Trump kicks off second term as US president with flurry of executive orders

Iran’s representative to the United Nations has condemned the “reckless and inflammatory statements” made by United States President Donald Trump threatening the use of force, and warned that “any act of aggression will have severe consequences”. In a letter to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani referred to remarks…

Trump and Macron weigh prospect of European peacekeepers in Ukraine

US President Joe Biden’s administration is cancelling student loans for another 55,000 people in the United States, amounting to $4.2bn in debt forgiveness just weeks before his time in office ends. The White House said in a statement on Friday that the move would affect public service workers, including teachers, nurses and law enforcement officers….

NewsFeed South African minister suggests withholding minerals after Trump aid cut South Africa’s minister of mineral resources has suggested halting their supply of minerals to the US, after President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of US funding over a South African land expropriation law. Published On 3 Feb 20253 Feb 2025

Quotable Next Canadian PM may go for the “jugular” when negotiating with Trump Read more Julian Karaguesian, a professor at McGill University in Montreal, says Canada’s incoming prime minister, Mark Carney, has a skill set well-suited to countering President Trump. Published On 10 Mar 202510 Mar 2025

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