After days of speculation over the precise role the world’s richest man would play in Donald Trump’s White House – how much power he would hold, whether he is a…
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USA: Tens of thousands of federal workers accept Trump resignation offer
Tens of thousands of US government workers have reportedly accepted an offer from the Trump administration to resign in exchange for continued pay until 30 September. Some two million federal…
Palestine: Relocation of Gazans would be temporary- Marco Rubio
US President Donald Trump’s proposal to resettle Gaza’s population would only be temporary, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. It follows Trump’s suggestion that the US could “take over”…
India: Authorities look on nervously as Trump wields tariff threat
Last week India further slashed import duties on motorcycles, cutting tariffs on heavyweight bikes with engines above 1,600cc from 50% to 30% and smaller ones from 50% to 40%. A…
UK: Swinney attacks Trump’s Gaza ‘take over’ plans
Scotland’s first minister has said there must be no ethnic cleansing in Gaza after US President Donald Trump proposed taking ownership of the region. John Swinney described suggestions Palestinians should…
Palestine: Palestinians and Arab states reject Trump’s Gaza takeover proposal
The Palestinian president has said he strongly rejects President Donald Trump’s proposal for the US to take over Gaza and permanently resettle the 2.1 million Palestinians living there. “We will…
USA: USAID staff will be put on leave starting on Friday
Thousands of employees at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be placed on leave from Friday night, the agency has said in a statement on its website.…
Palestine: Trump’s Gaza plan will be seen as flying in face of international law
When US President Donald Trump began speaking 10 days ago of Gaza as a demolition site, calling to “clean out that whole thing”, it wasn’t clear how far these were…
USA: Turmoil as Trump and Musk take aim at top US aid agency
The Trump administration reportedly intends to merge the US government’s main overseas aid agency with the state department, as workers were asked to stay out of its Washington headquarters. Secretary…
South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa calls Musk to calm Trump land row
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to defuse a row with the new US administration over a new land law by speaking to Elon Musk. Mr Musk is a…