Donald Trump

Trump Targets Defense Contractors’ Profits, Rattling Wall Street and Signaling Overhaul of Military Industry

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed to block major defense contractors from paying dividends or buying back shares until they significantly speed up weapons production, delivering a rare presidential strike at Wall Street norms that sent defense stocks sharply...
Greenland

US-Denmark Diplomatic Talks Set Amid Growing Controversy Over Trump’s Proposal to Acquire Greenland and Counter China-Russia Influence

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to meet Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland, amid escalating tensions over President Donald Trump’s repeated proposals to acquire the Arctic territory. The move comes as NATO allies express alarm at...
Donald Trump

Trump to Meet Oil Executives to Discuss Rapid Revival of Venezuela’s Crumbling Oil Sector

President Donald Trump is set to meet with executives from major oil companies later this week at the White House to discuss strategies for reviving Venezuela’s ailing oil industry, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Two sources told...
US

Trump Administration Nearly Triples List of Countries Required to Post Up to US$15,000 Bonds for U.S. Visa Applications

The Trump administration has sharply expanded a controversial visa bond requirement, nearly tripling the number of countries whose citizens must post refundable bonds of up to US $15,000 in order to apply for a U.S. visitor visa. The dramatic move marks...
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“Extraordinary” Iron Age War Trumpet Discovered in Norfolk, Possibly Linked to Boudicca’s Iceni Tribe

Archaeologists in Norfolk have uncovered an “extraordinary” Iron Age war trumpet, or carnyx, that may have connections to the Celtic Iceni tribe led by Boudicca during their rebellion against Roman forces in the first century AD. The bronze instrument, fashioned...
Aldrich Ames, CIA agent

Aldrich Ames, Infamous CIA Agent Who Spied for Soviet Union and Russia, Dies in Maryland Prison at 84

Aldrich Ames, the former CIA officer whose decade-long espionage for the Soviet Union and later Russia stands as one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison at the age of 84. The...
Emmanuel Macron , Keir Starmer, Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Britain and France Signal Readiness to Deploy Troops to Ukraine After Peace Deal as Europe Seeks to Anchor Post-War Security Guarantees

Britain and France have declared their readiness to deploy troops to Ukraine following any future peace agreement, marking one of the most significant European security commitments since Russia’s full-scale invasion began. The pledge, announced after a high-level summit in Paris,...
Venezuela Oil

Trump Claims $2bn Venezuelan Oil Deal as US Seeks to Divert Crude From China and Assert Control Over Caracas’ Energy Sector

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuela will “turn over” approximately $2 billion worth of crude oil to the United States under a new arrangement that would redirect supplies away from China and ease pressure on Venezuela’s constrained oil...
Greenland

NATO’s Unthinkable Test: Greenland Dispute Exposes NATO’s Greatest Taboo as US Power Challenges the Alliance’s Core Promise of Mutual Defence

NATO countries could attack another, but it is so far outside the alliance’s postwar imagination that its most famous clause does not clearly spell out what would happen if two members were to come to blows. Article 5 of the...
Greenland .

Trump Revives Push for US Control of Greenland, Igniting Diplomatic Storm with Denmark and Raising Fears of a NATO Fracture

Just days after removing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power in a controversial move that shocked much of the world, US President Donald Trump has once again turned his attention to Greenland, reigniting one of the most sensitive geopolitical disputes...
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