US President Donald Trump has announced steep tariffs on auto imports and parts, provoking threats of retaliation from trading partners ahead of further promised trade levies next week. Wall Street slumped ahead of Trump’s Wednesday afternoon announcement, while the world’s top-selling automaker Toyota plunged more than three percent. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tokyo […]
Almost 1,500 people have been detained — including an AFP photographer — as tens of thousands continued protests in Istanbul Tuesday after the arrest of the main political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The biggest protests in Turkey in over a decade erupted last week following the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on […]
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered tighter controls on federal elections, including requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote, as the Republican continues to attack a system he insists remains tilted against him. Experts swiftly denounced his executive order as an abuse of presidential power that could ultimately prevent millions of Americans from […]
Ukrainian and US officials were holding another round of talks on Tuesday in Riyadh, a Ukrainian source said, a day after a lengthy meeting between the US and Russian delegations on a partial ceasefire in Ukraine. “We are still working with the Americans,” a member of the Ukrainian delegation told a small group of media, […]
President Donald Trump is moving forward with plans to abolish the Department of Education. Trump is expected to sign an executive order following through on a campaign promise to disband the department, claiming on the campaign trail that the department was full of “radicals, zealots and Marxists.” A White House fact sheet states that the […]
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts has criticized President Donald Trump and his supporters for advocating the impeachment of judges who have ruled against the administration. “For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said. “The normal appellate review process exists […]
Beijing on Tuesday said media outlets facing the axe by US President Donald Trump had a “notorious” history of reporting on China, as Cambodia’s autocratic former leader hailed the move for “combating fake news”. Trump signed an order last week freezing Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other outlets as part […]
President Donald Trump has announced that ex-President Joe Biden’s adult children will no longer receive US Secret Service protection. Trump stated this in a Truth Social post, remarking that Hunter Biden has received Secret Service protection for an “extended period of time.” “There are as many as 18 people on this Detail, which is ridiculous!” […]
Thousands of people in central Ukraine were left without electricity on Tuesday following a countrywide Russian attack involving more than 130 drones that damaged critical infrastructure. Kyiv and Moscow have recently escalated cross-border drone and missile attacks despite a US-led proposal for a 30-day ceasefire to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The governor of the Zaporizhzhia […]
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is over as Israeli fighter jets began striking the Gaza Strip after Hamas refused repeated hostage deal offers, officials said. At least 326 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed in the airstrikes, according to hospital officials. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began striking Hamas terrorist targets across Gaza “in order […]
