US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States has struck a trade deal with Vietnam, after months of negotiations, that imposes a 20% tariff rate on many imports from the Southeast Asian country. The rate is lower than an initial 46% levy Trump announced in April on goods from Vietnam, largely as […]
Read MoreChina is planning to invite US President Donald Trump to a military parade scheduled for September 3 in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The United States, meanwhile, has proposed that Chinese President Xi Jinping visit the country during the same month, coinciding with a UN […]
Read MoreAgence France-Presse US President Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed the importance of aggressive actions linked to Beijing including recent arrests of two Chinese nationals accused of smuggling a dangerous pathogen into the United States, saying “that’s the way the world works”. Trump told Fox News that Washington behaves in a similar way. “You don’t think […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump has said he will “get the conflict solved with North Korea”, amid trade negotiations with South Korea that look set to go right down to the wire. At an Oval Office event on Friday where he highlighted his professed efforts to resolve global conflicts, Trump was asked whether he had written […]
Read MorePresident Donald Trump dismissed recent remarks by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had warned the US against further military action and claimed that Iran had “won the war” with Israel. Speaking to the press and later on social media, Trump rejected Khamenei’s statements, arguing they contradicted the facts on the ground. He pointed […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump sharply criticized Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamanei, on Friday, dropped plans to lift sanctions on Iran and said he would consider bombing Iran again if Tehran is enriching uranium to worrisome levels. Trump reacted sternly to Khamanei’s first remarks after a 12-day conflict with Israel that ended when the United States […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump today (26 June) denied speculation that Iran removed any critical materials from its nuclear facilities prior to the recent US airstrikes, asserting that “nothing was taken out” of the sites. “The cars and small trucks at the site were those of concrete workers trying to cover up the top of the […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump said Wednesday (25 June) that “great progress” was being made to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza as a new ceasefire push began more than 20 months since the start of the conflict. “I think great progress is being made on Gaza,” Trump told reporters ahead of a NATO summit in […]
Read MoreBy Marium Ali After 12 days of intense air strikes between Iran and Israel, US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the rivals had reached a ceasefire. The ceasefire came after the US struck three key Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday. In retaliation, Tehran launched a missile attack on the Al Udeid airbase in […]
Read MorePresident Donald Trump sharply rebuked Israel on Tuesday for its military response following a ceasefire deal, and accused both Israel and Iran of violating the agreement just hours after he announced it. “I didn’t like the fact that Israel unloaded right after we made the deal. They didn’t have to unload and I didn’t like […]
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