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A new round of talks aimed at resolving the trade war between the US and China is set take place in London on Monday. A senior US delegation including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will meet with Chinese representatives such as Vice Premier He Lifeng to resolve tensions between the world's two largest economies, which is threatening global growth. Chinese exports of rare earths, which are crucial for modern technology, as […]
Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has held a virtual inaugural meeting with United States Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, signaling the start of a renewed diplomatic push under the new Trump administration. Alkasim Abdulkadir, the Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy to the Minister, announced in a statement that the two officials discussed a wide range of shared interests, including energy, technology, trade, security, […]
A flight carrying 199 Venezuelans deported from the US to their homeland has landed at Simón Bolívar airport near Caracas. US repatriation flights to Venezuela had ground to a halt weeks ago after the Trump administration revoked a licence allowing Venezuela to export some of its oil to the US despite sanctions. But on Saturday the two governments, which have no diplomatic relations, reached an agreement on resuming the flights, […]
US funding cuts will lead to an additional 2,000 new HIV infections each day and over six million further deaths over the next four years, the UNAids chief has warned. It would mark a stark reversal in the global fight against HIV, which has seen the number of deaths from the disease decrease from more than two million in 2004 to 600,000 in 2023, the most recent year for which […]
US President Donald Trump has held what he described as a "very good" hour-long phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after speaking to Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Zelensky said afterwards that he believed that "lasting peace can be achieved this year" under Trump's leadership. Possible US ownership of Ukraine's nuclear power plants was also discussed, the White House said, although Zelensky later stated this was only […]
The US Department of Education is planning to cut about half of its workforce, as the Trump Administration works to slash the size of the federal government. The mass layoffs will impact nearly 2,100 people who are set to be placed on leave from 21 March. Trump has long sought to eliminate the department, a long-cherished goal of some conservatives, but such an action would require approval by Congress. The […]
US President Donald Trump has refused to say whether the US economy is facing a recession or price rises in the wake of his administration's changes to tariff threats against some of its closest trading partners. Asked if he was expecting a recession this year, Trump said there was a "period of transition" taking place. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, however, insisted there would be no contraction in the world's largest […]
The Trump administration believes Ukraine's leadership is "ready to move forward" with the US's demand for a ceasefire process with Russia, according to a senior US state department official. The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz are due to arrive in Saudi Arabia for Tuesday's talks with their Ukrainian counterparts. US President Donald Trump has stepped up pressure on his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky […]
The US House of Representatives has voted to pass legislation that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) after its prosecutor applied for arrest warrants against Israeli officials. The move comes after The Hague-based court's prosecutor said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant should be arrested on charges relating to the war in Gaza The prosecutor is also seeking warrants for three leaders of Hamas. […]
