Donald Trump has vowed to “100%” follow through on his threat to impose tariffs on European countries that oppose his demand to take control of Greenland. European allies have rallied around Greenland’s sovereignty. Denmark’s foreign minister emphasised that the US president cannot threaten his way to ownership of the semi-autonomous Danish territory. UK Foreign Secretary […]
US President Donald Trump says the US has carried out “large scale strike against Venezuela” and “captured its leader, President Nicolas Maduro” and his wife. Here’s the statement from Truth Social in full: “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who […]
Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Victor Emmanuel Smith, has formally presented his credentials to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, officially beginning his diplomatic mission in Washington, DC. The ceremony took place at the Oval Office of the White House, where Ambassador Smith was among 14 newly appointed envoys accredited to the United […]
President Donald Trump has suspended the US green card lottery scheme in the wake of a mass shooting at Brown University last week in which two people were killed. The suspect, a Portuguese man who was found dead on Thursday, entered the country through the diversity lottery immigrant visa programme (DV1) in 2017 and was […]
President Donald Trump has signed a funding bill to reopen the U.S. government, ending the longest shutdown in American history after 43 days. The signing took place in the Oval Office, where the president made remarks before putting pen to paper on the measure that restores funding to federal agencies, departments, and programs. The bill […]
President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in its efforts to withhold billions of dollars from foreign aid organisations and lift an injunction that is forcing it to keep making payments. The U.S. Department of Justice, in an emergency filing, with the 6-3 conservative majority court noted that a 2-1 panel […]
U.S. President Donald Trump set a new deadline on Monday of 10 or 12 days for Russia to make progress toward ending the war in Ukraine or face consequences, underscoring frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the 3-1/2-year-old conflict. Trump has threatened sanctions on both Russia and buyers of its exports unless progress is made. […]
President Donald Trump was basking in the praise of a group of African leaders on Wednesday, many of them speaking a different language, when the Liberian president took to his microphone and spoke in English – his country’s official language. “Liberia is a longtime friend of the United States, and we believe in your policy of making […]
In a momentous occasion for one of the world’s oldest Christian institutions, the Catholic Church has elected its first American pontiff following days of ancient rituals dating back to the era of St. Peter. On Thursday, May 8, after intense deliberation in the Sistine Chapel, Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged as the chosen leader of […]
Harvard University filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop billions of dollars in proposed cuts. The suit filed Monday is part of a feud that escalated last week when the elite institution rejected a list of demands that the Trump administration said was designed to curb diversity initiatives and fight anti-semitism at […]
US President Donald Trump is ripping up the rulebook on trade that has been in place for more than 50 years. His latest round of sweeping tariffs, which came into force shortly after midnight on Wednesday, hits goods from some of America’s biggest trading partners, including China and the European Union with dramatic hikes in […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled a historic set of tariffs, including a 34% levy on Chinese imports and a 20% tax on European Union goods, marking a sharp escalation in global trade tensions. Speaking from the Rose Garden, Trump declared a national economic emergency, justifying the tariffs as a means to boost domestic manufacturing […]
