Trump gives Putin ‘peace letter’ from wife Melania

US President Donald Trump handed Vladimir Putin a special item at their Alaska summit: a letter written by his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, pleading for the Russian leader to make peace in the name of children.
17 August 2025, 19:32 PM

New type of supernova found after star explosion

Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner.
17 August 2025, 18:23 PM

Trump says Xi won’t invade Taiwan while he is in office

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him China would not invade Taiwan while Trump is in office.
16 August 2025, 18:32 PM

No imminent plans to penalise China: Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he did not immediately need to consider retaliatory tariffs on countries such as China for buying Russian oil, but might have to “in two or three weeks.”
16 August 2025, 18:32 PM

Meta probed over AI chatbot talk with children

A US senator on Friday announced an investigation into whether Meta AI chatbots were allowed to engage in potentially harmful online exchanges with children.
16 August 2025, 18:16 PM

US capital sues Trump govt over cop takeover

The attorney general for the US capital Washington has sued Donald Trump’s administration over what he called a “hostile takeover” of the city’s police force, which the Republican president said was necessary to fight violent crime.
15 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Putin-Trump summit: What each side wants

The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war.
15 August 2025, 04:06 AM

Trump vows not to be intimidated ahead of Putin summit

Putin flies to Alaska on Friday at the invitation of Trump in his first visit to a Western country since he ordered the 2022 invasion of Ukraine that has killed tens of thousands of people.
15 August 2025, 03:23 AM

Trump begins DC takeover

The new picture of law enforcement in the US capital began taking shape Tuesday as some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration began arriving.
13 August 2025, 18:46 PM

Trump signs order to extend China tariff truce by 90 days

The White House's halt on steeper tariffs will be in place until November 10
12 August 2025, 02:20 AM

Trump seizes control of Washington DC police

President Donald Trump yesterday announced he is invoking the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control, a rare and controversial move.
11 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump vows to evict homeless from Washington, official says National Guard may be deployed

The White House declined to explain what legal authority Trump would use to evict people from Washington.
11 August 2025, 04:17 AM

Trump may use military against drug cartels: report

President Donald Trump is moving to target Latin American drug cartels with the military, US media said Friday, after Washington designated several narcotics trafficking groups as “terrorist” organizations earlier this year.
9 August 2025, 19:23 PM

US astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, dead at 97

US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced Friday.
9 August 2025, 19:12 PM

Trump announces peace deal between Azerbaijan, Armenia

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a US-brokered peace agreement on Friday during a meeting with US President Donald Trump that would boost bilateral economic ties after decades of conflict and move them toward a full normalization of relations.
9 August 2025, 19:11 PM

Teen shooter wounds 3 in Times Square

A 17-year-old boy opened fire and wounded three people in New York City’s heavily touristed Times Square early yesterday, the New York Police Department said.
9 August 2025, 18:19 PM

New York declares total war on prolific rat population

Alongside targeted interventions, officials are mounting an effort to educate the public about the need to avoid leaving behind food waste that feeds and sustains the rat population
9 August 2025, 02:49 AM

Trump demands $1b from University of California over UCLA protests

President Donald Trump demanded a massive $1 billion fine from the prestigious University of California system on Friday as the administration pushed its claims of antisemitism in UCLA's response to 2024 student protests related to Gaza
9 August 2025, 02:45 AM

US offers $50m for Maduro’s arrest

The United States has doubled its reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $50 million over allegations of drug trafficking and links to criminal groups, US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday.
8 August 2025, 19:15 PM

US human rights report to downplay allies’ abuse: report

The annual human rights report produced by the United States will scale back criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia, a report said Wednesday, as officials hinted it would focus instead on what they call dwindling freedom of expression in Europe.
7 August 2025, 18:44 PM