Trump spurs trade war with steep tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China

Quotable Trump “concedes” to Russia before Ukraine peace talks begin Robert Hamilton analyses the US-Ukraine fallout—are Russia talks taking a dangerous turn for Europe and Ukraine? Read more Robert Hamilton, at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, breaks down the US-Ukraine fallout — are the negotiations with Russia taking a dangerous turn for Europe and Ukraine?…

A United States military appeals court has denied an effort by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin to throw out possible plea deals for the alleged mastermind of the attacks on September 11, 2001, and his two co-conspirators. The deals could see the three men — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi — plead…

Here is the situation on Friday, January 24: Fighting Russian aerial attacks in eastern and central Ukraine killed at least three people and wounded dozens. Among those killed were a 53-year-old in the Kostiantynivka area and a 54-year-old in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Russian troops have taken control of the settlement of Tymofiivka in Ukraine’s…

Apparently, the new and used – sorry, pre-owned – electric car salesman Elon Musk is aching to prove that he is even more of an insufferable braggart than his political dominatrix, Donald Trump. After leveraging his rancid social media platform to help elect the executive-order-giddy 47th president of the United States, Musk couldn’t resist upstaging…

When a new kidney could save your life, every minute counts. When Jazmin Evans discovered she could have received a kidney four years earlier, she was shocked. When she found out the delay was due to a racially biased testing process, she tried to warn others. In this episode: Jazmin Evans – Kidney transplant patient,…

The leaders of seven Arab countries have held talks in Saudi Arabia in an attempt to hash out a plan for the future of Gaza. The gathering on Friday in Riyadh was meant to respond to a plan raised by US President Donald Trump for the US to “take over” Gaza, permanently forcibly displace its…