Case filed as Musk takes reins of US Treasury payments

Elon Musk and his aides have taken control of the US Treasury Department’s payments system, triggering a lawsuit charging he is illegally getting access to private data of millions of Americans.
4 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Rubio confirms takeover of USAID, vows to end 'insubordination'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday he had been put in charge of the US aid agency, saying he would stop its "insubordination" to President Donald Trump's agenda
4 February 2025, 08:46 AM

Trump halts Canada, Mexico tariffs after last-ditch talks

Global stock markets had slumped as Trump's threat of sweeping 25 percent levies on exports from Canada and Mexico to the United States sparked fears of a global trade war
4 February 2025, 02:45 AM

USAID freeze calls into question billions in support for poorest countries

The United States is the world's largest provider of official development assistance
4 February 2025, 02:18 AM

Hundreds march in New York against Trump's trans policy

Hundreds of people protested in New York Monday against President Donald Trump's executive orders restricting treatment for transgender children, and reports that a local hospital group consequently cancelled appointments for two trans youths
4 February 2025, 02:13 AM

Philadelphia plane crash marks a second US aviation disaster

A small jet with six people onboard crashed into a busy Philadelphia suburb Friday, officials said, showering wreckage over a wide areas and sparking blazes that caused extensive damage to homes and vehicles
1 February 2025, 02:12 AM

Trump repeats 100% tariffs threat to BRICS nations

US President Donald Trump has warned the BRICS member countries against replacing the US dollar as a reserve currency by repeating a 100 percent-tariffs threat he had made weeks after winning the November presidential elections.
31 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump says Canada, Mexico tariffs on Saturday may not include oil

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would soon decide whether to exclude Canadian and Mexican oil imports from the 25% tariffs that he has vowed to impose on Saturday on the countries' products
31 January 2025, 04:27 AM

Investigators recover plane black boxes from Washington air collision

Investigators on Thursday recovered the black boxes from a passenger plane whose mid-air collision with a military helicopter over Washington's Potomac river killed 67 people, as rescuers pulled victims' bodies from the freezing water
31 January 2025, 04:18 AM

Pro-Gaza Campaign: Trump admin to cancel US visas of student protesters

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to “combat antisemitism” and pledged to deport non-citizen college students and others who took part in pro-Palestinian protests.
30 January 2025, 18:00 PM

All 67 dead as US jet, chopper collide mid-air

Trump blames diversity hirings for crash
30 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Meta posts big profit, aims to take AI lead

Social media giant Meta on Wednesday reported surging profits and revenue for 2024, announcing ambitious plans to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure in the year ahead
30 January 2025, 03:27 AM

Plane collides with military helicopter near Washington airport, 18 bodies found so far

The regional passenger plane from Kansas crashed into Potomac River after the mid-air collision
30 January 2025, 03:18 AM

OpenAI tailors version of ChatGPT for US govt

OpenAI on Tuesday launched a bespoke version of its ChatGPT artificial intelligence tool for use by the United States government.
29 January 2025, 18:00 PM

UNHCR taking ‘precautionary measures’

The UN refugee agency said yesterday that it was taking a string of temporary measures as it faces “funding uncertainty” following a US decision to freeze virtually all foreign aid.
29 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump immigration crackdown intensifies

US President Donald Trump’s top homeland security official joined officers in an immigration enforcement operation that arrested several people in New York City on Tuesday, in the Trump administration’s latest effort to promote its nationwide crackdown.
29 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump emphasises ‘fair’ trade

US President Donald Trump has said India “will do what’s right” when it comes to taking back Indian immigrants who came to the US illegally, following a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
28 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump warns of 'wake-up call' as low-cost Chinese AI jolts Silicon Valley

Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street on Monday following the emergence of a popular ChatGPT-like model from China, with US President Donald Trump saying it was a "wake-up call" for Silicon Valley
28 January 2025, 02:16 AM

Colombia bows down to Trump’s tariff threats

Colombia on Sunday backed down and agreed to accept deported citizens sent on US military aircraft, hours after President Donald Trump threatened painful tariffs to punish the defiance to his mass deportation plans.
27 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Covid ‘more likely’ to have leaked from lab: CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency has shifted its official stance on the origin of Covid-19, saying Saturday that the virus was “more likely” leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals.
26 January 2025, 18:00 PM