How the world voted in 2024
United States President Donald Trump has reiterated his threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico from Saturday while leaving open the possibility that oil imports could be exempted. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Thursday, Trump said he “may or may not” exclude oil from the tariffs and would decide…
Cuba has released 553 prisoners under a Vatican-mediated agreement, despite the collapse of a United States pledge to ease sanctions in return. The island nation’s highest judicial authority announced late on Monday that the last of the prisoners had been freed, Cuba’s state-run media reported. Havana said in January that with the mediation of the…
A scene of growing unrest unfolded in New York City as demonstrators gathered outside the Ziegfeld Ballroom during a high-profile CEO event. Holding banners with powerful, and in some cases incendiary, messages, the crowd voiced frustration over the deepening divide between the ultra-wealthy and everyday citizens. The protest highlighted a growing class war narrative that…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with United States President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, ended abruptly after the two leaders clashed in a heated exchange over Russia’s war against Kyiv. At the Oval Office on Friday, Trump and his vice president, JD Vance, berated Zelenskyy for being “disrespectful” and not thanking the US enough for…
US President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced by a New York court for covering up hush money payments to a porn actress after the Supreme Court rejected his last-ditch bid to delay the process that would make him the first convicted felon in the White House. The highest United States court cleared Trump’s…
United States President Donald Trump has cancelled security protections for Mike Pompeo, Brian Hook and John Bolton, hawkish foreign policy advisers who served during his first term in office. The New York Times broke the story on Thursday about Trump revoking protection for Pompeo, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Recommended Stories…