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 鈥榙ecades-long pattern鈥� of smears driven by feelings of 鈥榓ctual malice.鈥�
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Doha assassination plot, emergency summit, Trump鈥檚 double-cross
LAST week鈥檚 failed assassination attempt of the Palestinian negotiating team in Doha, Qatar, raises critical questions that extend far beyond the attack itself. The crux of the problem lies in three interconnected issues: the increasing use of artificial intelligence in targeting individuals, the failure or deliberate negligence of the US-led air defence system, and Qatar鈥檚 vulnerable position as a host to both a major US base and the ceasefire negotiations...
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鈥檚 promised hefty tariffs...
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 鈥榓re not and must not be strategic adversaries.鈥� Yet, more than two decades later, as the 2024 US presidential elections approached, Republican nominee Donald Trump remarked during a televised interview on November...
Trump demands NATO halt Russia oil purchases before US sanctions
US president Donald Trump said Saturday he was ready to sanction Moscow, but on the condition that all NATO allies agree to completely halt purchases of Russian oil and implement their own sanctions...
Trump鈥檚 push for peace prize won鈥檛 sway us: Nobel committee
Donald Trump鈥檚 obsession with winning the Nobel Peace Prize next month may have hit a hitch 鈥� the stubborn independence of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which insisted to AFP that it cannot be swayed.
China-US talks mark a 鈥榮mall step鈥� towards Xi meeting Trump
Back-to-back talks between the United States and China鈥檚 top diplomats and defence chiefs could mark 鈥榓 small step鈥� towards a meeting between the leaders of the two countries, analysts said, but cautioned against expecting an imminent summit.
Trump blasts 鈥榬adical left鈥� after killing of Charlie Kirk
Donald Trump lashed out at the 鈥榬adical left鈥� on Wednesday after the apparent assassination of his right-wing ally Charlie Kirk, vowing a crackdown after a killing that has sparked fears of worsening political violence in the United States.
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鈥檚 strikes against Hamas in Qatar, as he insisted he played no role in the attack by one close US ally against another...
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鈥檚 purchases of Russian oil...
Trump jeered at Washington restaurant, called 鈥楬itler of our time鈥�
Viral videos on social media portray the moment protesters began jeering US president Donald Trump at a Washington restaurant Tuesday, shouting 鈥楩ree DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!鈥�...
Protesters jeer at President Trump at Washington restaurant
Viral videos on social media portray the moment protesters began jeering US President Donald Trump at a Washington restaurant on Tuesday, shouting 鈥楩ree DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!鈥�
Trump administration launches immigration raids in Chicago
The Trump administration聽on Monday launched a new immigration enforcement operation in Chicago, saying the latest federal crackdown in a US city would target the 鈥榳orst of the worst criminals.鈥�
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...
China opposes Trump鈥檚 blacklist
Beijing on Monday said it 鈥榝irmly opposes鈥� US president Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to create a blacklist of countries Washington says unjustly detain Americans, which his administration has said could include China.
Trump threatens Chicago 鈥榳ar鈥� in crackdown warning
President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to unleash his newly rebranded 鈥楧epartment of War鈥� on Chicago, further heightening tensions over his push to deploy troops into Democratic-led US cities.
EU fines Google $3.47b
The EU on Friday slapped Google with a massive 2.95 billion euros ($3.47 billion) antitrust fine for favouring its own advertising services, drawing a furious rebuke from president Donald Trump and a threat of fresh tariffs against Europe...
Postal traffic to US plunges by 80pc following US over tariffs: UN
The Universal Postal Union is working on the rapid development of a new technical solution, its director general Masahiko Metoki said...
Indian PM Narendra Modi says ties with US still 鈥榲ery positive鈥�
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that New Delhi and Washington still shared 鈥榲ery positive鈥� ties, after US President Donald Trump reaffirmed their personal friendship and downplayed his earlier remarks about 鈥榣osing India鈥� to China....
US capital sues over Trump鈥檚 National Guard deployment
The attorney general for the US capital filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to end president Donald Trump鈥檚 deployment of the National Guard to address crime in the city.
Trump rebrands Department of Defence as 鈥楧epartment of War鈥�
President Donald Trump is changing the name of the Department of Defence to the Department of War, the White House announced Thursday, insisting the rebrand will project a more powerful image.
Europe leaders call Trump after Ukraine security guarantees summit
European leaders on Thursday spoke to US president Donald Trump after holding a summit with president Volodymyr Zelensky on security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a peace accord to end Russia鈥檚 three-and-a-half war against Ukraine...
Judge overturns Trump funding cuts to Harvard
A US judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to overturn deep funding cuts to Harvard University that froze more than $2 billion over allegations of antisemitism and bias at the Ivy League institution.
US trade gap widest in four months
The US trade deficit expanded more than expected in July to its widest in four months, government data showed Thursday, on a surge in imports before a fresh wave of president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs kicked in...
11 killed in US strike on drug-carrying boat from Venezuela: Trump
President Donald Trump said US forces had attacked a boat carrying drugs to the United States Tuesday, killing 11 鈥榥arcoterrorists鈥� from a gang he alleged was controlled by leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro...
Trump health misinformation swirls despite denial
From manipulated images to out-of-context photos, false claims that Donald Trump is seriously ill 鈥� or even dead 鈥� have swirled online, with the misinformation persisting even after the US president publicly rejected it on Tuesday...
US limits TSMC chipmaking tool shipments to China
President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration has revoked Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC鈥檚 authorisation to export US chipmaking equipment to China without a licence, further restricting access to US technology in the country...
Gold tops $3,500, global stocks retreat
Stock markets fell and gold hit a record high of $3,501.59 an ounce Tuesday as investors fled to safe havens over concerns about US president Donald Trump鈥檚 Federal Reserve fight, tariffs uncertainty and Europe鈥檚 public finances...
Minorities stand to lose in Trump鈥檚 Texas vote map redo
President Donald Trump鈥檚 drive to retain control of the US Congress by rewriting the Texas electoral map is playing out in part in a largely Latino, low-income patch of Houston that smells of chemical plants and oil refineries.
US appeals court finds Trump鈥檚 global tariffs illegal
A US appeals court on Friday ruled that many of president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs, which have upended global trade, were illegal鈥攂ut allowed them to remain in place for now, giving him time to take the fight to the Supreme Court.