US President Donald Trump told reporters he was “not confident” of the Gaza ceasefire deal holding and said the territory had to be rebuilt in a “different way”, as he signed executive orders on day one of his new term.
Outgoing President Joe Biden has awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civilian honour in the United States, to members of a congressional committee that investigated the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. A total of 20 honourees were recognised in a ceremony at the White House on Thursday. Among them were an…
Inside Story Is US President Donald Trump using tariffs as a negotiating tactic? US trade taxes on Canada and Mexico have been paused for 30 days. Read more US President Donald Trump’s punishing tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico are on hold for a month, averting for now a devastating trade war among North…
NewsFeed ‘Unfair’ to tell Palestinians they’ll return to Gaza in 5 years, US Adviser Advisers to Donald Trump’s administration told reporters that his “cleaning out” Gaza comment referred to a long-range plan to make the enclave habitable, and that it is “unfair” to Palestinians to tell them they’d return within five years. Published On 4…
The Listening Post Trump’s blitzkrieg: Overwhelm, confuse, confound Read more It’s an alarming moment in US politics. Developments have been fast and furious, with Donald Trump flooding the news space at a rate journalists find hard to handle. His plan for an American takeover of the Gaza Strip, the reshaping of federal agencies and the…
First United States President Donald Trump mused on his January 20 inauguration day about the Gaza Strip being a “phenomenal location”, where “beautiful things could be done”. Then came an almost off-the-cuff suggestion on January 26 where he told reporters on Air Force One that Palestinians should be moved to Egypt and Jordan to “just…
NewsFeed SpaceX Starship explodes, leaving a trail of fiery debris across the sky SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft has exploded only minutes after taking off on a test flight, leaving trails of debris across the sky. It had been carrying its first test payload of mock satellites. Published On 17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025
