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Trump targets more opponents after Comey

US president Donald Trump called Friday for more of his political opponents to face criminal charges as he cheered the indictment of former FBI director James Comey and branded him a ‘dirty cop.’

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Trump announces steep new tariffs on medicines

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of steep new tariffs on medicines and other goods drew pushback from some allies on Friday, with the EU claiming immunity for its pharmaceutical industry under an earlier trade deal.

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Trump lashes out as suspended TV host Kimmel returns to air

US president Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday hours before Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show was due to be back on the air in the United States, insulting the host, and threatening to ‘test ABC’ over the move.

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Trump voters bid farewell to activist Charlie Kirk

At the memorial event for slain US right-wing activist Charlie Kirk on Sunday, president Donald Trump and his supporters celebrated the 31-year-old’s life using the language of religious fervor.

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Trump’s $1,00,000 fee for H-1B visas concerns India

India’s leading trade body said on Saturday it was concerned by a new annual $100,000 fee that US president Donald Trump ordered for H-1B skilled worker visas, an addition that could have major repercussions for the tech industry where such permits are widespread.

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Trump and Xi talk on TikTok, US-China trade

US president Donald Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping spoke by phone Friday with expectations that they were set to finalise the fate of the hugely popular and influential video app TikTok, as well as discussing trade.

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British drugs giant GSK vows $30b US investment

British pharmaceutical group GSK plans to invest $30 billion in the United States over the next five years, it announced Wednesday as President Donald Trump began a UK state visit...

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King gives Trump royal welcome on UK state visit

Donald Trump was welcomed by King Charles III to Windsor Castle Wednesday with a royal spectacle featuring gun salutes, mounted horses and bagpipes as the US president’s historic second state visit got into full swing...

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Trump bringing $15b lawsuit against NYT

US president Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times on Monday, accusing the outlet of a ‘decades-long pattern’ of smears driven by feelings of ‘actual malice.’

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New round of US-China trade talks kicks off in Madrid

China and the United States kicked off the latest round of trade talks on Sunday in Madrid, where they are set to thrash out their TikTok dispute and President Donald Trump’s promised hefty tariffs...

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Tectonic shift over the fault lines

On March 1, 2001, president George W Bush, speaking at the National Defence University in Washington DC, stated that the United States and Russia ‘are not and must not be strategic adversaries.’ Yet, more than two decades later, as the 2024 US presidential elections approached, Republican nominee Donald Trump remarked during a televised interview on November...

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Trump issues rare rebuke to Netanyahu over Qatar strikes

US president Donald Trump gave Benjamin Netanyahu a rare slap on the wrist Tuesday over Israel’s strikes against Hamas in Qatar, as he insisted he played no role in the attack by one close US ally against another...

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Trump and Modi say US-India trade talks continuing

US president Donald Trump said Tuesday that trade talks with India would continue, despite strained ties since his imposition of 50-per cent tariffs over New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil...

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Trump threatens Russia with sanctions

US president Donald Trump threatened Sunday to impose more sanctions on Russia, after the Kremlin unleashed its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine...

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China opposes Trump’s blacklist

Beijing on Monday said it ‘firmly opposes’ US president Donald Trump’s decision to create a blacklist of countries Washington says unjustly detain Americans, which his administration has said could include China.