•Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Canada will slap tariffs on US imports beginning today in response to levies pledged by President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday, adding “there is no justification” for Washington’s actions. “Should American tariffs come into effect tonight, Canada will, effective 12:01 a.m. E...
•Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Mexico has contingency plans ready in case US President Donald Trump goes ahead with sweeping tariffs, his counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum said today on the eve of a deadline to avert duties. “Whatever the decision, we have a plan,” she said at her morning news conference. “There is constant communication in...
•Zelensky and Trump Ukraine is ready to sign a minerals deal with the United States, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told UK media yesterday. “The agreement that’s on the table will be signed if the parties are ready,” he told a late-night huddle with some UK media after a landmark summit in London, reports AFP. The […]
The United States has dramatically cut the budgets of overseas development and aid programs, with multi-year contracts pared down by 92 percent, or $54 billion, the State Department said yesterday. On his first day in office, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order demanding a freeze on all US foreign aid for 90 days, […]
•US President Donald Trump The United States will begin removing transgender troops from the military within 30 days unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a yesterday memo. The memo became public as part of a court filing in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s late January executive order […]...
The United States of America has released the list of eligible countries for its 2025 Visa Waiver Programme. Among other African countries, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana are not listed in the new visa waiver programme for 2025 as the country introduces policy updates on permit privilege eligibility and others, reports The Nation. The US [&h...
•Illegal immigrants arrested in US The United States deported 135 migrants of various nationalities, including 65 minors, to Costa Rica yesterday, according to the Costa Rican government. Their flight departed from San Diego, California, and arrived at a base next to Juan Santamaria International Airport, reports AFP. The deportees, who will b...
•Zelensky, Trump and Putin Russia and the United States yesterday agreed to establish teams to negotiate a path to ending the war in Ukraine after talks that drew a strong rebuke from Kyiv over its exclusion. Washington noted European nations would have to have a seat at the negotiating table “at some point”, following the […]
•Trump and Tinubu The US government is set to investigate how past aid allocated to Nigeria and other countries has been utilised. This follows US President Donald Trump’s January 20, 2025, decision to suspend all foreign aid for 90 days, citing concerns about global destabilisation and misalignment with American interests, reports Daily Trust...
•(L to R): Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, the Russian president’s foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting with the US Middle East envoy, Secretary of State, and National Security Advisor together ...
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