“I have no plans for the future at all,” says Oleksandr Bezhan, standing next to an empty, frozen paddock where he used to work as a fisherman on the bank…
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USA: Unofficial TikTok downloads surge
TikTok’s uncertain future in the US has caused a surge in people putting the app on their phones through unofficial means. An executive order from President Donald Trump means the social media…
USA: Trump announces three-way talks on Russia-Ukraine war in Germany
President Donald Trump has announced that US, Russian and Ukrainian officials will meet at a security conference in Munich on Friday for talks on how to end the war in…
USA: Trump moves to close entries to government worker buyout programme
The Trump administration has said it will close entries to a programme designed to shrink the number of US government employees by incentivising resignations and proceed with the next stages.…
USA: Ukraine war talks start now, Trump says after Putin call
US President Donald Trump has said he had a “lengthy and highly productive” phone call with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in which the leaders agreed to begin negotiations to end…
Chagos: US to have seat at Chagos talks, says Mauritian PM
The US will be present at talks over the future of the Chagos Islands, which has been the subject of a controversial deal between Mauritius and the UK, the Mauritian…
USA: RFK Jr confirmed to lead US Health and Human Services
The Senate narrowly confirmed Robert F Kennedy Jr, one of President Donald Trump’s most disputed cabinet picks, to head the Health and Human Services department Thursday. The former presidential candidate…
USA: Americans weigh Musk’s influence
Seated around a breakfast table in Erie, Pennsylvania, four veterans in their mid-80s – John, Jack, Bob and Don – gather to reminisce about their decades of friendship. But it…
USA: Trump offers Putin a way back in from the cold
Talks may now get under way. Exactly when and how they will conclude isn’t clear. But President Vladimir Putin has already scored something of a diplomatic victory simply by holding this…
USA: Goldman Sachs axes diversity rule that has ‘served purpose’
Goldman Sachs’ vice chair has said the bank ditched an internal diversity rule that barred it from advising all male, all white boards on company flotations because it was no…