Trump imposes tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
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How will a US aid freeze impact countries around the word?
Inside Story How will a US aid freeze impact countries around the word? The US stops nearly all foreign aid as Trump pushes America-First policy. Read more For decades, the United States has been the largest single donor of aid globally. Last year, it provided more than 40 percent of the UN’s humanitarian aid budget….
Is US egg shortage Biden’s fault, as Trump spokesperson claims?
President Donald Trump promised to lower prices for groceries, including eggs. But one crack in his plan is that egg prices haven’t fallen since he took office on January 20. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, in her first on-camera news briefing on January 28, blamed that on former President Joe Biden’s “inflationary policies”. Recommended…
How MAGA fell out with ‘Indian Tech-Bros’
The recent uproar in the United States over H-1B high-skilled work visas has exposed deep fissures within Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement at the very start of his second term as president. Once celebrated as the “model minority,” the figure of the “Indian Tech-Bro” has now become a lightning rod for a bitter…
The Alaskan hero dogs who prevented a diphtheria epidemic in 1925
When Dr Curtis Welch checked on a very sick three-year-old patient who had been admitted to his tiny hospital on January 20, 1925, his worst fears were realised. A thick, slimy membrane had appeared on the toddler, Billy Barnett’s tonsils and there were reddish lesions in his mouth. The rise in tonsillitis cases in Nome,…
Medical plane carrying child, 5 others crashes in US city of Philadelphia
An air ambulance transporting a child who had just completed treatment for a life-threatening condition, her mother and four others, has crashed into a Philadelphia neighbourhood in the United States. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff just after 6pm (23:00 GMT) on Friday evening, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes, videos aired on…
Trump at odds with US military veterans over snarled Afghan relocations
Washington, DC – When Ruqia Balkhi arrived in the United States in September 2023, she was greeted by a federally funded resettlement agency that helped her launch a new life. Balkhi, a 55-year-old engineer, was one of the thousands of Afghans who worked alongside the US military during its two-decade-long intervention in her home country….
White House announces tariffs on Canada, Mexico & China
NewsFeed White House announces tariffs on Canada, Mexico & China The White House spokeswoman has said that the US will place 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% on China starting from February 1. She cited fentanyl shipments and undocumented border crossings as justifications. Published On 31 Jan 202531 Jan 2025
Trump envoy arrives in Venezuela to meet Maduro about deportation flights
Richard Grenell, an envoy for United States President Donald Trump, has arrived in Venezuela to meet with the country’s president and discuss possible coordination on Trump’s mass deportation push. At a White House news briefing on Friday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained that Grenell left for Venezuela with two “immediate directives” from Trump. Recommended Stories list…
A rush to normalcy? New Orleans truck attack survivors struggle with trauma
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