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USA: Trump envoy dismisses Starmer plan for Ukraine
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for an international force to support a ceasefire in Ukraine has been dismissed as “a posture and a pose” by Donald Trump’s special envoy. Steve Witkoff…
USA: Trump revoking protections for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians and other migrants
US President Donald Trump’s administration has said it will revoke the temporary legal status of more than half a million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Those migrants have…
USA: Trump administration to import millions of eggs from Turkey and South Korea to ease prices
The Trump administration is planning to import eggs from Turkey and South Korea and is in talks with other countries in hopes of easing all-time high prices for the American…
USA: Trump targets Biden, Harris in US security clearance purge
US President Donald Trump has revoked the security clearance of his predecessor, Joe Biden, in a sweeping move that also targeted former Vice President Kamala Harris and several senior former White…
USA: Trump uses emergency powers to boost mineral production
US President Donald Trump has invoked emergency powers to expand domestic production of critical minerals as he tries to reduce US reliance on imports from countries like China. The executive…
USA: Elon Musk meets with defence officials in Pentagon visit
Tech billionaire and senior Trump adviser Elon Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday for briefings that have sparked debate after multiple US media outlets reported that he would be given…
Afghanistan: Taliban frees US man held for two years
An American airline mechanic has been freed by the Taliban after being held in Afghanistan for more than two years. George Glezmann, who was detained in December 2022 while visiting…
USA: Trump awards Boeing major contract to build ‘most lethal’ fighter jets
President Donald Trump has awarded Boeing a multi-billion dollar contract to build the US Air Force’s most advanced fighter jet, the Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft. Trump described the high-speed…
Belgium: EU delays plans to retaliate against Trump tariffs
The European Union (EU) has delayed plans to hit back at US President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs until the middle of next month. The trading bloc was set…