•Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump said yesterday he wanted Russia’s Vladimir Putin to “stop shooting” in Ukraine and sign a peace deal, one day after the US leader met Ukraine’s president at the Vatican. Trump, who boasted before his inauguration that he could halt Russia’s invasion of [&...
•Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney (C) and his wife Diana Fox Carney (C L) Canada will hold an election Monday following a campaign electrified by US President Donald Trump’s threats, with Prime Minister Mark Carney favoured to win after promising voters he has the experience to stand up to the United States. A victory for […]
•Late Pope Francis and US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump headed to Rome today for the funeral of Pope Francis, the unexpected first foreign trip of his second term in which he will face foreign leaders including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump had a distant relationship with the late pontiff who did not hesitate […...
A number of global leaders have announced they will travel to Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, which is likely to draw huge crowds in the square in front of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Here is a list of the expected VIP guests: US President Donald Trump said he and his wife […]
•US President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in US Capitol on January 20, 2025 US President Donald Trump raised a record $239 million for his January inauguration, according to a Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing on Sunday — more than double the amount for his previous swearing-in. The hundreds of donors to the Trump...
•US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump scuppered an Israeli plan to strike Iranian nuclear sites, the New York Times reported yesterday, as Washington attempts to reach a deal to curb Tehran’s weapons programme. The United States and Iran, which have not had diplomatic relations for more than 40 years, are seeking a new […...
•Donald Trump Elite US university, Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze yesterday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism. The call for changes to its governance, hiring practices and admissions procedures expands a list Harvard received on Ap...
•Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called US President Donald Trump’s pause on global tariffs a “welcome reprieve” and said Ottawa will begin negotiations with Washington on a new economic deal after elections. After days of turmoil in global markets, the mercurial US president abruptly announced yesterday...
Nigerian stocks yesterday recorded their biggest drop in recent times following the impact of U.S President Donald Trump’s tariffs on global trade markets. Investors lost about N659 billion at the close of trading after the Nigerian Exchange’s All Share Index (ASI) decreased by 1.23 percent, its biggest single-day decline this month, reports C...
•U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart of “reciprocal tariffs” US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened huge additional tariffs on imports from China if Beijing did not withdraw its retaliation plans, adding that Washington would begin talks with other countries that want negotiations. The fresh action would stack on an already s...

