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Trump’s deal-making and western security

WHEN Volodymyr Zelenskyy penned his letter to Donald Trump, he wasn’t merely addressing to the president of the United States,  he was appealing to a man who views international diplomacy as a high-stakes real estate negotiation, where leverage, not principle, dictates the terms. Zelenskyy’s softened tone is not just a nod to reality — it is an invitation for Trump to...

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I got no visa to visit Dhaka in past 10 years: Milam

Visiting former United States ambassador to Bangladesh William B Milam said on Saturday that he was denied visa to visit Bangladesh in the past 10 years of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime.

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US top remittance source in Feb

Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States sent home the highest remittance amounting to US$491.26 million in February, according to Bangladesh Bank data...

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Greenland rejects Trump pledge to make the island American

Greenland’s prime minister on Wednesday hit back at President Donald Trump’s pledge to take the Arctic territory ‘one way or the other’, insisting that islanders did not see their future with the United States or even Denmark...

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Bikalpa Dhara leaders hold meeting with ex-US diplomats

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh leaders had an ‘insightful and engaging discussion’ with William B Milam, former US ambassador, and John F Danilowicz, former US diplomat, on Tuesday evening, said its leader Mahi B Chowdhury on Wednesday...

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US approves $3b arms, bulldozers sale to Israel

The United States on Friday announced the approval of the sale of more than $3 billion in munitions, bulldozers and related equipment to Israel, which used American-made weapons to devastating effect in densely populated Gaza.

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US slashes overseas aid contracts by over 90pc

The United States has slashed its multi-year aid contracts by 92 per cent, as it sought around $60 billion in savings in development and overseas humanitarian programs, the State Department said on Wednesday.

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Ukraine ‘agrees mineral deal with US’

Ukraine has agreed on the terms of a minerals deal with the United States and could sign it as early as Friday on a trip to Washington by president Volodymyr Zelensky, a senior Ukrainian official said...

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Lanka’s moderate politics despite govt’s massive mandate

DONALD Trump in the United States is showing how, in a democratic polity, the winner of the people’s mandate can become an unstoppable extreme force. Critics of the National People’s Power government frequently jibe at the government’s economic policy as being a mere continuation of the essential features of the economic policy of former president...

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US pushes Zelensky to sign Ukraine resources deal

Trump wants Ukraine to give US companies access as compensation for the tens of billions of dollars of aid delivered under his predecessor Joe Biden, but Ukraine is seeking security guarantees from the United States in exchange for signing away precious rights to vast amounts of its natural resources and critical minerals...

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Donald Trump appoints new ‘pardon czar’

United States president Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has appointed Alice Marie Johnson, a woman he pardoned in his first term, as ‘pardon czar’ to advise on other cases....

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Migrants deported by US moved to Panama jungle facility

Nearly 100 migrants deported by the United States to Panama have been moved to a remote facility in the Darien jungle where they will stay until they are moved to another country, Panama’s security ministry said...

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Storms in eastern US claim nine lives

At least nine people have died in the eastern United States, including eight in Kentucky, as powerful storms brought flooding and exceptionally powerful winds, downing trees and cutting power, local officials announced Sunday.

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New push to salvage Gaza truce

Mediators Qatar and Egypt were pushing to resolve a crisis in the Gaza ceasefire on Wednesday, a Palestinian source said, after Israel and the United States told Hamas to release hostages this weekend or face a return to war...

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