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Democrats look for a roadmap, new leader to take on Trump

US Democrats choose a new flagbearer Saturday who will be tasked with rebuilding a party still reeling from last year’s crushing presidential defeat, and figuring out how best to oppose Republican Donald Trump.

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Rubio says Trump serious about buying Greenland

US president Donald Trump is serious about seeking to buy Greenland, secretary of state Marco Rubio said Thursday, after Denmark was rattled by his threats to take over the autonomous Danish territory.

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Trump threatens to place 100pc tariffs on BRICS

US president Donald Trump reiterated Thursday his threat to place 100 per cent tariffs on BRICS nations, as the deadline loomed for him to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

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Trump for detaining 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo

US president Donald Trump unveiled a surprise plan on Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay — distracting from spiralling confusion after the White House withdrew a shock order to freeze federal funds...

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US walks away from Paris deal

ON HIS first day back in office, US president Donald Trump reignited a controversial chapter of American climate policy by notifying the United Nations of his administration’s intention to exit the Paris Climate agreement — for a second time. This echoes his first term, when the US formally withdrew from the accord in 2020, only for Joe Biden to reverse...

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Trump signs orders on hot-button social issues in schools

US president Donald Trump signed several executive orders Wednesday regarding hot-button topics in education — including race, gender, and college campus protests — which were frequent talking points during his campaign.

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Bangladesh won’t be exempt from Trump’s transactional foreign policy, says Kugelman

Stressing that United States president Donald Trump’s foreign policy is going to be staunchly transactional, American scholar Michael Kugelman  anticipates a big shift in US-Bangladesh relations, from one focused on aid and assistance for development and reforms during the past months of Biden to one that will become much more governed by a what’s-in-it-for-me and what’s-in-it-for-America type of mindset...

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Kim vows nuclear programme to continue

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed that Pyongyang’s nuclear programme would continue ‘indefinitely’, state media reported Wednesday, days after new US president Donald Trump said he would make renewed diplomatic overtures to the reclusive leader...

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Covid more likely to have leaked from lab: CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency has shifted its official stance on the origin of Covid-19, saying Saturday that the virus was ‘more likely’ leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals....

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USAID’s funding suspension not country specific: Touhid

Bangladesh interim government foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday described US President Donald Trump’s decision to cut aid as ‘expected’ and clarified that USAID’s temporary aid suspension is not specific to any particular country.

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Rubio clashes with China FM on Taiwan

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over Taiwan on Friday, with Donald Trump’s top diplomat denouncing Beijing’s ‘coercive’ moves...

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Trump directs agencies to cut diversity staff

The administration of president Donald Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to start terminating staffers working in positions related to diversity programmes, after placing them on paid leave earlier this week.

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China’s patience and Trump’s tariff tactics

PRESIDENT Donald Trump, never one to shy away from a headline-grabbing manoeuvre, on January 21 announced that he was mulling over a 10 per cent tariff on Chinese import, potentially set to take effect on February 1. This move, the latest salvo in the long-simmering trade spat between the world’s two largest economies, raises eyebrows and questions...

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Future of US aid in Bangladesh

THE decision by US President Donald Trump to suspend foreign aid for 90 days, announced on the very night of his second term inauguration, has raised concerns across the globe. For countries like Bangladesh, where US assistance is crucial in development efforts, this move warrants careful examination. Stakeholders, development partners, and...