United States President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy is facing growing pushback from Americans amid wild swings in the stock market and growing fears of a recession, new polling shows. In a CNN/SSRS poll released on Wednesday, 56 percent of respondents said they disapproved of Trump’s economic management – higher than at any point…
Tom Fletcher, the head of the United Nations office for humanitarian affairs, has told reporters that with 300 million people in need of assistance, recent cuts to humanitarian aid funds are causing a “seismic shock” globally. “Many will die because that aid is drying up,” Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief…
Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem has welcomed United States President Donald Trump’s apparent retreat from his proposed permanent displacement of more than two million Palestinians from Gaza. The statement by the Hamas official came after Trump said on Wednesday that “nobody is expelling any Palestinians from Gaza” in response to a question during a meeting in…
The prime minister of Ireland, Micheal Martin, is the latest European leader to visit United States President Donald Trump during his second term in the White House. But the occasion was a markedly light-hearted one: to hold receptions and events in advance of St Patrick’s Day, a popular Irish holiday held each year on March…
A judge in the United States has extended his order blocking authorities from deporting detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil from the US over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus. US District Judge Jesse Furman temporarily blocked Khalil’s deportation on Monday and extended that prohibition on Wednesday in a written order – following a hearing in…
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States has announced the elimination of more than two dozen air and water protections. In a statement on social media, administrator Lee Zeldin said that the EPA would slash protections regulating areas such as tailpipe pollution, waterway protections and power plant emissions. Recommended Stories…
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the United States’ offer to hold talks on its nuclear programme is an attempt to deceive global public opinion, as a letter arrived from US President Donald Trump urging negotiations. Trump said last week that he had sent a letter to the Iranian leadership seeking negotiations over a new deal…
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NewsFeed Mahmoud Khalil’s wife demands release of ‘kidnapped’ husband The wife of detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released a statement calling for her husband’s immediate release, saying he was “kidnapped” by US immigration authorities. Published On 12 Mar 202512 Mar 2025
Montreal, Canada – In his first speech as Canada’s prime minister-designate, Mark Carney delivered what observers have described as a stunning statement. “I know that these are dark days,” Carney told a room full of supporters on Sunday after he won the race to lead the governing Liberal Party. “Dark days brought on by a country…
