Nippon Steel plans to invest about $3bn in a major modernisation of U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley works in Pennsylvania, making the facility the largest target of its planned investment in the United
Taiwan has pushed back firmly against calls from Washington to move a large share of its semiconductor production to the United States, with the island’s top tariff negotiator saying it would be
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President Trump has infuriated some of his supporters. Trump’s alignment with Israel at the expense of America’s interest and the valid interests of other countries is especially galling for those Trump supporters who
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Special Ambassador Steve Witkoff no doubt talked to President Trump about the US-Iran meeting in Oman. We don’t have a special wiretap on his call to the President, but it is a
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India is set to secure zero-duty access for goods worth around $44 billion under the first phase of a new bilateral trade agreement with the United States, marking a significant expansion of
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The United States has accused China of secretly carrying out at least one yield-producing nuclear test in recent years, a claim that, if substantiated, would mark a dramatic breach of Beijing’s long-stated
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The United States is intensifying pressure on Ukraine to hold national elections as soon as possible, according to a Reuters report that highlights growing impatience in Washington over the country’s prolonged suspension
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President Donald Trump has demanded that two of the United States’ most prominent transport hubs be renamed in his honor before he agrees to release $16 billion in frozen federal funding for
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Chinese President Xi Jinping pressed President Donald Trump to curb US arms sales to Taiwan during a phone call this week, underscoring the island’s central role in strained US-China relations and highlighting
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The United States and India have unveiled a far-reaching framework for an Interim Trade Agreement that both sides describe as a historic milestone, one that could recalibrate global trade flows and anchor
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FBI Director Kash Patel’s announcement on January 23 regarding the arrest of Canadian drug trafficker Ryan Wedding in Mexico led to immediate diplomatic tension between Washington and Mexico. Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder turned
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The second round of the trilateral meeting of the US, Ukrainian, and Russian delegations on security issues held in Abu Dhabi on February 4-5 shows incipient signs of progress, contrary to doomsday
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U.S. President Donald Trump has not shied away from admitting his thirst for Venezuelan oil. On 16 December 2025, in the leadup to the 3 January bombing of Caracas and kidnapping of
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President Trump has issued a stark warning to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei as nuclear talks are scheduled to take place on Friday in Muscat, Oman. The negotiations, aimed at curbing Tehran’s
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The expiration of the New Start treaty between the United States and Russia has sparked urgent concern among policymakers, military analysts, and global security experts. Signed in 2010 by President Obama and
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U.S. President Donald Trump is facing fresh accusations of corruption after a Democratic senator alleged that secret financial deals involving Trump’s family coincided with a controversial approval of advanced artificial intelligence chip
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