U.S. President Donald Trump

December 8, 2025 9:47 AM

Zelenskiy says Ukraine’s peace talks with US constructive but not easy

Talks with U.S. representatives on a peace plan for Ukraine have been constructive but not easy, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday ahead of his planned consultations with European leaders in coming days. Zelenskiy held a call on Saturday with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and is expected to meet French, British and German leaders on Monday in London. Further talks are planned in Brussels. "The American repre...

December 4, 2025 10:06 AM

Venezuela’s Maduro says call with Trump was ‘respectful and cordial’

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday confirmed he held a "respectful and cordial" phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump about 10 days ago, framing the conversation as a potential opening for diplomacy. "If this call means steps are being taken toward a respectful dialogue between our countries, then dialogue is welcome, diplomacy is welcome," Maduro said during a televised event. Reuters reported on Monday, citing four sources familiar with the call, that Maduro told Trump he...

December 3, 2025 9:00 AM

Trump says he’s terminating any Biden pardons signed with autopen

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is terminating all documents, including pardons, that he said his predecessor Joe Biden had signed using an autopen, a move that legal experts doubted would hold up in court. The autopen is used to replicate a person's signature with precision, typically for high-volume or ceremonial documents. It has been employed for years by presidents of both major parties to sign letters and proclamations. Trump and his supporters have made a variety of unfou...

December 2, 2025 2:14 PM

Europeans rally round Ukraine as Trump envoy heads to Moscow

European leaders rallied to show support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday after U.S.-Ukrainian talks to revise a peace proposal that initially favoured Russia, while the U.S. envoy headed to Moscow to brief the Kremlin. Zelenskiy was warmly received by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, and the two joined a call with about a dozen other European leaders including those of Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland and the European Union. Zelenskiy told a joint press conferenc...

December 2, 2025 9:16 AM

Trump rejected Maduro requests on call, options narrow for Venezuela leader

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is running out of options to step down and leave his country under U.S.-guaranteed safe passage, following a short call with U.S. President Donald Trump last month in which Trump rejected a series of requests from the Venezuelan leader, Reuters reported citing four sources briefed on the call. The call, on November 21, came after months of increasing U.S. pressure on Venezuela, including strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean, repeated...

December 1, 2025 9:44 AM

Trump confirms conversation with Venezuela’s Maduro

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but did not provide details on what the two leaders discussed. “I don’t want to comment on it. The answer is yes,” Trump said when asked if he had spoken with Maduro. He was speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. The New York Times reported Trump had spoken with Maduro earlier this month and discussed a possible meeting between them in the United States. “I w...

December 1, 2025 10:30 AM

US sees progress after talks in Florida with Ukraine, but more work needed to reach deal

U.S. and Ukrainian officials held what both sides called productive talks on Sunday about a Russia peace deal, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing optimism about progress despite challenges to ending the more than 3-year-long war. Rubio met with a Ukrainian delegation led by a new chief negotiator in Florida, his home state, for talks that he said were meant to create a pathway for Ukraine to remain sovereign and independent. "We continue to be realistic about how difficult this is,...

November 12, 2025 11:58 AM

Thailand demands apology from Cambodia over landmine incident

Thailand has demanded an apology from Cambodia after accusing it of laying fresh landmines that have injured Thai soldiers, a foreign ministry official said on Wednesday, a day after Bangkok suspended a ceasefire pact brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump. Cambodia denies the charge that it has laid new mines, including one that exploded on Monday and maimed one Thai soldier during a patrol along the disputed border between the two countries, reigniting tensions after a five-day conflict in J...

October 30, 2025 12:18 PM

Trump cuts China tariffs to 47% after ‘amazing’ Xi meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had agreed to reduce tariffs on China to 47% in exchange for Beijing resuming U.S. soybean purchases, keeping rare earths exports flowing and cracking down on the illicit trade of fentanyl. His remarks after face-to-face talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the South Korean city of Busan, their first since 2019, marked the finale of Trump's whirlwind Asia trip on which he also touted trade breakthroughs with South Korea, Japan and Southeast ...

October 15, 2025 10:29 AM

IMF chief says lack of retaliation against Trump tariffs aiding global growth

Decisions by most countries to not retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are among the top factors bolstering the global economy's resilience, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday. "The world, so far, and I cannot stress enough, so far, has opted not to retaliate and to continue to trade pretty much on the rules that have existed," Georgieva said during an event at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Washington, noting that this avoided d...