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January 21, 2025 4:21 PM

Germany to lobby Trump on WHO withdrawal, agency hopes for U-turn

Berlin will try to talk U.S. President Donald Trump out of his decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organisation, Germany's health minister said on Tuesday. The U.N. agency also said that it hoped that its top donor country would change its mind and looked forward to a constructive dialogue with Trump's team. "The new U.S. president's announcement to withdraw from the World Health Organisation (WHO) is a serious blow to the international fight against global health cris...

January 21, 2025 11:31 AM

US President Trump issues executive order to withdraw from WHO

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to formally withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). The decision, announced on Monday (local time), comes after a prolonged period of criticism directed at the WHO, which Trump blamed for mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and failing to address the broader global health crises. In the executive order, President Trump emphasized that the United States' decision to withdraw, originally announced in July 2020, was...

January 21, 2025 10:09 AM

Trump criticises Biden for pardoning family members before leaving office

US President Donald Trump on Monday took a potshot at his predecessor Joe Biden for pardoning his family members in the last moments of his presidency. "Did you know that Biden, while I was making my speech, pardoned his whole family? The brother, the whole deal was pardoned. Can you imagine that? While I was making my speech," Trump remarked, drawing laughter and applause from the crowd. He also outlined plans to take swift action in his administration, announcing that he would sign executive...

January 21, 2025 1:29 AM

Trump outlines sweeping border crackdown, mass deportation push

Newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will declare illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border a national emergency, send troops there and ramp up deportations of criminal offenders, outlining the crackdown in his inaugural address. Trump said be would invoke a 1798 law known as the Alien Enemies Act to target foreign gang members in the U.S., a legal authority last used to detain noncitizens of Japanese, German, and Italian descent in internment camps during World War ...

January 17, 2025 5:14 PM

Once an interloper, Trump returns to White House more powerful than before

The day before he left the White House in 2021, Donald Trump vowed to remain a force in U.S. politics. "The movement we started is only just beginning," he said in a farewell video. What might have seemed then to be wishful thinking now sounds like a prophecy. Trump left office a defeated and isolated figure, banned from social media and repudiated by fellow Republicans in his own administration. Congress, shaken by his supporters' Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, was preparing a seco...

January 15, 2025 10:00 AM

Biden looks to relax Cuba sanctions in final days before Trump

The Biden administration said on Tuesday it would remove Cuba from its terrorism blacklist, while Cuba said separately it would release upward of 500 prisoners from its jails, dual announcements poised to reshape U.S.-Cuba relations just days before Donald Trump takes office. President Joe Biden's announcements effectively roll back many of the sanctions put in place by President-elect Trump during his previous term ending in 2021. If they endure, they would represent the most significant ad...

January 8, 2025 3:16 PM

EU will not tolerate attacks on its borders, France says after Trump Greenland comments

The European Union will not let other nations attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, responding to comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking over Greenland. Trump declined on Monday to rule out military or economic action as part of his avowed desire to have the U.S. take control of Greenland, as well as the Panama Canal. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said he did not believe the U.S. would invade the vast Arctic island that has been ...

January 6, 2025 1:13 PM

DOGE vs MAGA: H-1B visa row splits Trump supporters

Donald Trump addressed the nation as the U.S. welcomed the New Year; not with fireworks but with a bold defence of the H-1B visa programme. “I didn't change my mind. I've always felt that we have to have the most competent people in our country. We need competent people. We need smart people coming into our country, and we need a lot of people coming in. We're going to have jobs like we've never had before.” For years, Trump had criticised the H-1B visa programme system, calling it unfair ...

January 3, 2025 6:17 PM

India says US H1B visas benefit both countries after Trump, Musk backing

The movement of skilled professionals is an important part of India-U.S. ties and benefits both countries, New Delhi said on Friday amid a debate over H-1B visas on which President-elect Donald Trump and his backer Elon Musk commented recently. India, known for its massive pool of IT professionals, many of whom work across the world, accounts for the bulk of such visas issued by the United States. Late last month, Trump said he fully backed the H1B programme for foreign workers opposed by some...

December 30, 2024 11:36 AM

Trump wants control over Panama Canal to counter China threat

After threatening China, Canada and Mexico with tariffs, Donald Trump wants the U.S. to take back control of the Panama Canal. As if on cue, Trump's son, Eric, posts an image on X that shows the U.S. adding Greenland, the Panama Canal and Canada to an Amazon online shopping cart. Trump is known to make off the cuff remarks but this was a well-calculated attempt to test the waters with Panama and at the same time put China on notice. The Panama Canal is an 82-kilometre-long waterway in the Centr...