US President Donald Trump granted a key approval Thursday for a major new oil pipeline that would carry oil from Canada into the US where it would be exported and refined. The three-foot-wide Bridger Pipeline Expansion would carry up to 550,000 barrels of oil a day from the Canadian border …
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When the Supreme Court overruled his favourite tariffs in February, President Donald Trump promptly rolled out temporary import taxes to replace them. But those stopgap levies expire in less than three months. Now the administration is scrambling to put more durable tariffs in place to keep revenue flowing into the …
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US President Donald Trump will hold talks on the Iran war on Monday with his top security advisors, US media reported, as negotiations between the rival parties seemed to reach an impasse. Tehran’s top diplomat blamed Washington on Monday for the failure of talks in Pakistan this month — the …
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Investigators on Sunday said the gunman who tried to storm a gala dinner attended by Donald Trump planned to assassinate the US president and other top officials, as scrutiny grew over the event’s security. Trump, who was rushed out of the hotel ballroom in Washington by Secret Service agents, posted …
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The H-1B visa programme, on the basis of which US technology companies hire Indian and other foreign workers, faces another hurdle under the Donald Trump-led United States administration with a group of Republican lawmakers in the US Congress putting forward a legislation seeking a three-year ban. The fresh obstacle for …
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US President Donald Trump has ordered the American military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz. In a social media post Thursday morning, he said the military is intensifying its mine-clearing efforts in the critical waterway. The move intensified the US-Iran standoff in the Persian …
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has delivered a strong rebuttal to US President Donald Trump’s threat to end trade with Spain by restating his opposition to war and what he called the “breakdown of international law”. In a 10-minute televised address, Sánchez reflected on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza …
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President Donald Trump imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on imports into the United States after the Supreme Court struck down many of his sweeping and often arbitrary duties, delivering a stinging rebuke to his signature economic policy. Members of the media raise their hands to ask questions to US …
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THE US Supreme Court has allowed the Donald Trump administration to continue with its freeze of over $4 billion in foreign aid. The aid was approved by Congress but retracted by the Trump administration, saying it appears to have more disadvantages for the US than benefits. The court ruled that …
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US President Donald Trump, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, accused India and China of being “primary funders” of Russia’s war in Ukraine. He claimed that their continued purchases of Russian oil and gas were providing Moscow with the financial resources to sustain …
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