Trump vs Zelenskyy: What’s behind escalating war of words?

United States President-elect Donald Trump has lost an appeal to a jury’s 2023 finding that he was liable for sexual abuse and defamation related to an alleged attack on writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s. On Monday, a federal appeals court upheld the 2023 verdict in the civil case, in which Trump was not…

As Joe Biden campaigned for president in 2020, national and global discussion focused on one issue: the COVID-19 pandemic. As then-President Donald Trump downplayed the pandemic’s severity, Biden pledged to increase COVID-19 testing, vaccinate 50 million people in 100 days and get the virus under control. But his campaign promises extended beyond the pandemic. Biden also…

US President Donald Trump has warned Canada that he will escalate his trade war after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced retaliatory tariffs on US goods. Trump’s 25-percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, prompting Trudeau to announce retaliatory tariffs on more than $100bn of American goods that will take effect…

Patience is a virtue ill-used by most columnists. Too often, writers are consumed by the urgent here and now. As a result, they fail to look back and devote time and space to important topics that once caught their critical eye. The other, broader, and much more important failing of journalists and the news organisations…

Residents of a senior centre are evacuated as fire approaches in Altadena, California, US. [Ethan Swope/AP Photo]

NewsFeed Biden says US, Israeli pressure on Hamas led to Gaza ceasefire US President Joe Biden says the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal is the agreement the United States introduced in spring of 2024. Published On 15 Jan 202515 Jan 2025