Elon Musk has begun swinging his wrecking ball at the US government, with concerns growing over the unprecedented power that President Donald Trump has handed to the world’s richest man. The South African-born billionaire has taken control over the US Treasury’s payments system that manages trillions of dollars. He single-handedly announced the demise of the…
Ukraine brought home 12 children forcefully taken by Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak said late on Monday. “As part of the initiative of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA, it was possible to return home 12 children who were under the pressure of the Russian occupation,” Yermak said on…
From retaliatory tariffs on US goods like car parts and soybeans to controls on raw minerals essential for American manufacturing, analysts say China has plenty of options if it wants to reply to fresh US levies. US President Donald Trump over the weekend announced 10 percent tariffs on Chinese products, upping the stakes in a…
North Korean soldiers previously fighting alongside Russia’s army on the Kursk front line appear not to have been engaged in combat since mid-January, South Korea’s spy agency told AFP on Tuesday, after Ukraine claimed they had been withdrawn following heavy losses. “Since mid-January, it appears that the North Korean troops deployed to the Kursk region of…
A bus carrying Iraqi Shia Muslim pilgrims collided with a car, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 40 on Friday in the country’s south, officials said. The accident occurred at 3:30 a.m. (0130 GMT) on the road from Diwaniyah province to the holy shrine city of Najaf. Najaf is home to the holy shrine…
China is one of the world’s toughest countries on counternarcotic both in terms of policy and its implementation. China deplores and opposes the US tariffs on imports of Chinese goods, spokesperson for China’s embassy in the US told to Russian News agency, TASS, adding that Beijing will take necessary measures to protect its legal interests….
He said he would like to see the United States of America, Ukraine, the Russians and European Union at the negotiating table. Vladimir Zelensky said again that he expects to start talks on the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian conflict with participation of Moscow, Brussels, Washington and Kiev. “[After the conversation with US President Donald…
“Russia will do everything needed to protect its interests with reliance on international law,” Vladimir Barbin said. NATO is trying to turn the Baltic Sea into internal waters of the alliance but Russia will do everything to protect its interests, Russian Ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin told to Russian News Agency, TASS, commenting on the…
Prime minister said that Canada will be responding to the US trade action with 25% tariffs against Canadian $155 billion worth of American goods. Canadian authorities will introduce tit-for-tat 25% duties on US goods to the total amount of $155 bln Canadian dollars ($106.5 bln), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. “I am announcing Canada will…
Supplies via the TurkStream gas pipeline to European countries in January increased by 2% compared to December 2024 and jumped by 27% compared to January 2024 to 1.56 bln cubic meters. Russia increased gas exports to Europe via the TurkStream pipeline in January to a record high since its launch in 2020 – 1.56 bln…
The Trump administration is seeking to grant US immigration officers access to a database that contains information on immigrant minors who crossed into the United States without their parents, the Washington Post quoted White House border czar Tom Homan as saying on Friday. While noting that the information would mainly be used to ensure the…
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will visit him next week at the White House and he looks forward to the conversation. “They’re coming in to speak to me and I’m looking forward to it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. The meeting is expected to take…
Former Fox Sports reporter and anchor Julie Stewart-Binks has filed a lawsuit against the network and executive vice president for content Charlie Dixon. A former Fox Sports reporter and anchor filed a lawsuit Friday against the network and top executive Charlie Dixon, saying he sexually assaulted her after coaxing her up to his hotel room…
President Donald Trump has pushed into new trade law territory with an emergency sanctions law to justify punishing 25 percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and an extra 10 percent duty on Chinese goods to curb fentanyl and illegal immigration into the US. Trade and legal experts said the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named retired Major General Eyal Zamir as Israel’s new armed forces chief Saturday after his predecessor resigned last month taking responsibility for failing to stop Hamas’s October 2023 attack. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have agreed this evening on the appointment of Major General (Res.) Eyal Zamir…
