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April 26, 2025 9:30 AM

US halts student visa cancellations amid legal challenge: Reports

The United States has abruptly paused the cancellation of student visas issued to international students, according to media reports on Friday. During a hearing in a Washington D.C. court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph F. Carilli Jr. informed the court that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is developing a new system to review and process visa revocations. Until the new mechanism is in place, the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) status of affected students n...

April 25, 2025 11:26 AM

Trump re-emerges as a factor in Canada election as polls tighten

Donald Trump re-emerged as a factor in Canada's election campaign on Thursday, days before a vote that Prime Minister Mark Carney says will determine how Ottawa can best stand up to the U.S. President. Carney launched the race last month, calling for a strong mandate to deal with Trump's tariffs and his stated desire to turn Canada into the 51st state. The ruling Liberals had a healthy lead but polls showed the advantage gradually shrinking in recent days as Trump kept silent on Canada and vote...

April 25, 2025 9:01 AM

Trump tells Putin to ‘STOP’ after Russian attack kills 12 in Kyiv

Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones, killing at least 12 people, in the biggest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year and drawing a rare rebuke from U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, who told Vladimir Putin: "Vladimir, STOP!" Trump told reporters at the White House that his administration was applying "a lot of pressure" on Russia and reiterated his displeasure with the attack. But he said significant progress had been made in peace negotiations and the Kremlin had made a "...

April 24, 2025 11:58 AM

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent calls China tariffs unsustainable as Washington eyes de-escalation

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that high tariffs between the United States and China are not sustainable, as President Donald Trump's administration signaled openness to de-escalating a trade war between the world's two largest economies that has raised fears of recession. U.S. stocks rallied on hopes that the two countries might lower the steep trade barriers they have erected over the past month, though there was no sign that negotiations might start anytime soon. Be...

April 17, 2025 10:43 AM

The Domino Effect of U.S. Tariffs: Why the World Can’t Ignore Trump’s Tariff War

President Donald Trump’s latest tariff salvo has ignited a fierce global trade war, slapping a 10% baseline tariff on all U.S. imports, with steeper "reciprocal" duties of 104% on China, 49% on Cambodia, 46% on Vietnam, and 20% on the EU, targeting trade surpluses and alleged unfair practices. Once considered allies, countries like Canada face 25% tariffs, prompting swift retaliation and fears of economic fallout. Trump defends the moves as vital for national security and American jobs where t...

President Donald J Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office at the White House on Friday, Feb 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

April 17, 2025 9:02 AM

Ukraine, US make ‘substantial progress’ on minerals deal, Kyiv says

Ukraine and the United States have made "substantial progress" in their talks on a minerals deal and will sign a memorandum in the near future, First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking a bilateral minerals deal as part of his push to end Ukraine's war against the Russian invasion. Trump also sees it as a way to recover billions of dollars the U.S. has spent on military assistance to Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said ...

April 16, 2025 10:13 AM

After Harvard rejects US demands, Trump adds new threat

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status on Tuesday and said the university should apologize, a day after it rejected what it called unlawful demands to overhaul academic programs or lose federal grants. Beginning with Columbia University, the Trump administration has rebuked universities across the country over their handling of the pro-Palestinian student protest movement that roiled campuses last year following the 2023 Hamas-led attack inside Israel a...

April 16, 2025 9:07 AM

Asian shares fall as Nvidia hit by U.S. chips curbs, gold hits record

Shares fell in Asia on Wednesday as AI darling Nvidia took a hit from U.S. curbs on chip sales to China, highlighting the damage to come in a tit-for-tat global trade war, while gold hit a record and the dollar stayed under pressure. Data showed that China's economy grew 5.4% in the first quarter from a year earlier, beating expectations, although trade tensions with the U.S. have clouded the outlook. Overnight, President Donald Trump ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on all U.S. crit...

A machine produces semiconductors on the production line of a semiconductor manufacturing enterprise in Binzhou, China, on January 20, 2025. Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images/Files

April 15, 2025 11:57 AM

US steps up probes into pharmaceutical, chip imports, setting stage for tariffs

The Trump administration is proceeding with probes into imports of pharmaceuticals and semiconductors as part of a bid to impose tariffs on both sectors on grounds that extensive reliance on foreign production of medicine and chips is a national security threat, Federal Register filings on Monday showed. The filings announce 21-day public comment periods and mark President Donald Trump's latest use of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 as justification for so-called sectoral tariffs...

April 14, 2025 11:39 AM

China’s March exports jump in temporary boost as Trump 2.0 heaps pressure

China's exports rose sharply in March after factories rushed out shipments before the latest U.S. tariffs took effect, but an escalating Sino-U.S. trade war has darkened the outlook for factories and growth in the world's second-biggest economy. U.S. President Donald Trump has ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese goods to hefty levels that many economists say will profoundly impact global trade flows and business investment. Exports rose 12.4% year-on-year, a five-month high, handily beating the 4....