very dangerous’ threat that could spark nuclear war in space, state media said...
Trump delays EU tariffs until July 9
US president Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would pause his threatened 50-per cent tariffs on the European Union until July 9, after a ‘very nice call’ with European Commision president Ursula von der Leyen...
Southeast Asian leaders talk tariffs, truce, East Timor at ASEAN summit
Southeast Asian leaders met Monday in Kuala Lumpur for their first summit since US President Donald Trump’s tariffs upended global economic norms.
Trump defends block on foreign students at Harvard
US president Donald Trump defended on Sunday his administration’s move to block foreign students at Harvard after a judge suspended the action, branded by the top university as unlawful...
US Steel shares skyrocket
Shares of steelmaker US Steel skyrocketed as much as 24 per cent on Friday after President Donald Trump announced his support for a ‘partnership’ with Nippon Steel...
German minister urges ‘serious talks’ with US on tariffs
German finance minister Lars Klingbeil on Sunday urged ‘serious negotiations’ with the United States after President Donald Trump threatened to bring in 50-percent tariffs on imports from the European Union...
Trump signs orders to boost US nuclear energy
President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday to boost nuclear energy in the United States, including by rolling back regulatory processes on a still divisive technology...
Trump greenlights Nippon Steel tie with US Steel
US president Donald Trump on Friday threw his support behind a new ‘partnership’ between US Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel, sending the American firm’s share price skyrocketing on hopes of an end to the long-running saga over foreign ownership of a key national asset...
Judge puts Trump’s foreign student ban at Harvard on hold
A judge suspended Friday the Trump administration's move to block Harvard from enrolling and hosting foreign students after the prestigious university sued, calling the action unconstitutional.
Harvard University sues Trump over block on foreign students
Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Friday over its move to block the prestigious university from enrolling and hosting foreign students in a broadening dispute, a court filing showed.
Trump revokes Harvard’s right to enroll foreign nationals
Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign nationals – more than a quarter of the student body – in a dramatic escalation of the US president’s fight against the prestigious university.
