Donald Trump’s new US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has been praising ‘President Trump’s adept ability to negotiate’. But as Trump’s latest tariff announcement triggers a to-and-fro with various allies and…
When US President Donald Trump began speaking 10 days ago of Gaza as a demolition site, calling to “clean out that whole thing”, it wasn’t clear how far these were…
Thousands of employees at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be placed on leave from Friday night, the agency has said in a statement on its website.…
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Humanitarian initiatives can enhance American “soft power,” supporters say, which can buy the United States good will and leverage in countries across the world for a comparatively small fraction of…