Foreign policy
Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 30, 2025. Kent Nishimura for The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump is set Monday to sign an executive order directing the Department of Justice to pause enforcing a nearly half-century-old law that prohibits […]
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New Zealand has ‘complementary’ trade ties with the U.S., finance minister says, as Trump tariff threat looms
Global tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump aside, New Zealand is optimistic about its trade relationship with the United States. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia,” New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis said that “New Zealand is distinguished in that we have a very balanced and complementary trade relationship with the United States,” adding […]
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Trump says he has spoken to Putin about ending the Ukraine war
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 U.S. President Donald Trump said he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone about ending the war in Ukraine, […]
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Japan PM Ishiba, after meeting Trump, voices optimism over averting tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump gifts Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba a book during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House on February 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed optimism on Sunday that his country could avoid […]
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says ‘Let’s do a deal’, offering Trump mineral partnership, seeking security
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine Feb. 7, 2025. Valentyn Ogirenko | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pored over a once-classified map of vast deposits of rare earths and other critical minerals during an interview with Reuters on Friday, part of a push […]
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Watch live: Trump and Japanese prime minister hold press conference
[The stream is slated to start at 2:00 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba are set to hold a joint press conference at the White House on Friday. The presser in the East Room […]
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Russia’s Baltic neighbors are breaking away from its power grid — and they’re braced for retaliation
Heavy snow in Tallinn, Estonia Karl Hendon | Moment | Getty Images The Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are bracing themselves for possible sabotage and cyberattacks this weekend as they complete their long-awaited decoupling from Russia’s power grid. The Baltic states are due to fully disconnect from the Moscow-controlled “BRELL” energy network on […]
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Tariffs: How they work, who pays for them and why Trump loves them
A drone view shows shipping containers from China, at the China Shipping (North America) Holding Company Ltd. facility at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California, Feb. 4, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters President Donald Trump has long been a fan of tariffs, and in his first month back in the White House he […]
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‘Deranged’ and ‘problematic’: Bipartisan lawmakers bash Trump’s Gaza proposal
Criticism and concern spread across both sides of the aisle Tuesday night after President Donald Trump announced that the United States “will take over the Gaza Strip.” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called the proposal “problematic,” adding that he does not think his constituents would be excited about sending U.S. soldiers to take control of Gaza. “We’ll see what […]
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Trump’s trade war could have a clear winner: The UK
General view of the City of London skyline, the capital’s financial district, in October. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Global markets were hit with fresh volatility this week after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed plans to impose tariffs on imports from three of America’s biggest trading partners. Trump on Monday agreed to pause […]
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