by Our Correspondent in Colombo In an age where diplomacy is as much about optics as it is about policy, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, has taken ‘attachment’ to a
As of November 2024, the landscape of U.S. trade continues to be shaped by key international partners. The Trump administration’s recent tariffs, including a 25% levy on imports from Mexico and Canada
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Top aides to billionaire Elon Musk have gained access to a sensitive U.S. Treasury Department system that controls the flow of trillions of dollars in federal payments. This access was granted by
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) experienced a significant disruption this weekend, with its official website going offline and its X account disappearing. The outages follow President Donald Trump’s executive order
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Donald Trump Slaps Steep Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, Igniting Trade War President Donald Trump has reignited global trade tensions by imposing steep tariffs on three of the country’s largest trading
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A former senior Federal Reserve official, John Rogers, has been arrested and charged with leaking sensitive economic information to Chinese officials. Rogers, who worked as a senior adviser in the Fed’s international
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The recent controversy over renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, a decision pushed by former U.S. President Donald Trump, raises questions about the political power behind the maps
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Elon Musk’s loyal team members have quietly infiltrated the General Services Administration (GSA), a critical government agency overseeing federal offices and technology, raising alarms over potential conflicts of interest and security risks.
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Russia has expressed growing concern over the prolonged delay by Washington in approving its new ambassador to the United States, with senior diplomat Sergey Ryabkov describing the situation as “increasingly alarming.” Russian
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The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs has vehemently condemned the recent decision by the U.S. government to house migrants at the Guantanamo Naval Base, describing it as a “brutal” and “irresponsible” act.
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In a statement that quickly went viral, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that Elon Musk’s “cost-cutting department” had discovered that the US was spending $50 million annually on condoms for
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