US will not give security guarantees to Ukraine, Trump says

Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host tapped by United States President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Pentagon, has come under fire at his Senate confirmation hearing. On Tuesday, Hegseth was the first high-profile Trump nominee to face confirmation proceedings, and senators pressed the would-be secretary of defence on his past statements about diversity in…

Eli Lilly plans to spend at least $27bn to build four new manufacturing plants in the United States, the drugmaker has said as it grapples with the threat of drug import duties from the Trump administration. The new plants will be built over the next five years and are expected to create more than 3,000…

Inside Story Is the deportation dispute between Colombia and the US really over? Furious row defused after US President Donald Trump’s threat of sanctions over migration. Read more An explosive diplomatic dispute had broken out between the United States and Colombia over the deportation of unauthorised immigrants on military planes. It has been quickly defused…

NewsFeed Rare southern snowstorm blankets US Gulf Coast “Dangerously cold temperatures” and record snow have blanketed large sections of the US Gulf Coast more accustomed to hurricanes and warm weather. At least 10 deaths have been attributed to the storm. Published On 22 Jan 202522 Jan 2025

Greenlanders are heading to the polls today to vote in a snap general election amid geopolitical tensions stirred by President Donald Trump’s claims to make Greenland – currently a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark – a part of the United States. Last month, Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede called for an early election…

Elon Musk’s task force for streamlining the United States government is seeking access to troves of taxpayer information, media outlets have reported, prompting fears of privacy violations and retribution against political rivals. In the latest phase of his sweeping cost-cutting drive, Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are pushing to access the…