A Trump condominium for Greenland
No, not a tower but a joint sovereignty pact with Denmark.
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Shipbuilders set to trump Beijing
A draft order includes measures such as raising revenue from Chinese ships and tax credits and grants for shipyards.
Ukraine war, inflation, immigration: what to watch for in Trump’s address to Congress
Donald Trump is expected to detail a plan to end the war in Ukraine and lay out steps to fight inflation in his address to Congress today as Democrats bring guests hit by his tariffs.
Trump takes the dumbest tariff plunge
We’ve courted Donald Trump’s ire by calling the Mexico and Canada levies the ‘dumbest’ in history, and we may have understated the point. He’s whacking friends, not adversaries.
Budget cuts can solve Trump’s deficit problem
The trade deficit has been an obsession of Donald Trump throughout his public life. Yet his policies have often been at odds with narrowing it.
Trump’s isolationist old world order
Let China dominate the Pacific, Russia dominate Europe, and the US the Americas. If this is Trump’s agenda he should tell Americans.
EU takes Hamas to task as aid blocked
The EU has condemned what it called Hamas’s refusal to accept an extension of the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire agreement.
How to protect NATO, AUKUS and other alliances from Trump
House and Senate Republicans must stand up against dismantling US alliances and gutting the defence budget; they should redirect Donald Trump’s focus to other targets, especially the EU.
US ‘military’ threat to Mexico
The Defence Secretary’s closed-door comments have unnerved Mexican officials negotiating to avoid 25 per cent tariffs
Vance emerges as MAGA champion after Zelensky fight
The Oval Office incident has cemented JD Vance’s status in the Trump administration as an attack dog and fierce defender of the US President. But can he remain in Donald Trump’s good graces?
Zelensky, who stood up to Putin, now refuses to bow to Trump
The televised clash between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky created the most severe breach between Washington and Kyiv since Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014. Yet, in a way, this confrontation was inevitable.
Trump and Zelensky both face setbacks after Oval Office blowup
The display of disunity in the White House meeting risks emboldening Russia’s Vladimir Putin in negotiations to end the war. The Ukrainian leader later arrived in London for a European summit.
Putin wins Trump-Zelensky Oval Office spectacle
US Vice President JD Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia’s dictator.
Hegseth warned Mexico of military action if border demands not met
The US defence secretary’s closed-door comments have unnerved Mexican officials negotiating to avoid 25 per cent tariffs.
Trump to make English official US language
In its nearly 250-year history, the US has never had a national language at the federal level.
Israel missed obvious signs Hamas was about to attack: official probe
The first Israeli military commission into the Oct 7 attacks found military officials were blindsided by the Hamas-led assault after badly misinterpreting the militant group’s intentions and vastly underestimating its capabilities – even hours before the attack.
Detectives now believe deaths of Hackman, wife ‘suspicious’
Prescription pills were found scattered on the bathroom floor and one of the couple’s three dogs was dead at their home in Santa Fe.
Trump plans another 10 per cent tariff on products from China
The US will next week impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on imports from China over its role in the fentanyl trade, President Trump said, doubling up on additional tariffs placed earlier this month.
Iran has enough ‘for six nukes’
Iran boosted stockpile of near weapons-grade fuel by 50 per cent since late October, according to a United Nations report, amid US silence on talks
Israel’s demilitarisation call tests Syria’s shaky government
The push, aimed at ensuring Israel’s security, risks further fragmenting Syria
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