Foreign policy
As Trump guts foreign aid, China and others lead Myanmar earthquake response
Rescue personnel work at the site of a building that collapsed after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, earthquake monitoring services said, which affected Bangkok as well, with people pouring out of buildings in the Thai capital in panic after the tremors, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 28, 2025. Athit Perawongmetha | Reuters BANGKOK […]
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Battle over Greenland heats up with Denmark’s PM set to visit just days after JD Vance
Protesters gather in front of the U.S. consulate during a demonstration, under the slogan, “Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic people”, in Nuuk, Greenland, March 15, 2025. Christian Klindt Soelbeck | Via Reuters The battle over Greenland is set to intensify this week as Denmark’s prime minister travels to the Arctic island just days after U.S. […]
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Trump says reciprocal tariffs will target all countries
U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on March 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that reciprocal tariffs he is set to announce this week will include all nations, not just a smaller group of […]
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Hillary Clinton blasts Trump, officials over Signal text mess: ‘Stupidity’ and ‘hypocrisy’
Hillary Clinton speaks on the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Monday, August 19, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Hillary Clinton on Friday excoriated President Donald Trump and his administration for their handling of the embarrassing leak of U.S. military attack […]
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Russia’s Putin says it would be a ‘profound mistake’ to dismiss Trump’s push for Greenland
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a video-linked ceremony to launch the Project 885M Yasen-M nuclear-powered submarine Perm, in the Arctic Circle port city of Murmansk on March 27, 2025. Sergei Karpukhin | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin warned it would be […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Stocks in reverse amid auto tariffs
Newly manufactured cars awaiting export are parked at a port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, on March 27, 2025. Issei Kato | Reuters When U.S. President Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election in November last year, markets were in a relatively buoyant mood. Talk of deregulation and tax cuts drove consumer sentiment, while […]
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GM, Stellantis shares fall after Trump’s auto tariff announcement
The border wall is shown in a background as a semi-truck carrying Toyota trucks crosses a bridge after clearing U.S. Customs while entering the United States from Mexico along the border in San Diego, California, U.S., March 4, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters Auto stocks are digesting President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would place […]
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Trump threatens ‘far larger’ tariffs if EU and Canada unite to do ‘economic harm’ to the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose “far larger” tariffs on the European Union (EU) and Canada if they work together to combat trade tariffs. “If the European […]
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Europe wants to pour billions of dollars into its own defense companies — but market watchers say it may not be able to shut American firms out
New army recruits of the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, during basic training on Nov. 29, 2022 near Prenzlau, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images As Europe plans to pour billions of dollars into defense, many regional leaders are pushing for the money to be spent locally — but some market watchers say it’s inevitable that […]
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Kremlin tight-lipped on ceasefire deal discussions with the U.S. — as Ukraine holds more talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov during a summit of leaders of nations, which are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Moscow, Russia October 8, 2024. Sergei Ilnitsky | Via Reuters The Kremlin on Tuesday said that it would not disclose the content of ceasefire deal talks with […]
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