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January 29, 2025 11:59 AM

Poll: 85% of Greenlanders do not want to be part of the US

An opinion poll indicated on Tuesday that 85% of Greenlanders do not wish their Arctic island - a semi-autonomous Danish territory - to become a part of the United States, Danish daily Berlingske reported. U.S. President Donald Trump said earlier this month that Greenland was vital to U.S. security and Denmark should give up control of the strategically important island. The survey by pollster Verian, commissioned by the Danish paper, showed only 6% of Greenlanders are in favour of becoming pa...

January 28, 2025 4:47 PM

Why is Trump threatening to take over the Panama Canal?

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest interoceanic waterway, spurring concerns that the United States could invade the Central American nation. Trump argues that Panama has broken a pledge of neutrality made when the United States transferred the canal to Panama in 1999, falsely claiming that China is operating it. The canal is operated by the Panama Canal Authority, an autonomous agency overseen by the Panamanian g...

January 27, 2025 11:40 AM

US puts Colombia tariff, sanctions threat on hold after deportations deal

The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants. U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened tariffs and sanctions on Colombia to punish it for earlier refusing to accept military flights carrying deportees as part of his sweeping immigration crackdown. But in a statement late on Sunday, the White House said Colombia had agreed to accept the migrants a...

January 27, 2025 8:51 AM

Trump imposes tariffs, sanctions on Colombia after it refuses deportation flights

President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will impose sweeping retaliatory measures on Colombia, including tariffs and sanctions, after the South American country turned away two U.S. military aircraft with migrants being deported as part of the new U.S. administration's immigration crackdown. Colombia, the third largest U.S. trading partner in Latin America, swiftly responded, threatening a 50% tariff on U.S. goods. The country's leftist president, Gustavo Petro, later posted on X that he dir...

January 24, 2025 10:29 AM

Trump says he is not sure US should be spending anything on NATO

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was not sure the United States should be spending anything on NATO, telling reporters the U.S. was protecting NATO members, but they were "not protecting us." Trump repeated demands that other members of the transatlantic alliance spend 5% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defense – a huge increase from the current 2% goal and a level that no NATO country, including the United States, currently reaches. "I'm not sure we should be spendin...

January 24, 2025 11:00 AM

Federal judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, labels it ‘unconstitutional’

A federal judge in Seattle has issued a temporary restraining order halting former President Donald Trump's controversial executive order to terminate birthright citizenship, deeming the policy "blatantly unconstitutional," as reported by CNN. Judge John Coughenour, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, ruled in response to a lawsuit filed by Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and three other Democratic-led states. The restraining order, effective for 14 days, pauses the policy's imp...

January 23, 2025 12:21 PM

Trump threatens Russia, others with tariffs if Ukraine deal not reached

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would add new tariffs to his sanctions threat against Russia if the country does not make a deal to end its war in Ukraine, and added that these could also be applied to "other participating countries." In a post on Truth Social, Trump modified comments he made on Tuesday that he would likely impose sanctions against Russia if President Vladimir Putin refused to negotiate an end to the nearly three-year conflict. "If we don't make a 'deal,' ...

January 22, 2025 10:42 AM

Trump escalates campaign to dismantle government diversity programs

U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his assault on diversity programs on Tuesday by pressuring the private sector to join the initiative, ordering aviation officials to review diversity hires and telling employees of DEI government offices and programs they would be placed on paid leave. The measures come one day after Trump on his first day in office issued a series of executive orders to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, which attempt to promote opportunities for women, et...

January 22, 2025 10:35 AM

Sensex, Nifty open higher as US tariff concerns ease

India’s benchmark indices opened higher on Wednesday, recovering from the previous day’s sharp decline triggered by concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs. By 9:15 a.m., the Nifty rose 0.23 percent to 23,079.6 points, while the Sensex climbed 0.27 percent to 76,046.42 points. Top gainers in early trading included Wipro, Infosys, Sun Pharma, TCS, and ITC, while BEL, Tata Motors, Power Grid, Adani Enterprises, and HDFC Life led the list of laggards. Ajay Bagga, a bankin...

January 21, 2025 12:38 PM

Will use US oil reserves to assert power globally, says Trump

President Donald Trump will use the US oil reserves as a weapon to assert its power and prevent both friends and foes from “pushing it around.” “We're not going to let any nation, whether friendly or unfriendly, push us around from any standpoint, including the economy because we have something that they don't have,” he said on Monday. “We have a power that they don't have -- liquid gold beneath our feet, the likes of which no other nation possesses,” he said about his strength thr...