Foreign policy
Trump’s Qatar jet gift ‘rife with political espionage’ issues, Republican Sen. Collins warns
US Senator Susan Collins, Republican from Maine, questions Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Health and Human Services, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 14, […]
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China keeps hold on rare earth metals after lifting some U.S. export curbs
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during the bilateral meeting between the U.S. and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 11, 2025. Keystone/eda/martial Trezzini | Via Reuters China has temporarily paused export restrictions targeting 28 American companies on the heels of the trade truce Beijing reached […]
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Trump presses Supreme Court on birthright citizenship ahead of oral arguments
FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2024. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday again argued for an end to birthright citizenship in the United States, hours before the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether lower-court judges can impose national injunctions blocking […]
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Trump says he doesn’t want Apple building products in India: ‘I had a little problem with Tim Cook’
Donald Trump speaks alongside Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) during the first meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, March 6, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he told Apple CEO Tim Cook […]
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Oil prices fall after Trump raises hopes of a U.S.-Iran nuclear deal
The Persian Gulf Star gas condensate refinery in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2019. Ali Mohammadi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices fell sharply on Thursday on expectations that the U.S. and Iran may soon reach a deal over Tehran’s nuclear program. International benchmark Brent crude futures with July expiry were last seen […]
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Putin and Trump leave Zelenskyy in the dust, skipping peace talks in Turkey
Donald Trump (L) and Russia’s Vladimir Putin arrive to attend a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Yuri Kadobnov | Afp | Getty Images Hopes that Ukraine and Russia’s leaders would meet for peace talks in Turkey on Thursday were dashed as Kremlin leader Vladimir […]
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Trump meets Syrian leader in Saudi Arabia the day after announcing end of U.S. sanctions
The leader of Syria’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, addresses a crowd at the capital’s landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024. Abdulaziz Ketaz | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in […]
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CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: U.S.-China relations have changed
The U.S. and China flags stand behind a microphone at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on April 9, 2009. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. Each week, we’ll explore […]
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Trump says U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters The U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday. “I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” Trump […]
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EU prepares new sanctions targeting Russia’s shadow fleet despite proposed Zelenskyy-Putin talks
European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 1, 2023 Yves Herman | Reuters LONDON — European countries are preparing new sanctions on Russia despite a potential direct meeting for peace talks between Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday, three sources told CNBC. Ambassadors […]
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