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US trade gap swells in 2024

The US trade gap swelled last year to its second-largest on record, government data showed Wednesday, as deficits come under the spotlight with president Donald Trump’s return to the White House...

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TRUMP’S GAZA ‘RIVIERA’ PROPOSAL: A reckless real estate fantasy

ON FEBRUARY 4, in a press conference alongside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US president Donald Trump unveiled a plan as audacious as it is alarming: the United States would ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip, forcibly displace its 1.8 million Palestinian residents and redevelop the territory into a luxury enclave he dubbed ‘the Riviera of the...

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Hundreds of US govt sites go offline

Hundreds of US government websites were offline on Monday, an AFP review showed, including that of the humanitarian agency USAID which president Donald Trump’s administration is shutting down...

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US tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China spark retaliation threats

President Donald Trump announced broad tariffs Saturday on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, claiming a ‘major threat’ from illegal immigration and drugs — a move that sparked promises of retaliation...

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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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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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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...

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Panama complains to UN over Trump canal threat

Panama has complained to the United Nations over US president Donald Trump’s ‘worrying’ threat to seize the Panama Canal, even as it launched an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator of two ports on the interoceanic waterway...

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Trump sworn in for 2nd term

Donald Trump was sworn in for a historic second term as president on Monday, pledging a blitz of immediate orders on immigration and the US culture wars as he caps his extraordinary comeback...

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Biden issues pre-emptively pardons to Trump foes

US president Joe Biden on Monday issued pre-emptive pardons to former Covid-19 advisor Anthony Fauci and retired general Mark Milley to shield them from ‘politically motivated prosecutions’ under the Trump administration.

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Iranian president warns Trump against risking ‘war’

Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was not seeking ‘nuclear weaponry’ and warned US president-elect Donald Trump against risking ‘war’ with the Islamic republic, according to a US televised interview broadcast on Tuesday...

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Mozambique inaugurates new president

Mozambique’s new president Daniel Chapo took the oath of office on Wednesday in front of a heavily guarded audience of dignitaries in the capital Maputo following weeks of violent demonstrations over the fiercely disputed election results...

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US tariff, rate fears rattle global stocks

Stock markets were rattled Wednesday by worries about incoming US president Donald Trump slapping tariffs on imports and the fading prospects for interest rate cuts...

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